GOOD LUCK AARON,  THE SAME PROJECT IS ON MY LIST FOR THE WINTER,  DASH, CENTER A/ DUCT. CLOCK. NEW CENTER CONSOLES AND INST. PANEL   AHH THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. LET US KNOW HOW IT WENT. AND POST SOME PICS TOO.

I have the Speedo & Tach out, so now I can replace the old speedo with the rebuilt one and replace the circuit board on the tach. I will replace all the dash bulbs now that I can get to them all. I rebuilt the clock & spliced a wire for power. I installed the brake light switch. I have not had time to download pictures to photo bucket yet, but I have been taking pictures. I was up all last night working in the garage, I was in a zone and then it was 6 am, OH S#%$ !

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Well I kinda finished up this round of Corvette dash tear apart and put back together. THE BAD: I smoked (puff, spark, zap) my new tach circuit board when I zeroed it out the jumper wires moved and touch so I put the old one back in, it was working just was the old style. Now the tach reads way off, I zeroed out the tach with the old circuit board and when I installed it back in the car the needle was below zero!?! One of my new dash speakers is not working, I did not check them before I put the dash pad back, big mistake! I did not buy a new trip reset cable, I just used the old one from the old speedo, it does not reset. I now hear what might be a vac leak coming from the a/c -heater control. THE GOOD: The rebuilt speedo works properly. All of the dash bulbs work. All duct work (a/c-heater) is installed. I now have back-up lights.

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Aaron

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Good to hear a somewhat happy ending!

Another Brave Soul !!  I have in the past removed my center bezel to install am/fm/cd.  Lots of stuff to be on the lookout for!  Also been in my center counsel but so far not the left side of the instrument panel (Drivers Side).  Someday ......

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OK here is a little update. After all the trip reset cable does work. I was just pushing it in not pushing and turning it, DUH! Last night I took the dash pad off again to fix my speaker problem. I found that the wire connector on the driver's side speaker had been knocked off when I put the dash pad in. I replaced all four wire connectors for both speakers to made sure they stay on, then I was very careful replacing the dash pad. Both speakers now work great. So only two things remain with problems. 1: The Tach needle is off (not running is under zero). 2: I hear a Vac leak when the engine is turned off at the a/c-heater control (it must be a loose rubber hose in there?). I feel not so defeated now I feel much better. I still love my Vette.

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Here is a sliseshow of the fun I had with this project. The pictures show beginning to end and it is not exactly in the right order but you can figure out what's going on.

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Hey Aaron, KDADDY792009-06-07 16:42:22

Dang Aaron.....you are a brave soul digging around in that wiring mess!  Looks like fun though.  When you took out the seats, did you find anything that you lost?

By the way, thanks for posting the pics!

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I only found a pen, twelve cents (a dime & two pennies), an almost complete roll of Breath Savers, and dirt. Nothing was found to brag about. My carpet is nice and clean now.

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Still, my hats off to you for tackling a project like that.

I am very good a taking things apart.
Its the getting them back togather again deal thats the problem.