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Photos of projects on my '84 S-10 Blazer Sport

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U-shaped attachment

Date: 11/22/2008 Views: 156

Photos of repairing the gauge cluster in my '84 S-10 Blazer Sport

Date: 07/03/2008 Owner: Gallery Administrator Size: 11 items
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This is the back of the cluster, before repair.

Date: 06/29/2008 Views: 211
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This is the front of the cluster housing before repair.

Date: 06/29/2008 Views: 206
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This is the copper contacts on the flexible PCB that forms the connector where the cluster plugs into the truck's harness. Here I've started cleaning the contacts with 600 grit sandpaper. It doesn't show here, but the traces are starting to lift from th

Date: 06/29/2008 Views: 196
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Here is a dash-side connector and part of the harness. I picked this up at a salvage yard so I could add a wire to my Blazer's harness. This new wire will let me use the "Check Engine" light in the cluster for my TBI swap.

Date: 06/29/2008 Views: 192
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Here is the back side of the connector. showing how to open and remove wires.

Date: 06/29/2008 Views: 217
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Here is a wire that I removed. Note the tab that is bent down on the bottom. This should be bent flat while it is in the connector shell, and the wire will slide out. Bend it back out so it will lock in the new connector shell once it is pushed in plac

Date: 06/29/2008 Views: 241
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Here are two different VSS sensors. I need to add a VSS sensor to my Blazer for the TBI swap. All of the GM optical VSS sensors work the same (the wires are 12V power, ground, 2000 PPM signal), but the connection type is different. The top one is from

Date: 06/29/2008 Views: 215
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Here is the back of the Blazer's speedometer. Note the rectangular hole on the top of the picture. This is where the VSS mounts, and it is retained by a single screw in the hole above the rectangular hole.

Date: 06/29/2008 Views: 209
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I am installing new LED lighting in the cluster from SuperBrightLEDs. The backlighting (WLEDx5) is amber (matching the tan interior and the color of the long-gone original radio's display). I also replaced the indicators (blue WLED-B-x) for high beam, g

Date: 06/29/2008 Views: 200
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