Rocket Man's 2008 Bagged CC Silverado Build AKA "THE MACHINE"

[89Suburban]

Nice to see you tinkering again Mark.

 

[Rocket Man]

All done, I’m pretty happy with the results.
Not bad for a $20 repair. About 4 hours total for me. It is by no means perfect but it doesn’t catch my eye like it used to. Plus it won’t rattle. I'm happy.

 

[Rocket Man]

Nice to see you tinkering again Mark.

Thank you. It feels good too.

 

[Rocket Man]

That's a big job. I put a leather dash mat in my '07 to hide the cracks for the day-to-day. But I'll eventually replace the thing.

The dash is over $600 shipped now. When I did the Silverado I bought a new one for $400 shipped.They have to ship freight due to the ginormous box they come in. Dealers don’t stock them, probably take up too much room.

 

[Rocket Man]

I know I can do a better job welding a dash back together. I should have done it different so I could watch the top as the bottom gets the first few staples in it. My helper was supposed to hold the cracks together but he failed to do a good job. He slipped twice and lost his grip. Plus I had it laying upside down so we couldn’t see the top. If I was to position it somehow so both top and bottom were accessible and I was the one holding them together and watching the top side as my helper stuck a few staples in it I think I could make it almost invisible. I was just wondering what a wrecking yard would charge me to pull one that has a couple cracks so I could try. It would just be the labor to pull it since the dash would be worthless to sell. I might try that. I’m procrastinating working on pulling the trans on The Beast because it’s so difficult and I’m having a hard time getting motivated because it’s a bit*h. I need a couple good wins first. Plus I am starting radiation soon and I just found out that will be 5 days a week for 4 weeks, with Monday consisting of one dose of chemo followed by radiation of my bladder, then just radiation Tuesday-Friday. It will be a lot of driving but the appointments are only an hour each. Some of my chemo appointments were 5 hours so maybe it won’t be too bad. Anyway just my brain spinning after a good day.