Retrofitting a GSL-SE with an old Dash...
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Retrofitting a GSL-SE with an old Dash...
The answers to the previous two threads that asked this question were jumbled at best. So I decided out of my own curiosity and to see if I actually want to bother with the meticulous work involved, I'll ask around.
So here's really the questions I am looking to have answered, but any other information is greatly appreciated, hopefully we could put down enough information to make this a reference to search if someone asks the question later?
Anyways here's the Questions:
-Why do the two Dashes not interchange? How are the mounting points and hardware different?
- Roughly How much of the Dash would you have to rewire to drop a 82 Dash into a GSL-SE?
-Has anyone done anything similar to this that could post pics or advice?
So here's really the questions I am looking to have answered, but any other information is greatly appreciated, hopefully we could put down enough information to make this a reference to search if someone asks the question later?
Anyways here's the Questions:
-Why do the two Dashes not interchange? How are the mounting points and hardware different?
- Roughly How much of the Dash would you have to rewire to drop a 82 Dash into a GSL-SE?
-Has anyone done anything similar to this that could post pics or advice?
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i've heard all the horror stories, but i just dropped an 84 -se dash into an 82 gsl, without any problems. and my friend and i just did the opposite without issue either. we just unbolted the dash frame and swapped the whole assembly as one unit.
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as for everything going into the -se with the old dash, it bolted up fine, but its a racecar, so nothing is really hooked up at all. hope this helped a little
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I put a 85 in a 81 body. There are a few mountingpoint that does not fit but the mechanics are no problem.
I also changed the complete electric system in the car as hardly none of the conections fit between the two.
I have a hard time seeing that you can connect an old dash with a newer car or the other way.
// magnus
I also changed the complete electric system in the car as hardly none of the conections fit between the two.
I have a hard time seeing that you can connect an old dash with a newer car or the other way.
// magnus
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I put a 85 in a 81 body. There are a few mountingpoint that does not fit but the mechanics are no problem.
I also changed the complete electric system in the car as hardly none of the conections fit between the two.
I have a hard time seeing that you can connect an old dash with a newer car or the other way.
// magnus
I also changed the complete electric system in the car as hardly none of the conections fit between the two.
I have a hard time seeing that you can connect an old dash with a newer car or the other way.
// magnus
So you had to change out the entire wiring harness to the whole car?
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