Denali Cluster swap, HELP!

[silveradoman]

I just bought the denali cluster for my Silverado mainly for the trans temp gauge, I was all excited and hooked it up and Voilá! the trans temp gauge works, but there is one big BUT, my truck doesn´t come equipped with the "low coolant" switch or the "low washer fluid" switch, so these two messages are on all the time on the message center, I´m sure that if I ground those two connectors I´ll make the messages dissappear, but does anybody know the pinout designation for the cluster so that I can find the terminals without sending my new cluster to the trash? help!!

[jeverett]

Why didnt your truck come with those 2 swtiches???

[silveradoman]

GM´s fantastic idea, EXPORT model only, it´s a 2000 2WD with 5.7 liter vortec, (yes it is a VIN R), didn´t come with DRLs, those switches, plain mirrors, and without basically ANY confort feature whatsoever, guess we don´t deserve all the perks in our trucks in Mexico even though they are 50% more expensive over here, sniff

[Faze2183]

5.7 or 5.3???

[jeverett]

wow dude..sounds like you got some kinda truck I'd put in the Smithsonian!! A 350 in a new body style truck is unheard of.

[silveradoman]

I´ll take some pictures tomorrow, a 350 (5.7L)engine in a new body style, also it has a v6 setup (alternator to the left side looking inside the engine compartment, compressor to the right) and it´s all stock!

[Nigel215]

How did you get ahold of that truck?

[jeep_cj4x4]

did you have to get the new cluster programmed with the info (miles/hours) off your old cluster? I was wanting to do the swap but cant afford the down time getting the info swaped.

[silveradoman]

Sorry for getting back so late guys, I was out partying

Couldn´t take the pictures today, I´ll do it tomorrow. I bought the truck in Mexico, the 350 engine was built in either Pachuca or Silao, Mexico, so the 350 was still an option back in the 2000 model year down south, mainly because in wasn´t used in the US anymore, so they had to do something with their existing 350 inventory, (I even saw a red V6 with a manual 5 speed transmission when I was shopping around). I haven´t reprogrammed the cluster yet, I figure I will drive this truck until it gets stolen, totalled or the engine falls off (in which case I´ll buy another engine) so I´m not that concerned about reprogramming it. If I do have to sell the truck for some reason, I´ll give the new guy both clusters and maybe he´ll pay for the new program.

[silveradoman]

It has been raining all week, finally the sky cleared up and I was able to take the pictures, notice the engine is all dirty since water gets all over the place with the flash flooding and all that, but here is my 5.7 litre engine with a V6 configuration, notice the propane conversion on it, I loose about 10% of hp, but propane is around a buck a gallon and the mileage is about the same.

[jeverett]

GIVE ME PROPANE!!! i'm having to pay $2.12/gal for my fuel..93 octane of course.

[Nigel215]

I pay $1.99 For the one in the middle.....

[silveradoman]

you like? check out www.dualcurve.com, it´s the equipment I put in my truck, what it does is it advances the timing because propane burns slower than gasoline and it cleans your engine, no gas gets into the oil to ruin it, no carbon deposits, less piston slap compared to the day I bought it, you won´t be jumping off the line, you will lose about 7-10% of HP, but heck, every oil change I make every 5,000 miles, the guy asks me why am I changing brand new oil, because it comes out clean as a whistle, my dad had a C1500 truck for 400,000 miles with the same engine (work truck that didn´t stop all day), and he had to replace the rear end twice before that engine gave out, personnally I love it, propane is cheap around here and I save on oil, plugs, tune ups, you name it.

[Faze2183]

intresting

[Nigel215]

something new everyday.
That seems like something Hank Hill would use.... (king of the hill...)