Escalade Cluster in NNBS!

[Rocket Man]

Anyone have the Escalade pin out? I found the Chevy side but nothing on the Escalade side. Made the bezel which wasn’t fun but got it done

Back in post #135 I attached the PDF, can you open it? If not I’ll take a pic and post it.
Edit: here’s the Esky side.

 

[Rocket Man]

Anyone have the Escalade pin out? I found the Chevy side but nothing on the Escalade side. Made the bezel which wasn’t fun but got it done

Pics of your bezel or it didn’t happen. That’s the rules.

 

[Doug118]

Pics of your bezel or it didn’t happen. That’s the rules.

I’ll get a picture when I get home. It still has to be sanded and made pretty but it’s all cut and glued together. There are a few things I’ll be doing differently if/when I come across another Escalade bezel but the way it is now will do just fine for the time being

 

[Rocket Man]

I’ll get a picture when I get home. It still has to be sanded and made pretty but it’s all cut and glued together. There are a few things I’ll be doing differently if/when I come across another Escalade bezel but the way it is now will do just fine for the time being

Yeah it’s hard to get it perfect. I’m real picky so maybe that’s why mine took so long. It’s hard to get everything to line up and cover everything, and be able to adjust the steering wheel all the way down. Is that the wiring diagram you needed?

 

[Doug118]

Yeah it’s hard to get it perfect. I’m real picky so maybe that’s why mine took so long. It’s hard to get everything to line up and cover everything, and be able to adjust the steering wheel all the way down. Is that the wiring diagram you needed?

yes that diagram should work, thanks. I noticed moving the column threw things off every time I was trying to mock it up. This one is by no means perfect but I’ll get there on the next one. I just want my dash back together

The toughest part for me was getting the bottom of the Escalade bezel to fit the Chevy Tahoe and still contour to the cluster. I ended up with 4 pieces to get it close and then had to fill in some gaps

 

[Rocket Man]

yes that diagram should work, thanks. I noticed moving the column threw things off every time I was trying to mock it up. This one is by no means perfect but I’ll get there on the next one. I just want my dash back together

The toughest part for me was getting the bottom of the Escalade bezel to fit the Chevy Tahoe and still contour to the cluster. I ended up with 4 pieces to get it close and then had to fill in some gaps

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Yep you’re getting close, you’ll get there. It’s definitely a real PIA.

 

[Doug118]

Finished good enough for me. Gotta find some SEM paint tomorrow. I might go over the entire bezel with 220 just to make it all even

 

[Rocket Man]

Finished good enough for me. Gotta find some SEM paint tomorrow. I might go over the entire bezel with 220 just to make it all even

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You’re sure you don’t wanna do another coat of fill and a bit more sanding? All that’s going to show no matter how many coats of paint you put on. What did you use to bond the parts together? I went with Fusor epoxy and filler but I already had the gun from doing Harley fairings. The damn gun was like $50.

 

[Doug118]

You’re sure you don’t wanna do another coat of fill and a bit more sanding? All that’s going to show no matter how many coats of paint you put on. What did you use to bond the parts together? I went with Fusor epoxy and filler but I already had the gun from doing Harley fairings. The damn gun was like $50.

thats sanded with 220. The pictures make it seem like it has high and low spots but nothing can be felt with the finger. I’m going to hit it with a coat of high build primer in the morning and go over it lightly one more time with 220 or maybe a little higher grit

 

[Doug118]

I tried a bunch of different epoxies which all didn’t want to stick to the plastic. JB Weld actually ended up being the only one that gave me zero problems with bonding

 

[Doug118]

still waiting on the harness but wanted to get the cluster and bezel thrown in to see how it looks. Bottom picture shows the one flaw. Cut the bottom where it meets the dash too short on one side. No biggie since it’ll rarely be seen

 

[Rocket Man]

still waiting on the harness but wanted to get the cluster and bezel thrown in to see how it looks. Bottom picture shows the one flaw. Cut the bottom where it meets the dash too short on one side. No biggie since it’ll rarely be seen
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Yep, it’s PIA to get them perfect. Now you see why it took me a couple tries.

 

[Doug118]

Yep, it’s PIA to get them perfect. Now you see why it took me a couple tries.

I’m not a big fan of the seen so I might try to do something about that. I used a satin black but it came out glossy

 

[Rocket Man]

I’m not a big fan of the seen so I might try to do something about that. I used a satin black but it came out glossy

The best paint for the black interiors, and it matches perfect, is Krylon Fusion flat black. You can’t tell which parts I painted with it and which are factory.

 

[Doug118]

The best paint for the black interiors, and it matches perfect, is Krylon Fusion flat black. You can’t tell which parts I painted with it and which are factory.

damn it. I used krylon fusion satin black. Figured

 

[Doug118]

It’s alive

 

[Rocket Man]

It’s alive

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Awesome! Got the harness finally huh?

 

[Spencery]

So an unanswered question to me i can see everything else working, so does the cluster display the Digital Speed as well?? Because that'd be the only reason i'd consider jumping down this rabbit hole would be if that worked since id really like to have a digital speedo

 

[67RS427]

So an unanswered question to me i can see everything else working, so does the cluster display the Digital Speed as well?? Because that'd be the only reason i'd consider jumping down this rabbit hole would be if that worked since id really like to have a digital speedo

Yes it does, the only thing you really lose is oil change life... If you get a KPH one from out of the country, you can also change it to MPH in the settings and then you get a 200mph speedo as well, not that I would ever need such a thing ;-)

 

[Rocket Man]

So an unanswered question to me i can see everything else working, so does the cluster display the Digital Speed as well?? Because that'd be the only reason i'd consider jumping down this rabbit hole would be if that worked since id really like to have a digital speedo

Yes. You can toggle through the DIC buttons until that is displayed, and then leave it like that. It’s handy for radar traps.