Changing An Instrument Panel

[Jambe]

Just got back last week from buying a truck in British Columbia—a 2002 Chevy 2500 Silverado. Since it was sold in Canada it has the metric instruments.

Does anyone know how difficult it would be to replace the panel with one from a 'totaled' US truck? What might I expect to have to pay for parts and labor?


(The exchange rate made it a good deal.)

 

[Coss]

Just got back last week from buying a truck in British Columbia—a 2002 Chevy 2500 Silverado. Since it was sold in Canada it has the metric instruments.

Does anyone know how difficult it would be to replace the panel with one from a 'totaled' US truck? What might I expect to have to pay for parts and labor?


(The exchange rate made it a good deal.)

It should be able to be changed from metric to SAE without changing the cluster; talk to Chevy

 

[booboo]

I think it would be cool to leave it in Kilometers. Then at least one American would eventually learn the metric system.

 

[Coss]

I think it would be cool to leave it in Kilometers. Then at least one American would eventually learn the metric system.

They tried that already, and it failed big time.
They were even going to pass a law to force it on you, and that failed after a trial period.
Seems the rest of the world can handle it, and we don't want to.

When I'm working on things. I'll use metric if it's something small and SAE if it's large.
Comes from the days when I was an import car wrench bender (mechanic)

 

[Mel]

They tried that already, and it failed big time.
They were even going to pass a law to force it on you, and that failed after a trial period.
Seems the rest of the world can handle it, and we don't want to.

I just had an incentive to "go metric". I bought a new Mahindra tractor. The seat adjustment is to your weight in kilograms.
I did the conversion.
You know what? 77 kilograms sounds a lot better than 170 pounds. So I now weigh 77 kilograms!