thewhizkidnumerouno

As I understand it, you can swap gauges from an LS car to a non-LS car. I am swapping a '01 LQ4 into a '79 C10.

I know that I could get the gauges from my donor vehicle to work. However, they look like so I don't want to use them. Would it cause a whole bunch of problems if I wanted to swap in gauges from a car? The corvette and camaro guages are good looking and I would use them if I could.

The 4L80E I have seems to be finicky in a lot of respects. Would it cause problems when going over to the car gauges? If it would cause problems, would I be able to go to the newer truck gauges. I saw the gauges in a '08-ish truck and they looked really nice. Would they work with my LQ4/4L80E? Is there any limit to what will and will not work with my drivetrain combo?

My research tells me that I would need the body control module to control the gauges. My research also tells me that I haven't seen anyone trying to swap over truck gauges and I have seen very few people swapping car gauges. Is it going to be more time and money to use a factory cluster versus all new aftermarket gauges?

Thanks to anyone who answers.

SurWagon

I'm trying to use a silverado cluster in my LQ4 swap. The esky guages are not that bad looking. I just tred it without the BCM and I'm not getting everything so I plan on putting the BCM in tomorrow.

SurWagon

Oh, you're going to need the same year(s) BCM, PCM, and cluster. They switched over serial data systems that made switching dificult.

Todd Neyman

do you know if that goes for the 99-02 and 98 as well?

whered you find your info?

SurWagon

Reading through the truck forums. Not sure about the 98-99 dates.

thewhizkidnumerouno

Well, that answers that question. Thanks.

Now, what about the fuel gauge. What resistance do I use to get it to work?

SurWagon

I'm pretty sure you need to run it though the pcm as it is carried on the serial data line. Not sure of the resistance....I'm going to take thw silverado one and mount it to my pump setup