bought a new gauge face, added blue where desired, added LED strips, removed the bulbs and soldered the led strips to the bulb spots to maintain dimmer ability/auto on with the lights. Also, the before has the "boobs" and the after has it removed.

It's been awhile since I've posted on this forum and I have been working on a lot of things and this is one of them.


I've gotten tired of the old orange or redish look of the interior so I had been planing on changing the color to a blue & white combo. Just finished soldering in LED for the ...

before you change them back you can check them to make sure. yeah I hear what you're saying. get a good brand of wire! let us know. best of luck!

Yep it could be any of those. Time to start checking 1 by 1. Odds are it's one of the easier things but you never know until you start looking. Most are fairly easy to check yourself...

Spark Plug: Pull the spark plugs and see what they look like ( if they look horrible then replace as needed ...

Yea sorry I read the post too fast. Just have a look and see what you think.

The belts need to be replaced; that's the only rubber. Check for tears, cracks, or hardness and replace as needed. Mine has about 155k so right up there. It looks like it is the original one as well and it was fine. I don't think you'll have a problem.

What gasket did you use?

Yes "lower intake manifold". And check the oil pressure sensor as well. They frequently leak and and cause the cluster to read 120 psi or 0.

ok FYI rockauto has it listed under "Electrical-Connector" then "Knock (Detonation) Sensor Connector". I have not replaced mine yet. They are ~$10 might as well. There is also an oil pressure sensor that goes bad and can make you're dash read 120 psi (or 0); mine would work some times and then die ...

I think there is 2. on on the back (firewall side) under the exhaust manifold. The other is by the starter.

Lol yea I edited the post to state where they were located just in case good luck. Oh and make sure the bolts are the correct size and long enough; I ran into that problem when I was taking mine off! the harmonic balancer is wider than normal because of the supercharger portion.

The crank position sensor is not too hard to take off but you will need to take the harmonic balancer off. You will need a puller and an harmonic balancer installer wouldn't hurt too :roll: . Might as well change the cam sensor too while you're at it (they're not in exactly the same spot-crank is ...

I agree with the above 2! I used channel locks as well but it put some scratches on it since channel locks are are to maneuver on that sensor. Got AC Delco and should be good a a good long time.

Hi guys,

I just joined this forum club - and Bonneville for that matter. I have a 2005 Impala and recently purchased 2000 Bonneville SSEi. I found the site from a google search and decided to join.

I do a little bit of tinkering and I try to take pictures as I go. So far on the Bonneville, I have ...