Moving on to the inside of the vehicle, I needed to fix the hazard switch that I broke about 10 years ago. This is where my frustrations slowly began. I had ordered a new hazard knob and screw from LMC for a 1973-87 Chevy (part 30-2612). I have seen other people just tap the broken hazard switch base with a 1/8" bit, then thread the new part in. But that didn't account for 40-year old brittle plastic. The moment that I got the screw to catch, the plastic just shattered, leaving me to replace the entire switch assembly. Not willing to wait another three days, I hit the O'Rielly website, and found the replacement part just down the street.
Part number from O'Rielly's if you need it.
Got the steering wheel off, before the parts started breaking apart in my hands.
While I was there, I also decided to install cruse control. The Dodge has cruse, but the buttons are all on the steering wheel, under the air bag, which wouldn't work. Dakota Digital makes a GM specific part which I added purchased through Summit.
And I installed it on the truck.
Item 2: completed