Just give me the bad news.

Unless find someone who is good at chasing electrical problems AND does not charge an arm and a leg, it is probably not worth fixing.

I was at the local junk yard the other day looking for wheel covers for my wife's car that we were selling. And some women was checking out before me and she had an instrument cluster from some vehicle. The trick is finding the same model. But there is a national web app that will search nation wide for a part. So if you have access to a handy mechanic you might be able to save it.

Here it is: Car Parts

With the shortage of new trucks available at this time you might be surprised at what it will sell for.

Check with a good reputable body repair shop. They are able to restore it. The truck is probably worth a lot.

Check around for a detail shop.
Be surprised what they can do.

I'd try disconnecting the battery(s) for 10 minutes or so, then connect battery back up and start the car. See if that fixes it the display and error codes etc.

Ok, first, my condolences about your parents.

I was in the same boat as you about 15 years ago. A few things got away from me too and got damaged.

Now the good news. Rain water is pretty much purified water. This is very good news because if any salt water gets into any electrical; it's done. Water does not get into wires so the only thing that corrodes is the connection. Even that rarely happens because most connections are plated. So good news so far right?

Now the not so good news. I didn't say bad new because it's not really that bad of news. The stepper motors that run the gauges are kinda fragile. In fact they go out all the time with truck in climate controlled garages.

More good news. There are people out there that can replace the whole gauge cluster with a serviced one pretty cheaply.

About the interior and the not so good news. You're more than likely going to have to pull the seats out and have them redone. The carpet and padding and headliner is also going to have to be replaced. That will not be cheap but not too bad either when considering new truck costs or even used truck costs.

You are also going to need to have the cab ozoned. A lot of high end detail shops have ozone machines where you can have this done. This will kill all of the mold in the cab and make it smell good again.

Even if the puter is bad it not crazy expensive to replace. Not cheap but not 5 grand either.

All in all without seeing the truck, this things is VERY much worth saving and will be much cheaper than you think.

Good luck and let us know how things go.

Like Turtle-n-Peeps,

My condolences with your parents. I agree w/ above statement as well. Won't be cheap to fix, but cheaper than anew truck.

Sorry to hear about the folks, mine also went close together with Dad passing 9/03 and Mom in 6/04, they lived up near Auburn.

A quick search shows that your Dad's truck with that low mileage is worth $40-50K, depending on body type and trim level.

Parking it inside was a good call because you stopped any more water from getting in. The bad news is that it wasn't completely dry, and as soon as the weather warmed up you got some mold. The mold is also indicative of very high humidity levels which may be affecting the body control module (BCM) or similar computers that control the functions that showed codes. The instrument cluster may be junk or it may just not be receiving any signals from wherever it gets signals from.

As T&P points out, it's all very fixable. It may cost you $5k for the diagnosis, repair and de-molding, but totally worth it based on the value of the truck. Even if you don't want to keep it, get it fixed and sell it.

Thanks. I tried disconnecting the battery for well over an hour, and it didn't help.

The mold was mostly on the steering wheel and door. Headliner and seats are okay.

It's going to be sunny and warm for the next several days so I plan on leaving it out with the windows open during the day to air out.

Problem is I don't know anyone who can fix it.