Heres the follow up to the guage saga for anyone interested.
Through a different diesel truck web site I had a vendor contact me when he saw some of my troubles getting guages shipped from DIS. This guy promised me that he could and would deliver the goods. So I took his word for it and ordered from him. And he stuck to his word, the guages showed up within 3 days and the A-pillar was at my door on the 4th day after placing the order. He called me at home twice to double check on some minor discrepencies in the order and we had e-mail communications as well. Anyway, the install is done and if you want to check out his website and see if he has products that you may use Ill insert the link. Note to you Bay Area boys, he's just up the road in Suisun City.
Kens Performance Solutions
Check him out, he seemed like a helpful guy willing to go the extra mile for some business.
Mike