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1982 C/K 6.0L Caitlyn Mall Crawler (Interior time)

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K85 Octane said:
Hood pins
“Racetruck”

and no, it would take some grafting to work
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I do have a set of pins, but I messed up my cowl hood putting them in...

I got in a rush for blazer bash and wasn't thinking. It's ok though cause I had a love hate relationship with that cowl hood anyway.
 
I would never try to run a factory hood latch on these trucks if you're going to do any kind of suspension articulation.
 
mrk5 said:
I would never try to run a factory hood latch on these trucks if you're going to do any kind of suspension articulation.
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The frame is braced up in the front and the engine cross bar still removes by hand.
ktmoutfront said:
Mine is still stock. But only mall crawl it.
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slightly used, check the carfax.
 
So sense I rebuilt the tcase I thought I bench shifted it into 4 low put it in truck went to blazer bash and no 4 low gets stuck in high. I didn't get to wheel the truck.

Took it all apart, everything looks fine won't shift. I can take the shaft out and the shifting works. Assemble it in 4low and it will shift all the way to 2wd but gets stuck in high...

I'm at a loss been messing with it for about a hour.
 
Bench shifting this time?
I really don’t know, never had one apart. :(

EDIT: I should have a :) after never pulling one apart but I didn’t want to rub it in

:)
 
So I'm looking to mig weld some exhaust, where is everyone finding material? It seemed im on a loose chase with summit or amazon. Needing a 3 inch flex coupler and maybe a resonator and pipe.
 
A flex coupler? What for? I have never felt the need for one of those. I let the mounts flex a little.

My distributor has some aluminized pipe and bends, I can see what they have in stock if you let me know exactly what to look for...
 
folkenheath said:
A flex coupler? What for? I have never felt the need for one of those. I let the mounts flex a little.

My distributor has some aluminized pipe and bends, I can see what they have in stock if you let me know exactly what to look for...
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I seem to like pulling the transfer case and transmission out, might as well make it easier to drop it at the header then behind the tcase...
 
I have gotten a fair amount if stuff from Summit. I don't know if there is a flex coupler that has a disconnect. Not sure. I have bought flex sections and V band clamps that weld in. It's been a couple of years since I bought anything, though.
I put flex couplers, (sections) in the exhaust on my '90. I first had problems with the collectors on the Sanderson headers leaking, then one cracked at a primary tube weld after I had added the flex sections in the head pipes. So I am not sure how I am going to proceed now.
You can get just V bands to make a disconnect.
 
6872xtc said:
I have gotten a fair amount if stuff from Summit. I don't know if there is a flex coupler that has a disconnect. Not sure. I have bought flex sections and V band clamps that weld in. It's been a couple of years since I bought anything, though.
I put flex couplers, (sections) in the exhaust on my '90. I first had problems with the collectors on the Sanderson headers leaking, then one cracked at a primary tube weld after I had added the flex sections in the head pipes. So I am not sure how I am going to proceed now.
You can get just V bands to make a disconnect.
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I'm thinking a vband, flex coupling and maybe a few feet of pipe.

When I added the muffler on it wasn't the best welds in the world and I had to do some shady repairs to get it to work after half the exhaust fell off one time...
 
Yes I just use v bands for disconnects if needed, no need for a flex pipe if your exhaust mounts can flex. My dist has some 3" v bands in stock from Vibrant.

I see steel or stainless pipe, but I don't see aluminized right now. What are you looking for exactly?
 
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folkenheath said:
Yes I just use v bands for disconnects if needed, no need for a flex pipe if your exhaust mounts can flex. My dist has some 3" v bands in stock from Vibrant.

I see steel or stainless pipe, but I don't see aluminized right now. What are you looking for exactly?
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To be able to weld it with my mig welder. I bought a v band that was stainless but I can't mig weld it...

For what I want see above post, mig weld it and send it.
 
Babaganoosh said:
To be able to weld it with my mig welder. I bought a v band that was stainless but I can't mig weld it...

For what I want see above post, mig weld it and send it.
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Stainless will weld with a mig, the weld will rust. I have seen it and done it. Not the preferred method, bit it will work.
 
6872xtc said:
Stainless will weld with a mig, the weld will rust. I have seen it and done it. Not the preferred method, bit it will work.
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Yeah, not ideal but it works. My exhaust on my K5 is all stainless and I had to weld the hangers on it with a MIG :doah:
 
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