85' K5- K5Ryder's Build Thread

[k5ryder]

Well I bought my Blazer 6 months ago and have now just decided to create a build thread.

Just a little back ground: I'm a huge Jeep guy and have been without one for a few years. Living on the gulf coast I've always enjoyed having a vehicle with a removable top and I've always love "mudding". After a few years without a jeep my wife and I decided it was time to finally get another weekend warrior. I searched high and low for a jeep and when I saw my blazer for sale I knew I had to have it. I planned a birthday trip for my wife to Austin, TX and we stopped and bought the blazer on our way home. It was pretty convenient.

 

[k5ryder]

Here is what she looked like the day we brought her home. Once purchased I decided she was to nice to be "I don't give a fock" vehicle and I was gonna take good care of her. I'm going to leave it mostly stock except for a 4" lift and tires. Just a heads up I'm a picture whore and expect to see a lot of pictures.
1985 K5 Blazer 5.0 700R4 NP208 10 bolts front and rear. 190k miles

 

[k5ryder]

The first thing I did when I got home was remove the stock running
Boards. I'm interested in selling them if anybody wants them. Not willing to ship. I live in the Houston area.

 

[k5ryder]

After having the blazer for a few weeks I went through it and fixed a couple odds and ends. I really freaked out about the hubs being very hot and switch from auto to manual and replace all the bearings. Here are the threads.

http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=308271
http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=308647

 

[k5ryder]

Took the top off and went to the beach. If was the first time "off-road" and testing out the 4wd. I even pulled an F-150 out that was stuck.

 

[k5ryder]

I did quite a few things to the blazer this weekend but I just got a new iphone5 and the camera doesn't work.

Some of the recent things I've got done were the drag link and tie rods, heater core, and drain and fill transmission.

 

[k5ryder]

Took the girls (my wife and dog) down the beach to have dinner on the tailgate.

 

[Cruz89K5]

That thing is clean. Very nice.

 

[k5ryder]

That thing is clean. Very nice.

For the most part she is pretty clean for a 25 year old vehicle. It has a few rust spots and I think it has been repainted. She looks best 20 feet away and in pictures lol. I would feel a lot better had I paid about $1000 less for it but when you want something you've gotta pay for it.

 

[k5ryder]

The blazer isn't in the condition I want it to be before I take it mud riding but I did have to get out and lock the hubs yesterday. The Michelin Mall-Terrains just don't get the job done.

 

[k5ryder]

The original warranty booklet

 

[magik235]

Nice find

 

[k5ryder]

Not having a working radio in the blazer finally took its toll on me. I dropped it off this morning a the local stereo shop and had a cd player and some 6x9s installed. I had the cd player put in the center console so I could keep the "look" of the factory radio on they are cutting the side panels in front of the back seat for the 6x9s. Will post pictures once I pick it up.

 

[k5ryder]

Alpine CDE-143BT head unit and Rockford Fosqate 6x9's

 

[k5ryder]

My father in law and brother in law are in town for Christmas. We hit a small mud hole on the way to the local ice house. Trailer hitch almost had me calling for help. I managed to get her out.

 

[k5ryder]

 

[k5ryder]

I decided to get some exhaust put on it today. I went to the local muffler shop and told them to put a 3 chamber flowmaster on it. They said all they had was a 2 chamber and it would be $120 I said put it on. 25 minutes later I'm driving out. I get 50 feet down the road and I decide I wasn't happy. I went back and told them I felt like it sound like the stock muffler is still on it. They proceed to explain that my engine isn't a loud engine and the only other thing to do would be true duals or glass packs. I told him I was disappointed and I was just going to leave it alone.

Should I go back and have them true dual it?

I don't have any after photos because I took it off-road right afterwards lol sorry.

 

[k5ryder]

After calling around to a few more muffler shops I decided to put a magna flow high flow cat on. I had a shop order it and went and had it out on. These guys were a lot cooler then the shop who put the muffler on and they let me hear it before the welded it up. I'm a lot happier with the way it sounds versus just the 2 chamber flowmaster they put on.

 

[k5ryder]

It was a beautiful day today so I called my neighbor and we headed down to the beach.

 

[k5ryder]