What's new
CK5
Register an account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members.

'90 K5 - The Nevada Blazer [Post 1437: School me on alternators)

There is too main points to the creeper breather. One is for dudes with ultra flexy suspension dont have to have a breather hose that can stand that much travel, and the other reason as Colby said is to seal off the diff entirely. Nothing in, nothing out. It still allows the diff to breath as the it expands like a balloon and then when the diff cools down again, it returns to its normal size. ITs not for everybody. But handy for the people who can use it. I know trailgear sells them.
 
Here's "alexsdad's" '87 Blazer:


SS Wheelin-1 by colbyjstephens, on Flickr

You'll notice that the red color goes above the body line. What I like about that, is that the shape of the truck is more noticeable.

When you have a color scheme like mine, where the blue cuts off at the body line, you don't notice the shape of the truck as much, and the side of the truck looks like one flat panel. I don't care for the thin quality of the blue section, by comparison to the large red section on alexsdad's truck. Additionally, the entire front fang is one color, rather than being two-tone on the '89-'91. Basically, the problem is that I'm a pain-in-the-ass artist. :D


SS Wheelin-9 by colbyjstephens, on Flickr
 
I never noticed that before, but I bet they changed the grilles and paint to make the '88-'91 Blazers, 'Burbs and 1-tons to have more of a resemblance to the '88 and up half ton trucks. Maybe.

I personally don't like two tone paint. I think it's for old guys to argue about when they get fixated on the value of their truck. :haha:

Just kidding. That has nothing to do with this build thread. Carry on. :D
 
Wow, I had never noticed that. Oddly, I really prefer the 1989+ style . . . . . . .

Martin
 
<---- +1 for two tone paint jobs! I love how your Blazer looks and wouldn't change a thing.
 
I must agree with 78SWB!!

78SWB said:
<---- +1 for two tone paint jobs! I love how your Blazer looks and wouldn't change a thing.
Click to expand...

Your blazer looks GREAT!
It's sort of like a signature---It does change a little over the years but you still know who's it is..:waytogo:

Cool observation about the location of the stripe hiding the body lines!
I wasn't aware that there was different options for that.
Originally had the impression all the 2 tone jobs were ended on the raised contour.
Many members expressed that I should have kept the 2 tone on the Sub..??

Just so you know.....
I just spent the better part of the day yesterday, off and on, going through your thread....again.:D
This time I actually was also able to go through your trail run report too.

Amazing!!:bow:
Cool trails, scenery, variety of vehicles and one hell of a trip report!!!!!

If you are ever inclined to do something like that again it would be an honor to wheel with you and any "local" members!!:woot:
 
kellyjohn said:
Your blazer looks GREAT!
It's sort of like a signature---It does change a little over the years but you still know who's it is..:waytogo:

Cool observation about the location of the stripe hiding the body lines!
I wasn't aware that there was different options for that.
Originally had the impression all the 2 tone jobs were ended on the raised contour.
Many members expressed that I should have kept the 2 tone on the Sub..??

Just so you know.....
I just spent the better part of the day yesterday, off and on, going through your thread....again.:D
This time I actually was also able to go through your trail run report too.

Amazing!!:bow:
Cool trails, scenery, variety of vehicles and one hell of a trip report!!!!!

If you are ever inclined to do something like that again it would be an honor to wheel with you and any "local" members!!:woot:
Click to expand...

Thanks. :)

I think I prefer solid colors - for the '70s era rigs, I like the lime green, and for the '80-'90 rigs I like a gunmetal grey - or whatever color your truck is, is also really great. Part of my problem is that I have a degree in art, and am working on my masters degree in the same field, so I get nitpicky about stupid crap like where the two tone paint separates. :haha: I'm currently saving to get some nice PRP suspension seats for the front that will be grey and black. I am, over the long haul, going to convert the interior to a grey/black scheme, and then ultimately do some single color exterior - probably gun metal grey, a navy blue, or maybe even a greenish color like Kert's dually. But that's several years away.

One of the coolest things about living in Nevada is how accessible great 4wheeling trips are. If you ever make it down this way, I'd be more than happy to drive the Rubicon Trail with you, and if I end up going north, I'd love to see backcountry Canada!

The build of this truck is definitely slow, like you said. I made the mistake of getting over my head too quick on a previous truck, and it turned into a pile of wasted money. Then I look on CK5 at someone like "Larry" who has spent 20+ years, or something, slowly building his truck so that it is exactly what he wants, and is also able to wheel it along the way. That's the attitude I'm taking with this truck. Besides, it's damn capable as it currently is. There's always a laundry list of things I'd like to do with it, but.... :)
 
I'd do a trail run with you any day!

This side of the border or that side--no matter!:bow:

I do think you would be spoiled by your experiences in your own surroundings though.

Our trails may not compare.:dunno:

I'm sure you have noticed the difference in the color when watching a Canadian TV show VS. an American Show, the color is always a shade of grey for our stuff.
Sort of how I see the difference when checking out trails like the one you did the report on.


With you being in Art I can understand your eye for certain details when explaining how you are not satisfied with the color of your rig.

It is ultimately your canvas, as long as you approve of any changes, have at er.:D
 
Admittedly, I don't have a TV, so I can't say I quite get your reference. But, I did grow up in Oregon and I lived in northern Washington for a time, so I'm quite familiar with grey skies and such... if that's what you mean. Or perhaps you're talking about granite? In any case, my interest in trail riding has more to do with beautiful/strange landscapes than it does with hardcore wheeling - but if I can combine the two, we're in business! :D
 
Wow, i have never even paid attention to the difference in the two tone paint schemes on the 80-91 trucks. I agree it must have been to make them appear different like the 88-98 trucks, I imagine it was hard to sell someone a square then the new body styles came out. My buddies 89 was same striping as yours. Learn something new everyday :thumb:
 
Not yet. That'll happen this weekend. Unless I'm needing to haul stuff, or going 4 wheeling, I don't drive it, so I don't have a huge pressure to make time during the week to do it. :wink1: Hell, the interior panel is still off the truck, and the soccer ball is still in there! :haha: Saturday's my day, though, to get things tidied up and to check out the leaks.

In other news: I bought a battery switch from a CK5er this week, and I should be meeting up with imiceman early next week for a driver's side battery tray. I'm really looking forward to having a trail-spare battery. So, I'll still need to get some cables, but I want to get the battery and the switch mounted first, obviously, so that I can measure how much cable I'll need. Guess I'll have to get a bigger, badder alternator at some point in the next few months, too.

The other thing I want to do for trail-preparedness is install an in-line fuel pump, perhaps on a parallel circuit, incase my TBI one ever goes bad while wheelin.

And here's more of my laundry list:
Spark plugs, wires, fuel filter. These haven't been done as long as I've owned it (1.5 years, 10K miles at most), but I have no clue when they were last done by the PO, and the truck now has over 200,000 miles on it. :yikes:
 
You must have the 6 digit odometer on yours. My '85 reads 85,000 miles but I'm sure it's 185,000 since it will only go to 99,999 miles. Or could it even be 285,000? :eek1: I doubt it since the engine doesn't seem to have been rebuilt.
 
Yes, 6 digits. I think that they started using the 6 digit odo's when they went to an electric speedo.
 
Yeah. My '89 had a 5 digit speedo just like the older trucks.
 
colbystephens said:
Yes, 6 digits. I think that they started using the 6 digit odo's when they went to an electric speedo.
Click to expand...

I started a thread on this a while back, and could not get a solid answer. They were out there randomly before that.

Martin
 
This may be random and I'm not trying to hijack, but I just found out the other day why some of these trucks have 85 mph speedos and some have 100 mph ones. It had nothing to do with the engine. Apparently some lady (whose interview I was reading) that was a bureaucrat during the Carter admininistration felt that having a 120 mph or higher speedo in motor vehicles encouraged people to go faster than they should, so she successfully lobbied to get a federal law passed that would mandate speedos to only go to 85. That was in 1978 and it lasted until like '84 or something, but the auto makers had plenty of the 85 mph speedos left so they kept using them until they were gone. Then they went back to the 100 and 120 mph speedos.

Hijack over.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Latest Posts

Top Bottom