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

It all boils down to surface area. You could use one of the square,flat air bag/bladder things like they sell for making a gap between a window and a door.
The are used to get a tool in to unlock a door when you lock your keys in.
Then put a piece of plywood or something with a lot of surface area on the good side, and a piece of plywood with a small wooden block on the other side.

Put the plywood side against the bladder, and the small block against the dent. This concentrates all the force on the dent on that side, and spreads out the force on the good side.
Plus keeps the small block from punching a hole in the bladder.
 
Hey Colby, your inbox is full.


Do you have some good close ups of your roof rack build? More importantly the little corner gussets you made? Im quite lazy and don't wanna read through the build to find the roof rack build :whistle:
 
Hey Colby, your Blazer is looking good. I think it looks better than mine, and they are basically twins.
Can you get some measurements off of it for me? Is the height of you front bumper still 30", your rockers 28", and rear bumper 28"? Can you measure how much room you have from the top of your tire straight up to the bottom of the fender?
My truck measure 30" at the front bumper, 28" at the rockers, 30" at the rear bumper, 12" from the front tire to the fender, and close to 10" from the rear tire to the fender.

Maybe yours looks better because of your wheel/tire combo. I'm running 37" Baja T/A's on 24 bolt hmmwv wheels. Your tires are 15.5" wide, right?
 
Subscribe to catch up. Wow Colby. Nice rig. I need to spend more time in the driveway
 
don't know how I missed this one....nice rig :bow::waytogo:
 
My rear window got stuck in the "down" location the other day. :( Neither the key nor the cab-switch could be heard when you used them. Then, randomly, I was able to get the window to go up half-way, to where it normally gets stuck. Typically, I get out, bump the window with my hand, and then it'll go up the rest of the way. But, when I hit the switch again, it did nothing. Thankfully, after enough bumping on the cab switch, I was able to get it to go up. Down works with both key and switch all the time. Not really sure where to begin in terms of fixing this.

In other bummer news, I think that I'm going to take the drivability insurance off my truck and just insure it to sit next to the house for a few months to save some money. :( As we're preparing to graduate and start paying student loans, our budget is looking tighter than I was expecting. Oh well. Do what you have to do. Perhaps I can work on little things while it sits, like the sagging headliner and that window switch. Etc.
 
colbystephens said:
My rear window got stuck in the "down" location the other day. :( Neither the key nor the cab-switch could be heard when you used them. Then, randomly, I was able to get the window to go up half-way, to where it normally gets stuck. Typically, I get out, bump the window with my hand, and then it'll go up the rest of the way. But, when I hit the switch again, it did nothing. Thankfully, after enough bumping on the cab switch, I was able to get it to go up. Down works with both key and switch all the time. Not really sure where to begin in terms of fixing this.

In other bummer news, I think that I'm going to take the drivability insurance off my truck and just insure it to sit next to the house for a few months to save some money. :( As we're preparing to graduate and start paying student loans, our budget is looking tighter than I was expecting. Oh well. Do what you have to do. Perhaps I can work on little things while it sits, like the sagging headliner and that window switch. Etc.
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My drivers window does that from time to time. Thinking motor/regulator more than switch.

What do you really save not driving it? Can you lower your coverage on it?
 
It was the motor on mine that was causing the problem you describe. Bummer about not being able to drive the Blazer though.
 
Any good tests for the motor? I was wondering if it was a power supply issue to the "up" side of the motor.

As to insurance: I can't lower my coverage to anything less than my current "full coverage" status because I also purchase a Personal Liability Umbrella Policy. The PLUP requires me to have full coverage on both vehicles. I don't drive the Blazer much, unless I need to haul materials or to go four wheeling. I can have a buddy help me haul materials if I need, and I can save some coin by not burning the fuel for four wheeling. It's just for a short time while we're getting situated after grad school. It'll save me about $115/month.
 
Awesome! Thanks for the info. :bow: I was not looking forward to sifting through all the threads that would pop up if I searched for rear window problems... :yikes:
 
Well, I still haven't fixed my rear window. But I know it's the safety switch. I need to get ahold of an impact screw driver to get my latch off though - I can't break one of the screws free, and I don't want to strip it. I'm just going to by pass it. No biggie.

I didn't end up discontinuing insurance on my truck. I did for a couple days, but my Jetta's drive-by-wire pedal broke a couple days later so I put the truck back on insurance. I learned that I could reduce my coverage a bit (it was WAY overkill), so that saves me $40/mo. I'm using it pretty frequently right now as a work truck, so that's good, and it's nice to drive it more regularly.

I went on a light 4x4 trip with Owenst7 out to these crazy awesome hot springs the other day. A 4x4 club built some nice tubs, and the water fills them up and then cascades over the edge into a larger river 8' or so below. Pretty cool. Here's a pic of my bride there:

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It's not a pic of the truck, I know, but I figure you guys won't mind... :wink1:

While we were out there, I got to talking to Owenst7 about how harsh the ride is on my truck. We decided the best way to move forward in dealing with it would be to start by getting a decent shackle angle on the front. So my next mod on the truck is to replace the FUSHes, move them forward a bit, and run a longer shackle. I'm really stoked about it, because it's a relatively inexpensive modification that should really improve ride quality significantly.
 
Sweet! Also curious to see how the shackle move works for you. What Springs and shocks are you running.
 
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