y5mgisi
1 ton status
Excitement! Glad everything turned out ok and ya had a good time!
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'90 K5 - The Nevada Blazer [Post 1437: School me on alternators)
- Thread starter colbystephens
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Looks like I'm picking up a set of DIY4x's slider brackets in exchange for doing some work for "alexsdad." 
So, sliders are forthcoming. Really looking forward to sliders- they'll really increase my confidence out there on the trail.
Likely going to drive the Rubicon in August with Russell, alexsdad, another friend and perhaps some of Russell's buddies. So, I need to get some stuff finished up to make sure that drive goes smoothly: Mainly, sliders and bump stops. I'd also like to relocate my hitch to be behind my bumper/license plate to get it up and out of the way.
Some day, down the road, I'll do some real bumpers for it, but that won't happen before the Rubicon. So, I want to move the hitch for now.
So, sliders are forthcoming. Really looking forward to sliders- they'll really increase my confidence out there on the trail.Likely going to drive the Rubicon in August with Russell, alexsdad, another friend and perhaps some of Russell's buddies. So, I need to get some stuff finished up to make sure that drive goes smoothly: Mainly, sliders and bump stops. I'd also like to relocate my hitch to be behind my bumper/license plate to get it up and out of the way.
Some day, down the road, I'll do some real bumpers for it, but that won't happen before the Rubicon. So, I want to move the hitch for now.
Oh I didn't know they were gearing up for a Rubicon trip.
I should try and get my **** together.
I should try and get my **** together.
Yeah! That'd be cool. Preliminary date idea is to meet up on the evening of Thursday August 16th, probably in Pollock Pines area, and then wheel Friday the 17th through Sunday the 19th. August 16 is the last day of a class I'm teaching at University of Nevada, and I still need to find out what day grades are due because I HAVE to get that right. It'll probably be sometime the following week, tho, so not to worry!
"Getting back in, I was jumping into my truck from a loose boulder and nailed my shin against my rocker panel. It cut me down to the bone and soaked my sock and boot with blood. Took quite a bit to stop the gushing bleed, but we got it stopped. I'm pretty sore now, but good to go."
one reason i always have a first aid kit in the blazer
one reason i always have a first aid kit in the blazer
Yeah - I had intended to put mine in that morning, but forgot. 
Fortunately, "alexsdad" had a partial kit, and we had a bandanna that we used to apply pressure and pseudo-stop the bleeding. I actually am still bleeding a tiny bit from it, but I got some butterfly bandages last night and that seems to be helping significantly.
I also bought a giant first aid kit to permanently keep in the Blazer.
Fortunately, "alexsdad" had a partial kit, and we had a bandanna that we used to apply pressure and pseudo-stop the bleeding. I actually am still bleeding a tiny bit from it, but I got some butterfly bandages last night and that seems to be helping significantly.I also bought a giant first aid kit to permanently keep in the Blazer.
Burbdood 74
Giver of not a single damn...
I offered to amputate just below the knee, but Colby didn't think that was very funny.
The hacksaw blade wasn't that rusty.
I think that newer model Blazer is making you soft Colby. You get a rig with EFI and A/C and now you won't let an experienced Nevadan perform a simple back country amputation? Next thing you know you'll have heated seats and sideview mirrors with blinkers in them and you'll refuse let someone apply a tourniquet for a head wound.
Our grandparents were right, they were tougher because they had carbs and no radio's.
y5mgisi
1 ton status
Ha!
On a side note, my a/c stopped blowing cold air since last summer.
I tried it out on the way home from the trail just to see if it worked. I haven't done anything to it, and the compressor is only a year old. It wasn't that cold last summer, but I presumed it was due to it being converted to r134a, but keeping the same small r12-condenser. Maybe instead there was a pinhole leak? Just to put my mind to rest, the little ventilation door on the passenger side foot well doesn't have anything to do with it, does it? I pulled that out last weekend (and reinstalled it) looking for the electrical short. Mine's electrically operated, and I don't expect it to actually have anything to do with the a/c. Ideas? I'll probably just have to take it to an a/c shop. If it did leak out, I think I'll have a larger condenser installed at the same time.
KansasTwister
1/2 ton status
On a side note, my a/c stopped blowing cold air since last summer.
my r134a conversion needs to be recharged every summer as well. Maybe it doesnt like to be converted? Did you do the r134a seals and new low pressure switch? and drier and orifice tube?
I didn't do it. The previous owner did. So, I don't know. Is there any way for me to tell by looking at the system?
Im so jealous of the trails you have around you. Looks like a lot of fun
It really is amazing how close such great trails are. Plus, I'm only about an hour and a half from the Rubicon... which I have yet to drive. I come from Oregon, where the landscape is equally incredible, but opportunities for good trail rides are pretty limited.
I come from Oregon, where the landscape is equally incredible, but opportunities for good trail rides are pretty limited.
kauzenkaos
1/2 ton status
F the 134 conversions I've tried all the tricks on my 90 and it always works the same like shat. I've had a few successful swaps on customers cars but usually they run 5-10° warmer. And of course the price of me doing the swaps make customers think they are going to be able to keep icecream frozen in 100 plus temps. Think I'll buy a vintage air kit and make it fit. The two I've installed two of those and they work great.
Yeah, I wish mine were still R12, but it was done before i got it. Last summer, it worked pretty good as long as I was moving. If I was stopped at a stop light, it wouldn't remain quite so cold, but it wouldn't be as warm as opening the windows either. So, it was fine. Maybe sometime i'll end up with electric fans that will pull more CFM through the radiator and that would help a touch. Not too worried about it - just would like something to take the edge off. It doesn't really get that hot here anyway.
Max PF has a whole recipe for upgrading the AC system on those trucks. Different compressor, condenser, lines, etc. Said he had his system freezing him out in Arizona.
I have that thread saved. I should go back and look at it. I don't care much about a/c now, but in about 3 years when I have children, I'll definitely want it to keep them cool in summer out in the desert.
Burbdood 74
Giver of not a single damn...
Wait until you get those 105* days in July/August Nevada gets every few years. The last fishing/camping trip I went on with my best friend before he re-enlisted into the Army in 2002, we went to Wildhorse resevoir north of Elko.
The morning we left, it was 89* at 9am and when we rolled past Battle Mountain, it was a lovely 112* at 2pm. I had no A/C in my Blazer and rolling down the window felt like a hair dryer being blown across your face.
We got to the lake at 6pm or so and it was still 95*. We went through so much water and Gatorade we sloshed when we walked.
The morning we left, it was 89* at 9am and when we rolled past Battle Mountain, it was a lovely 112* at 2pm. I had no A/C in my Blazer and rolling down the window felt like a hair dryer being blown across your face.
We got to the lake at 6pm or so and it was still 95*. We went through so much water and Gatorade we sloshed when we walked.
Do you have, or have access to an AC manifold gauge set? Just check the pressures and top it off with R134a. It'll keep you cool enough. I know of lots of vehicles that get annual refills on freon.
Martin
Martin
