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

I do want to do something about the doors. I actually have a very cool half-door idea in mind - kind of a skinned tube door. But, for now, I haven't done it yet. I have electric doors, so I'd need to make a connector for the wiring, etc.

As to the winch - we've never had a problem with being able to back-out of a situation. Plus, one of us could always give the other a little tug if needed. But, I don't recall having been on a really hard trail without someone who has a winch (although, that wouldn't really stop us. :D ) I do want to get a winch, but everything is money, as I'm sure you know.
 
Eventually I will post a pic of what happened to my quarter panel (the whole thing :eek1:) a few weekends ago, you won't feel so bad about your door after that. Maybe.
 
My goal is to never have a hit on my rear quarters. I don't want hits on my doors/fenders, but those are easily replaced in a worst-case scenario. The rear quarters on the other hand....

Sorry to hear about yours. Guess it's part of the game we play, though.
 
I was walking right up it until I fell in that hole. Once it fell into that hole it just kept getting closer and closer to the tree. Backing up further would have pushed the tree across the door. And there was no way to get another vehicle to pull the rear over, away from the tree.

It happens. I knew it going in. That's why I picked a truck that wasn't "perfect" to start with. Totally ruined my $30 paint job though. :rolleyes:
 
Haven't gotten anything done on the truck since that last trip, because I've been so busy with work/school. I'm itching to get back to the truck tho - definitely looking forward to having enough time to fix the door. And I still need to install the passenger side fender badge. I made some money off of my art show, so I'm thinking I'll probably buy the remaining items I need for my OBA system. ( For info on my artshow, go to www.colbystephens.com. ) I am also trying to get a hold of a driver's side battery tray so I can get my second battery installed on a solenoid as a back up.

In news of things I have actually done: I moved my tools for my truck out of my over-sized plastic tool box and into a tool bag. :haha: It saves me a ton of space and makes the space inside my bolt-down truck tool box more versatile.
 
I got one of them but my fender does not have the holes for it to bolt in.

Colby post up if you figure out how to put it in with out the holes, unless yours has the holes.
 
Donno about you guys with the 81-91 trucks, but on my 73-80's, the truck may or may not have been set up for the secondary tray. In my case I had to remove the grille and some stuff up front, plus drop the charcoal canister and such, to drill the holes and then put nuts up front for it. I found it was time consuming more than difficult. Marking the holes was the hardest part as vaguely recall marking from the back but drilling from the front. A good point punch and the proverbial ballpeen hammer would be very useful to dimple sheetmetal.

LMC also has the trays, and back when I bought mine (again, 73-80 style) they had GM stickers on 'em.

-- A
 
dremu said:
Donno about you guys with the 81-91 trucks, but on my 73-80's, the truck may or may not have been set up for the secondary tray. In my case I had to remove the grille and some stuff up front, plus drop the charcoal canister and such, to drill the holes and then put nuts up front for it. I found it was time consuming more than difficult. Marking the holes was the hardest part as vaguely recall marking from the back but drilling from the front. A good point punch and the proverbial ballpeen hammer would be very useful to dimple sheetmetal.

LMC also has the trays, and back when I bought mine (again, 73-80 style) they had GM stickers on 'em.

-- A
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Its cake on a 90. Remove charcoal canister, drill the holes that are predimpled from the factory, bolt on. Rig charcoal canister to side of new battery tray.

EASY:D
 
colbystephens said:
Haven't gotten anything done on the truck since that last trip, because I've been so busy with work/school. I'm itching to get back to the truck tho - definitely looking forward to having enough time to fix the door. And I still need to install the passenger side fender badge. I made some money off of my art show, so I'm thinking I'll probably buy the remaining items I need for my OBA system. ( For info on my artshow, go to www.colbystephens.com. ) I am also trying to get a hold of a driver's side battery tray so I can get my second battery installed on a solenoid as a back up.

In news of things I have actually done: I moved my tools for my truck out of my over-sized plastic tool box and into a tool bag. :haha: It saves me a ton of space and makes the space inside my bolt-down truck tool box more versatile.
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I have you covered on the battery tray, I will let you know when I can meet in Reno on my way.
 
imiceman44 said:
I have you covered on the battery tray, I will let you know when I can meet in Reno on my way.
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Cool! fWIW, I wasn't criticizing you. I assume you've been quite busy, and haven't seen you around Ck5 much.
 
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On Tuesday afternoon I popped the cover off of the inside of my tailgate to take a look at the latches. It has been getting more and more difficult to open lately - having to pull really hard on the handle, and the handle has a LOT of action before it engages the latches.

Well, I didn't really come up with the problem. I tried to pull the driver's side latch off, but I don't have an impact screw driver with which to remove the screws, and I couldn't get one off. The D/S latch is the one that's been real sticky. So, I greased it up really good. I also pulled the latch mechanism out and added some spacers over the latch pushrod so that I reduced the amount of action required for the handle to engage the latch mechanism. Works really well now.

I found that the electrical connection to the window motor was covered in some pretty thick goop, too. I scraped most of it off - it looked kind of like melted plastic, but was still pretty pliable. Don't know what that is. Motor is faster now. The motor usually works well when it's warm out, but slows significantly in the cold. It is expected to snow tomorrow and have a high in the 30s, so we'll see if it is still happy tomorrow. :dunno:
 
colbystephens said:
On Tuesday afternoon I popped the cover off of the inside of my tailgate to take a look at the latches. It has been getting more and more difficult to open lately - having to pull really hard on the handle, and the handle has a LOT of action before it engages the latches.

Well, I didn't really come up with the problem. I tried to pull the driver's side latch off, but I don't have an impact screw driver with which to remove the screws, and I couldn't get one off. The D/S latch is the one that's been real sticky. So, I greased it up really good. I also pulled the latch mechanism out and added some spacers over the latch pushrod so that I reduced the amount of action required for the handle to engage the latch mechanism. Works really well now.

I found that the electrical connection to the window motor was covered in some pretty thick goop, too. I scraped most of it off - it looked kind of like melted plastic, but was still pretty pliable. Don't know what that is. Motor is faster now. The motor usually works well when it's warm out, but slows significantly in the cold. It is expected to snow tomorrow and have a high in the 30s, so we'll see if it is still happy tomorrow. :dunno:
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Having the same issues wiht my burb. Let me know when you figure it out :haha:
 
colbystephens said:
On Tuesday afternoon I popped the cover off of the inside of my tailgate to take a look at the latches. It has been getting more and more difficult to open lately - having to pull really hard on the handle, and the handle has a LOT of action before it engages the latches.

Well, I didn't really come up with the problem. I tried to pull the driver's side latch off, but I don't have an impact screw driver with which to remove the screws, and I couldn't get one off. The D/S latch is the one that's been real sticky. So, I greased it up really good. I also pulled the latch mechanism out and added some spacers over the latch pushrod so that I reduced the amount of action required for the handle to engage the latch mechanism. Works really well now.

I found that the electrical connection to the window motor was covered in some pretty thick goop, too. I scraped most of it off - it looked kind of like melted plastic, but was still pretty pliable. Don't know what that is. Motor is faster now. The motor usually works well when it's warm out, but slows significantly in the cold. It is expected to snow tomorrow and have a high in the 30s, so we'll see if it is still happy tomorrow. :dunno:
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I have an impact screwdriver you can borrow :D
 
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