Glad the kid got some experience, that way next time I can heckle and not fear for my life that I’m putting you over the edge.
CK5
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'91 K5 Four Wheel Camper
This is the build for my 1991 V1500 Blazer, AKA the K5.3. It started out life being sold to the U.S. Government with a 350 TBI/700r4/241 combo. 4 years with a 5.3/700r4 Combo and now moving to an 8.1L Vortec and NV4500 5-speed.
Secret is to hand him a handful of wrenches and ask which one he wants to throw
Secret is to hand him a handful of wrenches and ask which one he wants to throw
I've got another bolt and nut here at the house to use. I'll need your help to weld a washer onto the mount to fix the hole that is less than round. I'm debating on getting a couple of captured nut plates to put on one side to help keep them from backing off. That side backed off before I swapped the springs.
He did good today. But he went to put the wheel back on and I think it outweighs him. There was a struggle. No tools were thrown, but the pig-headed kid was NOT taking instruction at that point. He even used my antics against me. When I tried to give him a little help he was cussing and getting wound up. He said if it was ok for me to get wound up and swear and hit stuff when stuff don't work then he can too. All I could do was laugh and say ok stud, it's all you. He got it though.
My Dad came out to hang with us while we worked too. He was throwing his two cents in too. It was funny. He was getting after me like I was getting after the kid.
Nothing like three generations spending some garage time.
That’s like when I tell my daughter to quit being a smartass , she just looks at me and says look who raised me.
He's every bit the smartass I am and then some. It's funny when he was a teenager he thought he was being funny and but it was usually ill-timed and not as funny as he thought it was. He's honed in his game.
It's all good though. The three of us out in the driveway is a good time, though takes a little longer than just getting it done myself. Totally worth it though. The kid is absorbing like a sponge. He's understanding the method to my madness on trail tool bags on what's where and why. This way he knows where specific tools are and can go get something without extra instruction on where to find it.
I should have some Williams washers I can weld up for you. 5/8 id?
I'm a little jelly.
Some of the best memories I have are of me, my dad, and my oldest boy working in the garage.
Priceless.
I often feel sorry for my wife that both our sons have moments where I think "oops, they got that from me...."
If she didn't like or tolerate those traits, she wouldn't have had your children.
I saw it on Craigslist. I did consider it and even found another one built similarly for a couple of grand less. I sent a message to the other one but didn't get any response.
I needed that pause to avoid the impulse buy. The more I thought about it the more I'd be into keeping two trucks rolling and the more aggressive I go with the second one the more it would be evident that a trailer and tow rig would be needed eventually. While the Crawlabago has the beans to tow, the short wheelbase would make it sketchy at best. I don't have the funds to run a tow rig/trailer and driving a crawler to Moab puts me into a similar situation that I have to be able to drive it back. Which puts me right back into the exact situation I'm in already. Plus driving an underpowered rig on massive tires would have it going over the passes in 2nd gear doing 40 at best. That would just piss me off, when the Blazer can climb at the posted speed limits or better without breaking a sweat.
I freely admit my trail choice that all the damage came on was a situation where I bit off more than I could chew. It did mostly drive out too, which was out of necessity more than anything else, but it did it. So had I just taken it a little easier, I would have led the guys down to Chicken corners the next day and drove home the day after that. I'd have more money in my wallet too.
I'm not completely shutting down the idea of a dedicated harder trail rig, but it might be something completely different. Whatever that is will be way down on the totem pole of importance though. The Blazer obviously needs to be attended to. I've got my Dad's Nomad that needs to be put back on the road by next spring and eventually I want my Nova back to get it roadworthy and getting timeslips at the local dragstrip.
I might have been told that already by someone. I forget who.
I’ll add it to your tab lol
Sumbich!
I might have deserved that one for the journey video I sent via dm through IG the other night. I was giggling to myself as I did it too.
Tom Woods SYE is inbound for the 241. Now is the time. It’s a hit to the budget but better than doing it later. I’m not in a rush so I can take my time on it and do it one time.
The kid came over to help me shuffle the parking order but the ElCo and the other SS were dead sticks. So we got them charging and while we waited we disconnected the water line to the swamp cooler and got it shut down for the season.
They still weren’t good enough so we ate some beef stew I had going in the crock pot all day and watched some wrestling with the big guy.
I’ll move the stuff around tomorrow and be ready for the next weekend.
The kid came over to help me shuffle the parking order but the ElCo and the other SS were dead sticks. So we got them charging and while we waited we disconnected the water line to the swamp cooler and got it shut down for the season.
They still weren’t good enough so we ate some beef stew I had going in the crock pot all day and watched some wrestling with the big guy.
I’ll move the stuff around tomorrow and be ready for the next weekend.
Not a lot done this weekend. I did put the other body bushing on the core support that was MIA. That allowed me to put the grille back in. I wanted to air up tires on the El Camino and SSTB so I went ahead and replaced the hose that failed between the ARB and the tank. I did add some woven conduit over the hose to give it a little more abrasion resistance. But with it fixed I was able to air up the tires on the fleet. Dad and I shuffled the parking order and the Blazer is now in a workable position.
I did take some time and performed a reset on the tool bags as they got completely blasted. They are now back to an organized state.
The kid didn't come over today so I didn't start the extraction of the t-case. The SYE kit is here and ready though. I'll get the kid over next weekend for another session.
I did take some time and performed a reset on the tool bags as they got completely blasted. They are now back to an organized state.
The kid didn't come over today so I didn't start the extraction of the t-case. The SYE kit is here and ready though. I'll get the kid over next weekend for another session.
T-case is out. Robbie and I ripped it out this afternoon before the weather started to turn.
We noticed as we took the skid plate off it was still touching the t-case housing. So much so there was tension on it you could feel release as the bolts came out.
I’ve got it ready to disassemble pending the weather next week.
We noticed as we took the skid plate off it was still touching the t-case housing. So much so there was tension on it you could feel release as the bolts came out.
I’ve got it ready to disassemble pending the weather next week.
