I'd like to hear an update with this exhaust situation... looks pretty cool but I don't know how it won't get all smashed up. 
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'93 Blazer build thread
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hd44blazer
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I know it looks like it will be in the way of the tire but when it stuffs, it should be just inside the arc path of the tire. If you were to run your hand down the wheel well surface or bring an imaginary line down, it would be flush with the exhaust tubing once you moved down that far. The tubing hugs the frame and tucks into the corner space that's made up of the frame surface and the bottom of the floor and the tire should move just past the exhaust and rub on the wheel well above it.
hd44blazer
1/2 ton status
update
well it's definitely been awhile since i last updated this build but a new job, debt, and a change of direction in the project itself have delayed any new progress.
But all that aside i have been working on it lately and have made some major headway.
i'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking
i started by completely tearing down the old Blazer body down to the frame, suspension, and drivetrain
then i picked up this '88 pickup for $320+a 32" TV the goods on this were the cab and the motor as it was a fairly new crate replacement of the old motor
then stripped it down and sold off what i wasn't going to use and actually made a profit off this
after it was stripped down i disconnected the motor from the cab and tranny in preparation of swapping it to the Blazer frame
a little sanding and primer
and a fresh coat of white
dropped in the motor
and slipped the cab up onto the frame
finally got it all the way forward
and here's where i'm at now, this was tonight (7/16/10) the electrical is all hooked up and working, just need to mount the Blazer fuel tank behind the cab, extend the lines a little, bleed the brakes and it should be rolling once again only much more reliably
well it's definitely been awhile since i last updated this build but a new job, debt, and a change of direction in the project itself have delayed any new progress.
But all that aside i have been working on it lately and have made some major headway.
i'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking
i started by completely tearing down the old Blazer body down to the frame, suspension, and drivetrain
then i picked up this '88 pickup for $320+a 32" TV the goods on this were the cab and the motor as it was a fairly new crate replacement of the old motor
then stripped it down and sold off what i wasn't going to use and actually made a profit off this
after it was stripped down i disconnected the motor from the cab and tranny in preparation of swapping it to the Blazer frame
a little sanding and primer
and a fresh coat of white
dropped in the motor
and slipped the cab up onto the frame
finally got it all the way forward
and here's where i'm at now, this was tonight (7/16/10) the electrical is all hooked up and working, just need to mount the Blazer fuel tank behind the cab, extend the lines a little, bleed the brakes and it should be rolling once again only much more reliably
hd44blazer
1/2 ton status
http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/88/1000704.jpggot more done over the weekend, throw me some feedback what do you guys think?
fuel tank mounted, and plumbed
fuel tank mounted, and plumbed
Looks like a heck of a project! That home paint job looks pretty good. 
What was wrong with the old body? Just too much damage?
What was wrong with the old body? Just too much damage?
hd44blazer
1/2 ton status
yea just got bogged down in unnecessary mods and some other stuff and needed a fresh start ya know
hd44blazer
1/2 ton status
so it started and ran today, very exciting and fulfilling when all your work comes to fruition, at least for me, and it only took two cranks to fire up and was extremely smooth too.
The rig looks good!
hd44blazer
1/2 ton status
thanks, much appreciated!
Wow, from left field comes a zinger! Big change.
What are you going to do for the rear? Tube?
What are you going to do for the rear? Tube?
hd44blazer
1/2 ton status
more than likely it will be a tubed rear, i'm searching around and finding different designs to see what i like best but i think my favorite for now is this one on a 'yota it's clean, simple, and functional
Cool. Like how that one is tube yet still sorta a bed. Has some function other than just a role cage.
hd44blazer
1/2 ton status
damn oil leaks
so i've been battling the oil filter adapter leaks on this motor for a few days now but haven't given up.
it all started with having to switch out the little piece that the filter and cooling lines attach to because the donor motor was not equipped with cooling lines therefore had no place for the lines to attach.
the gasket was basically destroyed from removing the adapter, and i was too lazy to go and get a new at the time so i went ahead and bolted it up, started the motor, and what a surprise it leaks around the two bolts that hold it to the motor. so that one was my own stupidity for not getting a new gasket.
so i get the entire gasket set for this adapter for about $10 it included two different style paper gaskets, one large orange o-ring, two small line o-rings, and two medium sized o-rings and i wasn't quite sure where those two went, but anyway moving on.
i pulled the adapter back off installed the new paper gasket and of course assumed the original large orange o-ring would hold up because it had been up to this point. i did however add some washers to the bolts and hi-temp silicone around the washers. got it all bolted up again and started the motor and again oil coming out, this time from around the top of the adapter but not from the bolts, so i solved one leak but created another
so once again pulled off the adapter but this time disconnected the cooling lines from the adapter (those little quick connectors) in order to be sure that the new large orange o-ring i was going to install was fully seated in the groove before bolting it up and added some hi-temp silicone gasket maker both in the groove and on top of the o-ring itself.
again bolted it back up and started the motor this time oil was pouring out of the upper inlet line that i had just removed and reinstalled, prior to this i had never had a leak out of these lines for the entire time i've owned this former Blazer and they don't look to have been replaced before i bought it so it appears that just simply breaking the nearly 20 year old seal that this line had was enough to cause it to not reseal itself even though nothing was altered in or around the fitting.
so i'm going to try some new lines and seals tomorrow and see if they solve this problem for good. i just thought it was funny how it all kinda snowballed into a different problem and moved from one section to another.
so i've been battling the oil filter adapter leaks on this motor for a few days now but haven't given up.
it all started with having to switch out the little piece that the filter and cooling lines attach to because the donor motor was not equipped with cooling lines therefore had no place for the lines to attach.
the gasket was basically destroyed from removing the adapter, and i was too lazy to go and get a new at the time so i went ahead and bolted it up, started the motor, and what a surprise it leaks around the two bolts that hold it to the motor. so that one was my own stupidity for not getting a new gasket.
so i get the entire gasket set for this adapter for about $10 it included two different style paper gaskets, one large orange o-ring, two small line o-rings, and two medium sized o-rings and i wasn't quite sure where those two went, but anyway moving on.
i pulled the adapter back off installed the new paper gasket and of course assumed the original large orange o-ring would hold up because it had been up to this point. i did however add some washers to the bolts and hi-temp silicone around the washers. got it all bolted up again and started the motor and again oil coming out, this time from around the top of the adapter but not from the bolts, so i solved one leak but created another
so once again pulled off the adapter but this time disconnected the cooling lines from the adapter (those little quick connectors) in order to be sure that the new large orange o-ring i was going to install was fully seated in the groove before bolting it up and added some hi-temp silicone gasket maker both in the groove and on top of the o-ring itself.
again bolted it back up and started the motor this time oil was pouring out of the upper inlet line that i had just removed and reinstalled, prior to this i had never had a leak out of these lines for the entire time i've owned this former Blazer and they don't look to have been replaced before i bought it so it appears that just simply breaking the nearly 20 year old seal that this line had was enough to cause it to not reseal itself even though nothing was altered in or around the fitting.
so i'm going to try some new lines and seals tomorrow and see if they solve this problem for good. i just thought it was funny how it all kinda snowballed into a different problem and moved from one section to another.
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hd44blazer
1/2 ton status
threw on the half door and fender skin for a mock-up pic and began painting the other body panels
The doors look good on there. Are you going to redo your slider or trim the fender back towards it, or just leave it? Just curious.
hd44blazer
1/2 ton status
i'm going to trim the extra length off just behind the cab, there's a support that runs just to that point so it'll work out good
and finally stopped the oil leak
and finally stopped the oil leak
hd44blazer
1/2 ton status
a little more progress today
hd44blazer
1/2 ton status
finally drives hella nice for the first time in over a year, only minor details left and the tube rear
You're making quick work of this project.
hd44blazer
1/2 ton status
just some minor updates, hooked up the stereo w/ 4 channel amp and probably going to add a subwoofer too behind the seats, and got the tach i had lying around hooked up and working so i can actually see my RPMs
now just waiting for my 1.75 bending die to come in along with the tubing for the rear, oh and front chromo shafts.
and i've been driving it around the neighborhood as it sits in the last picture every couple days, no rear lights, rear shocks, plates, or registration just to keep the fluids circulating
...haha yea right actually because its just so much fun and makes people take a second look when they see it rumbling down the road
will keep the updates coming though
now just waiting for my 1.75 bending die to come in along with the tubing for the rear, oh and front chromo shafts.
and i've been driving it around the neighborhood as it sits in the last picture every couple days, no rear lights, rear shocks, plates, or registration just to keep the fluids circulating
...haha yea right actually because its just so much fun and makes people take a second look when they see it rumbling down the roadwill keep the updates coming though
