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Blazer Bash 2025 Last Minute Trash
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I don't even have a front driveshaft in the crew cab....
I have BOTH driveshafts in
Usually this weekend is my last push for the bash. Really bummed I'm not going, but next year the truck will be more then enough ready to rumble.
Funny man
I would very much like to make the drive in Plank next year and participate in the shenanigans! Wanted to this year but funds and time weren't in my previous fortune cookies. Bender will be driveway art for a while 
Mechanically ready. I still need to put in the console screws and mount/ wire up the ham radio. If I have time, I'll mount a winch, I have all the parts and Engineered Vintage behind the bumper mount, but I would rather design and fab my own and won't have time for that.
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I renewed my plates.
So did I.
I washed my blazer.
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Took everything out of it and vacuumed up all the leaves and debris. 1/2 filled the shop vac and it's not small.
There is a puddle under my power steering pump today. Zero chance its a loose hose, right? Lifetime warranty from Oreilly is dumb when you have to change pumps every year.
Unless the seal cracked, I have been successful using brake fluid half a pint.
Last one was still fine when I sold it 7 years later
I may just break the cycle and go get one from NAPA. This is the 3rd or 4th time in not long enough.
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No body told me there were going to be tech inspections. Turkeys!
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My 2008 2500HD with 6.0L does surprisingly good job of towing my big ass crew cab. I've just recently been hauling the crew cab when we're doing the trips with multiple days. The only issue I have is the transmission gets pretty damn hot pulling the mountain passes. This is something a lot of people have dealt with so I followed the typical remedy and picked up a TruCool 40k cooler.
The size comparison is comical. The OE cooler is tiny.
The size comparison is comical. The OE cooler is tiny.
I'm patching trailer fenders and replacing the brakes.
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Was getting ready to do the nut and bolt check, talking to a friend on the phone look down and see this.
It's a bolt that holds my bottom winch plate in. Found about 10 bolts/nuts loose on the truck. All fluids checked /filled and greased stuff.
It's a bolt that holds my bottom winch plate in. Found about 10 bolts/nuts loose on the truck. All fluids checked /filled and greased stuff.
Nut and bolt check is highly recommended. All my t-case to adapter bolts were loose a couple turns after my Leadville off roading 2 weekends ago. I spent an hour under my Blazer checking bolts.
Yeah definitely do a nut and bolt check.
I learned the hard way, I never did and one day I was leading a trail and my crossmember drops on one side and I was stuck for a bit.
Luckily nothing broke, so I robbed a couple of bolts and nuts from non essential areas and jacked up the transmission back into place and got it bolted and I was on my way.
It was only a 20 minutes delay and I was able to catch up with the gang who bypassed me in no time
I learned the hard way, I never did and one day I was leading a trail and my crossmember drops on one side and I was stuck for a bit.
Luckily nothing broke, so I robbed a couple of bolts and nuts from non essential areas and jacked up the transmission back into place and got it bolted and I was on my way.
It was only a 20 minutes delay and I was able to catch up with the gang who bypassed me in no time
