Maverick4x4
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I'm in Draper. I pass Grantsville once, ok, twice a week on my way to the Nevada mines.
Hmmm, maybe I wrench on Friday and work on Saturday.
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Blower Blazer Build
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I'm in Draper. I pass Grantsville once, ok, twice a week on my way to the Nevada mines.
Hmmm, maybe I wrench on Friday and work on Saturday.
lectric80
3/4 ton status
Now they have changed again, saying rain in the afternoon on Sat, with snow and rain mix on Sunday and Monday. Who knows, it is hard to plan anything this time of year in Utah.
Huh, maybe Chevy DID figure it out.]
When I bought my 90 K5 it stood just like yours, but I knew it's history, my friend had the stock springs re-arched. Could be what the deal was with yours.
Maverick4x4
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Huh, maybe Chevy DID figure it out.
When I bought my 90 K5 it stood just like yours, but I knew it's history, my friend had the stock springs re-arched. Could be what the deal was with yours.
Good info, maybe that happened to mine. Wonder how it's gonna sit with the new lift kit on it. Turns out the kit is a Pro Comp 4" kit.
Regarding the flag, are you in dire distress?
Have you paid any attention to "our" governments lately? I for one am being subjected to a tyrannical local "authority" attempting to control what I can do on MY PRIVATE property....
When was the last time you were in Utah? Ever hear of the umm idk.... the Great SALT lake? in SALT lake city?
Maverick4x4
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Well, ya, our country is in distress. No argument. I always read that as if you or your present company was in distress, that's when you'd fly it upside down.
Now, back to our regularly scheduled build thread:
Spent today getting rollers, gas, cleaning the axles and rebuilding the steering column.
No tires yet, so I went and borrowed some 8-lug rollers from a friend this morning. Also noticed that the blazer was running out of gas last time I drove it through the neighborhood, so I stopped and filled up 3 gas cans. Damn ethanol. Gotta find somewhere that doesn't sell it so I can start buying gas for the snowmobiles (99% of the reason I'm building this blazer)
The steering wheel was wobbly and since I had the same problem on my jeep, I knew exactly what the issue was. Sure enough, 3 out of the 4 bolts that hold the column together down by the ball assembly (tilt wheel) were completely backed out and the steering wheel was all over the place. While I had the key cylinder out, I took it with me to the store and had several keys made (so I could test them on the spot). Only 1 key came with the blazer, and it was paper thin and worn. I could have just purchased a new cylinder, but I got several new keys for the same money. As I was buttoning it up I realized I hadn't taken any pics. Sorry. I may get a second chance for pics though...I had the ball thingy apart and may have put it back together 180* off...so the steering wheel may be upside down and I may have to take it all apart again. I hope not!
While I was doing the steering column (took quite a while) my 15yo cleaned the axles. Then he went to one football game (BYwho) and I took the wife and the other kids (and friends) to dinner, while listening to Utah whump UCLA. Go UTES!
Time to go back out and clean things up and put a coat of paint on the axles.
Go Utes!!
I've been there plenty, they don't use salt on the highways like they do out east trust me.
Maverick4x4
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Only been east once in the winter so I can't comment, but it's hard to imagine that it's possible to use any more than they do here. After the snow melts the roads are still white. And so are the cars. I probably wash my daily driver more often in the winter than the summer.
However...no salt up on the ranch, where this rig will be spending the winters.
Axles painted, steering wheel installed, horn works. Will get it inspected on Monday or Tues before I lift it so that I don't have to install mud flaps (local requirement for lifted vehicles)
Need to pick up a conversion U-joint and buy shocks. I've got Doetsch Tech on the jeep, but considering the basic Gabriels from the local lift shop or maybe the ones from autozone. Budget is making the rules.
Maverick4x4
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Taking the blazer under the knife tomorrow. Snow will be flyin' outside, but we'll be inside my friend's shop.
Picked up the conversion u-joint tonight, picking up the shocks in the morning.
No word on the blower yet. It was at one shop to find out why the blower engine won't go to high speed. Now it's at a different shop, heading over there on Monday or Tuesday to get pics of the Western/Fisher wiring harness on the truck and to see what they find out. The current owner doesn't want to sell it to me until it's working perfectly. Cool.
Brett
Picked up the conversion u-joint tonight, picking up the shocks in the morning.
No word on the blower yet. It was at one shop to find out why the blower engine won't go to high speed. Now it's at a different shop, heading over there on Monday or Tuesday to get pics of the Western/Fisher wiring harness on the truck and to see what they find out. The current owner doesn't want to sell it to me until it's working perfectly. Cool.
Brett
I think one big difference is the amount of humidity we have in the midwest/eastern states. RARELY do we see lower than 40% and a lot of the time its 60%+....that keeps the salt in a more hungry mood for metal.
Its not uncommon for things to sweat in the spring, like you just hit it with a waterhose. Eric was here in April, and couldnt believe how wet everything in my garage was on a 80* spring day.
Maverick4x4
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Update: The lift is almost done. Need longer brake lines.
Found something I've never seen before: One of the new rear U-bolts, supplied by Skyjacker, have threads that don't spiral.
"Are those left-hand or right-hand thread?"
"Neither. Both. Yes. No."
Threw it in the truck but didn't get a chance to take it back to the store today.
Picked up the H2 chromies yesterday. Bling! I checked out a couple pics of blazers running them. 496truck is a lot like what I'm doing. #944 in this post: http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2931065
I also really liked the look of the 15x10 chrome mods on the blazer when I got it, I'd love a 17" version of them. Can't find any, only 17x9. And the ones I found were spendy.
Found something I've never seen before: One of the new rear U-bolts, supplied by Skyjacker, have threads that don't spiral.
"Are those left-hand or right-hand thread?"
"Neither. Both. Yes. No."
Threw it in the truck but didn't get a chance to take it back to the store today.
Picked up the H2 chromies yesterday. Bling! I checked out a couple pics of blazers running them. 496truck is a lot like what I'm doing. #944 in this post: http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2931065
I also really liked the look of the 15x10 chrome mods on the blazer when I got it, I'd love a 17" version of them. Can't find any, only 17x9. And the ones I found were spendy.
Maverick4x4
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Found some tires to put on the bling. 35x12.50r17 They're even siped.
lectric80
3/4 ton status
Nice!
Maverick4x4
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Lifted. Just a couple things to finish so it will drive. Gotta take the rollers back, then bleed the brakes, then pick up Great-grandma and meet the family at Grandma's. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Held up the ultramount under the front of the truck yesterday. Looks like it bolts in the tow hook holes...and in some holes that aren't there yet. Has anyone mounted one of these on their Chevy/GMC? Not looking forward to taking off the front bumper to get to the tow hook bolts.
The blower is at the house, need to pull the blower controls from the previous owner's truck, which is an '08 GM 3500HD dually cab&chassis with a Tesco dump bed. The front end sits so low, and the IFS is so soft, that it scraped a couple times on the freeway last night. That won't happen on the blazer, with a little ballast on the rear, that is.
The plan for the ballast is to make a simple rack that fits in the reciever hitch for several 5 gallon buckets of concrete. 5 gallons of concrete should weigh about 100lbs. If I can make it to fit 10 or so then that would be 1000 lbs on the back. Not sure how much ballast that I will need. Any other ideas?
Held up the ultramount under the front of the truck yesterday. Looks like it bolts in the tow hook holes...and in some holes that aren't there yet. Has anyone mounted one of these on their Chevy/GMC? Not looking forward to taking off the front bumper to get to the tow hook bolts.
The blower is at the house, need to pull the blower controls from the previous owner's truck, which is an '08 GM 3500HD dually cab&chassis with a Tesco dump bed. The front end sits so low, and the IFS is so soft, that it scraped a couple times on the freeway last night. That won't happen on the blazer, with a little ballast on the rear, that is.
The plan for the ballast is to make a simple rack that fits in the reciever hitch for several 5 gallon buckets of concrete. 5 gallons of concrete should weigh about 100lbs. If I can make it to fit 10 or so then that would be 1000 lbs on the back. Not sure how much ballast that I will need. Any other ideas?
1000 lbs is a lot...300-500 over the rear wheels should be plenty. Hell, with 300 lbs of concrete ballast up against my tailgate my 2WD pick-up with glorified 28" tall all season tires went pretty much anywhere I pointed it in the snow.
I would get some tractor weights instead off concrete, easier to package and it won't stick out as far, and you can still open the tailgate. 500 should be enough i would think
Maverick4x4
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Good idea! I wondered about those but don't know what they were called. Yes, that would work. I'll start checking the classifieds.
Well, we're up here for the weekend, kind of. Need to go back down for a while tomorrow. The road had been plowed (not blown)...a couple of storms ago. The new toyo AT's got us almost to the driveway. Chains did the rest, but the snow plow berm was blocking the drive, and the snow was 2' deep concrete on the other side of the berm. Once the snow melts a little and settles it seems to set up like concrete. If we don't clear it after every storm we're screwed.
3 hours and several broken shear pins later (on the walk behind) there was a path just wide enough to get the truck down to the garage. Then it was time to unload the sheetrock. Ah, projects.
magik235
Still Alive
Looks good lifted.
