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I am now the new owner of this absolutely cherry 1970 K5...

86 will have a different tranny and shifter. Stock it will be short for 86. Your k5 should have the shifter for the NP205. I pulled a NP205 from a 72 into my 78 now the stick is really tall. Kinda cool but it gets in the way. I'm interested if the stick was cut and how it works out.
 
Sweet... the bank called me today and said I can come and pick up the check... The Blazer is all mine... now to find the cash to throw in the diesel. =) I'm thinking I'll just keep it a gas hog until I go to school, them rebuild all three motors (I'm sure some of the students won't have a motor to bring to class for that part) and then sell them to cover the cost of the diesel purchase.

So, in about 13 hours, I'll be picking up the Blazer and driving it to the shop. I need to get the top off for the last few weeks of warm weather.

Oh yeah, almost forgot... since I still have the whole chassis from the 86 Blazer, I was thinking I'd pull the rear springs off, the rear front-spring hangers, and do a shackle flip out back and 52s up front. I figure I'll have to move the mounting points for the hangers in the front end, but I won't have to do any fabbing for axle fitment in the springs will I? I also have a set of BFG ATs on Wagon Wheels that are getting moved to the 70 in lieu of the orange wheels the guy put on it. Any other ideas for stuff I can use from the 86 to make the 70 a better truck?
 
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Congratulations !! :bow::bow:
Just don't go chopin' it up please. I'm a member of the 'Save the 1st gens' club.

PhoenixZorn said:
Any other ideas for stuff I can use from the 86 to make the 70 a better truck?
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A radio maybe. :dunno:

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PhoenixZorn said:
Any other ideas for stuff I can use from the 86 to make the 70 a better truck?
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Nope.

1st Gens Rule...

Maybe consider driving it for a while "as-is" before you start...ahem, (how can I say this politely)....... improving it?? :crazy:


It looks like a sweet ride just as it is.
 
There's definitely something wrong with that truck but I just can't put my finger on it.......oh yeah,the round rolly things on the bottom are kinda tiny looking and there aren't any dents in it.
I sure wish the body on mine was that straight-jeez,now I have truck envy!!!
 
destinbeachman said:
There's definitely something wrong with that truck but I just can't put my finger on it.......oh yeah,the round rolly things on the bottom are kinda tiny looking and there aren't any dents in it.
I sure wish the body on mine was that straight-jeez,now I have truck envy!!!
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The "smallish" rolly things on the ground may get bigger before too long, but won't get bigger than 35" or so... the 33s on it are already loud, and my speedometer is at LEAST 10mph too low for the speed I'm travelling. I drove home today with 45 on the speedo and was catching the vehicle in front of me on a 55mph road on which everyone goes at least 60. As for the straight body... there is a weld seam at the middle of both rear quarters and there is a bit of rot on one of the cross members that hold the tub to the frame. The body mounts are all gone, but those are getting replaced in the next week, and I'm doing a transmission flush tomorrow. The oil was changed today, and it made me sick to see how black it was. I checked the differential fluid while it was on the lift, and while the front looked like new fluid, the rear looked like it had water in it. I'll be changing that tomorrow if possible.... I just have to hope nothing is internally wrong with it.

Anyway, the truck sounds and looks badass, and I'm happy I bought it. It needs a bit of tuning and it will get a fire extinguisher this week, but all in all, it's a perfect example of First Gen beauty.

The list:

Disk brakes in the front from the 86 Blazer.
Stereo... not a system, just good sound.
Shackle Flip in the rear.
52" springs up front hopefully will improve the ride a bit and equalize the shackle flip height.
35" BFG MTs or some of the smaller military tires (36"x12.5"x16"??)
Soft top (likely next year)
Over the seat roll bar and shoulder seat belts up front. (soon for safety reasons)
Rubber boot for gas fill tube.
Cummins swap (next year)
Disk brakes in the rear after the Cummins swap.
 
PhoenixZorn said:
Sweet... the bank called me today and said I can come and pick up the check... The Blazer is all mine... now to find the cash to throw in the diesel. =) I'm thinking I'll just keep it a gas hog until I go to school, them rebuild all three motors (I'm sure some of the students won't have a motor to bring to class for that part) and then sell them to cover the cost of the diesel purchase.
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What kinda diesel are you going to put in? Try a 4bt from a bread van p-30
 
That was the idea... I was planning on getting the bank to pony up the bills for the conversion, but they said because they were financing the whole purchase price of the truck that they wouldn't be able to give me any more for the cummins swap. The loan officer did however say if I can find the resources to go ahead with it due to the money it will save me on gas... in a year, I break even on the build, and after that, it's pretty much money I didn't have to spend on gasoline that can go into repairing the underside of the truck.
 
Transfer case shifter doesn't seem stock at least not like mine was, Steering wheel looks like newer camaro, monte carlo, chevelle type, Center console seems different up front where the cubby holes are. But then its been many years since I had my center console.


Nice blazer though!!! I would definately drive it, but then I'm biased.

Curious how much you had to give??
 
PhoenixZorn said:
The only thing it really needs mechanically is a brake job, and I plan on a disc brake swap from my burned out blazer. Now I just have to find a walkthrough on a disc brake swap on a first gen...
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It's pretty straighforward, if a little bit time consuming. I'm nearly finished doing it to my '69 with donor parts from an '84 6.2 K5. The easiest route is obviously doing a swap from a '71 or '72 with factory discs, just swap the whole axle in and get the matching flex hoses.

If you want to swap from a later truck all you need are the knuckles-out from a 73-91 K5. Preference goes to the 77-91s with either the Dana 44 or the 10-bolt that have the big-bearing spindles. If you get a 44 it will have 3/8" banjo bolts on the calipers, 10-bolts have metric 10mm. If you keep the outer axle shafts from the 70 instead of swapping to later shafts, you will need to use a 7/16"x1" fine thread bolt and a fender washer to retain the end of the shaft, as the c-clip won't work anymore as the shafts are about 3/8" shorter.

I used the MC out of a 71 that had power discs, as mine had the manual drums. I don't believe any of the newer MCs fit properly due to the mounting scheme of the booster. The lines also are not a direct bolt-up due to the fittings being of a different size, but about $7 worth of adapters takes care of that. I pulled vacuum from a port on the intake manifold that was plugged from the factory.

The only thing I haven't taken care of is the flex hoses. No factory application works, need something custom. I've just been lazy and low on $$ to get them.
 
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