big pappa b
3/4 ton status
I'm in Colorado Springs and grew up in E. St. Louis..don't go there 
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K5 blew a head gasket, had to leave... Got it back!
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bigred88
1/2 ton status
I've passed through, but never gotten off the interstate. Fun fact- one of the exits there has recently become Barrack Obama Drive. I did find myself in the lovely little hamlet of Brooklyn, Il, when I got lost looking for a junkyard. I didn't know places that desolate and run down existed in the US, it was an eye opener. And the center of town being 4 blocks of nothing but stip clubs with full parking lots at 11 am, that was an eye opener, too.
454Sub
5/8 ton status
Damn, I know every single strip club and junkyard in this area. And you didnt call or text me? Now I feel like a used up skank in PT's with 3 C-section scars and no man. I am offended, and will be withdrawling my membership from here. Seriously though, if you need help around here, be it in a strip club in Brooklyn (IE the hottub room, which I have never "paid" for but been invited into), or a parking lot in Belleville, Il show up. I may not be in a wrenching state, but I assure you I will be in a havea hella of a good time probably end up raped by 3 350lb skanks while on drugs eating Dennys at 5am then ending up swamped in a creek kind of night. Trust me, its not something that you want your kids to know, but it is a awesome Hangover kinda tyme.
Brian_D
1/2 ton status
Well, I'm back in St. Louis, the Blazer is still in Woodland Park. I got it reassembled and couldn't for the life of me get it running. I figured I wasn't getting the distributor in right (even though I know how to and I did it over and over and over). We towed it to a shop in town where my father in law knows a good mechanic, he got it barely running with 10 degrees of advance, really lopey idle that smoothed out a little with some speed. I was really short on time so we decided to leave it with my wife's parents who have plenty of space. I think I might have over tightened the rocker arms, and the mechanic thought so, too, so it's going back in next week to get a full look over. At first the mechanic was saying he thought the cam might have sheared a lobe, but after thinking about it for a while he thought it might just be that the valve lash is too tight.
It's kind of out of my hands at this point, since I had to come back home and leave the truck in Colorado, hopefully this mechanic gets it running well next week.
It was really hard to leave, it almost felt like leaving a family member. I've had this Blazer for 6 years now, and put a lot of time into it. I just wish this had happened closer to home- I wouldn't have been so rushed to fix it, wouldn't have made any mistakes like overtightening the rocker arms, and even if I had it would be sitting in my garage for me to deal with the next day. This sucks.
On the bright side, if it is more than just overtightened rocker arms and the engine is shot, I may drop a much more fun crate engine in it...
Oh, also, leaving Colorado without the Blazer was torture. It seemed like I was seeing a Blazer almost every mile heading east on US 24, reminding me I didn't have mine. There are so many Blazers there. I guess there's a reason why the site is Colorado K5, I see like 3 or 4 Blazers a year in St. Louis, I must have seen 30 or 40 in 5 days in Colorado.
@ at the bold, i feel this pain... Since my transmission went, i see them all over the place! sad..
herkdriver007
1/2 ton status
I pulled into the local Safeway lot a couple of weeks ago and counted 9. Square body GM's are everywhere here.
Bunch of red neck gun toting hicks, we are.
Bunch of red neck gun toting hicks, we are.
bigred88
1/2 ton status
I... umm.... yeah... I think that "eye opening" comment about the strip clubs might have been misinterpreted (or just poorly written). Let's just say they're not really my kind of place...
454Sub
5/8 ton status
Haha, dont blame ya, that entire area isnt my kind of place. But, I have been there on a few occasions due to alcohol induction. But then, in that circumstance, it is my kinda place. But seriously, if your around there, or around here I guess, and need some help, just gimme a ring.
big pappa b
3/4 ton status
When I was stationed at Scott AFB, I used to be a door man at the club next to PT's in Centerville. Can't remember the name. My ex used to be a bartender at the Platnum club in Brooklyn. Spent many evenings there, um, making sure she was ok 
454Sub
5/8 ton status
My buddies father was head bouncer guy for them clubs down there in the early 90s or so, but was killed by a drunk driver. I have been to just about every one of the clubs, they can be fun. Hell, I knew every stripper in PT's in Centerville by their real name. And the times I had down there cant even be talked about in a Muslim country for fear of prison. But, getting old just ruined all that.
And speaking of Scott, I worked on the commissary or however you spell it, and the dentist office, and that place is awesome to work at. Foods cheap, everyone is actually nice. Plus the grounds are just a nice all around place.
And my dad grew up in ESL too. Small world.
And speaking of Scott, I worked on the commissary or however you spell it, and the dentist office, and that place is awesome to work at. Foods cheap, everyone is actually nice. Plus the grounds are just a nice all around place.
And my dad grew up in ESL too. Small world.
big pappa b
3/4 ton status
Where in E.St. Louis? I grew up in a very small neighborhood right where I-64 and I-255 meet, commonly referred to as St. Clair Farms. I think the state bought most of it out years ago
454Sub
5/8 ton status
Il have to ask him when he comes back from Cali. He is up there running his new ATV rental place on Pismo he got. He is 58 or something like that, got younger brothers. Originally he was from southern Missouri, but moved to ESL at I have no idea what age after my grandma and my dads dad got divorced. I do remember him saying he didnt have to lock the doors on the house. So, I would guess that it was in the 1800's when he moved there. 
big pappa b
3/4 ton status
My neighborhood was white for the most part. We left the doors unlocked all the time. My dad would have been 63 about now. What's your name? PM if you want. Bryan Bell here
454Sub
5/8 ton status
My name is Breck Foster, his is Wayne. He gots a brothers named Scott and Randy, and a sister named Cathy. I never lived there, I had Belleville for awhile, then ended up in Freeburg. Now I live outside of Freeburg, but I take care of my parents house when they leave, as they have dogs and my brother is to lazy to do said tasks. Which irritates me as he is entirely old enough to feed 2 labs, as I can feed my Pit by myself. But, the one lab is very old, blind, and diabetic, so its an adventure getting that one fed and outside.
big pappa b
3/4 ton status
Foster doen't sound familiar but I left there in 83 or so. My mom and me moved to Granite City. I was there until 88 when I joined the Air Force.
When you ask your dad, if he lived in that area, ask him if he knew any of the Bell boys. My dad and uncles had a reputation around there, not going to say what kind
When you ask your dad, if he lived in that area, ask him if he knew any of the Bell boys. My dad and uncles had a reputation around there, not going to say what kind
454Sub
5/8 ton status
He was out of there before then I believe. He dropped out the year before he graduated, which would have been 76, and moved to who knows where. He has a detailed and extremely long history. For all I know he could have been on Apollo 13. And planet granite, I worked on the hospital there a few years back, accidently , dropped a rock from the 14th or so floor onto the hood of an a$$hole doctors Benz when he refused to move it.
, dropped a rock from the 14th or so floor onto the hood of an a$$hole doctors Benz when he refused to move it.
bigred88
1/2 ton status
Well, I got the Blazer back this weekend. 25 hours of driving in 2 and a half days is a little too much for my liking...
I've now got a couple more things to sort out. It wants to stall out when you start it, and when you put it in gear. The idle just falls off and then it dies. Once you get going it's fine, you don't have to feather the throttle at stop lights to keep it running, only when you first put it in gear. Once it's nice and warm it won't always want to die when put in gear, but sometimes it still will. The mechanic who was working on it said he thinks it's the torque converter. I haven't had a chance to look at it yet, I don't know exactly what he messed with other than properly tightening the valves, I know he had to get the timing set, too. I need a few hours to go over everything. Any input on this, other potential causes, things to look for, how to verify it is/isn't the torque converter, etc?
And the oil pressure is really low at idle once warm. I don't remember it getting that low before, but I could just be being paranoid- it's not on zero, but it's not far off. What's normal? I need to do another oil change now that I've got it home, just to make sure there's zero coolant in the system (it already had fresh oil after the new head gasket, was run for a bit, then the oil was changed before I drove it back).
I've now got a couple more things to sort out. It wants to stall out when you start it, and when you put it in gear. The idle just falls off and then it dies. Once you get going it's fine, you don't have to feather the throttle at stop lights to keep it running, only when you first put it in gear. Once it's nice and warm it won't always want to die when put in gear, but sometimes it still will. The mechanic who was working on it said he thinks it's the torque converter. I haven't had a chance to look at it yet, I don't know exactly what he messed with other than properly tightening the valves, I know he had to get the timing set, too. I need a few hours to go over everything. Any input on this, other potential causes, things to look for, how to verify it is/isn't the torque converter, etc?
And the oil pressure is really low at idle once warm. I don't remember it getting that low before, but I could just be being paranoid- it's not on zero, but it's not far off. What's normal? I need to do another oil change now that I've got it home, just to make sure there's zero coolant in the system (it already had fresh oil after the new head gasket, was run for a bit, then the oil was changed before I drove it back).
big reaper
1/2 ton status
Glad to hear its back home.
I'd just look it over verify the timing and check tightness of every bolt or nut you can get to. But that's probably just me being paranoid about having someone else touch my truck without me watching.
I'd just look it over verify the timing and check tightness of every bolt or nut you can get to. But that's probably just me being paranoid about having someone else touch my truck without me watching.
