Been there! I can’t count how many times I’ve ordered the parts I “think” would work, then end up throwing them on a shelf to use later.
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The Beige Jimmy
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The right bolts were still about 3" too long for me to reach with my deep well socket, so I splurged on a 5 pack of the 2nd most expensive El Diablo thicc metal rated sawzall blades at the hardware store. Big mistake.
After I burned through 3 of them and only had 1 bolt cut through to show for it (which I had to snap off with a hammer), I did what I should have from the get ho and used the angle grinder. Of course I couldn't find my cutoff blades, so I just let her eat with the grinding wheel.
The spark shower was glorious and I gave myself bonus points for not burning down the garage.
After I burned through 3 of them and only had 1 bolt cut through to show for it (which I had to snap off with a hammer), I did what I should have from the get ho and used the angle grinder. Of course I couldn't find my cutoff blades, so I just let her eat with the grinding wheel.
The spark shower was glorious and I gave myself bonus points for not burning down the garage.
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Today I connected and bled the brakes, hooray for cheap one man bleeder kits but also a wife who will push on the pedal so I can double check the hose for lack of bubbles. I don't like soft brakes.
I took it around the neighborhood to get a pop and I smelled raw gasoline. So now I have a gas leak onto the intake. Fun!
I took it around the neighborhood to get a pop and I smelled raw gasoline. So now I have a gas leak onto the intake. Fun!
If you don't have one already, a portaband is a real game changer.
Something is wrong here, I use these blades all the time and they cut really good pretty fast and one blade will finish off all 8 of the bolts you have.
Unless you got some counterfeit blades.
Idk, I thought maybe I was overheating and dulling them by running the sawzall at full speed. I slowed it to the slowest setting and it wouldn't cut the bolt. I advanced the speed faster and faster, still not making any real progress until I got to the highest speed setting. After a little while, you could feel it stop making progress and the little shavings of metal stopped flying off the bolt. Then it would start to smoke because it was just getting hotter and hotter, not cutting the bolt.
I checked the carb to see where it was leaking gas from. 
I snugged down all of the visible bolts, many of which were a little loose. I fired it up and let it idle up to temp, no leaks. Took it for a drive, no leaks. Easy fix!
I snugged down all of the visible bolts, many of which were a little loose. I fired it up and let it idle up to temp, no leaks. Took it for a drive, no leaks. Easy fix!
Love the easy fixes!
Martin
Martin
It literally is just a controlled gas leak.
You need to cut slow.
You need to see flakes coming out, if you see dust you're fast, if you see smoke you're too fast
This is a work log, so here is me putting the Jimmy to work.
This is partly unloaded on trip 3 of 3 this weekend. It was stacked up to the top of the window with broken lawn furniture and more wood.
This is the Metro Northwest Transfer Station, an indoor drive through trash sorting facility. You don't actually drive to the dump here, because Portland's trash mostly goes to a dump 150 miles upriver. I've heard the Hillsboro dump 5 miles from my house is expensive and/or doesn't accept household trash. Either way, this was a fun experience for me and the boy.
Load #1 was 400 lbs of scrap metal to a recycler, which netted me $21.
Load #2 to the transfer center was 400 lbs of rotten scrap wood from a shed I tore down 2 years ago, which cost me $65.
Load #3, shown below, was 700 lbs of more rotten wood, cost me $80 to drop off.
We got burgers for lunch afterwards.
This is partly unloaded on trip 3 of 3 this weekend. It was stacked up to the top of the window with broken lawn furniture and more wood.
This is the Metro Northwest Transfer Station, an indoor drive through trash sorting facility. You don't actually drive to the dump here, because Portland's trash mostly goes to a dump 150 miles upriver. I've heard the Hillsboro dump 5 miles from my house is expensive and/or doesn't accept household trash. Either way, this was a fun experience for me and the boy.
Load #1 was 400 lbs of scrap metal to a recycler, which netted me $21.
Load #2 to the transfer center was 400 lbs of rotten scrap wood from a shed I tore down 2 years ago, which cost me $65.
Load #3, shown below, was 700 lbs of more rotten wood, cost me $80 to drop off.
We got burgers for lunch afterwards.
I scrap metal like you did, but I burn paper and wood.
The only thing that goes to the dump is tires and plastic
I approve!! I have great memories of my dad hauling firewood in his '72 Blazer in the early 80's, with it stacked to the celling in the back and towing a trailer.
Can't burn the wood inside an old steel wheel in your driveway?
Martin
Martin
I am fortunate to live in unincorporated Washington County, so many of the silly town rules don't apply here. I'm pretty much free to do what I want on my property here in the "town" (unincorporated community) of Aloha just like I would on an acreage or farm out in the country.
Which is weird, because I am surrounded on all sides by actual cities that have luxuries such as police departments, street lights, and city government.
So yes, I could burn it and believe you me, I have burned so much already. But the wood sits outdoors and it rains for days at a time here, so it's all soggy. This was the easiest and fastest way to get rid of it all.
Which is weird, because I am surrounded on all sides by actual cities that have luxuries such as police departments, street lights, and city government.
So yes, I could burn it and believe you me, I have burned so much already. But the wood sits outdoors and it rains for days at a time here, so it's all soggy. This was the easiest and fastest way to get rid of it all.
I use the metro south transfer station a lot
Mostly I was making a call back joke to a bunch of drunken degenerates on West Washington Street.
Martin
Martin
I've driven about 100 miles on the new rear end so far, but after about 5 miles it began to smell like hot nasty gear oil. I didn't drain and replace the oil yet, since I was eager to drive it again after so many months. I figured the smell was old gear oil getting reacquainted with being in close proximity to moving gears and teeth and stuff.
So when I got home I noticed the bottom of the diff cover was wet. I snugged the bolts down, but they already pretty tight.
It only leaked a small spot of oil on the ground over the next 24 hours, so I wasn't concerned. Put another 30 miles on it and the smell of hot old nasty gear oil had mostly gone away. But now there was a little squeak.
"Squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak," said the Jimmy from his rear end, "squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak." It wasn't loud, but it was persistent and related to vehicle speed, not engine speed.
"Hmm," I thought, "that must certainly be from the brakes and have nothing to do with the rear diff."
I added "check parking brake adjustment and drum brake adjusters" to my mental checklist.
Well now my daily driver has developed a problem (more on that later) and I might/will probably be driving the Jimmy daily for a while. I figured it was a good idea to check the rear axle fluid before much else.
I put in a quart, interesting. I put in a second quart, very interesting.
I googled "k5 blazer 10 bolt rear oil capacity" and saw it takes about 2.5-3 quarts. I drove my wife's car to the store, obtained more quarts of gear oil, and returned home.
I put in a half quart, and it was full.
I drove it to a party, no squeak.
How badly did I damage things by driving with an empty differential?
So when I got home I noticed the bottom of the diff cover was wet. I snugged the bolts down, but they already pretty tight.
It only leaked a small spot of oil on the ground over the next 24 hours, so I wasn't concerned. Put another 30 miles on it and the smell of hot old nasty gear oil had mostly gone away. But now there was a little squeak.
"Squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak," said the Jimmy from his rear end, "squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak." It wasn't loud, but it was persistent and related to vehicle speed, not engine speed.
"Hmm," I thought, "that must certainly be from the brakes and have nothing to do with the rear diff."
I added "check parking brake adjustment and drum brake adjusters" to my mental checklist.
Well now my daily driver has developed a problem (more on that later) and I might/will probably be driving the Jimmy daily for a while. I figured it was a good idea to check the rear axle fluid before much else.
I put in a quart, interesting. I put in a second quart, very interesting.
I googled "k5 blazer 10 bolt rear oil capacity" and saw it takes about 2.5-3 quarts. I drove my wife's car to the store, obtained more quarts of gear oil, and returned home.
I put in a half quart, and it was full.
I drove it to a party, no squeak.
How badly did I damage things by driving with an empty differential?
Well...
We will find out soon.
Sometimes if it's short time you get away with it.
Sometimes it started something and given time it will quietly eat itself out.
My old freightliner axle had that happen.
I still drove it another 400k miles but the shavings eventually worked their way to the seals and it started leaking there. And ruined my brakes
If it’s squeaking then probably not a good thing. I’d run it a bit and then drain it and see how it looks.
