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The hoodride build... my '70 K5

Yukon Jack said:
Probably a good idea for us all to check our nuts and bolts occasionally - easy to forget that little maintenance issue.
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As a follically-challenged person, I often wonder what sicko at the factory decided it was a good idea to use pointy bolts for the crossmembers?? :mad: I can't tell you the number of times I've banged my noggin against one of those little "spikes" and drawn blood....

One of these days they're all getting replaced with conventional GR-8 bolts and nylox nuts. They will stay tight, and won't hurt my head anymore.


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hoodride said:
Don't you have your own personal army of GR-8 hardware?
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Looks like someone's been reading my thread... :wink1:

Yes, I've got the GR-8 bolts up the wazzoo, but you might have also noticed that I haven't been in my garage for over a month now. :mad: I've got 2 more weeks of distractions before I can get back to business in there, and believe me I can't wait!!


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Yukon Jack said:
Which brand is that one? I sure like the way the Softopper did the area around the door window. I've heard that is a complaint many people have voiced about other tops. Your K5 looks great with the soft top installed.

Probably a good idea for us all to check our nuts and bolts occasionally - easy to forget that little maintenance issue.
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Thanks for the complements!

Regarding the soft top- It's a kayline (STC). It's the same as the one in this picture:

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It seems I am about all wrapped up with the known problems and random crap finally!

Thanks to Brian (bp71k5) I've got my alternator all wired up, and there is ZERO electrical drain when the truck is shut off, and it is charging great... I think it has been wired wrong the entire time I've owned the truck because it has never started up so quick! The tach is a godsend... never had one of those nifty things in the blazer. I feel like I am finally in control in the cockpit and have a good idea of what's going on with all my gauges working properly (well... except for the gas gauge, but that's another day)

I bumped my idle up to where it should be (750 RPM), I think it was at around 500 RPM. Also gave the carb a good cleaning and between few things I did it's not hesitating as much at all. It still needs some fine tuning but it's running like a champ now!

I also went up to the machine shop today and helped a buddy out with a project and snapped some pics. I'm super excited about this being open this summer as it wasn't supposed to be. Tomorrow i'll be trimming my fan shroud to fit a little better. It's just barely tapping somewhere, but when it's revved up I don't want it to self clearance itself. What kind of clearances should I have between the tip of the fan blades and the shroud? I'm thinking about 1/2"?

A few posts back a put up some pictures of my winch, which I have come to my newb conclusion that it is a PTO winch because of the shaft coming off the rear, the fill plug for gear oil, and the lack of electrical connections anywhere (please correct me if i'm wrong) But it appears there used to be an electrical winch because of all the solenoids, 4-pin connector on the front of the fender, dual batteries, and the thick gauge wires that are hanging next to the winch.

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Took her out for a drive with my new texas antique car plates... California wanted about $3,000 just to get her on the road, which was ridiculous. Drove about 70 miles, no problems at all! She sat at 190-200 degrees all day, even without the fan shroud.

Sorry for the crappy pics, the camera was dead so these were just taken with my phone

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couple more...

I know the belts should be mounted to a lower position, that is next on the list. Just wanted a little more protection than a lap belt for the girlie

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I'm green with envy.....

A little topless cruise on a beautiful day is about as good as it gets!!! :saweet:



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I'm going to try to get that departure angle killing, locomotive bumper off today... but I'm not 100% sure how to go about it.

It's sandwiched on the frame and lap welded on both sides, I was going to grind down the welds with my angle grinder as much as I can, and then use a cut off wheel. Is this the best way to go about this?
 
colbystephens said:
cool. where abouts did you go? did you head north?
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Yeah, headed north up by Trinidad to a couple local beaches. If I'm not mistaken it was Clam beach and Camel Rock. Gorgeous spots and some really pretty back-roads. Just a nice cruise to make sure everythings in working order before I put her through her paces in 4wd.
I'm thinking about running a trail tomorrow called China Trail off hwy 36 near Platina. It's part of the Shasta/Trinity National Forest.
 
I'd try to cut off the bumper at the ends of the framerails first, just to get more room to work and see what's going on.

Your technique sounds good, just be careful not to cut too deeply into the frame itself. If you cut the bumper off first, you might be able to wedge a prybar in between the plate and the frame from the front and gently work them apart as you cut and grind....


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A cutoff disc works better for slicing up welds for me. It's easier to just cut what you need without grinding away other stuff
 
Update:

I put in a new cap and rotor and found that I had the firing order wrong (uhh... oops?). I need new plug wires but had to order them because of how they're situated by the headers. I think I got Thompson 130 degree ones.
Tuned my edelbrock up real rich too (compared to how it was set back in Texas), apparently the edelbrock's don't run very well in California because of the gasoline. From what I've heard, California gasoline is geared toward producing the least amount of emissions, and for fuel injected engines with a very high alcohol content. My carb just didn't like it, but it's running much better with a fresh tune. I set my timing for 8* and it seems to like that as well.
Also found a little hole in my headers where the shackle on my passenger front spring had poked through. I turned the welder down really low so it would booger up a bunch (it was pretty hard to get to) and temporarily patched it up until I can figure out a more permanent solution.

Went on another cruise with my new friend and his '72, here's a really pretty picture and some massive redwoods.

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