This Week on CK5 Roadkill

[nvrenuf]

So, @83ChevyK5Blazer (Cody) made a deal to trade his old Blazer body to @Csm Davis (Jeff) for a 454 out of a motor home. This had to be the most interesting engine removal I’ve ever seen.

Jeff made it clear that there was no love for the motor home (I call it the Love Shack based on it’s possible history, the names have been changed to protect the innocent) so we didn’t have to worry about scratches or greasy hand prints. This is where it got interesting, I’ll let the pics tell the story.

The Love Shack had been parked for a while....

 

[Bent77]

Oh my, do I need to move this to the Pig Pen?

 

[nvrenuf]

Jeff has a “heavy duty” wrecker so it was decided to put the boom through the windshield opening to grab the motor. The opening wasn’t quite big enough and there was a lot of body clutter so the core support was removed.

 

[nvrenuf]

Oh my, do I need to move this to the Pig Pen?

No, I was careful not to get any butt crack pics.

 

[Bent77]

No, I was careful not to get any butt crack pics.

How about Walter, he sells crack

looks like a Southern good time...

 

[nvrenuf]

The end result, a low mileage’88 454 destined for Cody’s Suburban.

(left to right, @83ChevyK5Blazer , @Csm Davis and Kayden - Cody’s helper)

 

[83ChevyK5Blazer]

Such a fun day!

 

[ktmoutfront]

Funny thing is,, I bet the motorhome has only been sitting there a couple of weeks. It is in the humid south.

 

[fastazz81]

You weren’t joking when you said heavy duty wrecker.

 

[AJs72K5]

You weren’t joking when you said heavy duty wrecker.

No joke. Biggest understatement I've seen today.

 

[nvrenuf]

You weren’t joking when you said heavy duty wrecker.

Yeah, CSM Davis works with military surplus vehicles so his place was packed with CUCV’s and different configurations of trucks like that wrecker, really neat stuff.

 

[ZooMad75]

Looks like a fun time. Nothing like bringing a Howitzer to a knife fight. I actually laughed out loud a couple of those pics.

 

[anwat]

Did they even unbolt the motor mounts, or just pull that thing out of there like a sacrificial heart?

 

[nvrenuf]

Did they even unbolt the motor mounts, or just pull that thing out of there like a sacrificial heart?

They tried to yank it out but it wasn’t budging. The motor home mount set up was really tight and hard to wrench apart so Cody ended up using a sawzall to cut the mounts.

 

[70jimmy]

I told you we would get that motor out today.... Awesome, Always nice when you don't have to protect what it is coming out of!

 

[76zimmer]

Reminds me of working in the junkyard. Cut and sacrifice anything in the way!

 

[Hosalabad]

Do these fit a sawzall?

https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/master-lock-keyed-gun-trigger-lock-3-pack

I need to get some incase I have my saw in the truck when @83ChevyK5Blazer is around.

 

[tRustyK5]

Looks like the "Crystal ship" from Breaking bad...

 

[nvrenuf]

Kinda smelled like it too.

 

[wasted wages]

YANK dat' bioch !!!