WL: 1990 K5 (California to Nebraska on 38" rubber. (WARNING: Lots of Pics))

[CUCV2]

Way cool road trip, great pics, and good friends. That's tough to beat. Thanks for sharing.

 

[badmix]

Very cool. Thanks for the play by play and pics. looked like a cool trip

 

[TheBeast_88K5]

Gawd I love this rig....

 

[British Slave]

When people ask how to stay motivated when building their rigs, this thread should be required viewing.

 

[82355]

We received our first snowfall here since December 3rd. I got stuck.

Martin

 

[y5mgisi]

Well at least you had your camera with you! Good pics!

 

[82355]

I actually went out with my camera to try and get some cool pictures in the snow. I was just driving along slowly, when it started to bog down in second gear. It was hard to judge the depth of the snow when everything was white, and I didn't realize how deep it was. I tried to downshift into first, but by the time I did it, it was too late and I had spun out. That is when I got out and took those pictures. At that point I thought it would be easy to get out. Then I got back in and tried to drive out. No luck. The dirt road wasn't frozen. So I spun in the mud and just dug four holes right into the road, with my axles stuck in the snow. Oops.

So I walked the half mile back to my house to get my Suburban. Luckily when I got there, a buddy of mine who is building my sister's house was at my place getting some supplies out of the quonset. He jumped in my Suburban with me, and we went back and yanked in out.

Made it home.

Martin

 

[COCHEV]

Cool pics!

Sent from my DROID2 GLOBAL

 

[howdiy]

Sweet

 

[Bowtie85]

thats some serious snow right there

 

[82355]

This is kind of a work log, but more of a picture dump than anything. I realized that I hadn't linked the thread where we went to Tuttle Creek ORV Park in Kansas a few weeks ago. Here is the link:

http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=292813

I'll post the pictures of my Blazer here.

Lost a bead on one of my Michelin XML's.

Martin

 

[82355]

I like this next picture. It's too bad it wasn't flexed out a little more.

Martin

 

[eclipse85k10]

Looks like it was a good time!

 

[82355]

This is where I broke my grille. I didn't realize the ice was three to four inches thick....

My power steering cooler took a hit, but is still functioning.

Martin

 

[82355]

Martin

 

[Jester1]

My friends kept telling me there are cool things in Nebraska, but I didnt belive them till this. Makes me want to road trip.

 

[pblaze725]

Awesome pics!

 

[82355]

Here are some finished pictures of my gauge cluster. I swapped in what I believe to be a 1978 (it has an mechanical gauges besides the speedometer) gauge cluster with a factory tach. My NP205 has no means for an electronic speedometer to work, and although it is doable, I do not have the desire to make one work. This was easier, and I now have a factory tach.

I originally installed it with all of the gauges that came in this cluster, but the oil pressure gauge always pegged, the temp gauge never came anymore than an 1/8 inch off the bottom peg, and the voltmeter always showed it was overcharging.

I assume the voltmeter was just bad, but I don't know if the older trucks used a different sending unit for the coolant and temp gauges? Either way, I installed the newer voltmeter, temp gauge, and oil gauge in the older cluster, and they work better now.

Martin

 

[82355]

Oh, and I just thought this was a couple of neat pictures.

Martin

 

[Cruz89K5]

I love this thread.

I've never understood why GM used that big opening to put in a fuel gauge and only used a tiny portion of it for fuel level. The smaller gauge looks much better and it looks to use about the same space as the big one!