How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5

[gringoloco]

Originally Posted by tp85

where did you get the 15X8 steelies and dogdishes? tought to find?

Generally speaking, yes, pretty hard to come by. They were only available, I think on military CUCV Blazers. Lucky for me, a full set popped up for sale in the 60-66 classifieds here and lolife99 alerted me to them (thanks Keith!). The only other source I could find them wanted $200 a piece! I've seen them sell occasionally here, CList, and eBay, just gotta keep your eyes peeled and be quick on the trigger...

On that note, if you find an extra, I need one for my spare. Seriously
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[TexasJimmy]

Originally Posted by gringoloco

Thanks! It has been novel, if not a little fun, the few times I've had it off the pavement. We used to play on the trails a lot when I was younger, but never in my stuff, always tearing up someone else's truck You'll be happy to know that it won't be converted anytime too soon, in fact, I have a set of 15x8 steelies and dogdishes on the way

Very good post. I've been watching and glad to see it will stay high and dry!

Look forward to the pics with the new sleds.
Tim
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[gringoloco]

Well, it's not entirely safe from the knife, but will be 4wd for the foreseeable future.
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[YBNORML]

This is what I had been planning to do before I found my blazer. I probably would have had second thoughts as well. Although, those would be just thoughts. I would pin it for sure! Good luck with the decision. Haha
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[yote1234]

wow!!!! very nice find! love that color! and interior! stock looks nice.

[gringoloco]

Originally Posted by YBNORML

This is what I had been planning to do before I found my blazer. I probably would have had second thoughts as well. Although, those would be just thoughts. I would pin it for sure! Good luck with the decision. Haha
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Thanks! Still not sure...

Originally Posted by yote1234

wow!!!! very nice find! love that color! and interior! stock looks nice.

Me too! I agree, stock on this truck is pretty good-lookin'

[gringoloco]

Been tinkering again. Had a nasty leak at the corner of the window that was fine while driving, but a river when parked. Seemed it has been that way for a while judging from the surface rust on the floorboard. Funny, the passenger side didn't leak a drop. No matter, installed the driprail deflectors with a smattering of 'right stuff' and it is 99% fixed. New weatherstripping I think would fix it entirely...

[gringoloco]

Also yanked the fuel tank in an attempt to get the factory fuel gauge working properly. Turns out, I have a vintage Northwest Metal Products 37 gallon tank. NWMP is a subsidiary of Southern California RV Products, where this tank was purchased. This thing was installed in 1980 and still looks great inside! Cool to see a product that is still being made for these Blazers over 30 years later.

I stuck a new 0-90 ohm sender in from Tanks, Inc, which was in a Classic Instruments box and looked eerily similar to a VDO unit... It's an adjustable piece, so I set it up for my tank's depth and bolted 'er in. The tank got a touch-up coat of rubberized undercoating and a new fuel filter and I stuck it back in.

Deleted the old fuel gauge and hooked the sender back to the fuse box. The dash gauge now works, at least, but is reading just over 1/8 tank at 42 ohms from the sender (just under half full). I need to dig in and see if I have a bad gauge. May be why the PO bypassed it in the first place...

[gringoloco]

Also received some goodies via FedEx:

They will end up either painted or powdered white with stainless dog-dishes Now I just need a spare...

[Rusbuilt]

Thats a big tank!! Cant wait to see it with the dog dishes!!

[darkhorse970]

Steelies and dog dishes...gonna be sweet!
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[gringoloco]

Thanks, guys! Should help the look considerably

[TexasJimmy]

Originally Posted by gringoloco

Also received some goodies via FedEx:

They will end up either painted or powdered white with stainless dog-dishes Now I just need a spare...

Very nice!
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[klmore]

Those wheels will look great on your K/5. You can't go wrong with black or white powder coat.

I'm trying to figure out how to put the dog dish caps on my new wheels.

[gringoloco]

Originally Posted by TexasJimmy

Very nice!
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Thanks! Can't wait to get em on

Originally Posted by klmore

Those wheels will look great on your K/5. You can't go wrong with black or white powder coat.

I'm trying to figure out how to put the dog dish caps on my new wheels.

Thanks, definitely going white on these.

[gringoloco]

...and more fiddling. When I picked this truck up, it started and ran fantastically, even in temperatures approaching zero. Lately, however, it has NOT been happy until warmed up, chugging, stumbling, missing and (literally) choking. After some research, I found a bad choke pull-off. Amazingly hard to find little piece. Had to special order it through NAPA--most other LAPS just looked at me funny. Even better, when asking for a choke thermostat, the guy asked me what temperature I wanted

She's back starting/running well now, but loudly, as I have the muffler and tailpipe dropped to get replaced. The muffler was rotten at the joints and the tailpipe was just plain ugly, so I had the local exhaust shop bend up a replacement. Will stick it in tomorrow and hopefully get back to driving this beast

[gringoloco]

More goodies, exhaust installed, and these went out for powder today:


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[raull]

i like !!!! what tires some new era nittos or old school ?

[gringoloco]

Gonna swap over the 31-10.50 BFG A/Ts that are on it, for now. I think 33-9.50s would look pretty sweet, too. Tall and skinny, like they used to do.

Did a little polishing on the caps- lots more to go before the paint detail goes on...


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[thor]

perhaps http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=349261 ???

[gringoloco]

Powder!






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[lolife99]

Man,... that was a fast turn around on the powdercoating.
It's going to look soooooo nice!

[klmore]

Looking good.
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[darkhorse970]

Wheels look great!
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[72BlckButy]

Originally Posted by lolife99

Man,... that was a fast turn around on the powdercoating.
It's going to look soooooo nice!

Those wheels look amazing!!!