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What would you do???
I am not happy. I found a 72 blazer with a near perfect body. I put in a new awesome motor, got it back and I can't drive the 4 speed. Before you call me a sissy, you need to know that I blew out my left knee in a motorcycle wreck and now (after 8 knee surgeries) I can't drive the clutch
![]() I have my 71 jimmy that is great with an automatic but it's body is not as nice as the blazer. I had planned on selling the Jimmy and keeping the blazer but now I don't know what to do. The blazer has the best, rust free body I have seen in a long time and now it has a new motor too, but I can't drive it with the clutch ![]() What would you do? |
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Re: What would you do???
Keep them both, and sell the Toyota.... or put it all on a credit card.
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Re: What would you do???
You say that you can drive the Toyota which makes me think you can push in a clutch, just not the heavy pedal that the Blazer has. Maybe a hydraulic clutch conversion and a little adjustment could lighten up the K5 pedal???
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Re: What would you do???
I heard the hydraulic clutch conversion was more difficult than the auto conversion???
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Re: What would you do???
i would say swap trans and xfers and sale the 4 speed one
if ya was closer i would help ya swap them its not that bad to do just lots of time and heavy stuff |
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Its lookin' like a Blazer!
Join Date: Aug 2003
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Re: What would you do???
Keep the blazer, go to your local cheap tool store and buy a tranny jack 100.00 or so.... Swap them yourself. If your like me you have more time than money. It shouldn't take you but 2-5 days to do it all yourself. Its not a hard thing at all to do. If you get stuck or have a question the board is here to help. Basically you'd be swapping tranny/x-case from one to the other, steering columns, linkages, pedal assemblies, radiators and tranny covers. I think thats it. It should all bolt up from one vehicle to the other. The unbolting stuff and swapping is way easier than doing really good rust repair and body work.
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Re: What would you do???
That would suck...all that work & then couldn't drive it!
Can you sell them both & have enough money to buy one nice one with an automatic?
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Re: What would you do???
It's not that hard to trade tranny and transfer cases with a jack and some help. You could do it in a day easy. You could also just check with any local mechanic to do the swap for you, it would be cheaper than buying the new drivetrain to be swapped that you were quoted before.
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Re: What would you do???
I would swap trannies myself.
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Re: What would you do???
Agree with most of the above, swap it out.
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Re: What would you do???
$2,500 to swap trannsmissions and transfer cases? Buy me a round-trip plane ticket, and clear a place in the yard for my tent, and I will swap it all for you.
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Re: What would you do???
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Re: What would you do???
I put a hydraulic clutch in my 69 K20 and it is probably a bit easier to push the clutch pedal compared to the clutch pedal in my 70 K5 - but not a significant difference. Switching over to a hydraulic clutch setup is a bit involved, at least the style I'm using as I used the donor vehicles bellhousing. Maybe an aftermarket kit would be easier to swap in and maybe have an easier clutch pedal.
I'd sure lean towards switching to auto if I were you. You really ought to see if some members in the Viriginia area would be able to help you out - an outlay of pizza and beer sure could get the job tackled.
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Re: What would you do???
Why not just locate a 350/205 and only change one? I'd be willing to bet a decent core could be had from a wrecker and then have them gone through before install, from the sounds of it you want to keep it, so pony up the $$$ now and you won't have to worry later. Besides pulling and reinstalling two is a PIA, just once would be enough for me!!
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Re: What would you do???
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Re: What would you do???
Along the same lines, could he just leave the transfer case in place and just use a turbo 350 adapter. I know that Advanced Adapters is reproducing them again for the turbo 350/205 if he could not find a used one. It would be one less big heavy thing to remove from the vehicle if he did not have to take the old transfer case out.
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Re: What would you do???
If it has a Borg & Beck (coil spring) type pressure plate in there now you can make it a lot easier to operate by going to a diaphragm type pressure plate. I don't know if that would be enough for you, but it is a hell of a lot easier to do than some of the other options.
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Re: What would you do???
Thanks for all of the replys so far! This is keeping me up at night. I like the idea of finding a decent used 350/transfer case combo and swapping once instead of two. The $2500 quote was for the whole setup totally rebuilt installed with a shift kit B&M shifter etc. Still more than I want to spend. I will see if I can find any good used 350 transfer case combos used around here. That way I can take the radiator- lines? etc too. My understanding is that the splines are different on the transfer cases. Yukon, thanks for the feed back on the hydraulic clutch. I have read alot of opinions on that conversion and there doesn't seem to be a consensus as to how good it is. I like the idea of beer and pizza wrenching day too!
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Re: What would you do???
I spent 100.00 for a K-case TH350, 100.00 for a NP205! Do some searching they are out there...Can you say ROADTRIP, just bought my transmission jack, used it once and it more then paid for itself
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Re: What would you do???
If you don't wheel it a lot a 350/208 or a 700r4/308 from a newer chevy truck are also options. I wonder if a centerforce clutch with the weights (they claim more clamp less pressure) could be manageable? But a 350/208, or 700r4/208 are all over. I found a 208 with the 350 adapter on it for $75 ready to use, so I'd guess check your local papers or wrecking yards or the 73-87 and up parts board here.
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Re: What would you do???
70rs/ss suggestion about newer combos is right on. I plan on using a 86 700/208 setup in my jimmy. I have a running suburban to take it from and I figure that I'll only need to move the engine ahead the difference in tranny length. My jimmy is lifted so I won't have clearance issues. Basically if you think outside the box more options may be available.
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Re: What would you do???
Here is the update. Thanks for all the replys. I decided to sell the blazer and keep the gmc. I have already spent a small fortune in these two vehicles and I am happy to have one that I can drive. The Blazer clutch is just too hard on my bad knee.
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Re: What would you do???
I have a complete np205 with matching Turbo350 available if you change you mind. Huck
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Re: What would you do???
Huck, thanks for the offer but shipping would have to be pretty pricey to Richmond? I looked for a while here locally and everything I found needed a rebuild and by the time I got it in and rebuilt I was going even deeper in a hole. The gmc runs and drives great now for me now. The blazer is alot faster and has a much better body but I feel like I have already spent too much on these.
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