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JayDubBlazer · 09-10-2008, 08:00 AM

Well it is not running yet, I think my module is out of the HEI, because it is a Accel dizzy I had to order the module from summit so it should be a few days before I get back at it. I can't believe summer is almost over.

JayDubBlazer · 09-26-2008, 10:09 PM

Well time for an update. I am making myself a deadline. Before the weekend is over I am driving my truck around the block. I have fixed the distributor problem, after several less than helpful to tech support the proble was the coil.
This week I began to bleed the brakes and I got a defective master cylinder. I have to give acclolades for priratejack.com for their great customer service. I told them I thought I had a defective MC and and explained the problem and they had a new MC to me in two days.

My plans for the weekend are, install the MC and bleed the brakes. Install the power steering pump lines. Set up the 700R4, fill the torque converter with oil. Clean the tires and wheels. Drive it around the block.

I took some pictures tonight but don't have the correct cord. I will post them tomorrow.

**BAD4X4** · 09-26-2008, 10:28 PM

Well sounds like your gonna be a busy boy this weekend!!! Can't wait to see it done!!

JayDubBlazer · 09-27-2008, 11:50 AM

Here are some of the exterior

JayDubBlazer · 09-27-2008, 11:58 AM

Add some of the interior

JayDubBlazer · 10-13-2008, 08:31 AM

It finally made it out of the garage. Once i can locate a working proportioning valve it will be on the road.

JayDubBlazer · 10-13-2008, 03:34 PM

ITS ALIVE, it starts, moves, and stops under my direction. Just in time for fall. Pictures to come.

**jaros44sr** · 10-13-2008, 04:32 PM

Congrats!!! Really enjoyed your build. Now come on, and post up lots of pics lol, Truck looks awesome, I think you set some kinda record for a build

**BAD4X4** · 10-13-2008, 09:08 PM

Congrats, just in time for those fun snow days.

JayDubBlazer · 05-15-2009, 10:14 AM

Well things have changed since my last post. I was laid off in December and had to move my truck into storage. With the warmer weather now here I feel the need/urge to get the truck back on the road. The job search is going well and I feel that I will have a job in a month or so, there for I feel I need to spend some time on the truck and cross the T's and dot the I's that i missed before I had to retire it in the fall.

Chevyman63 · 05-15-2009, 10:17 AM

Glad to hear things are looking up for you.

Now let's see some pics.

**jaros44sr** · 05-15-2009, 12:46 PM

I've been wondering where it got too, thought I missed the end of the build. At least what you have done so far is top notch...hope everything works out for you

JimmyFloyd · 05-15-2009, 01:39 PM

looks good. Doesn't sounds like you are far from me. If that's the case, hopefully I'll be able to see it one of these days in person.

Glad things are looking up.

JayDubBlazer · 05-25-2009, 01:05 PM

It's back on the road. I have a transmission line leak that I need to fix and I think I need to re-bleed the brakes, and it shifts a little late going up hills (I think i need to adjust the tv cable abit.

JayDubBlazer · 05-26-2009, 09:42 AM

Well took it out yesterday for a bit. It ran pretty well. Still having trouble with the shifting. From what I read it sounds like the throttle valve is stuck. I am going to give Bow Tie Overdrives a call this afternoon to confirm. But all in all it ran pretty sweetly. Here are a couple of pics so you all can see how it looks when it is on the road.

VA72C10 · 05-26-2009, 11:30 AM

Looks good to me!

**Yukon Jack** · 05-26-2009, 11:50 AM

I like the color you picked, very nice!

JayDubBlazer · 05-31-2009, 10:37 PM

Thanks for the compliments. I took it out again today. I called Bow Tie Overdrives this past week and explained to them what was happening. The guy told me that he was 95% sure that my throttle valve was sticking. He told me to disconnect the cable and firmly pull it about 20 times once the truck has warmed up. He also said that once I completed that take it on the road and push it a little bit to again work the throttle valve. I did this and it is shifting much better. I still am getting a pretty hard shift from 1st to 2nd though, and while going up hills at low RPMs. I'll give them a call again this week.

With one problem almost solved another one rears its head. When backing up my truck into the storage unit I was having some trouble getting the front tires over the curb on the concrete slab. Some water had collected on the smooth concrete floor and my rear tire wasn't getting any traction. I rolled the truck back and forth a couple of times to try and rock it up. I decided to pull forward and put some blocking under the tires to help it roll over the concrete edge. That was when I noticed I was over heating and coolant was pouring out of the bottom of my engine compartment.

I quickly turned off the truck and opened the hood. The coolant was coming out of the overflow on the radiator cap. I quickly realized that my electric fans weren't running. I am going to test the relay and make sure it was grounded tomorrow. But it was pretty weird how fast that truck heated up. It seemed as soon as I got the truck off the road it started heating up. It normally runs around 170-175 degrees and when I finally got it turned off it was 240+. I yanked the relay off and hard wired the fans off and cooled it off.

Hopefully it wasn't too hot for too long and I didn't damage anything.

BLUE THUNDER · 05-31-2009, 11:10 PM

Hopefully no damage done. Could you do me a favor and post some pics of how your seats are mounted. I've got the same ones, just haven't figured out how to mount them. Thanks. Mario

JayDubBlazer · 06-01-2009, 08:48 PM

Here a couple of pics of the seats installed. I basically used 3/16 plate to relocate the studs were needed and used the stock holes for the outside front locations bolts. I looked but didn't have any pictures of installing them.

There are two things I noticed since I've installed them. First the seats sit a little high, it might just be me but it feels like I'm up in the air a bit. Second the seat can not slide the entire length of travel front to back due to the raised back area.

Hope that helps

JayDubBlazer · 07-05-2011, 09:18 PM

OK is two years too long to revive a build thread? I finally got back in the garage this weekend. It was cool to go over the last page of the thread, reminded me what I was working on before I went into hibernation. Got the wires back together and hopefully I got the cooling problem fixed. I need to change the oil and pull the distro to prime the oil pump. I order a new instrument printed circuit board because I think that might have been one of the locations I had a slow amp draw. Trying to go back and track down wires has been anything but painless(I used a painless harness and still having some trouble). Well hope to post some new pictures soon. Got some new wheels and can't wait to get it on the road. I would really like to take it to truck nationals down in Carlise.

JayDubBlazer · 07-25-2011, 08:51 PM

OK after almost two years of trail and tribulation I have managed to get the thing running and was able to pull it out of the garage with its own power. Still alot of things to do. Speedometer, parking brake, the brakes are not working well, and still have to find a .12 mA trickle somewhere. I pulled everything I can think of trying to find it. Now I am drinking a beer and pulling my hair out. I've got it narrowed down to the wire that supplies the fuse box, but having trouble eliminating it. A couple of pictures, the last one is the empty spot in the garage where it use to set.

JayDubBlazer · 08-02-2011, 11:03 AM

Found the electrical leak and now in the process of rerunning the wire in the engine compartment and in the dash. I have got the new steering hose since the old one blew up in my driveway.

Does anyone know where I can buy a new gear ratio connector for the speedometer? This is the 90 angle that is used to hook the speedometer to the transfer case. Will I need a different one because I am running a 700R4 now?

JayDubBlazer · 08-05-2011, 07:52 PM

Well Ive been working on getting the wiring cleaned up and got the new K5 badges mounted tonight. Now people can stop calling it a bronco.

NTR72GMC · 08-06-2011, 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JayDubBlazer

Well Ive been working on getting the wiring cleaned up and got the new K5 badges mounted tonight. Now people can stop calling it a bronco.

Man I hate when they get called that!!! looking good.

09-10-2008, 08:00 AM	#76
JayDubBlazer go cyclones Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ames, IA Posts: 1,885	Re: Project Build Log: Ol Green Well it is not running yet, I think my module is out of the HEI, because it is a Accel dizzy I had to order the module from summit so it should be a few days before I get back at it. I can't believe summer is almost over. __________________ Wes PROJECT OLE GREEN 1972 Blazer 4X4 350/700R4 2017 Silverado LT

09-26-2008, 10:09 PM	#77
JayDubBlazer go cyclones Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ames, IA Posts: 1,885	Re: Project Build Log: Ol Green Well time for an update. I am making myself a deadline. Before the weekend is over I am driving my truck around the block. I have fixed the distributor problem, after several less than helpful to tech support the proble was the coil. This week I began to bleed the brakes and I got a defective master cylinder. I have to give acclolades for priratejack.com for their great customer service. I told them I thought I had a defective MC and and explained the problem and they had a new MC to me in two days. My plans for the weekend are, install the MC and bleed the brakes. Install the power steering pump lines. Set up the 700R4, fill the torque converter with oil. Clean the tires and wheels. Drive it around the block. I took some pictures tonight but don't have the correct cord. I will post them tomorrow. __________________ Wes PROJECT OLE GREEN 1972 Blazer 4X4 350/700R4 2017 Silverado LT

09-26-2008, 10:28 PM	#78
BAD4X4 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: La pine Oregon Posts: 1,668	Re: Project Build Log: Ol Green Well sounds like your gonna be a busy boy this weekend!!! Can't wait to see it done!! __________________ 1972 Cheyenne K-30 6"lift {502 PROJECT} 1972 Cheyenne K-30 8"lift 454 450hp {Ol'Blue} 1972 Cheyenne K-20 Custom Stretch 6" lift 454 1972 Custom Deluxe K-20 4" lift 2007 GMC Crew Cab Diesel 6"lift {The Tow Rig 2017 Ford F-350 Crew Cab 6.7 6"lift (Wife's) 1977 El Camino SS Grandpa baught new 1986 K-30 Crew Cab 502 1955 Chevy 2-Door gasser 454 550hp{project} 1956 Chevy Bel-Air 2-Door hardtop 572 700hp 1979 Ford F-350 All Original 4x4 (Wife's)

09-27-2008, 11:50 AM	#79
JayDubBlazer go cyclones Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ames, IA Posts: 1,885	Re: Project Build Log: Ol Green Here are some of the exterior Attached Images __________________ Wes PROJECT OLE GREEN 1972 Blazer 4X4 350/700R4 2017 Silverado LT

09-27-2008, 11:58 AM	#80
JayDubBlazer go cyclones Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ames, IA Posts: 1,885	Re: Project Build Log: Ol Green Add some of the interior Attached Images __________________ Wes PROJECT OLE GREEN 1972 Blazer 4X4 350/700R4 2017 Silverado LT

10-13-2008, 08:31 AM	#81
JayDubBlazer go cyclones Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ames, IA Posts: 1,885	Re: Project Build Log: Ol Green It finally made it out of the garage. Once i can locate a working proportioning valve it will be on the road. Attached Images __________________ Wes PROJECT OLE GREEN 1972 Blazer 4X4 350/700R4 2017 Silverado LT

10-13-2008, 03:34 PM	#82
JayDubBlazer go cyclones Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ames, IA Posts: 1,885	Re: Project Build Log: Ol Green ITS ALIVE, it starts, moves, and stops under my direction. Just in time for fall. Pictures to come. __________________ Wes PROJECT OLE GREEN 1972 Blazer 4X4 350/700R4 2017 Silverado LT

10-13-2008, 04:32 PM	#83
jaros44sr Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Philadelphia, Pa. 19454 Posts: 9,700	Re: Project Build Log: Ol Green Congrats!!! Really enjoyed your build. Now come on, and post up lots of pics lol, Truck looks awesome, I think you set some kinda record for a build __________________ Semper Fi...Uncle Sam, you da man All parts offered to help are free, unless otherwise noted Dont try this stuff in my build thread, unless you have 55 years of mechanical OTJ training SAFETY FIRST AS usual, off topic They say your mind goes second, can't remember the first Jim Last edited by jaros44sr; 10-13-2008 at 04:42 PM.

10-13-2008, 09:08 PM	#84
BAD4X4 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: La pine Oregon Posts: 1,668	Re: Project Build Log: Ol Green Congrats, just in time for those fun snow days. __________________ 1972 Cheyenne K-30 6"lift {502 PROJECT} 1972 Cheyenne K-30 8"lift 454 450hp {Ol'Blue} 1972 Cheyenne K-20 Custom Stretch 6" lift 454 1972 Custom Deluxe K-20 4" lift 2007 GMC Crew Cab Diesel 6"lift {The Tow Rig 2017 Ford F-350 Crew Cab 6.7 6"lift (Wife's) 1977 El Camino SS Grandpa baught new 1986 K-30 Crew Cab 502 1955 Chevy 2-Door gasser 454 550hp{project} 1956 Chevy Bel-Air 2-Door hardtop 572 700hp 1979 Ford F-350 All Original 4x4 (Wife's)

05-15-2009, 10:14 AM	#85
JayDubBlazer go cyclones Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ames, IA Posts: 1,885	Re: Project Build Log: Ol Green Well things have changed since my last post. I was laid off in December and had to move my truck into storage. With the warmer weather now here I feel the need/urge to get the truck back on the road. The job search is going well and I feel that I will have a job in a month or so, there for I feel I need to spend some time on the truck and cross the T's and dot the I's that i missed before I had to retire it in the fall. __________________ Wes PROJECT OLE GREEN 1972 Blazer 4X4 350/700R4 2017 Silverado LT

05-15-2009, 10:17 AM	#86
Chevyman63 Can't wait to retire!! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Corunna, MI Posts: 1,575	Re: Project Build Log: Ol Green Glad to hear things are looking up for you. Now let's see some pics. __________________ 2009 4x4 Chevy Crew Cab 6.0 1989 4x4 Siverado (270,000 miles) 1972 4x4 Blazer 2007 Chevy Cutaway 1 ton 1970 Corvette (sons project) RIP - CLR 10/11/09

05-15-2009, 12:46 PM	#87
jaros44sr Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Philadelphia, Pa. 19454 Posts: 9,700	Re: Project Build Log: Ol Green I've been wondering where it got too, thought I missed the end of the build. At least what you have done so far is top notch...hope everything works out for you __________________ Semper Fi...Uncle Sam, you da man All parts offered to help are free, unless otherwise noted Dont try this stuff in my build thread, unless you have 55 years of mechanical OTJ training SAFETY FIRST AS usual, off topic They say your mind goes second, can't remember the first Jim

05-15-2009, 01:39 PM	#88
JimmyFloyd Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 1,458	Re: Project Build Log: Ol Green looks good. Doesn't sounds like you are far from me. If that's the case, hopefully I'll be able to see it one of these days in person. Glad things are looking up. __________________ 1970 Blazer 350/SM465/205 SOLD! \| 1998 Z3

05-25-2009, 01:05 PM	#89
JayDubBlazer go cyclones Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ames, IA Posts: 1,885	Re: Project Build Log: Ol Green It's back on the road. I have a transmission line leak that I need to fix and I think I need to re-bleed the brakes, and it shifts a little late going up hills (I think i need to adjust the tv cable abit. __________________ Wes PROJECT OLE GREEN 1972 Blazer 4X4 350/700R4 2017 Silverado LT

05-26-2009, 09:42 AM	#90
JayDubBlazer go cyclones Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ames, IA Posts: 1,885	Re: Project Build Log: Ol Green Well took it out yesterday for a bit. It ran pretty well. Still having trouble with the shifting. From what I read it sounds like the throttle valve is stuck. I am going to give Bow Tie Overdrives a call this afternoon to confirm. But all in all it ran pretty sweetly. Here are a couple of pics so you all can see how it looks when it is on the road. Attached Images __________________ Wes PROJECT OLE GREEN 1972 Blazer 4X4 350/700R4 2017 Silverado LT



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05-26-2009, 11:30 AM	#91
VA72C10 VA72C10 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Midlothian, VA Posts: 25,269	Re: Project Build Log: Ol Green Looks good to me! __________________ Looking for a 67-72 swb or blazer project in or around VA.

05-26-2009, 11:50 AM	#92
Yukon Jack Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA Posts: 12,684	Re: Project Build Log: Ol Green I like the color you picked, very nice! __________________ 1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14

05-31-2009, 10:37 PM	#93
JayDubBlazer go cyclones Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ames, IA Posts: 1,885	Re: Project Build Log: Ol Green Thanks for the compliments. I took it out again today. I called Bow Tie Overdrives this past week and explained to them what was happening. The guy told me that he was 95% sure that my throttle valve was sticking. He told me to disconnect the cable and firmly pull it about 20 times once the truck has warmed up. He also said that once I completed that take it on the road and push it a little bit to again work the throttle valve. I did this and it is shifting much better. I still am getting a pretty hard shift from 1st to 2nd though, and while going up hills at low RPMs. I'll give them a call again this week. With one problem almost solved another one rears its head. When backing up my truck into the storage unit I was having some trouble getting the front tires over the curb on the concrete slab. Some water had collected on the smooth concrete floor and my rear tire wasn't getting any traction. I rolled the truck back and forth a couple of times to try and rock it up. I decided to pull forward and put some blocking under the tires to help it roll over the concrete edge. That was when I noticed I was over heating and coolant was pouring out of the bottom of my engine compartment. I quickly turned off the truck and opened the hood. The coolant was coming out of the overflow on the radiator cap. I quickly realized that my electric fans weren't running. I am going to test the relay and make sure it was grounded tomorrow. But it was pretty weird how fast that truck heated up. It seemed as soon as I got the truck off the road it started heating up. It normally runs around 170-175 degrees and when I finally got it turned off it was 240+. I yanked the relay off and hard wired the fans off and cooled it off. Hopefully it wasn't too hot for too long and I didn't damage anything. __________________ Wes PROJECT OLE GREEN 1972 Blazer 4X4 350/700R4 2017 Silverado LT Last edited by JayDubBlazer; 05-31-2009 at 10:37 PM. Reason: typos

05-31-2009, 11:10 PM	#94
BLUE THUNDER Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Antonio Posts: 993	Re: Project Build Log: Ol Green Hopefully no damage done. Could you do me a favor and post some pics of how your seats are mounted. I've got the same ones, just haven't figured out how to mount them. Thanks. Mario

06-01-2009, 08:48 PM	#95
JayDubBlazer go cyclones Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ames, IA Posts: 1,885	Re: Project Build Log: Ol Green Here a couple of pics of the seats installed. I basically used 3/16 plate to relocate the studs were needed and used the stock holes for the outside front locations bolts. I looked but didn't have any pictures of installing them. There are two things I noticed since I've installed them. First the seats sit a little high, it might just be me but it feels like I'm up in the air a bit. Second the seat can not slide the entire length of travel front to back due to the raised back area. Hope that helps Attached Images __________________ Wes PROJECT OLE GREEN 1972 Blazer 4X4 350/700R4 2017 Silverado LT

07-05-2011, 09:18 PM	#96
JayDubBlazer go cyclones Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ames, IA Posts: 1,885	Re: Project Build Log: Ol Green OK is two years too long to revive a build thread? I finally got back in the garage this weekend. It was cool to go over the last page of the thread, reminded me what I was working on before I went into hibernation. Got the wires back together and hopefully I got the cooling problem fixed. I need to change the oil and pull the distro to prime the oil pump. I order a new instrument printed circuit board because I think that might have been one of the locations I had a slow amp draw. Trying to go back and track down wires has been anything but painless(I used a painless harness and still having some trouble). Well hope to post some new pictures soon. Got some new wheels and can't wait to get it on the road. I would really like to take it to truck nationals down in Carlise. __________________ Wes PROJECT OLE GREEN 1972 Blazer 4X4 350/700R4 2017 Silverado LT

07-25-2011, 08:51 PM	#97
JayDubBlazer go cyclones Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ames, IA Posts: 1,885	Re: Project Build Log: Ol Green OK after almost two years of trail and tribulation I have managed to get the thing running and was able to pull it out of the garage with its own power. Still alot of things to do. Speedometer, parking brake, the brakes are not working well, and still have to find a .12 mA trickle somewhere. I pulled everything I can think of trying to find it. Now I am drinking a beer and pulling my hair out. I've got it narrowed down to the wire that supplies the fuse box, but having trouble eliminating it. A couple of pictures, the last one is the empty spot in the garage where it use to set. Attached Images __________________ Wes PROJECT OLE GREEN 1972 Blazer 4X4 350/700R4 2017 Silverado LT

08-02-2011, 11:03 AM	#98
JayDubBlazer go cyclones Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ames, IA Posts: 1,885	Re: Project Build Log: Ol Green Found the electrical leak and now in the process of rerunning the wire in the engine compartment and in the dash. I have got the new steering hose since the old one blew up in my driveway. Does anyone know where I can buy a new gear ratio connector for the speedometer? This is the 90 angle that is used to hook the speedometer to the transfer case. Will I need a different one because I am running a 700R4 now? __________________ Wes PROJECT OLE GREEN 1972 Blazer 4X4 350/700R4 2017 Silverado LT

08-05-2011, 07:52 PM	#99
JayDubBlazer go cyclones Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ames, IA Posts: 1,885	Re: Project Build Log: Ol Green Well Ive been working on getting the wiring cleaned up and got the new K5 badges mounted tonight. Now people can stop calling it a bronco. Attached Images __________________ Wes PROJECT OLE GREEN 1972 Blazer 4X4 350/700R4 2017 Silverado LT

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