How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5 - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**yote1234** · 01-12-2013, 04:05 PM

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

gringoloco · 01-12-2013, 10:41 PM

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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...

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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 · 01-12-2013, 10:46 PM

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 · 01-12-2013, 11:08 PM

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 · 01-12-2013, 11:22 PM

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...

TexasJimmy · 01-13-2013, 01:47 PM

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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 · 01-14-2013, 11:06 PM

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.

01-12-2013, 04:05 PM	#1
yote1234 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Gold Canyon Arizona Posts: 4,445	Re: How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5 wow!!!! very nice find! love that color! and interior! stock looks nice. __________________ 1971 K5 CST Blazer 1965 Chevelle Malibu 283 (sadly sold) 1968 Camaro 327 1968 Honda mini-trail z50a #377 1966 uh 1-D Huey

01-12-2013, 10:46 PM	#3
gringoloco A guy with a truck Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Germany, for now Posts: 5,921	Re: How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5 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... Attached Images __________________ -Chris Instagram _elgringoloco_ '70 Short-Wide How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10 ‘70 Blazer ConversionHow To: Ruin a Perfectly Good 4wd '72 Highlander How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5 (SOLD) '72 Blazer 2WD How to: Ruin a perfectly good Blazer (SOLD) '05 Yukon Daily Driven (not so stock) Yukon (SOLD) ‘07 Yukon Denali (daily) Members met list: SCOTI, darkhorse970, 67cheby, 67cheby'sGirl, klmore, porterbuilt, n2billet, Fastrucken, classicchev, Col Clank, GSFMECH, HuggerCST, Spray-Bomb, BACKYARD88, 5150, fine69, fatbass, smbrouss70, 65StreetCruiser, GAc10boy

01-12-2013, 11:08 PM	#4
gringoloco A guy with a truck Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Germany, for now Posts: 5,921	Re: How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5 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... Attached Images __________________ -Chris Instagram _elgringoloco_ '70 Short-Wide How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10 ‘70 Blazer ConversionHow To: Ruin a Perfectly Good 4wd '72 Highlander How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5 (SOLD) '72 Blazer 2WD How to: Ruin a perfectly good Blazer (SOLD) '05 Yukon Daily Driven (not so stock) Yukon (SOLD) ‘07 Yukon Denali (daily) Members met list: SCOTI, darkhorse970, 67cheby, 67cheby'sGirl, klmore, porterbuilt, n2billet, Fastrucken, classicchev, Col Clank, GSFMECH, HuggerCST, Spray-Bomb, BACKYARD88, 5150, fine69, fatbass, smbrouss70, 65StreetCruiser, GAc10boy

01-12-2013, 11:22 PM	#5
gringoloco A guy with a truck Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Germany, for now Posts: 5,921	Re: How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5 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... Attached Images __________________ -Chris Instagram _elgringoloco_ '70 Short-Wide How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10 ‘70 Blazer ConversionHow To: Ruin a Perfectly Good 4wd '72 Highlander How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5 (SOLD) '72 Blazer 2WD How to: Ruin a perfectly good Blazer (SOLD) '05 Yukon Daily Driven (not so stock) Yukon (SOLD) ‘07 Yukon Denali (daily) Members met list: SCOTI, darkhorse970, 67cheby, 67cheby'sGirl, klmore, porterbuilt, n2billet, Fastrucken, classicchev, Col Clank, GSFMECH, HuggerCST, Spray-Bomb, BACKYARD88, 5150, fine69, fatbass, smbrouss70, 65StreetCruiser, GAc10boy

01-14-2013, 11:06 PM	#7
klmore Registered User Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Shreveport, LA Posts: 156	Re: How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5 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. __________________ 1972 Suburban 2wd - Accuair, Mob steel 20". 2011 Range Rover HSE 2010 E 63 AMG 2013 GL 63 AMG



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