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Re: What did you do to your Blazer/Jimmy today?
Picked up the Blazer from the body shop.
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Re: What did you do to your Blazer/Jimmy today?
^ Very nice! What are the specs on that build?
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Re: What did you do to your Blazer/Jimmy today?
We bought it as an abandoned project about 4 years ago, and have been accumulating parts ever since. 5.3 is at the machine shop being built and going to install a new 4l60e. The eight inch superlift is coming off this weekend and a new ez ride 4 inch is going on. Keep meaning to start a build thread (hopefully I will get to it this weekend).
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Re: What did you do to your Blazer/Jimmy today?
New Christmas grill & converted my halos to DRL/turn signals. Now if only I could find a straight outer grill cheap...
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Re: What did you do to your Blazer/Jimmy today?
Added a lift then swapped out the original tires and wheels for aftermarket... on 1:64 scale.
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Re: What did you do to your Blazer/Jimmy today?
The Blazer is Johnny Lightning brand. You can find them all over ebay. The detail on these is amazing all they way down to the console. The wheels are from a Baja Hot Wheels. Seller Pibes-diecast on ebay sells the wheels. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F152805616223
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Re: What did you do to your Blazer/Jimmy today?
Quote:
I notice some have the top, and some don't. The ones that do have the top, is it removable? I checked the link for those wheels also, but unfortunately they want $12 just to ship them to me. I found that a bit excessive for four small little wheels. Last edited by hemi43; 01-14-2018 at 09:59 PM. |
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Shipping was only $2.90 and $10 for each additional pair of axles so I purchased three pair to justify shipping here in the US. $12 seems off so you might want to check with the seller because the listing details indicates it should cost "CANADA $9.00 1-10 SETS, $0.10 CENTS EACH ADDITIONAL SET". Swapping the wheels and tires is a little involved requiring patience to set the new ones in place. The old axles need to be snipped with wire cutters. The new alxes had to be narrowed so I snipped the new axles and used JB weld to fasten the axles to the undercarriage instead of threading them through the chassis. I plan on soldering the next set seminar the axles can be pulled out. You can find videos on YouTube searching matchbox wheel swaps where folks have already done something similar.
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Re: What did you do to your Blazer/Jimmy today?
That's cool
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Re: What did you do to your Blazer/Jimmy today?
SO cool...
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Re: What did you do to your Blazer/Jimmy today?
Finished a vent window rebuild - my third set and the experience was as painful as the first time.
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Re: What did you do to your Blazer/Jimmy today?
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Re: What did you do to your Blazer/Jimmy today?
New power plant, spec'd this SBC 350 to produce over 350HP. Went hotrod with this build.
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Re: What did you do to your Blazer/Jimmy today?
New steering box via UPS!
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Re: What did you do to your Blazer/Jimmy today?
You are going to love the Red Head Steering Gear - have them on both of my projects now. The upgrade was well worth the $.
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Re: What did you do to your Blazer/Jimmy today?
Glad to hear it! This was an upgrade I wanted to do since I started the project.
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Re: What did you do to your Blazer/Jimmy today?
Assembled my new tach/vac cluster
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Re: What did you do to your Blazer/Jimmy today?
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Re: What did you do to your Blazer/Jimmy today?
Pete,
That cluster looks terrible! Send it to me and I'll get you a blue light special from LMC. 😉
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Re: What did you do to your Blazer/Jimmy today?
Cluster swap/upgrade isn't too hard. It's a half day project. If your K5 wasn't equipped with a tach originally you need to plan where to route the tach harness - I've drilled the 0.75" firewall hole in the correct spot, it's easy and there are a few threads dedicated to this. Use a line wrench to loosen the oil pressure line if so equipped in order to avoid stripping the brass. Good time to swap steering column too if that's on the menu. If you need a tach/vac cluster check with Tbone Tom as he provides a good service.
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Re: What did you do to your Blazer/Jimmy today?
I decided to tackle refurbishing a spare hatch I have. I separated the two sides and am starting to remove hardware that refused to come off. (One of the latches had the welded nuts break from the spot welds and I couldn’t get it off until the hatch interior was exposed.)
I can’t get the struts to come loose. Been spraying it with PB Blaster. Started drilling out one sides screws (those things are tough! Still haven’t made it through them yet). Sorta following this thread but with more miss steps... http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=403730 Anyone know what these are? They were only on one side and I haven’t seen them on other hatches with the latches removed. |
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Re: What did you do to your Blazer/Jimmy today?
Now on to the GB insert...
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