So the day has been coming for quite some time. The K5 and the ‘90 ‘Burb will be occupying the shop shortly for the major surgery to take place. The heart of the ‘Burb will be transplanted along with all of the wiring, dash, doors, etc into the K5. This will likely be a summer [...]
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More Craigslist!
Found a few more items on Craigslist for my truck 1 – Brand new, never installed, purchased 20 years ago Bestop swing arm style rear tire carrier – $35 2 – Used aftermarket fuel tank from a 1990 Blazer with TBI engine complete with sending unit & pump – $35 The tank is a little [...]
Oil Change… Oh boy…
Changed the oil yesterday. All went fairly well except for the oil out of the filter that had the consistency of cold maple syrup. NICE! Well… Not so much… I flushed out the crank case with some fresh oil, installed the drain plug, installed a new filter, and filled it up. Started it up and [...]
QuadraJet Troubles Cured!!
After my earlier QuadraJet episode, I still had the hard start issue with a few more problems to boot. Seems that one of the little arms on the passenger side of the carb was mispositioned and jammed the secondaries shut. Not only that, but I was still having the hard start problem. I tried a [...]
Donor 74 Jimmy
I have located a VERY poor condition Jimmy that I am currently negotiating a price with the current owner. This truck has not title with it so it would be a parts truck only. The body is rusted quite badly, but the frame and running gear looks pretty good. 12-bolt rear and Dana-44 front. I [...]
Quadrajet Troubles
I swapped out the old points style distributor for the HEI distributor that I temporarily robbed from my Chevelle. Everything went quite smooth with the swap and it starts and runs MUCH better now. New problem from last weekend was that it would start VERY hard after it would sit for a little bit. I [...]
Disassembly Started…
Jason (my cousin) and I were able to get a good start on tearing down the ‘burb tonight. We started by removing the doors. The “barn door” style rear doors were a cinch to remove only requiring the impact wrench. The rear doors on the sides were also quite easy requiring some trim to be [...]