So I took the longest trip yet with the K5. 120 miles round trip to Webster and back. Not a lot, I’ll give you that, but up until this trip, all I have driven it is 15 miles at a shot around town, etc. The purpose of this trip was to pickup a rust free [...]
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120 Mile Trip – Rust Free Used Tailgate plus extras!!
3 October 2009, 5:50 pm
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Gauges Fixed – Passenger Window TOO!
26 July 2009, 9:27 pm
Well this weekend I tackled the job of pulling the dash apart to replace the bulbs for the gauges. While I was at it, I removed the clear bezel, wet sanded it to remove the discoloration, then polished it back up. Surprisingly, now that I have the problem with my hands/forearms, my hands do not [...]
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“New” Complete Rear Quarters
2 May 2009, 8:11 pm
Today I drove over to Honeoye Falls (just south of Rochester) to pick up a set of used, but complete and original rear quarters. The passenger side quarter has some ripples in it, a tiny bit of surface rust, and is a bit messed up at the front where it attaches to the B-pillar, but [...]
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Inspection Complete!
1 May 2009, 4:16 pm
The holes in the floor board on the driver side were covered up with some sheetmetal. I took it back to the shop and the sticker went on. Had a little hiccup on the way home from the shop though… The night before when I was buttoning everything backup inside the truck, I decided that [...]
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Mufflers are on!
24 April 2009, 2:54 pm
I finally got the exhaust pipe complete enough to mount mufflers. This meant that I could license it and get it inspected. Looking back now, I should have known that the hole in the floor board was not going to fly… So that is the task for this week. Getting that hole covered up so [...]
Mower Deck Rebuild
8 April 2009, 7:47 pm
So I have had this mower deck in my garage all winter that I have been rebuilding, rather lazily, through out this period of time. Today I decided that it really needed to be done. With weather changing for the better, I am sure that Mark was going to be needing it sometime soon. A [...]
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Disassembly… 14MAR09
14 March 2009, 7:26 pm
After a useless work detail at the fire hall which wasted all morning and accomplished absolutely nothing, I started back at the ‘burb. I continued with the trim removal on the inside, getting all of the plastic trim removed carefully so that I could attempt to sell it to regain some of the money I [...]
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More Work…
31 December 2008, 2:12 pm
So the Chevelle headers do not fit to my liking. The passenger side would have a problem with the front driveshaft if the suspension were to hit the bump stops. Going to full static articulation (lifting the front passenger wheel until the rear passenger wheel begins to lift), I still had enough room for a [...]
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Longer Drive
20 December 2008, 11:15 am
So Friday I was able to take the Blazer for a longer drive, ~15 miles one way. Back roads are great at seeing how the suspension works over bumps, pot holes, and wash boarding. Nothing but smooth driving. The snow made it a little bit of a challenge on the way back as the 33×12.5×15 [...]
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No progress…
14 October 2008, 12:45 pm
I am sorry to say that there has been little progress made on any of the projects that I currently have started. A lot of other things are currently taking precedence. Being a volunteer fire fighter and training associated with that and an increasing requirement for time at work have taken a large chunk out [...]
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