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Old Feb 14, 2015 | 06:59 PM
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New tires. I went with the Kumo Road Venture AT 235/75/15



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Old May 25, 2015 | 07:22 PM
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I decided it's gonna need a trans rebuild.


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Old May 25, 2015 | 09:18 PM
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Loving those GMC caps

Did you steal them off the blue one?
 
Old May 25, 2015 | 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by tenorsaxdude
Loving those GMC caps

Did you steal them off the blue one?
Yes, the blue one is a GMC Jimmy, it's the wife's. We got two new tires with the Blazer so I bought her two more of the same tire and put them on the Blazer rims. There a little smaller but she really likes them. All four tires needed replaced on hers so I just put four new tires on the GMC rims and put them on the Blazer. There interchangeable so it's nice, but the GMC rims do look better.

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Old May 26, 2015 | 05:18 PM
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Thought that headlight peeking in looked familiar, tis why I asked about the caps

I pull from Blazers all the time for mine. As much crap as GM gets for their identical cars, it does have its benefits at times lol
 
Old Aug 23, 2015 | 09:24 PM
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So I decided to try and make this my winter daily driver. I went ahead and did the trans.

https://blazerforum.com/forum/engine...r-89149/page5/

Now I am moving on to the brakes. It's got a noticeable pulse when the pedal is applied. Any suggestions on a good brand of rotors and pads. I may also do the calipers too.

I need to go over it real good so I can get it inspected.

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I got Brembo brake pads on clearance from rock auto and I am really happy with them. As far as rotors you can't really go wrong with a good brand like Raybestos or ACDelco.
 
Old Sep 13, 2015 | 09:05 PM
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Well I got new brakes and rotors all around. Took it for a test drive, rear calipers sticking, no problem I can do 2 new calipers, about a half hr out, about 100 miles since the battery was connected it pops a code, my heart sank.

P0440 EVAP.

Otherwise it drives and rides nice.

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Old Oct 3, 2015 | 04:29 PM
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Replaced the rear calipers with NAPA rebuilt ones. No more drag now, and gets a little better milage, go figure.

I took a few parts from the wife's old car. One of the parts was the MAF. I did this to help with the EVAP code but I noticed it pulls a lot stronger through the mid range. This was a pleasant surprise.

I put over 200 miles on it and still have two monitors that are not ready. AIR and CAT.

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Old Nov 18, 2015 | 09:34 PM
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Got the code figured out and repaired, then got it inspected. So now I am legal.

So I've decided to use it during the winter and see how it does.

I am thinking about spraying the under side with oil for better rust protection. I did my truck with Fluid Film last year. Can't really say if it helped much or not.

I have a few small things to do, then just do repairs and updates as I go

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