New to me! 1974 K5 Blazer!!
Nope, everything else works fine. Fuel pump primes, radio comes on, hvac fan comes on, etc. It is either an ignition switch problem, or a starter problem and I am pretty sure it is a starter problem. I have two complete starters sitting on the bench that will bolt up and work. Plus the one from my Chevelle which would only need to be unbolted from the motor on the stand.
Well, the problem with the 'burb not starting was the ignition switch. I did not change anything. All it took was putting a vice grip on the ignition lock cylinder to allow for a bit more torque to be applied. Starts every time! I will need to either adjust it or install a new switch before I put that column over into my K5.
I cleaned up the shop today and put the 'burb upstairs in the barn. I have everything in the shop still that I was planning on selling. Now I need to get pictures taken.
I cleaned up the shop today and put the 'burb upstairs in the barn. I have everything in the shop still that I was planning on selling. Now I need to get pictures taken.
So the K5 is on the road. I got the mufflers put on Friday after taking the day off of work. A bit of welding and fabricating up some hangers. I still need to fit the tail pipes up, but I am still deciding on whether I want them to be removable so I do not bend them up when I'm screwing around.
I need to get it inspected sometime in the next 8 days, but I have been driving it around. I must say that it SUCKS not having A/C since it hit 90+ outside today, but the blazer did not skip a beat. I set the timing today, but think I advanced it too far. It starts a bit hard when hot now which is a clear sign of having it too far advanced.
I even took it up to my dad's shale pit for a bit of fun in the mud. The sides were nice to crawl on, but I could not all the way up and over them due to the sharp drop off at the top. I would high center for sure. I did play around on some of the other slopes up there and almost tore off the back up light on the bumper. Drug the hitch around quite a bit as well.
No pics though...
I need to get it inspected sometime in the next 8 days, but I have been driving it around. I must say that it SUCKS not having A/C since it hit 90+ outside today, but the blazer did not skip a beat. I set the timing today, but think I advanced it too far. It starts a bit hard when hot now which is a clear sign of having it too far advanced.
I even took it up to my dad's shale pit for a bit of fun in the mud. The sides were nice to crawl on, but I could not all the way up and over them due to the sharp drop off at the top. I would high center for sure. I did play around on some of the other slopes up there and almost tore off the back up light on the bumper. Drug the hitch around quite a bit as well.
No pics though...
So I picked up a set of used quarter panels Saturday. $150 for the set. The driver side quarter is in VERY good condition. The passenger has some ripples, but nothing that cannot be massaged out.
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The luck continues! Last Saturday I picked up a GM Corp 10-bolt front axle with 8-lug outers from an NP203 equipped 3/4 ton truck for $50! Everything spins over very well and it looks very good inside. Since this was originally on a full-time 4wd truck, there are no lock out hubs installed, rather a dust cap and a solid plug for connecting the hub to the axle. These will be nice to have once I do start wheeling this truck harder than I am now.
Here are some pictures:
The only thing I was really hoping for out of this was that it would already have 4.10 gears. But as can be seen in the photos below, the ring gear states 41 11 so they are 3.73 gears…
So this axle has the same gear ratio as my truck currently. Now I have the 8-lug outers to go with the 14-bolt full floating rear axle!
For another $20, I picked up a set of 15×10 8-lug rims. They need some good cleaning, but they are not too shabby for $20:
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 pulled the carb tonight to find that the well plugs in the bottom of the QuadraJet had started to leak again The secondary metering ports well plugs are sealled up very well, but it was the well plugs for the primary metering ports. This time I was determined to fix it permanently. A 10-32 tap and cutting down some 10-32 cap screws to only 0.1875" long should solve that problem once and for all!
Here are some pictures:
The only thing I was really hoping for out of this was that it would already have 4.10 gears. But as can be seen in the photos below, the ring gear states 41 11 so they are 3.73 gears…
So this axle has the same gear ratio as my truck currently. Now I have the 8-lug outers to go with the 14-bolt full floating rear axle!
For another $20, I picked up a set of 15×10 8-lug rims. They need some good cleaning, but they are not too shabby for $20:
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 pulled the carb tonight to find that the well plugs in the bottom of the QuadraJet had started to leak again The secondary metering ports well plugs are sealled up very well, but it was the well plugs for the primary metering ports. This time I was determined to fix it permanently. A 10-32 tap and cutting down some 10-32 cap screws to only 0.1875" long should solve that problem once and for all!