Darn the RC lift, lol... seriously considering doing a SAS before the LS3 swap just to get that darned front carrier out of the way...

 

I had family obligations so I didn't get as much done as I wanted but...

I was able to change the fluid in my non ZR2 blazer with the NV3500 and having a full trans and synthetic fluid made some changes.

The trans is eerily quiet now and the shifts seem smoother. It was about a 1/2 quart low as I was a bit shy of 1.5 quarts but had some splashing when I drained it.

I also had a spare door key made for the ZR2. The previous owner changed out the ignition and didn't have it keyed same as the doors. I need to get that sorted but a spare door key is easier for now.

The squealing in the front brakes went away today after 2 days. I am still going to pull the front wheels and do a through check. 10 days from leaving to head to the mountains so brakes are on the top of the list of things to work.

 

This is me...everyday!

I did make it to the salvage yard, though. Picked up a double din bezel, from a '99 Bravada, for 10 bucks. (All this touchscreen chatter has given me the bug!)

Also grabbed a few grill inserts I found...guy gave them to me for free. Need cleaned up, then plastidipped. Picked up some glossifier the other day, so I'll test that out on these.

 

Finished installing my catalytic converter. It was much harder to do than I anticipated because the quality control on the part is not good. It came from Ultra Exhaust (ultraexhaust.ca ultraexhaust.com). The bung for the O2 sensor was in the wrong place and it came with an extra support bar (that I had cut off) and the other two were about an inch to two inches too long. I had shop cut a hole and weld on a new bung with the old one filled with an M18 1.5 oil drain plug.

Ran it for a bit tonight to get warm and then I'll check the bolts tomorrow.

 

I did get the stero head installed from my Z2. Got stuck for while. Had to connect the wire labeled power antenna for the speakers to work. Think I bypassed the Bose amp so the speakers sound tons better.

Also found out the plug between radio brands isn't always compatible.

 

Did an ac delete by removing the center idler pulley and installing an 845k6 belt. Also changed the belt tensioner while I was in there because it shifted a tiny bit while the engine was running. I'm not paranoid, hold on, need my tin foil hat when i say stuff like that... ok, I'm not paranoid.

 

Front rotors and pads. New abs speed sensors. Abs still on.

 

Gave the front bumper a gloss black coat... from the semi gloss from before... hopefully start bondo and paint tomorrow.mostly just surface rust. No holes in the body yet.

 

Custom built when I was in a welding course last spring. So far they haven't failed and crushed me to death Guess I had a decent teacher atleast...

 

Changed the driver's side door pins... now to find the detent pin since local parts store only had for full size trucks.