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Not what I got done on the Blazer, but what I did with it. We had a pretty good snow storm last week, a bit over 2 feet here at the house. Others in the county reported 4 feet. Not sure how they measured, but we had a bit of wind over the three days and I try to average the amount between the drifts and low points. Anyways, I cleared the driveway, about 100 feet long, including the front of the garage and house, and the turn around area first time on Thurs with about 18 inches and again on Friday with 8-12 inches. Got it done before the snow plow got the road done. Of course, the plow piled up about a 3 foot-ish barrier of heavy, rather large snow blocks across the drive. The sun had come out for about 2 hours before the plow showed up and there was no way my snow blower would clear that mess. I know because I tried. Figured I'd have to break out the shove, but had a great idea. My Blazer hasn't move all winter and it has a higher clearance than my 3/4 ton truck, so I used it to run through the blockage several times, back and forth, back and forth, repeatedly. Then brought the wife's car up there to make sure it could get in out without getting high centered. It pass the test. We have had full sunshine, like you only get in Rocky Mountains in winter time, since then. The blockage has melted considerably and is still melting as we have one of those beautiful days. So much melt that my dog has been getting off the cleared areas to romp in the snow and do his business. Except where the snow is still pilled up over 4 feet in areas on the edges or where it drifted up. He's happy and my wife is happy, which makes me happy!
Took this picture at midway through the storm: https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/blazerf...1e8cfde2c0.jpg |
Originally Posted by AJBert
(Post 752317)
Not what I got done on the Blazer, but what I did with it. We had a pretty good snow storm last week, a bit over 2 feet here at the house. Others in the county reported 4 feet. Not sure how they measured, but we had a bit of wind over the three days and I try to average the amount between the drifts and low points. Anyways, I cleared the driveway, about 100 feet long, including the front of the garage and house, and the turn around area first time on Thurs with about 18 inches and again on Friday with 8-12 inches. Got it done before the snow plow got the road done. Of course, the plow piled up about a 3 foot-ish barrier of heavy, rather large snow blocks across the drive. The sun had come out for about 2 hours before the plow showed up and there was no way my snow blower would clear that mess. I know because I tried. Figured I'd have to break out the shove, but had a great idea. My Blazer hasn't move all winter and it has a higher clearance than my 3/4 ton truck, so I used it to run through the blockage several times, back and forth, back and forth, repeatedly. Then brought the wife's car up there to make sure it could get in out without getting high centered. It pass the test. We have had full sunshine, like you only get in Rocky Mountains in winter time, since then. The blockage has melted considerably and is still melting as we have one of those beautiful days. So much melt that my dog has been getting off the cleared areas to romp in the snow and do his business. Except where the snow is still pilled up over 4 feet in areas on the edges or where it drifted up. He's happy and my wife is happy, which makes me happy!
Took this picture at midway through the storm: https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/blazerf...1e8cfde2c0.jpg |
Originally Posted by 99TrailBlazingRedHead
(Post 752214)
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/blazerf...3e8ba44bc0.jpg
Was going to do the front brakes, but bought a crappy jack from WalMart🤦♂️ so she had to settle for a good wash down |
Originally Posted by christine_208
(Post 751781)
Today I finished installing my new power steering gear from Red-Head Steering gears. I haven't even had time to do a proper test but it already feels tighter. I'll be doing a whole write up later on my build thread.
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Originally Posted by christine_208
(Post 751555)
Congrats! That is a repair I hope to avoid!
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Originally Posted by christine_208
(Post 750599)
Thought I had a failure in my HVAC system that is one of the Computer Controlled versions. Turns out I think the blend air door actuator might not have been initialized correctly after replacing the battery. I even pulled a couple errors for the HVAC system using my iLink code reader.
The symptoms were that I could not change the temperature of the air. So my first task was to open up the air-box and look to see if the blend door was loose but it was not. The actuator was holding it in position. https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/blazerf...a7ecfa12f7.jpg Access panel to inspect blend door circled in red. I believe on the non-computer controlled systems, the blower motor resistors go here. https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/blazerf...e41fae027f.jpg Blend door marked with the red arrow. The axle for it is in yellow. I then hooked up the iLink and found the DTCs (B0408 and B0415) which indicated issues with the temperature control circuit. So I went inside, copied a few pages from my service manual to have in the truck as I did the diagnostics only to discover that the temperature control was now working. I did learn that I have access to the HVAC controls and sensors through the iLink scanner so that was cool. |
Originally Posted by christine_208
(Post 750477)
Installed a group 78 Optima Yellow Top AGM battery. It is larger than the stock group 75. I had to use a different, but I think better, way to secure it.
The group 78 has basically the dimensions of the 75 but is 1 inch longer. https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/blazerf...8fc7dddb9a.jpg |
So I said goodby to my Blazer yesterday, Its gone off to California. I gave it to my son last year after I bought a Dodge truck. Though I still took care of it after he joined the Air Force. He sent a truck for it and I helped the guy load it. I gave him the info to join the site. I'll be driving my Dodge's from now on. Thanks to everyone that got me this far over the years!
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