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Bored at work... working a 24 hr shift... got to get the Blazer paid for... lol hopefully I'll have some picks to post by this evening... to show where I'm at so far... Blazer will be home soon and the nerves of doing the tbi swapping is starting to climb and itch...lol
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I'm a care provider in an adult group home for the disabled... Saturday afternoon thru Sunday afternoon here lately I've been doing triple shifts... pain in the butt but its paying for the blazer...lol I get off at 1pm Cali time... then it's home to tinker with more prep on the engine and what not to get ready for this swap... lol
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Make sure you put in a new timing chain, front and rear main seals, and oil pan gasket...dont want to have to worry about it when its in the truck. Scrub the oil pan out really good, and use a good synthetic oil.
Maybe do head gaskets too...just for piece of mind.
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On a serious budget crunch with this... definitely gonna change all fluids but there isn't any leaks... not even the valve covers...lol so I think I'm OK there... it was a fairly fresh install into the burb... just decided to go to a smaller truck... I am going to change the fuel filter and other filters... I'm thinking I'm gonna have to shorten the fuel lines to fit the Blazer... any suggestions on where the best place is to do this... I know I know... while its off the truck... lol where at on the line itself...lol
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Got a deal on a 2 ton engine hoist tonight... $75.00... lol picked it up and gonna have it ready to go in the morning after I get off work... getting excited more and more... lol now where would I start my build thread for this swap over... and was wondering if I was going to have to swap over the instrument cluster also?
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Well work has taken over again... had to put the truck pick up off till Sunday or Monday... this sucks... but I'm gonna put in for some vacation time to allow me to work on this swap... first thing I will do is post picks of the truck as it sits... maybe take some shots of the parts for the truck... lol
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you boys is gross...lmao no I aint got the squirts...lol finally brought home the K5 yesterday... it's a little rough right now but I think I can make it a beautiful rig... I'll try to get some pics of the interior today and post them...
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I don't know that it looks all that rough really. Looks like an avg 25+ year old vehicle to me with mega potential. This is about where you should probably fire up a build thread starting with that pic there as the day you brought it home. The paint all looks to be there. With some of today's products and some work, I have a feeling you can make that paint look pretty damn good. Not like a brand new paint job, but look good anyway. Also, there is a way to bring that molding back to life too by cutting away the clean coat skin that's on it which is what is making it looking like hell. So don't tear that molding off. It can be revived too.
