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  1. CORVAIRWILD

    My 1984 K5 Plow Teeruk 6.2 Rear Diffy Is Bad...

    What is a questimate of the cost to fix this? And where the hell am I going to find a used set of 3.73 gears? I've got two parts trucks in the country, but I'm sure they're 3.42 ratios. My truck has the optional 3.73s, according to the inner fender sticker
  2. CORVAIRWILD

    My 1984 K5 Plow Teeruk 6.2 Rear Diffy Is Bad...

    Interestingly, it wasn't making a sound until the crack. And I definitely wasn't beating on it, but sometimes I plow in four-wheel drive and then I hit the pavement, and I put it in two wheel drive ASAP, but this truck obviously takes a beating plowing for years and years and years. I've broken...
  3. CORVAIRWILD

    My 1984 K5 Plow Teeruk 6.2 Rear Diffy Is Bad...

    I've been plowing for 10 years with a ratty K5 6.2 Blazer, and a few days ago the rear differential all of a sudden made some death noises. So I jacked it up and pulled the driveshaft. I've got about 75 degrees of rotation-play in the pinion yoke. So I left the drive shaft off and plowed my...
  4. CORVAIRWILD

    Quad Shocks?

    Rare on 2500 3/4 ton. This is mine
  5. CORVAIRWILD

    1984 K5 Blazer-ChromeMoly Axle Upgrade Question...

    Getting a little off topic, that 1995 Suburban is a customers, and I've been doing a lot of work to it, but because most of the vehicles I work on are my own, I haven't been keeping track of the hours. So I've got to create a bill for it, and I have no idea how many hours I put into it except...
  6. CORVAIRWILD

    1984 K5 Blazer-ChromeMoly Axle Upgrade Question...

    It actually is, but... when you're attaching these tiny thumbnails, everything looks the same. It's from a 1995 Suburban 2500 4x4, 6.5 diesel that I have in my shop.
  7. CORVAIRWILD

    1984 K5 Blazer-ChromeMoly Axle Upgrade Question...

  8. CORVAIRWILD

    1984 K5 Blazer-ChromeMoly Axle Upgrade Question...

    TenFactory came up in my search, along with so many other names! I have some 760's, but the issue is my shaft holes are worn. Interestingly, a friend bot an '87 K10 that really belonged in the junkyard. But he's rebuilding it at my shop. All new brakelines, pads, rotors, hoses, calipers etc...
  9. CORVAIRWILD

    1984 K5 Blazer-ChromeMoly Axle Upgrade Question...

    Plowing obviously is the worst thing you can do to a truck. When you get stuck and the plow is over the bank and you got ice underneath the truck and yada yada yada, it's just easier to push on that brake-parts-pedal
  10. CORVAIRWILD

    1984 K5 Blazer-ChromeMoly Axle Upgrade Question...

    I run 33 snow tires, and I've broken the joint where it wraps around the U-joint. I think once I broke a universal joint. I've never broken the shaft itself, and my rear drive shaft and yoke are worn. LMC offers the yolk for $150. Seems a little rich, I'm sure I can find one in the junkyard...
  11. CORVAIRWILD

    1984 K5 Blazer-ChromeMoly Axle Upgrade Question...

    I've been plowing snow for 10 years with a 1984 K5 Blazer 6.2 diesel. I'm tired of breaking the axle shaft where it goes through the spindle-hub. So of course I Googled it, and all kinds of stuff comes up. What are the recommendations that you guys have for me? And a recent noisy U-joint had me...
  12. CORVAIRWILD

    K5 rear window motor - Replacement are garbage - Alternative solution

    Think about it for a minute, if the crappy Chinese drills can work, why can't they make a tgate motor which is basically the same as a drill work? Last year I bought 84 K5 Blazer from San Francisco, and the window rockets up and down. On the other hand the window in my 84 diesel Blazer moves...
  13. CORVAIRWILD

    Ingersol Rand / Campell Hausfeld

    If you're not in a rush, check Craigslist, sometimes people buy a compressor and it's too noisy or too small or too big or they need money for Christmas, and you can get a really good deal if you're fast and you have the cash. There's also OFFERUP-a new way to shop. I was looking for a GMT400...
  14. CORVAIRWILD

    Ingersol Rand / Campell Hausfeld

    The slower it turns, the quieter it will be, and the longer it should last. Make sure you have adequate power. If your running cable a ways from the power source, upsize the cable bcause wires have friction=heat=power loss. I was just about to buy your typical 5hp 80 gallon for sandblasting...
  15. CORVAIRWILD

    Steering box play and stiff ride questions

    Don't make the mistake of loosening the lock nut and putting an allen key in the steering box adjuster, that adjustment needs to be done with an inch pound torque wrench on the steering shaft, and generally is not the reason a steering box is loose. And by generally I mean 99% of the time. You...
  16. CORVAIRWILD

    Torque converter reinstall question on 700r4

    Fill the converter, costs nothing, liberally apply trans oil or vaseline (not grease! It won't disolve) on tc snout to protect pump seal. Kinda surprised me to hear the bad storys about mad dog or monster. Why would anybody want to do a 2nd rate job, destined to fail? And there's certainly...
  17. CORVAIRWILD

    Best/better plastix epoxy?

    Several years ago I spent a couple of hours epoxying my grill together, I did a pretty good job, and a couple of weeks later on New Year's Eve, someone backed into my truck and broke half the pieces out that I'd repaired. They're still sitting on my dash. How discouraging. Use the putty style...
  18. CORVAIRWILD

    1984 K5 Blazer Idling Rich-California Emissions-Coolant Sensor?

    Ok, I get it!
  19. CORVAIRWILD

    1984 K5 Blazer Idling Rich-California Emissions-Coolant Sensor?

    Are we discussing newer TBI below? I put the dash together, ALL the instrument lamps now function, inc the CHECK ENGINE. I got both the new O2 and CTS from RA. I'll attempt to install them today. Then I'll turn to my non functioning heater fan...
  20. CORVAIRWILD

    Vent Windows-How I Repair Them-K5 Blazer

    You're welcome, and of all the little washers that I got at True Value, l used the large inner diameter, the one that looks more like a wedding band. I thought it would be way too thick, but in fact it worked perfectly once I filed it a little bit to center it. I didn't replace the washer on the...
  21. CORVAIRWILD

    Vent Windows-How I Repair Them-K5 Blazer

    Done!
  22. CORVAIRWILD

    Vent Windows-How I Repair Them-K5 Blazer

    I filed the nylon washer interior to better center it around the exterior "bolt". No mandatory, but it makes the washer look better by centering it.
  23. CORVAIRWILD

    Vent Windows-How I Repair Them-K5 Blazer

    When I bought this 1984 Blazer in Salinas California last May, I had no idea of the life that it had led. When I picked it up it had no keys, the ignition switch didn't lock, and the drivers vent window turned out to be a replacement with the hole for the latch manufactured in the wrong place...
  24. CORVAIRWILD

    1984 K5 Blazer Idling Rich-California Emissions-Coolant Sensor?

    I thot the lamp between the speedo and fuel gauge was for diesel! So I'll put a bulb in the socket and see what happens. "Checking fuel injection the old fashioned way"???? Hah! I've never worked on FI!!! NEVER! No time like the present...
  25. CORVAIRWILD

    1984 K5 Blazer Idling Rich-California Emissions-Coolant Sensor?

    So I need to figure out if the solenoid is not getting signal, or is dead-not reacting to signal. Seems simple enuff

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