Milblazer
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- Joined
- Mar 21, 2013
- Posts
- 268
- Reaction score
- 5
- Location
- Colorado
- First Name
- MilBlazer
- Truck Year
- 1984
- Truck Model
- K5
- Engine Size
- 6.2
Ive been working on my blazer lately to get the electrical sorted out. Yesterday I tackled the electrical and got my main issues sorted out. Today I went to go for a quick drive in it since it has been sitting for months. I start it up and let it warm up. I release the parking brake and go to shift in reverse to back out and the column shifter wont budge. I remember I had loosened the bolts in the engine compartment to let the column hang down a bit more while looking for electrical gremlins so I tightened those up hoping to fix my problem.
I climb back inside and the column is still locked up. I have been having issues with the steering column lately so I thought it was in there. I know the ignition likes to stick and I can pull the key out when it is still running and it will keep going. Also I have to fiddle with the key to get the door buzzer to shut up. Anyway I'm thinking maybe its stuck so I grab the shifter with both hands and a foot on the brake and pull the sucker. It drops into reverse but it felt like a very weak shift. Usually it is more like a kick, today it was barely noticeable.
Before I go to run my errands I decided to make sure it would shift through all the other gears. I pull it into neutral and it goes, unwillingly. Then I get it into drive and the truck stalls immediately. I started it again a few times to make sure it wasn't a one time thing and eventually it started to stall in reverse. Did I mention the driveway is a bit angled and I cant get back up and the ass is hanging over the sidewalk a bit?
I'm not any good with transmissions. This is my first hands on vehicle that I've been playing with for a couple years now and this is starting to piss me off. I think I have put a total of 250 miles on it this year because I keep ******* with it. As soon as something gets fixed two more things go wrong. If this keeps up I'll have a new truck in a couple years. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks guys!
I climb back inside and the column is still locked up. I have been having issues with the steering column lately so I thought it was in there. I know the ignition likes to stick and I can pull the key out when it is still running and it will keep going. Also I have to fiddle with the key to get the door buzzer to shut up. Anyway I'm thinking maybe its stuck so I grab the shifter with both hands and a foot on the brake and pull the sucker. It drops into reverse but it felt like a very weak shift. Usually it is more like a kick, today it was barely noticeable.
Before I go to run my errands I decided to make sure it would shift through all the other gears. I pull it into neutral and it goes, unwillingly. Then I get it into drive and the truck stalls immediately. I started it again a few times to make sure it wasn't a one time thing and eventually it started to stall in reverse. Did I mention the driveway is a bit angled and I cant get back up and the ass is hanging over the sidewalk a bit?
I'm not any good with transmissions. This is my first hands on vehicle that I've been playing with for a couple years now and this is starting to piss me off. I think I have put a total of 250 miles on it this year because I keep ******* with it. As soon as something gets fixed two more things go wrong. If this keeps up I'll have a new truck in a couple years. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks guys!