How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5

[yote1234]

wow!!!! very nice find! love that color! and interior! stock looks nice.

[gringoloco]

Originally Posted by YBNORML

This is what I had been planning to do before I found my blazer. I probably would have had second thoughts as well. Although, those would be just thoughts. I would pin it for sure! Good luck with the decision. Haha
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Thanks! Still not sure...

Originally Posted by yote1234

wow!!!! very nice find! love that color! and interior! stock looks nice.

Me too! I agree, stock on this truck is pretty good-lookin'

[gringoloco]

Been tinkering again. Had a nasty leak at the corner of the window that was fine while driving, but a river when parked. Seemed it has been that way for a while judging from the surface rust on the floorboard. Funny, the passenger side didn't leak a drop. No matter, installed the driprail deflectors with a smattering of 'right stuff' and it is 99% fixed. New weatherstripping I think would fix it entirely...

[gringoloco]

Also yanked the fuel tank in an attempt to get the factory fuel gauge working properly. Turns out, I have a vintage Northwest Metal Products 37 gallon tank. NWMP is a subsidiary of Southern California RV Products, where this tank was purchased. This thing was installed in 1980 and still looks great inside! Cool to see a product that is still being made for these Blazers over 30 years later.

I stuck a new 0-90 ohm sender in from Tanks, Inc, which was in a Classic Instruments box and looked eerily similar to a VDO unit... It's an adjustable piece, so I set it up for my tank's depth and bolted 'er in. The tank got a touch-up coat of rubberized undercoating and a new fuel filter and I stuck it back in.

Deleted the old fuel gauge and hooked the sender back to the fuse box. The dash gauge now works, at least, but is reading just over 1/8 tank at 42 ohms from the sender (just under half full). I need to dig in and see if I have a bad gauge. May be why the PO bypassed it in the first place...

[gringoloco]

Also received some goodies via FedEx:

They will end up either painted or powdered white with stainless dog-dishes Now I just need a spare...

[TexasJimmy]

Originally Posted by gringoloco

Also received some goodies via FedEx:

They will end up either painted or powdered white with stainless dog-dishes Now I just need a spare...

Very nice!
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[klmore]

Those wheels will look great on your K/5. You can't go wrong with black or white powder coat.

I'm trying to figure out how to put the dog dish caps on my new wheels.