What did you do to your Blazer/Jimmy today?

[Tomo]

Originally Posted by stangtjk

Built one of those high dollar tipping jigs. $23 for some hardware and a couple 2x6s with some scrap plywood I had laying around... Took 3 of us to lift the body off the frame but i'm able to tip it on its side on my own now.

That's a rotisserie that will probably fit into my budget! Can you post some more photos & some details?

[stangtjk]

Originally Posted by Tomo

That's a rotisserie that will probably fit into my budget! Can you post some more photos & some details?

Really not much to it..

For the rear I just bolted a short piece of scrap angle bar where the tailgate trunnions mount so I could bolt up the 2x6(used scrap plywood as spacer to keep it off the body).

Up front we fabricated some simple triangle brackets to go between the 2x6 and the supports at the bottom of the firewall so it mounted perpendicular with the ground. The bolts holding the bracket to the body aren't ideally spaced but those holes are already there and I didn't want to drill more.

The 2x6 were 8' long and I centered them on the body then trimmed the one side flush with the plywood once it was bolted up.

The plywood was just some leftovers from when I replaced my roof a few years ago. It was 5/8 thick and about 20"x8'. I just cut it in half and put a full radius on one end of each piece. I measured from the ground up to about 4" below the lowest part of the body and set that as the height of the plywood. Also spaced it out about 6" from the side of the body.

All the wood was bolted together using 5/16x 3.5" long carriage bolts with nuts and washers (Had to cut a few bolts down to size). Pack of 25ea from lowes was just enough to get er done.

If I were going to use it for any extended period of time I'd add some support to the plywood to stiffen it up but I only plan to have it on there a week or two.

[SoCoC10]

Installed the new dash pad, headlight switch and glove box liner. This is the 1st and LAST Counterparts dash pad I use. I've never had any issues with a dash pad made by Dashes Direct.

[dirish]

A new 2 1/2 exhaust. Very impressed with their work! Almost done. .....

[hemi43]

Got my floor mats in that I ordered a few weeks ago. Real happy with the way they fit and how much of the floor they cover. I didn't realize my carpets were so faded, so may have to do something about that later this year.

[grillzy]

Originally Posted by hemi43

Got my floor mats in that I ordered a few weeks ago. Real happy with the way they fit and how much of the floor they cover. I didn't realize my carpets were so faded, so may have to do something about that later this year.

Faded carpet looks better than my no carpet

[hemi43]

Originally Posted by grillzy

Faded carpet looks better than my no carpet

I ordered new front carpets from Bill's Trucks. Shoul'd get them in a few weeks. You can have the old carpets if you want because they are actually not that bad.

[grillzy]

Originally Posted by hemi43

I ordered new front carpets from Bill's Trucks. Shoul'd get them in a few weeks. You can have the old carpets if you want because they are actually not that bad.

For sure. That would be awesome. Thanks

[OldBalls]

Installed 4" lift over the weekend, I think I just need some bigger tires and Ill be good to go.

[Mick54615]

Finally got the engine back in.

[hemi43]

Carpets came in finally. I know it`s not rocket science to install them, but here`s a few tips I've learned over the years to make an easy install.
I lay the carpet in and let it sit for a day so it can flatten out, then locate all the places that need holes and push nails in their location. If you get one wrong, it`s easy to move without damaging the carpet. Once all the nails are in their location, I put the holes in using a soldering iron. Not only does this give you a nice round hole, but it also prevents any loose fibers which may get caught in the bolt threads when putting the seats in. I`m sure we have all done this where one thread gets wrapped around the bolt and tears a line about 6 inches long into the new carpet.

[colgad]

I have used the nail idea too, it works great. I heat up a 7\16-1\2" socket with a propane torch and make the holes with the socket over the nail head. Perfect holes in the perfect place.

[Big Block]

Great tips. Never would have thought of that.

[stangtjk]

Blasted and primed the undercarriage.... I was trying to get a guy that does the mobile dustless blasting come out and strip the body and frame but he flaked on me. Instead I went out and got one of the small pressure pots from HF and started at it myself... Still would've rather him come out to do it but can't wait around doing nothing.

[lks dcvn]

Nice work cleaning up that tub!

[ochre1971]

stangtjk, what are you thoughts on the HF pressure pot?

[hemi43]

How many bags of sand did you go through?

[stangtjk]

The HF pressure pot blaster worked surprisingly well, it takes some getting used to but once you figure out how to get the valves set to get a good flow it does a decent job... I didn't have any issues with it getting clogged up, happened once at the tip but that was due to a piece of trash that made it past my sceen when I recycled the media.

I tried to get the 110lb unit but they didn't have it in stock so I just got the 40 lb one. I'm not sure why they decided to call it 40lb as it holds a 50lb bag of "sand" just fine. The smaller size wasn't that bad a compromise... Blasting kinda sucks so an extra break now and then to fill up was welcomed.

I only used 2 50lb bags of black diamond coal slag I got from northern tool and recycled it through 3 or 4 times. I also got 2 bags of crushed glass media to try on the inside of the tub to see what works best.

[stangtjk]

Some more work with the HF blaster...... Should have bought one a lot sooner.

[DeadheadNM]

Parts look great. Can you post a link to the one you picked up? I could really use one.

[stangtjk]

This is the one I got... 40-lb

Would rather have picked up this one 110- lb but they didn't have it at the store when I went and I wanted to get to work.

[DaHos]

This one followed me home Saturday. 72 CST with a few goodies added

[Big Block]

GM panels no less. Single wall top. Nice.

[DaHos]

Originally Posted by Big Block

GM panels no less. Single wall top. Nice.

Had.....lol.

[Chulisohombre]

That was quick. Good find. Tore down nicely. Tub looks decent.