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[BLUE THUNDER]

Hey Bull, lets see if Carlisle will give us a discount for two a/c jobs.

[Bull72]

Originally Posted by BLUE THUNDER

Hey Bull, lets see if Carlisle will give us a discount for two a/c jobs.

My blazer is at my buddies right now and he was going to give it a look tomorrow or the next day. His thoughts were trying pick n pull for a rear end and just swap the whole thing out... might be less expensive.

As for the AC, I was sincerely thinking about it but I got a price from Vintage Air for the parts and a rough estimate on labor from someone that vintage air recommended.... dang another $2500. Roughly... they said $1300 for the Vintage Air System, then they recommended a heavy duty electric fan $200, a trinary switch ( few bucks ) and the labor was $1000 give or take a hundred depending on what they had to remove.

I didn't ask Carlisle yet, it has to be seriously cheaper than $2500, because if not then I am close to buying a small pickup (ranger for the same price) with AC for the summer with gas prices going the way their going as my daily driver. Also, If I had another "daily driver" I can get the blazer insured with Haggerty for classic car insurance. Their stipulations say that every driver in the household has to have a designated "daily driver" other than the blazer to qualify for their insurance. Right now my insurance says if I had a total loss (totaled or stolen) they would only cover me up to $5 or $6k tops. With haggerty you can tell them the amount you want to be insured at and pay $20-30/month... weighing that all out for AC.

[Bull72]

Blazer is back on the road

So here was the problem... every time I hit the gas I didn't have any problems but when I let off the gas there was vibration and a grinding noise in the rear end. The auto shop said I needed to replace the whole rear diff, but after my buddy looked at it all it needed was to replace the Ujoints.

He said that the Ujoints had some slop in them and the vibrations caused the bolt for the pinion yoke to loosen up. So when I hit the gas the force would tighten up so there was no vibration/grinding noise, but when I let off the gas it would loosen up and grinding noise.

All fixed now =) and ready for the cruise. Let me know when we are going for that cruise!