March 21st Weekend Events

[Captkaos]

I have been a little busy these past few days so I figured I would post on here what I was up to.
Friday afternoon I went and looked at a 6.2L Diesel in a CUCV truck that someone is pulling out.  I plan to pick it up when he gets it pulled and put it in my new "Camo" blazer.
On the way to his house I had a tire on my Crew Cab seperate and was stranded on the road.  Luckily he had a tire off his CUCV I could borrow until I got my new tires.  That afternoon I scrabled with Toolmaster to find me some tires to fit my Hummer H2 wheels so I could take a trip to Nashville on Saturday.  He came through and mounted them that evening.  We also found the pitman arm and idler arm were shot.  So I went and got replacements.  Didn't get it fixed before the next day though.

Saturday I drive up to Nashville to pick up a Blazer fulltop and windshield frame to convert the "camo" Blazer.  Picked it up and c-clamped it to the frame rails of the Crew and headed back home.  The guy converted his 87 to a fulltop.  It was a factory 6.2L truck with a 6.5L bottomend which he added a Sidewinder Turbo setup to.    I finally got home around 7pm after leaving around 8am.

Sunday I took the top off and pulled the truck in to replace the pitman arm and idler arm.  I should be getting it aligned tomorrow.  The hummer H2 wheels made the Crew look MUCH better in Jamie's opinion.

[frogman68]

Dont ya hate the little problems that screw up your plans.

I always run into them

[VileZambonie]

Sounds like a manly kind of day. lol Post some pix!

[Captkaos]

I can post some pics of the aftermath but none of the actual events.  No camera.  Took the truck to be aligned and they said I need new upper/lower balljoints, steering box and upper shafts.  They want $2000 to do it all.  Uh no....

[VileZambonie]

lol

[78 Chevyrado]

Dang!  Sucks for people who can't or won't work on their own cars

[choptop]

If you dont mind, post some pics of the truck with the Hummer wheels. Im trying to talk Oldyeller into a set.

[Captkaos]

I will post them as soon as I can.  I am putting the Impala wheels on my R10 as soon as I can find the lug lock key... 

[Captkaos]

Ok, here are the pics of the Hummer H2's and the Impala SS' on my driver





I had a real fun time this past Thrusday night trying to remove a stripped Wheel lock but Friday night Toolmaster dropped by with a wheel lock removal and viola' off in seconds.

[choptop]

Both of those sets of wheels look real good. Oldyellers is a semi floater rear axle, so the rear covers with fit. Now just got to convince her.

[Toolmaster]

Dang!  Sucks for people who can't or won't work on their own cars

What about the people that don't have the time off for working on trucks ?
Chris works some long hours at his job. When most people are home with family and trucks, Chris is still working and is lucky to get off work around 7:30pm - 8pm. I know if he had the time that week to do it himself
he would have.

As I have said before !!  Steering and Brake's should be one of the first things to check on these trucks.
A truck that wont run has a lesser chance of injuring someone than a truck that wont steer or wont stop !!!

[DnStClr]

The Impala wheels look great! And if Mrs Kaos lkes the Hummer wheels then we do too.

[Lt.Del]

...and if Elizabeth Hannah likes them, they stay, right Chris?

[Captkaos]

Correct on Both accounts and sometimes not in that order!