Couple of my projects (Page 1/4)
LitebulbwithaFiero MAY 20, 08:31 AM
I have several cars that are never ending projects. I thought I would share them here.

First is my 1972 Blazer, here is a Youtube introduction video for it.
https://youtu.be/D1K6HmlhmSw

Another truck I am working on is my 2004 Sierra. Here is a quick Youtube video of it.
https://youtu.be/6y09jwx_O_I

Plenty to do on both of them. But I have other projects in the works also.

I am currently building a car for this motor. Here is a quick Youtube video of it starting on a stand.
https://youtu.be/Uv9dV7a6dOw

And hopefully one day I will be able to return to the Fiero.
LitebulbwithaFiero MAY 26, 05:11 PM
Had some time to work on the white truck this past weekend.

I pulled the steering wheel back when I wired the truck up. When I installed it, I did so very crooked. It became very apparent now that it is driveable. So I threw a piece of tape where I thought the top was, grabbed a sharpie and drove it down the road. I was able to mark the top good then.



Since I was pulling the steering wheel to straighten it, I decided to replace it. The button no longer were connected to anything so I got a used wheel off eBay.

I pulled the old one with my mark straight up and installed the new one straight. Once I splined it on, I noticed a green arrow cast in the wheel that lined up with a punch mark on the column.



I also installed new front lights. The turn signals are led, and my headlights were busted and flopping.

Before


After
LitebulbwithaFiero MAY 26, 05:16 PM
A few years ago, I cut the torsion bars off the truck and installed coilovers. The front ended up being a bit low for what I wanted, but never did anything about it. Well I finally bought some different up brackets and was able to get the front to sit a bit higher. I got in a hurry and did not take any before pictures, so I also did not bother to yake after pictures.

Last thing I was able to get down was stripping down a set of rear doors I have for it, down to bare shells. They are red and I am going to attempt to make them white. I also have the front doors from the red truck that are going to need done too.
LitebulbwithaFiero JUN 12, 07:26 PM
I have been working on things a bit.

To get back to where I left off, I belive it was Memorial day weekend.

I got the red front doors torn down


Gave the daily it's first wash since the new wheels


And tried to bleed/ diagnose the diminishing brakes on the Blazer.

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LitebulbwithaFiero JUN 12, 07:38 PM
I was not getting any fluid to flow out of the rear port on the master cylinder and the year old brake fluid got very dark/ brown from how easy the mc was rusting.

So last weekend I was able to replace the chinese junk with some American goodies.

Old


New


I also replaced 3 out of 4 of the brakes lines down stream for the combination valve along with the hose to the rear axle.

I used the copper nickel line, and it was easy to work with. Even flairing it with an Autozone flair tool was simple.



Once complete, the gravity bled quickly. And then I was able to get me dad to come pump them up and gave them a good bleeding. I now have the best pedal I have had yet on the Blazer, and it feels like I could throw a passenger through the windsheild. Who wants to go for a ride?

I also replaced a busted chain on my little dirtbike. But unfortunately, second gear is messed up. I will be purchasing and installing a new motor in it when/ if it becomes available.

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LitebulbwithaFiero JUN 12, 07:43 PM
So far this weekend, I got my extended cab doors sanded and scuffed down. Then got them sprayed in epoxy primer.
LitebulbwithaFiero JUN 27, 08:17 PM
Everybody told me "they work, leave them alone." But that is the wrong attitude. Take care of stuff before it becomes a problem.




This is the front brake master cylinder on my 85 ATC350X. Rebuild kit was $15. Cleaned it up and put it back together with the new parts, should be good for another 30 years with occasional fluid changes.

I get bad at taking pictures. The after picture of the piston would of shown how bad it was.
Also did some work on the Corvette. Remeber just because the parts are new, does not mean they are good. When I got it running again spring of '20, the alternator was had a bad bearing making a bunch of noise. I bought a new AC Delco from Rockauto and quieted it down, but it would always give me a charging fault on the message center even though it was charging fine. I finally looked into it, and it is common issue on them with replacement alternators. Something different with the factory voltage regulators. Well I kept the original alternator, so I swapped the voltage regulator over. Sure enough, problem fixed.

Only picture I took was the old alternator with the voltage regulator removed.
LitebulbwithaFiero JUN 27, 08:26 PM
Another problem caused 3 warning messages to keep popping up on the message center of the Vette. The tire pressure monitoring sysyem receiver had stopped working. These cars came stock with run flats, so rhey put the tpms in them so you new when they were flat. I do not have run flats on it, but wanted the system fuctioning to get rid of the messages.

I "upgraded" to a newer system in 2016 with all new oem parts. I do not remember when it stopped working, but finally wanted to get it sorted. Too bad the reciever is now discontinued. I was able to get a used one from the Corvette forums. It was a OE from an 03. Got it installed and it works, we will see if it lasts.



Corvette is becoming less and less of a project. The only thing on the list to do to it is get the wipers working. Probably more on that next week...
LitebulbwithaFiero JUL 15, 06:58 PM
I did get the wipers working on the Vette, just not sure how long they will last. The car was not designed to survive sitting outside.

Also installed a tow hitch on the Blazer.



July 3rd I rook the 350x to an offroad park called Bundy Hill. Here is how the bike looked before its bath the next day

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LitebulbwithaFiero JUL 28, 08:25 PM
Cleaned up a TH400 for a project I am working on. A solid 3 dust pans of junk removed.

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