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Trailblazer and Envoy related, but not off-road related...

by bartonmd » Wed Feb 10, 2016 3:10 pm

Welded on a Magnaflow muffler...

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by v7guy » Wed Feb 10, 2016 10:18 pm

How's it sound Mike?
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by ErikSS » Thu Feb 11, 2016 11:47 pm

He has a nice sound clip on Facebook. I fail at the Internets often, but I'll try this: https://www.facebook.com/groups/700975763337774/
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by NC_IslandRunner » Fri Feb 12, 2016 1:15 am

Nothing! But I did buy some oil to change out on Saturday, got to do the tb and the jk, clean out the truck and run it around the field.
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by Rickalicka18 » Sat Feb 13, 2016 3:40 pm

Wanted my mirrors to have a blinker and be heated so I replaced them. Eliminated the side marker lights. And lastly changed the oil.
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by M_C_U_02 » Sat Feb 13, 2016 7:21 pm

The dreaded disconnect...... no garage, no heat...... just balls. :lol: (Chevelle project taking up the garage this winter).
10° here on the island (real feel of about -1°; so they say). Had to beat the hell out of the back half of the disco. body to pop it out. Thank god for air tools.
*Was a little concerned when the footprint of the new part was different, but it does have all of the appropriate bolt holes as it was a universal fit.

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Chewed up and spit out


The new part slid right in :D .... much easier than the removal! :hissyfit:
Thanks to TBYODA for the heads up on the link, and HARDTRAILS for posting it.

http://www.ebay.com/bhp/trailblazer-axle?rmvSB=true

*sorry bout the pix, it always seems to "landscape" the picture no matter what I do. Just a comparison pic anyway.
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by Moots1288 » Sun Feb 14, 2016 1:05 am

M_C_U_02 wrote:The dreaded disconnect...... no garage, no heat...... just balls. :lol: (Chevelle project taking up the garage this winter).
10° here on the island (real feel of about -1°; so they say). Had to beat the hell out of the back half of the disco. body to pop it out. Thank god for air tools.
*Was a little concerned when the footprint of the new part was different, but it does have all of the appropriate bolt holes as it was a universal fit.

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IMG_1456.JPG


The new part slid right in :D .... much easier than the removal! :hissyfit:
Thanks to TBYODA for the heads up on the link, and HARDTRAILS for posting it.

http://www.ebay.com/bhp/trailblazer-axle?rmvSB=true

*sorry bout the pix, it always seems to "landscape" the picture no matter what I do. Just a comparison pic anyway.



Hell yeah its cold one he island. Glad it went alright though.
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by Jrgunn5150 » Mon Feb 15, 2016 6:55 pm

Saturday I got my Lime-Swap tune done, and my rear Skyjacker shocks installed.
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by Cable810 » Mon Feb 15, 2016 8:13 pm

Finally got the steering fixed!! She binds no more :excited:
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by HawkeyeC25 » Wed Feb 17, 2016 11:05 pm

I got the bumper back from Quality Powdercoat!! Went with textured black... I couldn't be happier with how this thing turned out. Thanks again to Mike at MDB Fabrication!! :) Great product!!

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by M_C_U_02 » Wed Feb 17, 2016 11:24 pm

Damn Hawkeye, that bumper looks sweet in that textured powder coat!!!
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by M_C_U_02 » Thu Feb 18, 2016 12:04 am

Made some rear shock spacers for my Bilstein 5100s... had 2 extra bushings but this could be done with the right diameter pipe; and two 1/2" washers per shock. I had issues with the shock bodies sliding into the perches.

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by chevycrew » Thu Feb 18, 2016 5:13 am

What did I do today? Well I logged into offroadtb... besides that, I started pulling the engine. Yeah a v8 swap!
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by navigator » Thu Feb 18, 2016 9:00 am

Welcome Back Steve!
Now start the swap thread.
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by HawkeyeC25 » Thu Feb 18, 2016 1:39 pm

M_C_U_02 wrote:Damn Hawkeye, that bumper looks sweet in that textured powder coat!!!

Thanks M_C_U_02!! And nice work on the shock spacers! Looks a lot cleaner than my stack of washers on both sides :cheers:
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by chevycrew » Thu Feb 18, 2016 9:43 pm

I don't think I'll have time for a swap thread. But I will try to document anything major.
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by DirtyBacon04 » Thu Feb 18, 2016 11:32 pm

Well, my ACDelco u-joint only lasted about 26k miles... i think that's my fault since i forgot to pump it full of grease... surprised it lasted this long and i can't believe it didn't break on my return to Borrego trip.

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by Jrgunn5150 » Thu Feb 18, 2016 11:48 pm

chevycrew wrote:I don't think I'll have time for a swap thread. But I will try to document anything major.


I'm interested to see how much room you have with a rear sump pan.
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by Norcrosski » Tue Feb 23, 2016 5:20 pm

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. I can just stare at her right know no time to fix

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by Cable810 » Wed Feb 24, 2016 10:37 am

Installed a 26" light bar yesterday and had to make a wiring harness for it cause the company is to cheap to send one with it.....

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