Guess who's back!?! Atl-atl's K5 Blazer + Four Wheel Camper "The Crawlin Cabin" documentation thread!

[zoomad75]

Best tips for the rotting particleboard replacement are to get the camper off the Blazer. You need the room to work to get that main cabover section in. Plus you'd never get access to the front wall section when it's butted up to the cab without getting the camper off the truck. Try to remove them each as complete parts for templates.

 

[Adventurous]

Thanks, yeah I thought about a trim ring but its so close to the sink and also large enough that nothing round will work and put the faucet close enough to the sink. Im just going to use a piece of ply for now.

As for the cabover area. Ive replaced a couple before but tips are always welcome because it is a **********!

Get a gooseneck faucet! That was $100 well worth it, and made a ton of difference in the functionality of our camper sink. Those faucets are just too short to adequately fill and wash dishes.

I've got good memories of swapping ours out in the parking lot of the Walmart in Anchorage.

 

[zoomad75]

Yeah, I knew taking the camper off the truck was going to be in the cards, that probably wont happen for a while because I close on my house sale on July 8th and I wont have a garage for a while. When I do though, Ill replace the front wall, install a cut-up piece of stock fiberglass top to fill the gap and install a new cabover floor all at once. In the mean time Im hoping to drop the truck off for a motor/trans/t-case swap during my transition into a new house. Speaking of that, I PM'd you over on ck5 about your 5.3.

Yeah it's best to do those things to the camper at one time. I don't like taking it off and on too many times.

I got your PM over there and shot one back.

 

[nitro_rat]

pics of the offending carb?

 

[SDDiver5]

Man I sure do miss northern AZ! Looking forward to your progress!

 

[nitro_rat]

That's a reman carb, they're usually junk. The way they reman process works the carb is typically junk after. They do goofy stuff like drilling out the threads for the needle and seat and pressing in an oversize replacement. Pure trash.

Get a good used carb or one from a reputable outfit (JET).

That thing on the side is the choke pull off. It should extend slowly after you manually retract it. It should not bind or get "stuck."

 

[Buddha.]

I can’t see your carb pic but you might be describing the vacuum advance on the distributor.

 

[nitro_rat]

Yes, the vacuum can on the distributor is for the vacuum ignition timing advance. The only thing that it has in common with the choke pull off is that it's operated by a vacuum diaphragm.

I would recommend to replace any vacuum lines that are dry rotted or "spongy." If they look and feel ok then they probably are.

 

[ExpoMike]

Yes, the vacuum can on the distributor is for the vacuum ignition timing advance. The only thing that it has in common with the choke pull off is that it's operated by a vacuum diaphragm.

I would recommend to replace any vacuum lines that are dry rotted or "spongy." If they look and feel ok then they probably are.

Yep, agree on this info/recommendation.

 

[billiebob]

I do love this unit. If I had the balls I'd sell my Rubi and SquareDrop and find one of these. I've been real lucky with all the electronics on th Rubi but I do miss the torque and cold weather performance of a carburetor.

 

[billiebob]

Look what came in the mail!!! Im so excited I just want to go drive around

Oh wow, never expected that.

 

[billiebob]

Your picture threads on all the things you do should be part of an industrial arts secondary school program. Awesome detail and documentation, you should contact your school division and see how to talk to the students.

 

[nitro_rat]

for your ac controls my local oreillys got me one several years ago. had to look it up in the paper catalogs in the back. i have a good parts guy in the commercial department in the back at one of the local stores!

 

[pigsammy]

Looks great!
Thanks for all the photos. Really brings the thread to life.

 

[jgaz]

I really love this thread!
All your pictures bring back so many memories.

I was a mechanic in a Chevrolet dealer from 1976 until 1985. Worked on soooooo many of the C and K truck interiors, wiring, doors, steering columns, etc. While looking at your pictures I know just what tools to grab and where all the screws are located.

I wish I still had my wiring diagram collection, I’d send one to you. Chevrolet used to put their wiring diagrams and electrical info in a separate manual for the complete car line and another for the trucks. These were separate from the regular service manual.

That radio looks sweet! Very stealth for all the features it provides.

Im reading your whole thread now.