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  1. Atl-atl

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

    Alrighty then, a month later here is the wiring update youve surely been waiting for! The wiring actually went really smoothly. The Fitech harness is rad and all the plugs went where they were supposed to with the correct fittings. I did a TON of research trying to figure out how to link it to...
  2. Atl-atl

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

    Well Ive been gone for a while. Got lost in a sea of wires but I found the shore and Ive got some big updates!! Youll have to wait for the wiring details though because there are a lot. Ive been tackling a thousand small projects over the last few weeks(Ive mostly been wiring though) and my list...
  3. Atl-atl

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

    I took a break from wiring today because it was warm enough for me to finish installing the new canvas on the camper. I got the top done last week when we had a warm day and today I got the bottom installed. This was a painstaking process. Not even including the fact that I initially shipped my...
  4. Atl-atl

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

    Alright, Ive moved on to wiring while I wait for stuff to come back from powdercoat. Ive got the Fitech harness almost completely installed already which is cool but Im stuck in a few places. First is the alternator. On my stock truck I had the big red wire going from the "bat" stud on the...
  5. Atl-atl

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

    I had about 36 hours in Flagstaff, during which I had to do some work on the RV but I also managed to get some work done on the Blazer. Got the new shorty headers installed and fabbed up the Y pipe. Happy that everything fits. Plan is to finish welding the Y pipe tomorrow morning and fab up a...
  6. Atl-atl

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

    Well my sincerest apologies for the lack of updates. There has been almost no progress for 2 weeks now as life has gotten in the way of the Blazer. I did have new driveshafts made and got new shorty headers which I also got ceramic coated. Unfortunately the sweet long tubes just arent going to...
  7. Atl-atl

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

    Thats almost exactly what I was thinking for the bracing. I like the idea for button head bolts too.
  8. Atl-atl

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

    Alright, we're cookin with gas now. Whats the saying? Grind and paint makes you the welder you aint! Got both crossmembers fabbed and the skidplate done, I think. Originally I was going to make the crossmembers mount without the bolts hanging down and use carriage bolts to mount the skid so it...
  9. Atl-atl

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

    Alright, things are about to get spicy again. Picked up a new welder, Lincoln 215MPi, they have a $400 rebate right now so it was only $1600. This is my first real welder, replacing the crappy harbor freight 110v flux welder Ive had for a few years which is basically useless. Grabbed a baby...
  10. Atl-atl

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

    So there are a couple headaches Im dealing with right now. First off, Ive been concerned about the front crank seal since I first assembled the engine. There are two schools of though on how to install the timing cover seal, setting the bottom flush with the engine block or using an installation...
  11. Atl-atl

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

    Only reason for it is looks. I know it will make less power than a TBSS or one of the lookalikes from Vast or whoever else but I absolutely hate the way they look. I dont want to spend $10,000+ on an engine just have some gross piece of plastic with wires and studs and clips and junk all over it...
  12. Atl-atl

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

    Ive been away from the Blazer for a week and Im losing my mind haha. There are a few things to catch up on though. I got the throttle cable figured out using a Lokar cable and ICT Billet cable mount that mounts on the fuel rail and works with this style cable actuated throttle body. Since there...
  13. Atl-atl

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

    Transfer case part deux. I was able to get the transmission and transfer case installed and started fabbing a new crossmember. Im happy that I was never able to get my hands on a stock crossmember that was supposed to work with this transmission because it was actually pretty easy to make my...
  14. Atl-atl

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

    Up next is the transfer case. Im quite happy with the results of the media blasting. No cracks, one small chip in the housing but it only appears to be on the surface. Internally everything was in great shape. Only the front output bearing was crunchy but I replaced everything because why not...
  15. Atl-atl

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

    Up next were the new body mounts and 1" body lift. I made a video for this but I havent uploaded it yet. I was so pissed at Offroad Design because of how crappy their instructions are and was pretty vocal about it in the video so Im not sure if Im going to upload it. For now Im happy to help...
  16. Atl-atl

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

    Ive gotten so much done over the last few days that its going to have to be a few posts. First will be some small misc. items. Before the motor went in I installed a Borgeson steering shaft, hopefully this will take care of the last of my steering slop. The stock shaft with the rag joint is such...
  17. Atl-atl

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

    And now, your moment of zen. Here we go!! Et voila! It looks so tiny in there :LOL:
  18. Atl-atl

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

    Yeah the fuel mileage hurts bad enough, a small gauge is fine ha. The Fitech system doesn’t have support for a CEL so no, I wont have one.
  19. Atl-atl

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

    Now that the pedals are done we're on to the next project, gauges. I wanted to keep the gauges as stock as possible and since Ill be running a Fitech standalone EFI system which does not have any provisions for gauges(other than a tach signal wire) it made sense to try to use my stock gauges and...
  20. Atl-atl

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

    Pedals part 3. Kind of. Here are the remaining parts that attach to the pedals so Ill count it. When swapping an NV4500 into a square body truck or k5 blazer there are a few parts that make it easy. In my instance I wound up using a "late" NV4500 which is 96 or newer and uses the internal or...
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