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I stopped by Larry's place to drop off some oil and pick up the valve covers to detail. I think the feeling is coming back to my fingers now. If they were for a 454 I'd have been done in an hour. Not so much with these ones. First I masked off the areas I didn't want to possibly sand the...

Time to get caught up on the action over at the Bigassgas garage. Just like before I deliver parts and he picks away at the smaller stuff as he can. I dropped off the lion's share of parts that came in last weekend. Larry's been busy. Cleanup for the rattle can rebuild has begun. The...

Great trip report. I work in Canon City at the Chevy dealer in town. I can look out the west side of the building and see Skyline drive. Twice this year our wrecker has brought vehicles that have rolled off of it. One on the east side (ZR2 Blazer) and the last one a week ago (Ford Escape)...

Tempting. PM inbound..

I'm pretty sure we put those studs in with anti-seize so I'm going to bet the rest of them come out without too much hassle. It was 4 years ago, but there isn't a fastener that goes in anything over at Larry's place that doesn't get coated with the stuff. The heat from the heads might have...

Here's a really easy step for a straight gut check on what anybody thinks a modified vehicle is worth: Take it to a dealer and get it appraised for trade-in value. See what they think of the fancy overland gear, and such. Betcha they don't give you a value a penny over what Kelly blue book or...

Unless one falls in my lap, that's unlikely. The budget is solely focused on getting the swap done. I thought about a/c if I could swing it, but that isn't in the cards. The 44 will live with smart driving. Larry's lasted for years under two different big blocks without any issue before he...

And to think 25+ years ago I worked at a VW repair shop and salvage yard where I chopped a hole in the roof of a couple of type 1 vans and many type 2 vans. Like you I stood on the roof with a sawzall and ripped a hole out. I would load it all on a flatbed trailer so I could take a skid steer...

I'm glad we provided some motivation. It's always good to keep another one on the road and most importantly exploring.

So let's get caught up on the action, shall we? After Mike and I set the deal straight the following weekend I drove the K5Camper over to my Buddy Bill's shop for quick extraction of the engine and transmission. I should have drove it more as I tore it apart with a full tank of fuel. That...

Yeah dude! Big Block Burbs rule! Keep at it!

LS bell pattern is identical to the original small block pattern except one bolt on the passenger side between the center peak and the two vertical bolts is not used. Don't try to drill it out to use it as it will go right into the water jacket of the #8 cylinder.

That cleaned up nice! You got all the Utah desert dust as a souvenir for free! I had hit the car wash and took a heavy layer off before I drove it to Bill's house to yank the engine out of it. Killing it dude!

I'm a big fan of the KISS idea for the cooling system. This engine on a stock 350 size radiator and steel 7 blade fan would run hot at low speeds when ambient temps climbed above 90 degrees. I came home after the trip that exposed that weakness and stuffed in the biggest radiator GM put in...

Who's garage did you take over? LOL. Keep at it dude! Parts inbound to my place too.

That's the end game for sure. It's gonna be cool to see it pushing another K5 Camper down the road.

Yep, an update is due. The cliff notes version is, Mike @Atl-atl approached me on CK5 about my pending 8.1 swap and if I was ready to switch yet as he wanted a proven setup to swap into his. We discussed it and agreed on a price. I rallied the boys here in Pueblo to figure a place to get the...

Plans are hatched, but he wants to wait until later this year to get started. Since he's waiting we got a 8.1 to stuff into another truck in the meantime.

Great start. I'm a fan of anybody keeping a squarebody on the road. You noted it had an add on a/c unit in the truck when you got it. I've got an add on a/c unit we pulled from another 91 Blazer that used a separate evaporator case/blower motor and the stock heater box was still used. I'm...

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.