What did you do to/with your van today?

safari kev · Post by **safari kev** » Thu May 14, 2015 3:48 pm

white vans been plugging along
red van overheated bad a couple weeks ago. thermostat went out a couple miles from home, but i was able to limp it home. replaced that, the thermostat housing, new heater core lines (one of them split), capped the rear heater core lines (one of them really split), redid the vacuum lines for the vent diverter, and ended up having to install a new alternator (came today) and alt bracket (old one cracked). also bought some new kyb gas ajust shocks for it, because the originals aint cutting it.

Captn. Crunch · Post by **Captn. Crunch** » Sat May 16, 2015 4:51 pm

Idler pulley disintegrated and threw the belt. No power steering, brakes or cooling fan. Was ten miles from home so I'd floor it, get all the speed i could, kick it into neutral and shut off the motor. Repeat til I got to my brothers shop. Replaced pulley wheel.

97CargoCrawler · Post by **97CargoCrawler** » Mon May 18, 2015 12:07 pm

Lil bit of this, lil bit of that.

mdmead · Post by **mdmead** » Mon May 18, 2015 1:38 pm

97CargoCrawler wrote:Lil bit of this, lil bit of that.

Okay, you can't throw the above statement out there along with a new pic and not give some details and build pics of the latest mods....

And don't you still owe us more info on the mirrors install?...

97CargoCrawler · Post by **97CargoCrawler** » Tue May 19, 2015 12:23 pm

mdmead wrote:
97CargoCrawler wrote:Lil bit of this, lil bit of that.
Okay, you can't throw the above statement out there along with a new pic and not give some details and build pics of the latest mods....

And don't you still owe us more info on the mirrors install?...

It's hard to see in the pic, but I have a new Nikola Tesla figurine made from yarn hanging from the mirror.

SilverBullet1997 · Post by **SilverBullet1997** » Wed Jun 10, 2015 9:45 pm

Thanks Tom for the wonderful trail ride today.

Captn. Crunch · Post by **Captn. Crunch** » Fri Jun 19, 2015 12:50 pm

Spent the day with my feet up on the bench as I ordered parts for the van. A very nice fellow on a zr2 site is shipping me the tccm, wiring and plugs from a np236 equipped blazer. Everything but the switch to see if an np236 will live in a safari awd. Ordered the switch. Ordered some nice drilled rotors cause everything else keeps warping. No snide comments on driving style please. Ordered a set of struts for the rear hatch cause the stick thing isn't cuttn it anymore

Captn. Crunch · Post by **Captn. Crunch** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 6:27 pm

Well the pile of parts is getting impressive. All the parts to access low range in the 236 are here. The hatch struts and rotors. Still waiting on new ac compressor with evap and some other things I forget. Will probably start swapping out tccm and plugging things in tomorrow. No permanent install yet just run some wires and press the buttons. If it works ill need to find a place to mount the switch

safari kev · Post by **safari kev** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 6:34 pm

red van is at 129k miles. been putting around in it. new rear shocks are in, but it really needs new fronts (bought them but havent had time to install them). got my overhead compartment installed with my 6 channel amp in it, and 0 gauge ran from the battery to the roof.

photo_van · Post by **photo_van** » Sun Jul 05, 2015 1:33 pm

Finally got rid of those silly clamshells once and for all, well, half of them anyway. Riding on the halfshell.... and, no more photos...

Captn. Crunch · Post by **Captn. Crunch** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 5:10 pm

New drilled and slotted discs up front. New ac compressor and evaporator. Tried to post picks but some silly crap about board attachment quota. I musta posted four pics in three years oh well they looked handsome-shoulda seen em

Stroverlander · Post by **Stroverlander** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 8:11 am

For photos, since the attachment method seems broken, try uploading to Imgur, etc and cut/paste link, easy.

Photo_van, I'm interested in seeing what you did for leaf spring mounts.

photo_van · Post by **photo_van** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 12:49 pm

Bought two pairs of ubolts from Amazon for $25 total (had to cut them down). Got a second pair of stock Astro, under axle saddles from jy. Trimmed the old clamshells to use for the top plate. Re-drilled the cradle on the axle so that the bolts would sit flush to the perch. The bolts are at the most, 1/8" more proud to the inside than the old clamshells. This should still allow for the springs to pass into the fender well under full articulation.

In hindsight, it would have made things easier if I had tracked down some one piece under axle saddles that would fit....

I also made a bushing of sorts so that the spring index bolt is now tight in the perch.

Post by **WoodButcher** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 1:16 pm

That looks great, nice bit of engineering.

Captn. Crunch · Post by **Captn. Crunch** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 2:55 pm

Logged on to all data at my bro's shop and pulled up the wiring diagrams from my 99's tccm plug and the same plug from the donor 4x4 blazers tccm. The plugs are identical and all of my circuits match those of the blazer. I now have to install wires into my exsisting plug and run the wires to their final destinations. Swap tccm's and I'm electronic 4x4 with auto four wheel drive

Chevy & GMC Vans

Chevy & GMC Vans

What did you do to/with your van today?

Re: What did you do to/with your van today?

Re: What did you do to/with your van today?

Re: What did you do to/with your van today?

Re: What did you do to/with your van today?

Re: What did you do to/with your van today?

Re: What did you do to/with your van today?

Re: What did you do to/with your van today?

Re: What did you do to/with your van today?

Re: What did you do to/with your van today?

Re: What did you do to/with your van today?

Re: What did you do to/with your van today?

Re: What did you do to/with your van today?

Re: What did you do to/with your van today?

Re: What did you do to/with your van today?

Re: What did you do to/with your van today?