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4 low is really nice on steep boat ramps.

Glad you're progressing well. Keep up the PT and continue to stay in shape after formal PT ends

Those can be high, as well as the big California cities. The ones that will pop your eyes out are the 395 corridor on the Eastern side of the Sierra Nevadas. Lee Vining, $7.19 for regular and $8.89 for diesel is what the Google said right now.

My last three 1/2 ton GMC SLE's had the Z71 package. All of them had the 2 speed transfer case and Auto 4WD. My AT4HD has all of the above standard. In order of use, I use Auto 4WD the most then 4High. I rarely use 4LOW but like having it anyways. My next truck will probably be another AT4HD.

I’m doing an experiment on a vehicle I don’t have much money in. I’m going by the premise that after they last 100K miles they were no mechanical problems with assembly. Or defects with the parts. With oil changes by the minder for the first 127K miles when I acquired it. I quickly went through low mileage oil changes then settled on 5k oil changes with close to 170K miles on the vehicle currently. I did have the option to turn off the cylinder deactivation. I didn’t on this vehicle because it’s in ECONOMY mode at least half the time. It should be a no brainer frequent oil changes are the key. The manufacturer gets away with the long oil changes with its severe service maintenance. Just ask them what is normal.

My office is slowly filling with Blazer parts. Getting ready to do the big bang of repairs. Intake (second time), water pump, radiator, hoses, and I'm going to re-seal the timing cover where someone went hog wild with silicone. Might as well, because I don't think that's done right. There's a local tow yard that I didn't realize also has quite the inventory of junk vehicles. This is an old school junkyard. No waivers. Cash only, you were never here if anyone asks. Don't piss off the owner, or you'll end up in the back of one of those cars, headed for the shredder. And if you see something, don't snitch. Cars stacked double high, wasps nests, trip hazards and junk everywhere. I found a few little odds/ends for my Blazer. The $20 I spent was worth the experience alone. But I was never there. What yard? I officially love/hate this truck. It's so out of my wheelhouse, roughest vehicle I've ever owned. Every. single. repair. -is so hard-fought, everything that can go wrong, goes wrong. Currently in a hate phase, and kind of wish I was closer to sending it down the road with a lucky new owner, to be honest. Preparing for the day when I tear into this thing...lots of pre-funk with Ibuprofen. Rock Auto sent me a bad reman rear wiper motor. It was a bear to install. The tailgate in these things has about eleventy-billion fastners and pieces and things that need to be uninstalled/moved just to access the shoddy rear wiper motor. The casing on mine was cracked clean through, btw. Nice, GM, nice. SO I got this new motor installed, hit the switch, I see it wig-wag (without the arm installed) and think I'm golden. Reassemble everything. With the wiper arm installed I gave it one final test. Time to clean up and take the other half out to dinner, collect a paycheck, right? Nope. I hear the plastic worm gear stripping as the arm hung up. Just like my broken motor. Weak/old and shredding itself internally. I can assist the arm and the range of motion is normal, and it parks correctly. It just doesn't have the poop to actually sweep the arm with a blade on it. Oh, hell. Turned the key off and shut the shop door behind me. I get to do that over again, too.

I have both but typically use the 4 legged walker (wheels on front, ski's on back). The four wheeler is starting to be used on "longer" outdoor walks. The 4 legged walker is particularly helpful in practicing good walking posture. Both of my knees are at different stages of recovery and I'm trying to not develop poor habits. I can actually manage with a cane but it's very difficult not to favor one leg over the other. My PT recommends I continue with my 4 legged walker for a while. Yesterday was four weeks since my last knee replacement and I'm excited about my progress to date. It has been a hell of a rough journey so far but it is exciting to witness systematic and continuous improvement. I went for years watching the decline of my "mobility". It seems that everyday now I am alerting my wife to something I can do now that I couldn't a day or two ago! I encourage anyone facing the prospect of knee replacement to share any concerns with others who have had the surgery. It isn't an instant fix but rather is a considerable amount of short term pain for long term gain. Recovery time and pain levels vary for individuals post surgery but the end results are typically very positive and I've never encountered anyone regretting having had the surgery.

The lifter issue can be dealt with by shorter oil changes and quality oil IMO.

Got heavy rain, hail and light rain yesterday.

Yeah, its not an instruction anywhere but instead a unofficial shortcut that some, including myself, use. It does take considerable leverage against the exhaust crossover to allow enough room to clear the pans, but it doesn't strain it any more than normal driveline torqueing of the exhaust pipe and components.

And there aren't any "bellows". There are solid plastic doors the actuators move, which largely seal just by themselves, and then have a strip of foam around the edge to better seal the door. The foam does deteriorate over time, but this is unlikely to be a significant cause of the problem.

https://reotrucks.com/the-case The WHY, answered.

Insane smoke out today. Worst air ever recorded here. Sunrise over the water looked apocalyptic. Pretty bad in town as well. Didn’t stop this guy from letting the top down in his C5 of course. He must be a heavy smoker because my lungs wouldn’t handle that so well.

$5.19 for regular...