S10K.... k5 hybrid build status.

[vdubvance]

Heh, so ive managed to piss off the arizonak5 web site, :) all i had to do was mention what im doing and BAM! instant chast. Heh you would think they would be happy, a clean, fresh, 1st gen body just became available to somone with a rusted out body and a true appreciation for the k5. They are telling me to "wheel the k5", screw it, im gonna bash it up anyway, let somone else have it.


on a lighter note, found an engine out a 81 burban, runs great, I gotta pull it, soon drop the motor, and i can begin the fab, see what happens.

question about front tire/wheelwell issue, with the cab as close to the motor, how far off center is it?

thanks
will post progress.


sorry bout the nag, kinda thought it was funny...

[Tink]

Somehow, that doesn't surprise me. I'd think someone would be happy to get that K5's body.

As for the front tire/wheelwell issue, with the cab as close to the motor, I'd say the axle will sit 4" forward of center.

[vdubvance]

any thoughts about just moving the axle?

[vdubvance]

Sold the body to a guy from north carolina. gonna use it on his 72 2wd as his beach cruiser. put a big smile on his face. mine too for that matter. I found a good 350 for 100 bucks, gonna pick her up tomorrow. ordered my engine overhaul kit, new clutch, and motor mounts. bought ****load of primer and undercoat, my square stock for my body mounts, oil, plugs, coolant, new angle grinder. !Box o' legos! hopefully i will have the frame cleaned and rubberised by the time the overhaul kit gets here. drop my engine and go from there.

so not bad, not bad at all. project is funding itself, for now http://www.arizonak5.com/forum/Smileys/classic/smiley.gif

went mudding with some friends the other night,, im saying screw it. I want to get out in some mud!
not gonna move the power train yet, i can do that **** later. gonna just cut my fenders from the front and roll it in, tube frame bumper, give it a slight prerunner look.

so stoked

[Big Mack Daddy]

Are you going to make this into an ongoing project? :biggrin: If so I would be happy to move this to the project section.

[vdubvance]

Are you going to make this into an ongoing project? :biggrin: If so I would be happy to move this to the project section.

sure,, i was thinking about that before.

[Big Mack Daddy]

Moved.

[vdubvance]

yeah son! finally get some work done!http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs175.snc3/20263_103336519695742_100000581828482_90346_519799 7_n.jpghttp://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs175.snc3/20263_103336489695745_100000581828482_90345_135017 3_n.jpg
:chef_125:

[vdubvance]

cleans up nice

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs428.snc3/24676_104145056281555_100000581828482_112079_65158 10_n.jpg

[vdubvance]

http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs518.snc3/27174_104508496245211_100000581828482_120772_71899 90_n.jpg

[Slacker1357]

Lookin good...
Keep up the good work...

will keep my eye on this thread...

[vdubvance]

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getting stuff done! crap engine is in so i can start mocking up the cab till i get my block. excited, s10 tear down. the fun stuff. a local guy wants the frame and drivetrain from the s10, what should i ask for it?

[Slacker1357]

I would say if its in good condition... $500?
I dunno... I'd get some second and third opinions first though

[vdubvance]

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs438.ash1/24200_104859869543407_100000581828482_128945_71747 76_n.jpg
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driveshafts, gas tank in, mocking up exaust, the hedmans wont work, unless i can bend them in somehow. they are just barely binding on the front shackles. i know the shocks are too long, but they will get me by till shes together.
http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs438.ash1/24200_104859882876739_100000581828482_128949_25673 96_n.jpg
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs398.snc3/24200_104859889543405_100000581828482_128951_47359 28_n.jpg
the best part..
http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs378.snc3/24200_104859932876734_100000581828482_128955_23170 29_n.jpg

Got some friends coming today. Gonna do the transplant.. so excited...

[CowardlyDawg]

Sweet, Bring on the pics!!!!!!

[Tink]

Excellent! I'll be watching for those pictures!

[vdubvance]

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[Tink]

Awesome!!!! Keep us posted!

[vdubvance]

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god im tired...
So yeah, gonna go tinks route.. drivetrain is comming forward two or three... got a quote on my driveshafts, $180 clears it. way better than what i thought...
as far as cab mounts, gonna use most of the OG s10 mounts, then use some two inch 1/2 square stock to fill it in.
http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs438.ash1/24200_104884949540899_100000581828482_129858_59685 82_n.jpg
Gonna use some 1/2'' angle and make like a "crossmember" between the rear two mounts, then weld directly tothe frame.
http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs438.ash1/24200_104884956207565_100000581828482_129860_76090 69_n.jpg

i'm sure there will be more tomorrow..

[Big Mack Daddy]

Subscribed for bad-assery...

[vdubvance]

one thing im concerned about, my tranny is a sm 465, it is a mechanical release. the s10 is hyd clutch. hydro is signif better so i deff want to go that route. do they make 350 bellhousings that are hyd? ive heard of kits out there, but i wanna see what i can do with whats available. you think i could make a bracket for the clutch master off my s10 and have it actuating the release arm? are there any threds where somone has gone from hydro to mechanical on any vehicle?


thanks for your praise and input, its highly encouraging.

[vdubvance]

another thing....
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs450.snc3/25791_104766582886069_100000581828482_127284_24227 39_n.jpg

how the hell am i gonna get my kayak up there now?:)

[Tink]

Gotta love the use of bricks. :p


one thing im concerned about, my tranny is a
sm 465, it is a mechanical release. the s10 is hyd clutch. hydro is signif better so i deff want to go that route. do they make 350 bellhousings that are hyd? ive heard of kits out there, but i wanna see what i can do with whats available. you think i could make a bracket for the clutch master off my s10 and have it actuating the release arm? are there any threds where somone has gone from hydro to mechanical on any vehicle?


thanks for your praise and input, its highly encouraging.

I'm pretty sure you can use the older mechanical bellhousing with a hydraulic release bearing which will elminate the clutch fork. I found a slip-on hydraulic throw out bearing. McLeod (http://www.mcleodind.com/index.html (http://www.mcleodind.com/index.html)) p/n with master cylinder: MCL-14005-20.
Or you could 'copy' one of the kits if you have good fab skills: http://www.novak-adapt.com/catalog/kit_hcrc.htm

[CowardlyDawg]

Its lookin tight man

I found your build thread at arizonak5. Dude people over there are rough!
http://www.arizonak5.com/forum/index.php?topic=3291.25


What size tires you plannin on goin with in the end?

[vdubvance]

Great! thanks tink. first link was bad, but the other one, i have seen a while ago and havnt been able to find it since. thats pretty much what i have been thinking about. fab a bracket, trim the fork, drill out a depression for the masters actuator..

well the agenda for today;
move my cab back, pull my drive shafts, pull the motor and tranny and start measuring up for the move. exactly how far did you end up moving yours?

what were the biggest of the problems you encountered when you finally got her on the road? the bugs that you had to work out?

heh, i lucked out, for my rear driveshaft alone, he quoted me $180 beacause he would have to order a new tube. He can shorten just fine, but to make it longer sucks. With the k5, i got an assortment of other truck parts, and theres a chevy long bed driveshaft, with the exact same yokes that is almost 10 inches longer than my k5s rear drive shaft.so he dosent have to lengthen either of em. so hes gonna do em both for $180.

[vdubvance]

Its lookin tight man

I found your build thread at arizonak5. Dude people over there are rough!
http://www.arizonak5.com/forum/index.php?topic=3291.25


What size tires you plannin on goin with in the end?


yeah, they are getting better... its proably due to that you see people come on these forums saying they are gonna do this and this with this and that, start their build and drop it and they never hear from em again.
I'm showing progress and its badass, they are coming around. the moderator of the site is giving alot of insite.

i can see where they are comming from. that would tick me off if somone hacked up a good porsche and never finished it and left it to rot as a pile of parts. but finish it, and it comes out badass would be somthing i would like to see. also the guy who bought the tub was feeling just as good about his project as im feeling about mine.:) that alone is worth it too me.

the s10ks soul is still a k5, just had a little tummy tuck... cosmetic surgery.:chef_125:

my tires i want as big as i can go on a 12.50x15" rim.

[vdubvance]

http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs378.snc3/24200_104926599536734_100000581828482_131418_27533 66_n.jpg
whuddya think? will 2 inches work it? or should i push 3 or 4?

[Tink]

well the agenda for today;
move my cab back, pull my drive shafts, pull the motor and tranny and start measuring up for the move. exactly how far did you end up moving yours?

what were the biggest of the problems you encountered when you finally got her on the road? the bugs that you had to work out?


I moved mine about 4" forward... it was probably 3.75".

The biggest problem I had was the headers are very close to the front driveshaft and sometimes rub on turning/compression. Other than that I had some running issues from the motor sitting (carb loading) and I did have some cooling issues and ended up having to run a giagantic radiator instead of the S10's radiator.

[vdubvance]

Great.... pulled the 2.8 and 4 speed off the old s10 frame, and it started spuing red fluid with a very low viscocity,,, oh my god they didnt... WHO THE HELL PUTS AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID IN A MANUAL TRANS??? HEH A "MECHANIC" OWNED THE TRUCK BEFORE ME!!! good thing i carried out this hairbrained idea...


oh yeah had a kickass idea,, been thinking bout how im gonna run my fuel door,, an old flip down trans am licence plate bracket.... $15 bucks on ebay.. sweet..

reminds me of up in smoke, dragging a garbage can full of gas down the street, craps all floatin in it...

[BigMoney]

oh yeah had a kickass idea,, been thinking bout how im gonna run my fuel door,, an old flip down trans am licence plate bracket.... $15 bucks on ebay.. sweet..



I like that idea!

[83chevys10]

man its lookin good i cant wait to finish the little things up i was doin over winter and do some good ol wheelin this year snow all finally melted here so sometime soon cant friggen wait!!!

[jasond]

Great.... pulled the 2.8 and 4 speed off the old s10 frame, and it started spuing red fluid with a very low viscocity,,, oh my god they didnt... WHO THE HELL PUTS AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID IN A MANUAL TRANS??? HEH A "MECHANIC" OWNED THE TRUCK BEFORE ME!!! good thing i carried out this hairbrained idea...


oh yeah had a kickass idea,, been thinking bout how im gonna run my fuel door,, an old flip down trans am licence plate bracket.... $15 bucks on ebay.. sweet..

reminds me of up in smoke, dragging a garbage can full of gas down the street, craps all floatin in it...

I'm not sure about the older trucks with 4 speeds, but my 5 speed uses ATF. Keep up the progress on the truck, looks good.

[vdubvance]

I'm not sure about the older trucks with 4 speeds, but my 5 speed uses ATF. Keep up the progress on the truck, looks good.

Thats odd.. I always thought ATF was more of a hydraulic fluid than it is a lubricant, also has coolant propertys.

[Tink]

I'm pretty sure there is gear oil in the T4 in our 83.

[vdubvance]

Drive train is moved forward 3 1/2 inches. thats as far as i can get it without having to mess with other brackets. I was over thinking this task for a while now, but turned out cake. got it done by myself in about 3 hours. Funny thing, i bought a dewalt 1/2 inch carbide drill bit and 3 cheaper company 3/8'' bits. The self piloting dewalt crapped out on th first hole, "thank god i only needed two. heh and i only used one "cheap" 3/8 bit for the rest of the 16 holes, no pilot or nuthin.
it all lined up great!
http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs515.snc3/27038_105886212774106_100000581828482_137947_34729 14_n.jpg
gonna square the cab up today, and start the body mounts.

[neo71665]

Dewalt makes great tools, their drill bits, screw bits, and hole saws are crap. The drill bits and hole saws don't hole an edge and break or break teeth. The screw bits are weak and snap easily. The magnets in their stuff are also about the weakest on the market.

[Tink]

Glad to hear it went well!

[83chevys10]

any new updates after the weekend? its lookin good man

[vdubvance]

just been leveling out, i havnt had much help so its slow going. shimmy the cab alittle, take a measurement, run to the other side, measure, shimmy, measure, repeat... but i pretty much got it where i want it. i made sure all mounts were level at its lowest achievable point, "about 3/4" between the cab and the frame". i am gonna use lift pucks to put it where i want and i can do that anytime.
I'm quite impressed with how the OG s10 body mounts are working out, the rear cab mounts combine the front box mounts with the rear cab mounts and lined up pretty badass with the OG mounts of the K5 frame. its all tacked up, so i will take pics when im solid.. The front mounts when attached to the cab, are exactly 3 1/2" away from the frame, im gonna use two 3 1/2" lenghts of sched 80 pipe and weld direct. i cant wait,, soon comes all the easy stuff!!! putting her back together and i'll have a truck again!!!

http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs515.snc3/27038_106473919382002_100000581828482_140612_78348 61_n.jpg
Still getting used to flux core. the miller 250s at school make my hobart feel like welding with a battery sieries. i've only used the welder for light bodywork.. the inserts i used in these mounts are actually coupons from school, so at least a few welds on my truck will pass inspection.:)
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this is before i shimed the back, im gonna have to readjust anyway when i drop the motor.
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gonna finish my front mounts, make sure of my square one last time, lift the cab for the last time, and weld everything solid. then front core support and front end goes together. then the box..

Would someone with a 1st gen extended cab short bed take a measurement for me? from center wheel opening to front of bed?

The Box,,, im thinking of cutting 15 inches out of the front of the bed, i made that measurement with lining my wheel openings up. gonna jig the box infront of the cut, do my cut, cut out the front end cap out of the bed, weld in, mount the light bar and tool box. also shave the fuel door.
My trans am fuel door wont work cuz the license plate will sit lower than the fill spout on the tank..

[Tink]

Good stuff. Getting the cab right where you want it is fun. :p It is great you can use the S10's body mount brackets... sure wish I could have done that on mine.

[vdubvance]

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getting the hang of the hobart. i will prob use some 1/4 angle iron to rienforce it.http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs495.snc3/27038_106586382704089_100000581828482_140967_18558 44_n.jpg
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[83chevys10]

ya i couldnt tell u how many times i had to shimmy the cab measure up throw off the other side fix that one and what do u kno other side is off now haha

now why exactly are u cutting almost a foot n a half outta the bed?

[vdubvance]

now why exactly are u cutting almost a foot n a half outta the bed?

so the wheel wells line up with the tires. its about a foot and a half off. People are saying "tube it" but naw, i wanna retain the usefull values of a truck bed, i got a long boat, i camp, fish, hunt, RV, paintball, build stuff...


And yeah, im gonna beef all the mounts up better, i just wanna be absolutly sure its where i want everything at.



Gawd! i had the biggest smile on my face all day today. This is comming along so badass and its just such a fun build to do. ive been dreaming about this for a couple years now and its so crazy watching this come to reality.

Tink, i owe so much of this to you. Thanks
and thanks everyone else!

[87wildside]

Cool truck man.


screw you guys, im gonna put a ranger on top... That made my day.

[BigMoney]

I'm really digging this truck. Sucks about the trans am license plate gas filler not working though.

[Tink]

Looks good. I thought you were going to do a flatbed? Are you going to run fender flares?
I'm surprised at the differences in your frame to my 76... (crossmembers, frame kick-ups)

[vdubvance]

Hell yeah guys, thanks.
heh, if you put a lt1 in a pinto, its still a pinto... lol, i would own that pinto...

the license plate bracket not working is just a theory, im gonna have to wait and see where my bumper lines up, too bad my gas tanks plastic and i cant relocate the inlet.
as it looks now, my plates gonna be lower than the fill spout, and theres talk of raising my tank up 6 inches. so as of now its a nogo.


today im gonna mock my front end, mount the core supports, inner fender wells...either that or start on the bed.

yo 83chevys10, when you gonna do a thread on yours? i would like to see how you went about yours, mounts, steering, underhood, comon man, give us the scoop.

i found another site with alot of wicked straight axle s10s
http://www.s10extremist.org/sfa_rigs.htm

ive got a straight folder of nothing but lifted, 4x4 chevys, prerunner s10s, my build pics as a screensaver. i just sit there and watch it and think about how its all gonna lay out.

[vdubvance]

Looks good. I thought you were going to do a flatbed? Are you going to run fender flares?
I'm surprised at the differences in your frame to my 76... (crossmembers, frame kick-ups)

Flatbed, naw. think that would look like everyother work truck in az. :)
i was thinking bout a basic tubeframe box with my toolbox mounted on it and lock in ammo boxes but a bed is way more practical.
I scooped up a set of brand new 4" bushwhacker rears on ebay for like 50 bucks a few moths ago, the straight ones with out the mock rivits. and friggen lost out on a set for the front by 1 dollar last week. i want four inches on the back and like 2 on the front for mudding purposes.. i really want a set of fiberglass prerunner fenders, but i dont know how it would look with a bushwhacked rear end. the fenders come to about $320, and the rear glass bedsides are like 420 i believe.

The frame diffs, I've been noting too. from what i've been seeing, my frame is just a longer k10-k20 frame, round what, 74? 75? when they went to the half sized top, they started making it into its own frame..

[vdubvance]

http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs495.ash1/27038_106586706037390_100000581828482_140984_55849 6_n.jpg

Damn my heart just skipped a beat.. i was reviewing my thread and was looking at this picture, looks off, way off.

i went out and took measurements and im spot on from all the mount locations. maybe the angle of the pic? my drive uneven? i know the fuel cell throws it way off, but if you look past it it looks good, are the cab mounts offset? why is this pic so off, i moved it back in front of my shop and it looks fine and meaures up good... the bar ontop of the bed mounts is just a "jig".

[Tink]

It must be the angle of the pic... you can see more of the inside of the passenger's side rear tire than of the driver's side, so it is angled slightly.

There are some good guys over a s10extremists... I wheeled with them a few years back (pre-Baja).

Your front crossmembers appear a little different and your kick-up in the rear is much less than mine was.

[83chevys10]

if it were a year ago id have no problem makin a build thread but after my house fire i lost everything, the binder i had of all my dif builds in all my pictures of the truck computer that had pics of it all gone left that night with the clothes on my back and thats it. when i get some batteries for my camera i can take a bunch of pics though under the hood is kinda a mess right now but im workin on cleanin everythin up for this year

[Tink]

I'm really sorry to hear about the house fire. :( Just curious, where is Eden, NY? I'm orginally from the Elmira/Corning area.

You should take some pictures of your truck and post them - you know how we love pictures here!

[vdubvance]

its never too late to start a thread. your on the stuff that i havent even put thought into yet, so it would be really cool to watch your progress. just go out and get her really really dirty, then it wont matter how she looks!!

[83chevys10]

I'm really sorry to hear about the house fire. :( Just curious, where is Eden, NY? I'm orginally from the Elmira/Corning area.

You should take some pictures of your truck and post them - you know how we love pictures here!

my house that burnt down was on jennings rd im living right in town now on rt 62. ill see what i can do for more pics today its kinda crappy outside but ill see what i can do


its never too late to start a thread. your on the stuff that i havent even put thought into yet, so it would be really cool to watch your progress. just go out and get her really really dirty, then it wont matter how she looks!!





haha ok im goin wheelin this weekend ill take some pics of the trails and aftermath of it lol

[Tink]

my house that burnt down was on jennings rd im living right in town now on rt 62.

You don't mean Jennings Road in Horseheads, NY do you? Off of Ridge Road?

Would love to see more pictures of that truck!

[vdubvance]

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panel mock up... running wires, setting up fan and rad supports. paintball would'nt wash off.. need a new door anyways. story behind the body damage is about two weeks after i bought the truck, i came outta the bar and yeah,,,, someone was too drunk to back out... jackasses. one day i will see the green car with white scrape marks... its a small enough town...

[87wildside]

I need a 4x4...

[Tink]

Always looks good to see the front end going together.

[83chevys10]

man even jus seein the front end together makes a world of a difference its lookin good man. what are u goin to do for bumpers?

[83chevys10]

You don't mean Jennings Road in Horseheads, NY do you? Off of Ridge Road?

Would love to see more pictures of that truck!

no jennings that came off of rt 62 in eden and goes on towards north collins sry no pics today its been sleeting all day so i didnt pull it outta the garage

[vdubvance]

stock s10 bumper lines up perfect, my bumpers a little warped, but ill see if the good ol benchvise will straighten er out. i just gotta weld 4 little tabs up and i dont have to relocate the brackets. not gonna be the same for the back thoe...

[83chevys10]

ya my rear bumper lined up pretty well but my front bumper got all jacked up from some jackass who decided he had to hit me in a parking lot it was trashed

[83chevys10]

do u have any idea when u want to have the truck done by?

[vdubvance]

do u have any idea when u want to have the truck done by?

NOW! asap

[vdubvance]

thinking about putting the rad in the bed, im gonna jig the bed, cut the 15 inches out, cut 2 inch slots in the top and bottom of the front end of the bed and louver the bed sides out like side induction, use steel dimond grille for the bed endcap. mount my rad at an angle behind the tool box.

[87wildside]

If you angle the rad with the top forward and up, bottom down and back and use pullers you should be fine. I've seen them mounted on roll bars with no holes in the bed. That's on crawlers. Don't know if this is a mud truck, crawler, all around or what but if you can get away with not cutting the box I would say don't. Keep the mud out of the rad.

[vdubvance]

right on, thats good advice. i want it all around, i want 3D mud stains when it comes time.so it would be best to do the modification to my core support and keep it in its stock location. we got some sticky ass mud here. friends are always burning out windshield wiper motors.

[83chevys10]

what are u goin to run for a radiator? just a pre warnin i used the stock s10 radiator and have had problems with it running too hot and it has two huge efans tried a high flow tstat no tstat and always the same problem when its real hot out it starts to overheat im going to buy a bigger radiator this year and see if that fixes it

[vdubvance]

i have two diff rads, one my friend gave me out of a wrecked newer fullsize chevy and the rad from the k5. dual e fans. got the bumper done this morning, ate a whole pizza and took a nap, so yeah alittle behind. guess tomorrow ill cut the core support out and rework so i can fit a bigger rad. also make the frame for the efans and wire them up.got my headlight buckets ordered yesterday on ebay, gotta wait till monday for steering shaft, tink, yours came outa 80's astro?.
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs498.ash1/27168_107513739278020_100000581828482_143459_81658 25_n.jpg
i want to box the first 6 inches of frame, and run big D link tow points. i need to keep the overhang for when i go to 52"s.

i cant believe how much better she looks without the paintball!

[Slacker1357]

Lookin good
:D

[Tink]

X2 on the radiator...I tried the S10 one and a corvette one and neither worked.

I used a steering shaft out of an 80s Jeep Cherokee... just had to modify the end to go on my steering box.

[vdubvance]

still gotta nip an inch off the front, my origonal plan was to cut notches and bend tabs in so i would have a good surface to weld. but i have confidence in my body work so am gonna weld a full seam. you can see where i started to cut the end cap off. im cutting the outer skin right at the edge while the inside skin needs about 3 inches. getting stuff to line up right is a pain in the ass.

once i have the endcap on, i will start shaving the fill door. I think i might be able to run the yak fill door after all!!
I shuld be focused on engine, drivetrain, stuff like that, but my neigbor was talking to me over the fence, "you make a junkyard almost as good as you can build a truck"... what a dick... im working on it... he said it with a smile on his face so it wasnt that bad... though i agree with him. i have various "keep" "sell" and "toss" piles scattered across the yard. BMW piles, K5 piles, old s10 piles, new s10... and various other crap i cant bring myself to throw away.
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs498.snc3/27168_108205595875501_100000581828482_146381_21656 34_n.jpg
like butter...
http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs498.snc3/27168_108205599208834_100000581828482_146382_50708 7_n.jpg
Holy crap! i hve what appears to be a truck again!
http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs498.ash1/27168_108205602542167_100000581828482_146383_32939 93_n.jpg

i have to trade help with my friends, "hey kev, when you get off work, come help me lift my bed up and i will help you clean your fishtank"




i just realized, I have an engine!! im a 4 banger but hey! im mobile! what is it? 200 posts and i will be a 2.8?

[vdubvance]

damn! you put blood, sweat and tears in every build... heres the first of the blood...
what happens when an 8'' cut disk bites and blows on ya..
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs498.ash1/27168_108258915870169_100000581828482_146563_81235 56_n.jpg

ive been waiting for a good one for a while. when it puts you in shock and you gotta do a limb check... ok,,, everythings where it should be...

[Tink]

Awesome. Looks like it is coming right along. A little blood sacrafice is what every project needs. ;)

[BigMoney]

You're really moving along on this project! And those cut-off disks can be pretty unforgiving.

[vdubvance]

http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs498.ash1/27168_108357202527007_100000581828482_146883_39989 93_n.jpg
http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs518.snc3/27168_108357205860340_100000581828482_146884_30919 01_n.jpg
what should i do with the hole?
http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs518.snc3/27168_108357215860339_100000581828482_146886_10384 70_n.jpg
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs498.ash1/27168_108357225860338_100000581828482_146888_37258 76_n.jpg
http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs498.ash1/27168_108357235860337_100000581828482_146890_24499 17_n.jpg
damn, feel like i got a lot done today..

[vdubvance]

got my buckets in, looks like an s10 again! http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs498.ash1/27168_109442202418507_100000581828482_151256_59085 1_n.jpg

Got my steering shaft from ebay, sucks.... knuckles are alu... so i had to go mcgyver on its ass... i milled out the k5 side and pressed a connecting pin from an old vw piston, drilled holes through the knuckle, ran the ground to the connecting pin and backfilled the holes with weld, that will keep it from twisting. i then welded the splined coupler from the k5s box to the pin. the cabs side was easy, just drilled a 3/8" hole and tapped a bolt through. i had to shorten the shaft too, it still retains its telescoping ability. just cut out a piece of the outer shaft, use a piece of inner shaft as a jig to do the tacks, pull out the jig and do my weld. came out great! no play and i gots lots of clearance.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs498.ash1/27168_109442195751841_100000581828482_151254_97797 3_n.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs498.ash1/27168_109442199085174_100000581828482_151255_79398 96_n.jpg

[vdubvance]

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs498.ash1/27168_109986365697424_100000581828482_153793_28825 22_n.jpg
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http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs518.snc3/27168_109986392364088_100000581828482_153799_79932 39_n.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs498.ash1/27168_109986395697421_100000581828482_153800_56114 52_n.jpg

man my skin welding is getting so much better... i actually had fun with this project. my cuts came out perfect wich helped alot and im really starting to get the hang of that little hobart.. i would like to go GMAW but seeing that i dont have an actual shop, and most of my welds are done outside, fluxcore is more practical.
i still have to beef my rear cab mounts, then i will be mounting the bed today.

[83chevys10]

its looking good man cant wait to see it all finished up

[87wildside]

I'm surprised no one comments on all you posts. This truck is badass.

Flux core for body work is nuts..lol. I just welded in a drain plug on my fuel tank with flux and it sucked.

Click it, she likes it.
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w235/87wildside/Somthing%20or%20Other/th_100_0519.jpg (http://s177.photobucket.com/albums/w235/87wildside/Somthing%20or%20Other/?action=view&current=100_0519.jpg)

[BigTruckDrivah]

"Limb check" lmao!!! nice work man.

[BigMoney]

All the cool kids on this website use flux core. Shielding gas is overpriced and overrated. I think you're doing a great job.

[vdubvance]

lol, thanks guys. "im surprised noone posts" lol its been done already! its a rerun!! if ive seen the show once, i dont wanna watch it again!!
"fluxcore for body work" it can be done and come out nice as long as you take your time, have confidence, and do your prep work.gotta get all that slag off or you will constantly burn through. a castle tip makes it significantly easier. This was my third time doing skin welds so, anyone can do it. I shaved my doorhandles, makerlights, and fixed a hole in the firewall of my bmw, the rocker panels of my friends 01 f150. the first marker light on the beemer i want way too fast and warped it all to hell,, got almost a quarter inch of bondo in a spot.... sucks. but moved to the next one and that came out a lot better.

Heh, had a group of friends come out last night, the group that was all like "dont do it man, it will look like ****" "wheel the k5".. yeah they were all grins and giggles, "that thing is bad...." "son of a *****.... your trucks bigger than mine.."


havnt got as much done lately, just got done with a big job so ill be home for a good week and will be at it hardcore again. hmmm im having issues with my uploads.bummer! well im gonna get a move on.. ill try to fix this asap, and shoot off some more pics.

[83chevys10]

so u got any updates for us today? trucks coming alone great cant wait to see it finished up

[Tink]

so u got any updates for us today? trucks coming alone great cant wait to see it finished up

Thats what I'm waiting for too. :NudgeNudge:

[vdubvance]

just a lot of little stuff.
http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs105.snc3/15292_111035205592540_100000581828482_159062_67736 86_n.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs085.snc3/15292_111035235592537_100000581828482_159070_73707 60_n.jpg
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http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs085.snc3/15292_111224745573586_100000581828482_159825_83464 78_n.jpg
my ac blockoff plate, tookapart and cleaned the dash, all my cables are hooked up, fenderwells are in. moving along...

[vdubvance]

LOL, "look like everyother work truck in az" and i go and put a box on it....

[Tink]

Looking good. Does the gas fill door work? Guess it doesn't matter though, right? Have you decided what to do on that yet?

[vdubvance]

thanks

the fill door works, just havnt figured out what i want to do yet. so if the TA door dosent work ill just use that. if it works ill fill it. ill know when i mount my bumper. that fill spouts gotta be at an angle above the tank or it will shoot out on me, that would just plain suck...

[vdubvance]

Went to pick up the caddy for my engine... Not a 350.... Its a friggen 427!!! big block... im still gonna do it..... gawd baddddddd. caddys had two owners, old man to good friend, to me, 300 bucks. i took pics but they are on my phone and icant find the cable.


i was doing my happy dance and mini tribal all day!!:)

only prob is, is i have to figure out how to get her back. no ignition, someone tried to steal her and busted it all up then quit. so i have to go up today and drill it out to at least put her in neut.

[83chevys10]

Went to pick up the caddy for my engine... Not a 350.... Its a friggen 427!!! big block... im still gonna do it..... gawd baddddddd. caddys had two owners, old man to good friend, to me, 300 bucks. i took pics but they are on my phone and icant find the cable.


i was doing my happy dance and mini tribal all day!!:)

only prob is, is i have to figure out how to get her back. no ignition, someone tried to steal her and busted it all up then quit. so i have to go up today and drill it out to at least put her in neut.

sweet deal on the 427 id like to see how well it fits in there i have trouble with my small block let alone a big block haha its lookin good though, good luck

[vdubvance]

gonna sell the caddy, dont want to go that far,,, yet... i put it on CL and ill trade it for a badass 350.

sorry guys.. ive been a little distracted for the last weekend...
i have a 77 bmw 320 under the cover in the background that i have been restoring for a while, im waiting for it to warm up so i can shoot her.
meanwhile....
http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0440.jpg?t=1271170947
picked her up on sat. my $250 1982 320 i. got her running yesterday
she needed crapload of vac lines,cap,rotor,plugs,wire, internal fuel pump, which i have doubles of all. I HATE TWEEKER CRACKHEADS!! the overall car wasnt tweeked to bad, just the ignition and the fuel pump coulda killed me!!! get this.. i pull the rear seat to get to the fuel sending access cover, and find the power plug to the internal fuel pump unplugged, "well theres your problem right there" i plugged it back in, and turned the key, and nothing happened... "thank god".... anyways i pull the whole sending unit,pump,screen housing out, and it looked like this
http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0443.jpg?t=1271171659
so when i plugged that plug in, the orange wire hanging there became "hot" what if that had ground out inside a full tank? BOOM! assholes..."WHO DOSE THAT" so no initiating pump, screen nothing. i had a whole nother unit and replaced it and shes running great! I didnt realize the potential of what could have happend till i went to bed last night.

[83chevys10]

alright enough playing with the beamer get to work on that truck:D
what made u change ur mind about the 427 sure would be sweet to see that done to the hybrid

[83chevys10]

so its been a while since your last post any new updates for us?

[vdubvance]

http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0447.jpg?t=1271863559
full plate...
got the caddy way on the otherside of town still, got another beemer down the road, the s10 is pretty much to the point where ive done all i can do till i have a motor in. just gotta be patient. im gonna stick with the known on that. a 350 will work no doubt about it. im gonna have issues with that big block. a 350 will push her just fine.

anyone want a 2.8 with 4 speed? come get it...

[83chevys10]

full plate...
got the caddy way on the otherside of town still, got another beemer down the road, the s10 is pretty much to the point where ive done all i can do till i have a motor in. just gotta be patient. im gonna stick with the known on that. a 350 will work no doubt about it. im gonna have issues with that big block. a 350 will push her just fine.

anyone want a 2.8 with 4 speed? come get it...

come to ny ive got 4 350 blocks all 4 bolt main haha

[vdubvance]

WOOOO HOOOOOO!
http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0456.jpg?t=1273509072
NO CRACKS!!!!
4 BOLT 350 OUT OF A 71 CAMERO

i know i know... my shops a mess...

gonna have this puppy resealed and cleaned up looking like the two bmw motors behind it and im ready for the drop!

Got it for "Get it out my garage"....

[vdubvance]

http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0449.jpg?t=1273520554
4/23/10

Wierd weather.. 70 degrees the week before. woke up to this crap. back to high 70's and bright sun two days later.

Arizona, if you dont like the weather, wait five minutes.

[Tink]

What? Snow?

Good find on the motor!

[vdubvance]

http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0461.jpg?t=1273605846
between coats, im messing with a full size light bar that i got off the guy i got the motor from. chopped off 4 1/2 inches. sand down and going flat black.
http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0460.jpg?t=1273606245
http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0459.jpg?t=1273606290

METALLICA IS SOME DAMN FINE MOTAVATIONAL WORK MUSIC...

old stuff anyways.... JUST MAKES ME WANNA GET **** DONE!!

[BigMoney]

Looking good, and I agree on the old Metallica part.

[87wildside]

METALLICA IS SOME DAMN FINE MOTAVATIONAL WORK MUSIC...

old stuff anyways.... JUST MAKES ME WANNA GET **** DONE!!X2 :drummer:

[vdubvance]

http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0470.jpg?t=1275442645
http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0472.jpg?t=1275442645
been a bit since an update,
was held back by a stupid little clip that holds the clutch fork to the pivot ball. for the life of me, i couldnt get ahold of one. I then came across a whole diff fork with a built in pivot retainer which i had to cut and strengthen so it would fit through the bellhousing. fits perfect.
Engine has been resealed and looked great inside so i didnt feel the need to do a full rebuild. cyl walls looked fine, All lifter surfaces looked brand new, valves and heads very clean. feel pretty good about this one.

My headmen headers wont work, they bind on the front driveshaft.
which sucks ass cuz they look so sexy through the wheel openings.

i know, i know, the insides of my fenderwells look like crap, thats a rainy day project right there.... ill get to it.

[87wildside]

Looks good.

[Slacker1357]

Found your sockets!
:D

[Tink]

My headmen headers wont work, they bind on the front driveshaft.
which sucks ass cuz they look so sexy through the wheel openings.


Similar problem that I had... I'm running cheapy Summit brand headers but they rub on the front driveshaft - the new springs and bushings helped, now it only rubs under compression.

[vdubvance]

I did somthing stupid.. my girlfriends been in south carolina since feb and wont be back till july... so i went out and bought an xbox with live.. now im a straight crackhead on modern warfare... im never gonna get my truck done.:D

[87wildside]

lol

[TreasonAgainstCaesar]

oops.

COD is possibly the one thing more frustrating than working on an S10.

[87wildside]

Cod's are taste'y fishes....

[TreasonAgainstCaesar]

I like tilapia more.

[vdubvance]

Drive shafts are cut and in! running into same probs as tink, dizzy and steering clearance. but working it... Soon!! its all coming together.

also got master cyl. issues. i have an aftermarkt "pull" type slave cyl from southwest speed, and im trying to adapt the stock s10 master cyl to push it. napa, autozone, other autoparts stores, couldnt help me. anyone run an aftermarket master cyl on their s10? anyone got any ideas?

[Tink]

For the brakes? I'm running a master cylinder off a 3/4ton Suburban - bolted right up to the S10 brake booster.

[vdubvance]

http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0476.jpg?t=1276625163
clutch slave

[vdubvance]

yo, got a question about my e-fans. Whats the color codes for them? There is a blue, black and green wire. black is ground right? whats the best place to tie into power? do they need to go through a relay or anything? can i just run them constant on?

thanks guys

Tink, sorry i posted in your messages, shoulda posted here first off...

[Tink]

Sorry, I keep forgetting to reply!! Because I keep forgetting to look at my wire colors since I don't have internet at home. My bad... I feed mine from the junction block. I have them on a switch though.

[vdubvance]

cool, cool! you would think one of the wires would be red... why are there 3 wires that come outta the fan anyway? is one like a reglatory? like a switch wire?

yeah, i was thinking bout a switch, but theres a way to run it through a theremostat right?

[Tink]

Pretty sure one is for a switch... mine were red, green and black. I'll try to remember to look at it when I get home. If it isn't a t-stat fan, I don't think you can run it through a t-stat, but I don't know that for sure.

[vdubvance]

Pretty sure one is for a switch... mine were red, green and black. I'll try to remember to look at it when I get home. If it isn't a t-stat fan, I don't think you can run it through a t-stat, but I don't know that for sure.

damn, we got diff colors. oh well, good ole trial and error.. But thanks! i think my fans were stock. but the wire colors match, also one is about 2 inches shorter than the other one, but they fit perfectly!

I didnt know there was a difference. I always thought a t-stat was just a switch.


well almost everythings in, need a manual starter "the one i have is for an auto" and my clutch master which i still have yet to receive.

finally got my bed mounted, gonna mount my rear bumper today, and then go around, double check my welds, and reinforce if necessary .




monsoon heads are building bigger and closer everyday! i need it done in time for mud!

[Tink]

I keep forgetting to check those wires - sorry! I need to write myself a note! I had the hood open yesterday, but ended up with a problem with the carb and was distracted by trying to fix that.

[vdubvance]

YO! sorry it been awhile.. some mud thick drama lately. every things going on and everyone needs to friggin relax. The worlds going to hell, what can you do?



Anyways im stuck. i have myself this haynes s10 manual. and to be frank... the diagrams suck....

in the book; WHT, PPL/WHT, TAN/BLK, BLK/RED going to the distributer box, from there it goes PNK, WHT, NCA to the ignition coil. it tells me nothing about whats positive and grounds and such.

http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0502.jpg?t=1281289488

all the Og, wiring in the truck is intact and worked perfectly before the swap, From the main harness there is a green and a light blue lead that the manual says are injectors "injectors for the carb? like a cold start injector?"
a thick pink or red with black stripe that goes to a connector and a thick black lead that goes to a connector then out again to the pink with black connector.... so i need to find whats hot in run, probably a thicker one, that goes to positive of coil. is the big black a ground for the coil?
http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0504.jpg?t=1281289488

i also have a haynes for 67 through 87 chevy that on the 77-80 v8 ign diagram; it has the neg side of the coil grounding to the frame, and a positive going to the base of the dist.

http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0503.jpg?t=1281289488
so the black lead on the bottom of the dizzy is a positive?


i just shorted somthin in one of my beemers, so im being a little cautious about this. any help would greatly be appreciated.

on a side note, talapia makes for great catfish bait!
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs163.snc3/19063_100917136604347_100000581828482_22178_760263 7_n.jpg

[4.3CPI]

You have a carb, so you could always run a mechanical/vacuum advance old style HEI...

Like this one.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SBC-BBC-CHEVY-350-383-SUPER-65K-HEI-DISTRIBUTOR-6500-R-/350375962513?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories

Simple one wire hookup. Two wires if you have a tach.

[Tink]

What year was that Blazer? You are planning to run the points dizzy? Does it have a resistor wire? I agree with 4.3CPI, might be a good idea to switch to a big cap HEI. Looks like you have plenty of room.

[vdubvance]

Thanks guys. Will deff do. just later. I need to hear this thing run!!! i know it runs with this setup... i just gotta hear it...

I think i will have clearance issues with that. isnt the remote dizz almost an inch smaller in diameter compare to the stock combination one? and dosent the ebey add say its alittle bigger than that one? i was having issues with the vacuum advance clearing on mine. you can see where i was beating my firewall, and where i gave up after i almost broke my finger... might have cuz its still fubar.......or chipped my knuckle...

do i have this right?

I need a "power in run" going to the positive side of my coil.
the neg side of coil grounds to frame?
dose the points lead go to positive?

[Tink]

The big cap HEI is much bigger... I orginially didn't think I'd have clearance for it either... I did not notice the vacuum advance clearance... my vaccum advance sits on the other side of the intake on mine.

I'm assuming you are using the S10's wiring?

The points system has two wires running to the coil + side, one is the resistance wire I mentioned earlier... my 69 Nova has that... it provides reduced voltage to the coil while the engine is running. The other wire originates from the starter R terminal (the #6 stud furthest from the engine block on the starter solenoid). This wire provides full battery voltage to the coil during cranking only. The wire from the distributer hooks up to the coil - side. This is how my Nova was wired before I changed to the Pertonix kit.

[vdubvance]

Great thanks! ill be on it today.. maybe hear some music!

[vdubvance]

SWEET! she lives! she turned over nice and easy! found the lead i was looking for... was thinking it went to the water temp sender cuz of where it comes out the harness.


now im not getting fuel... gotta go down the lines and see whats up.. probably a mud dobber from when i had her stripped to bare frame...


but hells yeah!!
thanks tink!

gotta fab my exhaust and its rollin!!

[Tink]

Awesome!! I hear ya on the mud dobbers... I had some nests on my frame and running gear.

[BigMoney]

That's exciting! Now throw a muffler on it and go wheeling.

[vdubvance]

Cool. got some "right" parts.
http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0508.jpg?t=1282745544

the cyl i got before had a built in reservoir, so it did not clear the power brake booster. I had to order the remote res kit.


will be working on today, will update progress.

[vdubvance]

updates..
installing the clutch master was pretty straight forward. had to re drill, and fab the actuating arm. also weld a stud to the pedal. I was not able to drill out the stabilizing arms that go from the pedal assembly to the bolts on the master that keep it from moving. So im gonna grind the ends of the stabilizers clean and weld directly to the tops of the bolts. This will keep the master and the pedal assemblys as one unit. this should work until i have access to a plasma cutter and can fab myself a bracket. the actuating rod is a piece from the stock s10 master, a 1/2 deepwell socket and nut welded tight.
http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0512.jpg?t=1282835356
http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0509.jpg?t=1282835449
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the clutch works but its a very short and stiff push. any ideas on how i could do some kind of assist? ok... now im thinking simple machines, leavers and how they work. ive changed the geometry of the pedal lever.... im still doing most of the work by pushing down pretty much right on top of the master... if the pivot point of the actuator was higher up, i would have more of a lever to work with. the catch of all this, the angles of the new and stock masters. the s10s angled down. the wilwoods straight...


The carb i had wasn't getting fuel. I pulled the filter off and this gigantic helicoil just disintegrates as i removed it. so i got a holley off a guy up the road. im unsure of the size of the carb. When i went to all the parts stores last night, none of the double pumper fuel rails seemed to line up. The closest one was 3/4" too long.... Home depot to the rescue!
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so hooked her up and yeah... went wide open... almost pooped myself.. but it was cool... I've never tuned or set up a v8 before, gonna have one of my buddies come out tonight and take a look and gimmie a rundown...

i have a very minor leak comming from a freeze plug behind the starter. thats only started since i was messing around last night. When i was resealing the motor, i gave them all a good tap. Could i have tweeked that one? its never leaked till last night

Heh, After i did the radiator mount welds, i reached over to check something, and burnt the crap outta my armpit.. twas a good one coach.... also its raining like a mofo today .... just teasing me...

[dave1182]

thats one way to make an adjustable linkage, LOOKS good

[BigMoney]

Smooth move on the armpit burn. I've done the same more time than I'd like to admit. Nice to see you making progress on this thing!

[vdubvance]

Damn. felling so discouraged. I got her running great, all timed in and feeling good about that, but i got a leak coming from the freeze plug behind the starter. when i was resealing the motor, i went around and gave em all a tap. i prolly messed the seal up on that one.

And my clutch dont work. the clutch fork that came in the blazer was a old style luk fork that i broke the retaining clip to and couldn't find a replacement for. I then bought a new clutch fork for a 73 blazer. the one thats pressed steel and has the retainer riveted on. well that one didn't fit through the opening of the bell housing, so i cut it down and reinforced. but it dosent move enough to disengage the clutch. the prospect of having to drop that tranny really chaps my ass. so right now im looking for that clip. I've sent emails to a clutch and tranny guy on ebay, and novac industries, see where that gets me. do you guys got anything? the clutch fork retaining clip for a 71 blazer, sm465. Is that what i should be calling it? lol, spent 20 mins at autozone one day, having this girl look for a temperature sending unit, then she ask's the manager and hes like "you mean the temperature switch?" "yeah we got em in stock" *facepalm*

two steps forward, 3 steps back....

[BigTruckDrivah]

will that plastic T hold up with fuel going through it?

[87wildside]

Sorry to hear.
What do you need, the stupid little ball pivot?

http://www.americanclassic.com/Google_Base_HTML_Pages/CTH-33-1971.htm

http://www.americanclassic.com/images/CTH-33.jpg

[BigTruckDrivah]

If autozone knew anything about parts, they would be able to decifer what you were asking for. Morons.

[vdubvance]

lol truckdriver, thats what i was saying. its been there a week and it still feels alright. so i guess ill leave it till i can find the right fuel rail.

wildside, i need the clip that pops in the clutch fork, that pops over the pivot ball.its a round w shape.

[Tink]

These projects are a lot like that - at least mine was... (take a look at the dates on my first few posts on my project and the date when I actually got it on the road)

Anyway, what about LMCtruck? I can check the Blazer catalogue when I get home...

[vdubvance]

damn, i forgot about lmc....

[vdubvance]

Damn tink, you rock yo. on top of stuff... 95 cent retaining clip... #6
http://www.lmctruck.com/icatalog/cb/full.aspx?Page=134.


"These projects are a lot like that - at least mine was... (take a look at the dates on my first few posts on my project and the date when I actually got it on the road)"

right! it sucks... my entire project is being held back by around two bucks...

[BigTruckDrivah]

Feeling discouraged just makes you feel that much better when you fix the problem. Dont know what to tell ya about your freeze plug, not much you can do but replace it. One may have been a little corroded and when you gave it a tap it lost its seal. Can you get to it with the engine in the truck?

[vdubvance]

yeah, just gotta pull the starter. my buddy was saying they are a ***** to remove thoe... i was thinking bout welding a stud to it and hitting it with th slide hammer.

[BigTruckDrivah]

They are brass, I think....... can you weld to brass?

[neo71665]

Braze weld


Easiest way to get them out is a screwdriver. Drive it in the center then pry it out

[BigTruckDrivah]

Yes, screwdriver works good. Just be careful not to shove it back into the block, ya I found that out the hard way.

[vdubvance]

cool these are steel. thats what my welding instructor recommended... get rid of the steel ones and get brass..

****ty! how do you prevent it from going all the way through?

[BigTruckDrivah]

Just get a hole through it, then pry it out. I just have bad luck. Once you get the hole in it start prying it out. If they are steel, weld on it like you said.

[vdubvance]

http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0524.jpg?t=1283302985 150$ of crap multiple leaks and didnt engage far enough. Southwest speed wont take back an installed part...

http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0522.jpg?t=1283302985
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got this done today, its still a very stiff clutch. i need to make the actuating rod to the pedal longer and move its pivot higher up on the pedal shaft. i burnt out about 15 feet of my driveway from 2nd, and my brakes aint bled yet.. :3gears: almost pooped myself again... good news is that i dont have to drop the tranny.:rockwoot:

was thinking... whats easier to fix on the trail? a leaking hyd clutch? or a broken clutch link?

[vdubvance]

http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0526.jpg?t=1283305056

[BigTruckDrivah]

Thats something you fabbed up, or a OEM part? What happends when the engine flexs a bit from torque?

[Tink]

was thinking... whats easier to fix on the trail? a leaking hyd clutch? or a broken clutch link?

I much prefer mechanical clutch linkage to hydraulic... I could get pictures of the set-up on my old 83 S10 with a mechanical clutch. I think you have less chance of an issue with the mechanical linkage.... when the slave cylinder on a hydraulic clutch go it isn't a whole lot of fun.

[vdubvance]

big truck, yeah, another VW connecting pin... you have a very good point. ill check on the engine side ball joint today.

Tink, right right, somthing happens where you bust a line on the trail and your screwed. unless you keep a spare, your stuck. at least with the z link, if that brakes, you could weld with a few batteries.


will have exaust today.. will post vid after that....

[BigTruckDrivah]

And the mechanical is easier to adjust

[vdubvance]

Well ive been thinking about the torque flex, and the engine mounts for the 71 blazer are less than an inch thick pad of rubber and a steel plate that bolts to the block. I might get less flex out of these than the "steel pin floating in a rubber donut mounts" but i dont know, gonna see what happens.

got my exhaust on, well, straight pipes on anyway. neighbors love me..... but carbs acting up.she starts up great, idles a few seconds then dies. unless i keep feathering gas. floats stuck? ive been hearing that the holly 4011's are a ***** to rebuild. and im thinking the 750 is way more carb than i need. so holley 4011 anyone? got a guy at work with a freshly factory rebuilt edlebrock, gonna see bout that one Friday.

clutch feels awesome! perfect engagement,had to lengthen the pedal side rod, and mounted to the og pivot of the pedal. it feels like the clutch return spring is giving more resistance than the pressure plate. downside is, i had to cut a bigger hole in my firewall. going at it with a hacksaw blade with an electrical tape handle for an hour doing some weird arm contortionist crap cuz im too damn lazy to pull my pedal cluster out....
anyways its done, and im friggin stoked. soon .. damn soon...

[BigTruckDrivah]

If I had the option to get a edelbrock Id do it. Holley's are way to temperamental. You can pick up a rebuilt edelbrock for cheap, just got one for dad's 302 and its was $150 maybe less. It works great.

[vdubvance]

http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/th_HPIM0528.jpg (http://s866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/?action=view&current=HPIM0528.mp4)

click it, its a video.

the belt squeaking is because the plug is backwards.

replacing the freeze plug today, and im straight up mobile. i took her round the block, and yeah... she gets and goes!! im so friggen stoked...

[vdubvance]

http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/th_HPIM0528.jpg (http://s866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/?action=view&current=HPIM0528.mp4)

[Tink]

Awesome!!! Glad it is running well. I see you went for the edelbrock carb. That Holley probably was too large and Holleys can be fickle as far as tuning goes - I love them, but I know they can be frustrating. A lot of guys prefer the edelbrocks for wheeling.

[vdubvance]

Lol "from the store, to the car, to the shelf, to the car", How my buddys neighbor described this little carb. all i did was put it on. she started right up. got the carb almost new off a coworker, he used it for a few weeks while he was having another rebuilt. the holley im selling as parts on ebay.


It feels like my birthday! im insured, and was driving around last night. i got my wish too.. it was raining! 1st gear is friggen monster! I really dont plan on doing much to the motor, i like what she has now. and if i did, it really wouldnt matter much cuz my trans is geared so low. to me, for a truck,,, she hauls balls.. my power steering, power brakes, and clutch are smooth as hell. man ive been waiting for yesterday for a long time...

The freeze plug was a breeze.. dropping the starter was more of a pain in the ass than the actual job. Today i need to set up the mufflers ive got... I felt like such an asshole pulling into my neighborhood at 11:00 last night with the straights on.

Prob # 1. lighting... when my headlight switch is in the off position, the tail lights are dimmly light and flicker. you turn on the headlights, the headlights come on, but no tail or parking lights. i also have no turn sigs. I didnt mess with any of the stock s10 light wiring and im pretty sure i didnt pinch anything. any ideas? also when i go to kill it. she runs on for 5 or six seconds.

[Tink]

On the lighting, is it a ground issue? The taillights have a seperate ground from the headlights...

On the run-on issue, is it running normally or 'dieseling'?

[vdubvance]

cool, thanks tink. i had the rear ground wire mixed up with one of the plate lights.


the running on issue.. ill kill the key, and she runs normally for 5 or 6 seconds then cuts.
and then sometimes she will kill perfectly.. also its hard to start when shes hot.

Damn, yesterday, i left the house going out the back road "effed up back county road" And the truck dies out on me about a mile down. i determine im not getting gas, so i walk back and get a gas can, walk back, try to start and kill the battery.
i then walk back again with the battery, charge it and eat lunch, walk back and after messing with it, determine the fuel pumps dead. I then had to wait a few hours for my buddy to get off work and bring me a new pump. fun stuff....


When shes running good, holy crap im having a blast, the pull that this truck has is insane! My 4x4 engages well. my exhaust is on, now my power steering pump annoys me. its loud.. i dont have many rattle's, no thuds on hard compression, Im running a average water temp of 210 at idle, drops to around 200 on highway, oil pressure reads 38. and shes straight as an arrow at highway speeds. and quite a few people turn their heads.


alright constructive criticism, give it to me. the bad thoughts rolling in your heads. "you should have done this" or "you should have done that", "this is ugly", "fix this",
anything and everything, let me hear it.. now that i have a working platform, and the impatience of having her running is gone, can start with the really fun stuff! Pimping ze auto!

[BigMoney]

I like it. I like it a lot.

[BigTruckDrivah]

Your running issue sounds like your timing is off. Usually "dieseling", or hard to start after its warm means your timing is off.

[BigTruckDrivah]

It seemed to idle a little high in the vid, was it cold?



BTW, I like it too!! It looks like the baja's evil twin, haha

[Tink]

BTW, I like it too!! It looks like the baja's evil twin, haha

It is the Baja's GOOD twin... trust me, the Baja is the EVIL one! ;)

[Tink]

the running on issue.. ill kill the key, and she runs normally for 5 or 6 seconds then cuts.
and then sometimes she will kill perfectly.. also its hard to start when shes hot.

Damn, yesterday, i left the house going out the back road "effed up back county road" And the truck dies out on me about a mile down. i determine im not getting gas, so i walk back and get a gas can, walk back, try to start and kill the battery.
i then walk back again with the battery, charge it and eat lunch, walk back and after messing with it, determine the fuel pumps dead. I then had to wait a few hours for my buddy to get off work and bring me a new pump. fun stuff....



Are you running an electric or mechanical fuel pump? Could have been the fuel pump causing the issue of run-on if it is electric...

As BigTruckDrivah said, dieseling is caused by timing... but if it is not diesling, it may be the fuel pump (if it is electric) or possibly wiring to the dizzy/coil.

[vdubvance]

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i know, i know....pathetic... ill find something stickier....


cool! thanks big money and truckdrivah! My neighbor couldn't find his time light, so i have a buddy across town, was gonna stop by on my way in to work tonight. yeah the video was the first time i got her idling, before any tuning. ive just been going by ear..

[BigTruckDrivah]

IIRC, your timing should be 7-8 degrees? Tink probably knows. If its vac advance be sure to unplug it before you set the timing. Idle should be around 800 RPM. The electric pump could be keeping running too.

[BigTruckDrivah]

You gunna hang them mufflers?

[vdubvance]

The fuel pump is electric, i have it going to the same accessory as the fans right now. i was concerned about wiring my fans to a switch, because i might forget to turn them on. My brother was saying that its not good to have my fans on while cranking, so im thinking bout a racing switch with a cover, and wiring it so you have to flip the switch up to kill the fan before you start. start the truck, then flip the cover back down to turn the fans on. Ill work on that here in a bit..

Ok with the coil, theres no ground going to the coil, When i hook a ground to the neg side of the coil.. i get no spark whatsoever.. "wow, according to the spell check, "whatsoever" is a word..." anyways, so yeah theres no ground on the coil..

[vdubvance]

You gunna hang them mufflers?

they are hung, just working with the straight bends that ive got, a little while down the road ill sink some good money into them. but for now they work. By hung, im assuming the rubber shock dampeners that hang from the frame? yeah they're on. big big difference from the straight pipes. now i got the balls to open her up, was tripping the other day, thought she was gonna blow at 3k rpms....

[vdubvance]

dieseling is when it goes " ka chug, ka chug, ka chug then dies out right?
s10k just runs normally for a few seconds after i pull the key.

[BigTruckDrivah]

Id wire that fan up on a thermostat switch. They sell them at oriellys, adjustable electric fan wiring kit. That way you dont have to worry about it.

[vdubvance]

Ok, got my fans on a switch, starts way way better. run on issue appears solved. i also found out where my needle points when im out of gas, bout quarter of a tank... had to walk 4 miles round trip as a response to that...

well, shes driving great! im loving it. I get mad looks going down the road..
I was at autozone lastnight when this little honda civic riceburner car "club" all pull up, revving out like its fast and furious, smirking at me and talking ****. "redneck piece o ****" Screw them, i can do what they do through mud... i had an idea on how to route my exhaust. push the tips out in front of the rear tires, so i can pull up next to the little bastards and blow their hats off...



oh gawd, im having a blast in this truck..

[Tink]

Awesome - on all but the running out of gas! I'm glad you are enjoying it so much - I love mine! :)

[BigTruckDrivah]

Ricers just have a chip on their shoulder. Fvck'em

[Big Mack Daddy]

You could do everything they do, go in the mud, then play monster truck with them :biggrin:

[vdubvance]

http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0543.jpg?t=1284271736

[TreasonAgainstCaesar]

looks great!

[vdubvance]

Was locating a leak the other day, found a small crack in the timing cover...
http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0545.jpg?t=1284477528
new one in.

a new vid of her running.
http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/th_HPIM0546.jpg (http://s866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/?action=view&current=HPIM0546.mp4)

[vdubvance]

Bummer! I've been hearing something "clanking" since i have bee driving her. hadn't been able to locate it. then Had a tire blow out the other day and got some BFgoodrich A/T 31x10.50s. now at high speeds i get random drift's where it feels really squirrelly and that i might over correct and kill myself. turns out i need a new upper ball joint.... fun stuff...
shop said $365, i said up yours.

I get to learn how to replace ball joints!!!!

turns out there was a reason for the one coilover after all...

[vdubvance]

wanted an action shot before i tear the front end down.
the pile of rocks in the back yard. The thing the grows best in AZ are rocks.. god knows how many barrel loads ive picked up and trekked to the back corner of my yard through my childhood. every damn monsoon...
http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0549.jpg?t=1284740226

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ive decided to take the bed off and redo the cuts, take a few more inchs off and relocate the fuel door. looks like crap.. i was going to wait to do that till after a shackle flip, but thats prolly not for a while. what do you think? run it boxless for a few months and mount my turn sigs in the toolbox?

[BigMoney]

Nice to see some action shots!

[BigTruckDrivah]

I wouldnt drive without a box. My buddy did it in his sec gen for a few weeks until a rock busted his back window out. Huuuummmmm.....you are right about the box. Im too lazy to go back and read why you used a long bed, but I say make it into a short box. It looks like it has too much ass.

['94 Big Blaze]

haha i was bout to say the same lol but looks good man, now you gotta throw on some mud dogs and sink it :D

[BigTruckDrivah]

That vac hose going to booster is stretched, lol

[Tink]

Nice pics! Sucks about the balljoints... Could you fab up a quick flat bed until you get to fix the box?

[vdubvance]

i was thinking bout mounting the tool box and then build a diamond grate step up. do like a semi flat bed that follows the kickups. then between the toolbox and kickups have that as a little cargo area. frame it off. then when push comes to shove, if i ever get the glass bedsides, go from there.

[vdubvance]

lol, the reason the booster line looks so stretched is beacause i have the sparkplug cables ziptied to it to keep them off the manifold till i get the brackets.

[vdubvance]

waiting on the hei unit........ hopefully be here by sat. I got my ball joints in on sunday, drove about a mile up the road, loving how much tighter my front ends feeling when she just dies... coils all hot to the touch, and not getting spark.... http://i11.ebayimg.com/03/i/001/af/81/c8f0_1_sbl.JPG


and it friggen rained all day yesterday.... sunofabich....

[Tink]

You'll like the HEI - nice and hardy, even starts with low voltage. I went with the MSD one on mine.

[vdubvance]

SAWEEEET! Holy crap can you feel the difference. so much power! it feels like a brand new truck. It runs 10 degrees cooler, starts very easy, revs so much better and is so responsive, Fixed my tach issues... i cant get over the power band... this **** is nuts!!!
http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0556.jpg?t=1285686728
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http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0551.jpg?t=1285686728

Ball joints were a PITA! but got em and it was well worth it. Took em to sears and they pressed the joints in for 30 bucks.

[BigTruckDrivah]

you need some headers

[Tink]

Those ram's horns exhaust manifolds are considered the best flowing stock Chevy exhaust manifolds... they are a good choice for a stock to mild motor.

Glad to hear it is running so much better!! It is amazing how a new distributor can change everything. :)

[BigTruckDrivah]

really.......

[vdubvance]

Nice! i have her tuned all great! shes all happy! I can hear the fans over the engine, and shes so smooth. gonna run her for another week and do a fluid flush, see where she goes from there. did a little interior today, put my toolbox on so i could make room.
http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0561.jpg?t=1285874875http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0566.jpg?t=1285874875http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0562.jpg?t=1285874875http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0563.jpg?t=1285874875http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0565.jpg?t=1285874875

the gauges arnt in the bezel yet because they are mechanical and ill mess with that when i do the fluid flush.

[vdubvance]

Shout out to Mikes86TA for the lexan idea..

Ive had some scraps laying around for a while.

heres my first attempt. i got impatient, and didnt let the black dry long enough. If the wrinkles were consistent, i would have used it anyway.
http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0567.jpg?t=1285877136

ill get some more and try again someday.

[BigTruckDrivah]

fans on!!!


I think it needs some fender flares, those axles look crazy wide.

[Jay-Sliver]

Those ram's horns exhaust manifolds are considered the best flowing stock Chevy exhaust manifolds... they are a good choice for a stock to mild motor.

Glad to hear it is running so much better!! It is amazing how a new distributor can change everything. :)

You see a lot of back yard racers running budget friday night race teams running those center dump or ram horn maifolds..in some cases, they flow better than headers.. If you ever find a set, buy em up.

Jay

[Jay-Sliver]

really.......

yes really...lol

[Tink]

What are your seats out of?


You see a lot of back yard racers running budget friday night race teams running those center dump or ram horn maifolds..in some cases, they flow better than headers.. If you ever find a set, buy em up.

Jay

Yup, yup. I have a set off my 1969 C10 that I am saving for something, someday... they also came on Corvettes.

[BigTruckDrivah]

not argueing, just seems like any "all into one" manifold wouldnt perform. More power to ya.

[vdubvance]

the seats are out of a ranger. They came uninstalled in the blazer. I cut the mounts off, cut the track off the bench seat of the s10. so it moves as one piece like the og bench seat. I like em. and the handy little center console.

I did a post the other day talking bout equal flow exhaust, must have did the preview and then navigated away from the page....

Equal flow is better on anything. Volkswagen engines love equal length headers. When the pipes arnt equal, the cyls that the longer pipes are on have to work harder than the lesser pipes resulting in different temperature's and an unequal work load. And yeah, the rams horns are often found on 70's vettes.

If you ever get the chance, look at the headers of a porsche 911, looks like a bowl of spaghetti up under that apron. Yeah, they are all equal.
http://www.design911.co.uk/uploads/images/product/Exhaust_package/99622010199lra.gif

[BigTruckDrivah]

well that is fvcked up, lol

[Slacker1357]

How is anything like that even efficient? that has to rob power...

[vdubvance]

Hey man, ask the germans... :)

[vdubvance]

http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/1005001600.jpg?t=1286338947

Every time i take a good picture, i get home, upload it and realize that i left my hood popped, or my damn doors open...


got a little rain!

[Tink]

Isn't that the way it always works? Looks good anyway!

[Slacker1357]

Very nice man. Good job.

btw... I have a few pics with the doors open as well... I hate when that happens...

[vdubvance]

My clutch fork bent! now i have to do all that **** i was talking about a few weeks ago. drop my tranny for a 2 dolla part. PITA!

[vdubvance]

WOOT! Back on the road. took me all day, but got the luk clutch in, and its awesome! I guess its the right angle and length cuz it feels like a factory clutch!:) who woulda thunk it?

Any ways, it was a *****, but not as bad as i was expecting. Pulled the starter, rear driveshaft, set a floor jack under the tranny cross member, pulled the 6 bellhousing bolts, and then the 12 trany support bolts. I left the front driveshaft connected. Then using the jack, the whole trans slid back 3 inches all easy like. That gave me just enough room to switch out the fork.
the old fork was bent at such an angle that i couldn't get it out the opening, so i had to cut it in half with a dremel. the new one just popped right in.

Guess thats a handy procedure for changing out the clutch.

[BigMoney]

Glad to hear you got it fixed up. Now get more action shots!

[vdubvance]

CANT YOU SEE, IM EASILY, A BOTHERED BY PERSISTENCE! ONE STEP FROM LASHING OUT AT YOU!

Ahh been a week, nothing broke not a fart not a sputter. shes running great! so i put my amp in...


shoulda seen the looks when i pulled up to the spot rocking the hellcats, Hillbillies on speed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2Sk9p6Ze3U

[vdubvance]

http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0576.jpg?t=1287588893

[Zerosven]

great look umm what is it? Lol still looks awesome bet its a real eye catchers wen your out and about noone has anything like that in my area.

[BigMoney]

Now it's time for a winch bumper.

[markinnh]

Very nice truck , I live in New Hampshire and its totally illegal to have tires sticking out. Funny how laws are so different from state to state huh?

[Tink]

I think in PA you can't have them stick out more than 1 inch.

It really turned out good... except you need that mud plastered all over it. ;)

[vdubvance]

84 s10 on k5 blazer

What the hell do i need a winch for? :) eventually

Lol im not sure about the laws here. I've been told i should have some mudflaps 15 inches above the ground. And the stick out issue, the mexican's always have those little 10 inch wheelbarrow rims that stick out all crazy on their cars. so ehh. I had an officer walk up to me the other day when i was pumping gas. he wanted to know what i had in her, said it sounded beast! had nothing negative to say and was all smiles...

Thanks for the props guys.

I need to figure out something to fill in the space in my wheel wells, my engine is completely encased in mud, "made it easy to see a slight oil leak, but my air filter was totally covered. also the bottom 1/4 of the radiator.

[vdubvance]

http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0578.jpg?t=1288053083

getting ready for a Halloween fish fry!

http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0579.jpg?t=1288053083

some fun welding... wish i had my own torch...

[Tink]

I need to figure out something to fill in the space in my wheel wells, my engine is completely encased in mud, "made it easy to see a slight oil leak, but my air filter was totally covered. also the bottom 1/4 of the radiator.

You aren't running inner fenders either? I've thought about putting them on mine, but it is much easier to change the plugs w/o them.

[vdubvance]

I hear you on the plugs tink, ive been brainstorming access panels there for a while.
i gotta keep the mud out of there. wrecked havoc on my belts, filter, and carb.
more mud was in my engine bay, than was on the outside of my truck.

Lol, I've got this fear that if somone wants to mess with me, they are gonna mess with my plugs.

[vdubvance]

some more for all you dirty little pix whores.
http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/1018001713.jpg?t=1288291933
http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/1005001708.jpg?t=1288291933
i raced... and lost...
http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/1015001111.jpg?t=1288291933
http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/1017001027.jpg?t=1288291933
buddys wife found my bumper...
http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/1027001753.jpg?t=1288292285
http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/1027001906a.jpg?t=1288291933
http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/1018001713a.jpg?t=1288292341
HAHA Chunks poopin!
http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/1019001414.jpg?t=1288292341
http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/1021001612.jpg?t=1288292341

[Moose]

Man, seein that makes me want to lift my truck....but then again, i hate body roll and braking into turns.

[Tink]

HOLY SH*T! That is a muddy engine! I've never gotten mine quite that bad...


Man, seein that makes me want to lift my truck....but then again, i hate body roll and braking into turns.

Hhhmmm... I don't brake mine going into turns... how bout you, vance? I just roll off it, then back in it in the middle and haul right on out. Of course, mine is fulltime 4wd, so it handles better when the drive tire is on the outside of the curve.

[vdubvance]

Maybe its because of the wheel base but i bomb corners! i slow alittle bit down coming into the apex, and peel it coming out. I have a little body roll, but nothing scary. Your rear aint posi tink?


And for the mud.. i dont get it, it was just a muddy little rut that i hit twice, and it was like a straight up crap bomb blew up in my engine compartment.the only thing it wont come off are my plug wires and rubber stuff.

[vdubvance]

http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0582.jpg?t=1288737770

why she was running like crap.

did you know that trucks dont run on dirt?

[vdubvance]

dump run.. got a game for ya, whats the curb weight of s10k?

my guess is 3800.

[Tink]

Your donor was a 67-72, right? I'm gonna guess 3,600 empty....

[Moose]

I'll say.....3,400 (empty of course). Because you cut a lot of weight out.

[vdubvance]

Damn 4080! minus 160 lbs of me and 100 pounds of tool and toolbox.

[Moose]

that za purty heavy truck ya gots thar. :D

[vdubvance]

lol.. i've only just begun.. winch, heavy duty bumpers, frame support, roll bars, skid plates should add a sh!t ton more...



had a kickass daydream coming back from the dump. if theres ever an apocalypse, im making claymores and mounting them on the bumpers..
yeah punk.. chase me down... heh i want a dummy US army "front towards enemy" claymore for a hitch reciver cover. wonder if its been done... I call patent!:)

[vdubvance]

Sh!tty! been done i friggen want one!!

http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/botach_2128_143781334

[Moose]

Sh!tty! been done i friggen want one!!

http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/botach_2128_143781334

WHERE DID YOU FIND THIS?! I WANT ONE NOW.

[Tink]

That is awesome!

[vdubvance]

http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/1124001331.jpg?t=1290965673
latest trail pic.

i was toying with cage ideas. im more than likely going to do an interior cage opposed to the exo, i just had some visions and wanted to see how they would look. tell me what you think.
http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/s10exo.jpg?t=1290965672

[vdubvance]

http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/1206001324a.jpg?t=1291668030

[riverratt]

Sweet truck!!

[vdubvance]

pulling bedsides.


before

http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0591.jpg?t=1293550638
after
http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/HPIM0600.jpg?t=1293550638

[Tink]

Do you have laws there on how much tire can stick out?

[vdubvance]

No,we have all kinds of road legal duners, big trucks, mexican offsets and such. I have been hearing conflicting stories about mudflaps, so i dont know about that.

I had a Highway patrol follow me for awhile and into a gas station, he asked me what was in it and gave me props, didnt even say anything about my cracked windshield "which they are normally dicks about round these parts."

some people give me **** about the wheels sticking so far out "just dosent look right" or "looks like a mexican thing" then i point out "a jeep without fenders would look the same way" Fenders are in progress, will be awhile before i get it right.

I'm really happy with how the bedsides came out. A little curve to the square body's sexy!

[vdubvance]

crazy its almost been a year since i started this project.

[vdubvance]

Well, looks like im moving back to tampa in march, Gonna be liquidating all my crap,"what ever doesn't fit in my truck" and prepping s10k for the journey.

I was asked to go help my fathers old vietnam vet buddy, sail his 40 foot sail boat from Bocas Del Toro Panama to Tampa bay, 15 to 30 days sailing through the Caribbean, ****. you know my answer. So when we get to Tampa, set up my ****, get my old job back fabbing fire protection systems, fly back to az, marry my woman and drive back to tampa. gonna be a crazy ass year!

[Rabunjeeper]

Interesting build! Nice work! I'm in the process of doing one myself but its a 2nd gen 96 model on a 84 K5 frame.

[vdubvance]

LOL could almost start a dedicated "K Monster" forum.
I was reading the straight axle kit for the first gen thread the other day, And it really fathomed to me what it would take to do what we did from scratch. props to the guys who do that but damn!

im running out of time. as soon as i got my passport, im off! Got alot of **** todo before i leave. Trying to pick up this set of 80% 35's on some alu rims for cheap just to sit on, put em on when i get back. I took the tool box off, and after about 3 days of my dirtroad pounding the **** out of her, my welds started braking at the tops of the bedsides. Looks like when i chopped it, i left out a major support and the tool box was what was keeping it straight! Pulling the sides didnt help anything either. So i'm bedless right now...
http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab226/vdubvance/0114011927.jpg?t=1296357497

the more i look at that rear frame, the more 4-linking with some coil over shocks appeals to me, then just float the bedsides and build a diamond plate cargo bay.

[vdubvance]

Screw this cold stuff, arizona aint supposed to get to no 3 degrees. I'm hooking the heater core up....

Hey early first gen guys, could you tell me what color is the wire that goes to the temp switch and what part of the harness it comes from? my book says yellow, but theres not one yellow wire on the main harness...

[Rabunjeeper]

When you going to florida? Its mighty warm down there.

[Tink]

Inside the truck? Should be brown...

[vdubvance]

Engine side, the leads that go to the temp sender switch. i worry bout the accuracy of the mechanical temp gauge. feels discrepant.

[Tink]

Should be green...

[vdubvance]

damn, kinda miss you guys. s10ks running great, cept im missing about a third out of my flywheel. just procrastinating pulling that damn tranny again.
i love the truck, head turner for sure! but with the way gas is going, bimmer is on the burner plate and rocking on it constantly.

anyways, just dropping a line, and seeing whats crackin.


be safe! see ya round!

[vdubvance]

edit bump*

[vdubvance]

well guys, been a cool run, learned alot, But im taking a job in Missouri as a journeyman for a tower company. I have to sell my rig and one of my bimmers http://www.arizonak5.com/forum/Smileys/classic/embarrassed.gif Yeah im pretty bummed, but i have the tools and tech, i can do it again, only better. And im moving to the redneck capitol of the world http://www.arizonak5.com/forum/Smileys/classic/cheesy.gif

I've been thinking of a 350 late s10 blazer on 3 links.


http://tucson.craigslist.org/cto/2583055084.html
shes been sitting since the monument fires, kinda funny, the one tire that wasn't a bfg couldn't take the ambient heat!
you guys think what im asking is fair? if any of you guys are interested i can work with you a bit.

[BigTruckDrivah]

To the right person. You NEVER get what you put into a project. I like it

[Tink]

Sorry to hear, hope it goes to a good home!

[vdubvance]

Thanks Tink, I do too. A promising buyer came and test drove her, I had to fight back a tear watching it roll out my driveway. First time I have seen anyone driving her from the outside. such a cool little truck... I will surely miss her.

Dreaming up the lifted 2nd gen s10blazer or 1st gen prerunner, lots of time to think about it, but I will end up with another dime someday!

[vdubvance]

Bitter sweet. sold.

I'll be around.

sucked ass walking out the door this morning expecting to see my white beast... Bimmer will at least get the attention she deserves.