Yep pretty much, I've got a 1995 S10 Truck that I built last year, I replaced Everything on it, So now I call it my 2018 S10 truck Lol, And then I also Rebuilt a 1984 S10 Blazer this year that I've basically Rebuilt Everything on as well Lol
You know your shit. Glad people till have a passion. I see people saying why not buy a better one? Becase, its always special to do it yourself, to make it truly yours. Congrats my dude.
Rebuild a 1992 to a 400 6.6l torque monster....(see my profile pic, channel) i put it for sale, and once i did? Took it off.....keeping her... love these blazers
some one who understands. It's not about buying a new truck with ass warmers or an aluminum body it's all about buying a truck you love fixing it up and learning in the process. My passion is side step trucks, I own a 2004 gmc sierra side step and i have fixed alot of the old parts, but my next project will be a chevy c10 single cab side step 1960's probably
My friend had a black one like it. But, back in 2006, I was driving her home from work and a deer ran into the side of it on the front passenger fender and door totaling it (damn near tore the whole wheel assembly off too). She was going to scrap it for $250, but I convinced her to wait and sell it for parts. I'm so glad she did! She got $300 and the guy down the street got the glass, interior, tailgate and wheels for his project.
Hey man I just wanna say I love all of your videos, the content and how everything is orgranized on your channel. Keep up the good works! Can't wait for more videos!
Ramzi T Thank you, that's really nice to hear! It's hard for me to tell what actually plays to an audience since in a way I'm just making videos for myself. I wasn't sure if the slideshow style here would work at all.
It was a 4.3L, and if it was cracked it wasn't the problem, unless you think that is what caused the low oil pressure to begin with. The insides were pretty worn and sludgey so I'd suspect that first. It ran pretty well when I pulled it, just a lot of knocking from that bad/spun rod bearing.
Just subscribed. My daughter had a 86 blazer. Drove it for a couple yrs then sold it to my neighbor. Still running like a champ with well over 200.000 miles on it.
I had the same blazer.. was smoking real bad when I pulled away from a stop. I rebuilt the heads and ran it for another 5 years, till I was T-boned at a light... the boomerang blazer now sits in my local salvage yard.
Dogboy Endicott it doesn't even take that much to completely restore old classic me and my dad restored a classic car and it only took about 5k and the bug was sold to us for 400
5k is even a lot for a bug, I bet that thing is sweet. But your right as long as you do the work yourself and stick with something that has a carburetor its a lot cheaper than New and a much better investment of your money than having your car depreciate as soon as you drive it off the lot. and in most cases, you own it and not paying the bank just to go down the road.
Spend 5k to restore a classic worth restoring though. I'm currently restoring a Highboy F250, but I wouldn't go through all this work/money to restore an 88' blazer, those trucks just don't have any real value once fixed up, and they aren't 'classics' or considered rare or cool vehicles. That's like restoring 92 corolla. Cool, but why? Put that money and effort into something that will have value. This blazer, restored, will never sell for over a grand.
I personally love cars like this because they almost always have a story and as you restore them you figure out how the truck has been used in the past
We had an 84 when I was in school and college. Dad and me took boat to lake with it. I drove it for drivers lic test. Drove it in college in winter in snow in iowa. Though I never once put it in 4x4 mode.
I used to own a 92' Ford Explorer. I paid like $250 for it, ended up putting upwards of $3000 into repairs.....most of that was in getting new ball joints/tie rod ends (at my local mechanic), and a set of mud terrain tires. I went through and put in new brakes, replaced the clutch (was a manual). Life was good until one day I took her in for a tune up. The guy they had working on it was a rookie and he used an air tool to attempt to remove the rusted in spark plugs.....and he broke one off in the cylinder head. Not long before that I spent some coin on getting the electronic 4x4 working. I also did body work and painted it in my driveway...used farm implement paint (Massey Ferguson Red), and used truck bed lining on the new rocker panels I had spot welded into place. After the spark plug incident, it pretty much ended my will to keep fixing her up, so I sold it for $1000 to some farm kid who had a donor engine for it. My dad's health was such that he could no longer drive.....so I inherited his 94' K1500 Chevy z71 pickup (fully loaded).....man that was a fun truck to own, but the gas mileage, haha!!
i'm on my way to 3k with my mom's 2005 explorer. Not counting gas and oil change, until monday i have put over 2400 into it. After monday it'll be 2600-2700. And i still have the rear tow link assembly on the driver's side to replace.
It reminds me of my Junk :D It's The Best Car in the world, but it needs some heavy investments! I'll put 10k PLN (about 3200 USD) in that pile of provisional repairs and rust, but it will be like it just got out from the factory! It'll be Gorgeus! Thanks Man! For what you do and for what you represent! It's good to see there are still people with passion! :)
I never comment on youtube videos, but I have to say, this video is AWESOME! it was soo cool to watch you take a beat up blazer that was ready for the junkyard and give it the work it needed to get it back on the road. In this day and age when everyone throws everything away, it's so cool to see someone still cars about the old cars! Keep it up, and never give up!
Just so people know, I did the same thing, replaced everything.. .found out after the checkbook killing spree. The S10 has a habit of its harness getting corrosion in the pins where it connects to the main computer (Its next to the heater vent in the dash) any list of sensors "mine was a single pin feeding one of its injectors" will loose connection when it warms up. after spending 800.00 it was fixed with a can of Electrical Contact Cleaner Spray directly into the harness plug
Interesting! I didn't SEE any corrosion on mine after I pulled the ECU and harness connector, but I still suspect it was a computer fault one way or another. Thanks for sharing!
nice work. I'm kinda doing the same with a 98 2 door tahoe. though in much better shape and I paid 5k for it. But same idea, i could have bought a suv for 20k but chose this route. much more interesting and satisfying
I have an '02 Xtreme with a bad clutch rotting away in the yard. It's bone stock, never wrecked, lowered, bagged or any of the other things that seemed to have been done to every X I've ever seen. ZQ8, 4.3, 5spd manual, posi rear, original wheels. Gotta get going on it. Getting that gearbox out will be a pain though.
Cool story. I found my 93 for $300 about 10 years ago, slapped some k5 axles under it and been wheeling it ever since. Most problem free reliable truck I ever owned
Dude, awesome video. I've been looking for the part at @4:12 for my 85 S15 Jimmy for so long now and it doesn't exist lol! Crazy coincidence you even showed it in this video.
I've got an '89 4.3L 2wd Blazer with that exact same engine stall. Start it up, runs great for a random period of time (usually not very long though) and then it stutters off to nopeville. As long as it's going down the road it's fine, it just randomly quits when not on the gas. I'm keeping an eye out for a computer for it to see if that fixes it this time. Did the last time it decided to just completely stop running. A friend had an '88 that had been totaled (with me in it... hit hard enough I blacked out and neck was sore for weeks...) that he was parting out, got the whole thing except for motor/trans for $150, swapped out the computer and all was well for over another decade. Was a damn good vehicle. Over 190k very very hard miles with my grandfather... It got used for things that no small vehicle should ever be close to. (I've seen it moving a rather solidly built ~20x50 wooden building across the farm sitting unbalanced on top of a mobile home frame, with wood blocks on top of the rear axle to keep it from squatting and the front wheels almost completely off the ground due to the weight on the hitch. Scary!) Meanwhile, I keep on keeping on with my ratty old beat up '93 S-10 2.8L pickup, ~140k miles, still runs great.
I had an '87 S-10 Blazer back in 1991. It was meticulously maintained and was good on gas (2.8 ltr V6) and was awesome in the snow, the 4X4 worked great. I smashed it into a wall at the local bowling alley one night and that was the end of it. It was a decent little SUV, though. I really liked it.
I buy 200 dollar car, drive it for 10 years as is save up 20 grand, buy a house, drive the junker across the scale, go buy a thousand dollar junker. Moving up
i had a 88 s10 2wd with 300,000 miles on it still ran great and passed smog, i traded it for a motorcycle. the blazer was great for camping good on the highways,. parts are still cheap to buy. good find there
Took my driving test in a 1985 S10 blazer 4x4. My first new truck 1993 S10 pickup extended cab with a 5 speed. Loved those trucks. Super fast...0-60 in like 5 minutes.
It's really not (though I am biased as this one actually belongs to me), it was just old and worn out. And no rusty/bent structural parts on the body/frame. The Datsun was hacked up and modified on top of being old and worn, and the real horror there is from what previous owners have "fixed" on it. At least the bolts on this one aren't just finger tight!
Last year I bought a mint 91 Olds Bravada for $400. Absolutely clean inside and out. Everything in it works and the V6 in it is going strong. Only thing I don't like about it is its open front and rear diff AWD system. I plan on trying to do a 6.0 LS swap with locking diff's front and rear. Even though it's a four door Bravada that I want to make a sleeper I've been searching for a set of original Typhoon wheels as a subtle hint that there's something different with this Olds.
M&N Distribution because beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. If you are some Yuppie that just goes out and leases a Honda or tries to make your Corolla fast you'll never understand. Most people that owned one of these have good memories. I owned several but mostly pickups and I always had at least one friend growing up that owned one. other than the complete Rock boxes I regret getting rid of them. What's fantastic about these is you can open an LMC catalog and as long as you have the frame and firewall you can order every piece. That which deserves to live.. lives. No SUV made today will have the following or leave behind what these did. #Fuzzydicepimp can hopefully agree
My brother kept pressing me for cash so I could buy his 1984 Chevy S10, so I'm honestly considering it, because I would hate for a good pickup to go waste. I've never worked on a vehicle, so this is going to be a shot in the dark, so I'm going to give it my all, and see what I can do to bring the old matte black truck back to the land of the living.
My dad had a cherry red one bought it when I was born because he couldn’t get a car seat in his Porsche or my moms firebird lol he put 290k miles on it finally parked after it developed a rod knock was a damn good truck
This made me sad I have a 92 blazer that was mint until someone pulled out in front of me on the highway without looking left was hoping to see you fix her up
Binge watching the S10 playlist this morning and looking through a Summit/Jegs catalog. Doing similar to an 85 CJ7. Thank you for all the effort involved. 👌
Man, does this take me back! I used to buy used S10 Blazers for my wife to drive every few years. We had an '85, '87, '89, '92, '96, a '98. The FI would carbon up, the EGR valve would clog, I'd always have to do an alternator, water pump and for some reason my wife would always break the headlight switch. We actually had pretty good luck with them overall but we also had one that threw a rod bearing too. I hated changing the plugs on the driver's side, on one of them if you didn't have the steering shaft turned so the flat side faced the engine you couldn't get the plug out. Yeah, that took me about an hour of "fun" to figure out. I switched to buying new Subaru Foresters in '06 which run forever and have far better MPG. Not really a 4x4 but great for driving on road in the ice and snow and can still tow 1500lbs. Cool project!
ManFromEast my first was a 91 s-10 pickup, got it from my uncle in 95 after he rolled it in the snow and I did the typical kid thing and cut off the roof and slammed it to the ground. God I miss that rat top truck.
This may sound stupid but I'm 14 and from England and I brought a Volvo 850 for £300 and it runs great but the interior is very bad and looks like someone drove it through a sand storm with the doors open😂 there was something's wrong with the engine but it was only a few of the pipes that was easily replaceable. It still sits in the garden today. To me it's a car that can benefit me for when I have a proper car when I'm older so I have knowledge of cars.
SkidZ 1 i bought a DAF 46, it had been sitting for 13 years, but it runs fine, I’m currently rebuilding the brakes before trying to drive it! It is great to have a project like this. Im 14 too, but that doesnt mean i cant enjoy my own car!
Bad choice volvos are unreliable. I had a 2004 volvo c70 and it had some many problems all being electrical which cost thousands of dollars. I sold it to my uncle and he fixed it up and it still has problems so hes trying to sell it now
@@reynakharin.est.2000 Typically volvos are tanks but like any car you get a few lemon like ones here and there but that sucks dude. My current car is free so I don't complain but electrical issue has always been a major thing. Most of it is all re wired now xD
Nice video!Just bought a 88 4x4, 4.3, two tone paint, Blazer, it does'nt start but i know it will after some tlc. Lived all it's life in the desert so no rust, stored since 2001, it looks like a fun ride, can't wait to get it to work!
If you take a car and replace every part one at a time, is it still the same car when you finish? And if you saved all the old parts and put them back together is that the same car or a different car?
I love Theseus' Paradox, it does give something to think about. In this case I'd certainly say it is, both in the eyes of the law and my own. But with something like Project Binky... I'm more inclined to say that it is not the same car. If you split it up into what is and isn't the same and you get down to what parts most make a car into a car, it is an interesting conversation.
I believe that if you change every part it is still the same car. Or it has the same character because every new part you install it later becomes a friend of the other parts 😂 so he is technically replacing the previous dudes.
According to Apple, just changing the battery makes your phone counterfeit. Good thing Apple doesn't make cars! Well, Tesla does, and they're basically the same as Apple. Oh well, at least you can still buy older vehicles and fix them up without worrying about it being illegal.
I went through a shockingly similar process with my $800 C4 Corvette. It was running like garbage (and filled the entire engine with 3 gallons of gasoline while it was parked) so I did a ghetto Carb swap, then a proper carb swap, then the intake manifold went, then overheating, then head gasket failure, and finally it puked all all the oil and threw a rod. That engine lived a hard life. Now to do it again with a Cadillac 500.
i actually own a 1994 s10 ss ! my first car, and the 2nd vehicle that ive gotten to work on. the front suspension needs work, as well as the a/c and a couple console pieces need replacing.. and i want to get a new radio and speakers in it. just got brand new tires on it, and i cleaned it pretty well recently (well,, as clean as you can get it without vacuuming the carpets lmaoo) got it for 1500 from my moms boss, who got it for 1500 as well. as old and stinky as it is, im a sucker for it. love this lil truck.
Wow you really did show it some love - good on you! I was worried when you were taking the engine down, and I thought 'Oh no, he's gunna get rid of it', but YAY - bigger engine. Ready for Ep.2, cheers.
Haha, add another zero and that is about where it stands now. All things considered, I think I'm okay with that, but I admit it did spiral out of control from the cheap impulse purchase.
I once bought a a 85 Blazer 4x4. Had a fresh 350 create motor and rebuilt trans. Besides being faded and lots of mildo from the heating system being disabled from the V8 install. I cleaned it all inside and out. Did Corvette wheels, removed the 4X4 hardware up front, deep sump pan, new cam, headers, duel 3" exhaust, new seats, shifter, Corvette rad and the list goes on. Was pretty quick. Looked great. I paid $500 and drove it home. Was a fun project.
@@HooDRidEWhiteY Drove it for a short time. The girl I had at the time hated it. Ended up selling it and buying a Dakota R/T which I still have. Also sold a 71 Datson 1200 cp. Was going to do a aluminum 3.9L V8, 5 SP. Mini pro street. She didn't like that one either and ended up selling it to a friend. It was a little too nice to cut up anyway. Needless to say. I'm currently single with 4 motorcycles inside my house and 1 in the garage. Still have the R/T and a Charger SRT. I'll never again let a woman depicte what I do with my toys. Single and happy. From what I understand. The Blazer is still running and looks the same.
@@franktaylor7617 well shit, since were talking scooters, what are you riding/working on. My 2 street legal bikes are a 92 xr250L and a 2018 yamaha sr400. Also have a 2002 xr200r for me/the kids.
@@HooDRidEWhiteY My standard commuter bike is a restored (was heading to the scrap yard if I hadn't bought it) 92 CBR 900rr. Turing bike is a 97% stock, almost flawless 93 ZX11. Home built rat bike known as The Black Bike is a 86 Suzuki GS700 with a 85 SG1150 motor, aluminum fuel tank, first gen GSXR forks and wheels, RG 500 swingarm. My pride and joy is a 93 Honda NSR MC21 with a Suzuki RG500 motor. The RG is a 500cc 4 cylinder water cooled two stroke if you're not familiar with an RG. Seen in the little pic ^^^. The 5th project bike is an 81 Suzuki SG1100 that will be cut up to make a mini Cafe pocket bike. All of which can be seen on my FB page except for the pocket bike. Just a few pics of it in the background. I haven't started on it yet. Probably in the next month or so. P.S. There's a short video of the 500 running on my page here on RUclips. It was the first startup in a long time. It's currently ready to run, living out the winter in my living room. 😁
AAAA the 80's when cars where built to last, well um last 5 years. They were an experiment in disposable cars, drive em till barley paid off, and designed for EVERYTHING to fall apart, from alternators, to suspension parts like sway bar bushings, to windshield wiper motors, door lockes power window motors. The lsit goes on and on. The idea was to manipulated the owner to buy new instead of piss money away on never ending repairs. By 2008 General Motors went bankrupt and the junkyards all over the country had more GM products then all other car companies combined!
love seeing videos like this, sure a frame off restoration is cool and all but this just shows you that a few thousands can get you a nice vehicle. i appreciate the work that went into this. great job.
This video warmed my heart I've had a 89 and 93 but i didnt care about power I used it for camping and work . Love this reliable lil v6 The Vortech is my fave
Most of the fun is putting all of that work into it, in my opinion! ("Fun" also meaning "tears".) I've spent about as much on it as a decent condition one goes for (~$2000) and know the truck inside and out, not to mention the V8. It may not be shiny but it gets the job done!
I had one, 4.3l 4x4 2dr. I loved it. It felt like driving an an atv when it was in 4x4. Bought it for $450 and scrapped it for $450. Alloy wheels and hoot cat helped a lot with that
I did once I was driving it, but it was after the 4.3L carb install first made it really driveable. I had spent a few hundred on it at that point, and I understand what you mean. You can never really be sure about some things until you register a car. I was confident about the seller and had no reason to distrust him or the car, but it is still a good precaution to take.
Yeah, I was imagining the original owner saying they want their car back after you got it drive-able again since its technically still their car. Would have been awful.
i had a 1984 s10 blazer which is almost no different than this one. it was my first car. i loved that truck. so many good times in it. my mom ha bought it when i was about 15. and i bought it from her at 20. she got it with about 120,000 on it. when it died at end with me. it had just over 300,000 miles. i ran that thing all over michigan.
Getting nostalgic of the 89 s10 blazer I had when I was in high school. It had 2 keys. One for the ignition and one for every blazer door lock in site. A girl locked her keys in hers, so I tried mine. Unlocked her door. Tried hers in mine and unlocked mine. That oil smoke in the 4.3 liter was common due to oil leaking around the valve stems.
Ha, I hadn't heard about the doors being keyed alike before. I know the door key doesn't work in my other GM cars (I mix them up sometimes), but I haven't tried it in another S10/S10 Blazer before. Will have to give that a go at the junkyard!
That is cool you guys currently have two of the cars my grandparents had in the late 80'sand early 90's ('87 Blazer and '91 Firebird). Now you just need to get an '89 Town Car and '87 Ranger and you'll have my other grandparents rides from back in the day. As a kid I liked the Town Car best even over the Firebird! What a fine example of American luxury!
I watched this over a year ago and just watched it again. Never gets old!
Hey same, I love your channel man when are we gonna see more of the Cavalier
My Dad used to say: '"You're just buying a new car, one part at a time!!"
Yep pretty much, I've got a 1995 S10 Truck that I built last year, I replaced Everything on it, So now I call it my 2018 S10 truck Lol, And then I also Rebuilt a 1984 S10 Blazer this year that I've basically Rebuilt Everything on as well Lol
My Dad used to say " If it's got boobs or tires it's gonna cost you money".
@@johns5734 And that is the truth Lol
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At least the old thing is debt free.
You know your shit. Glad people till have a passion. I see people saying why not buy a better one? Becase, its always special to do it yourself, to make it truly yours. Congrats my dude.
Rebuild a 1992 to a 400 6.6l torque monster....(see my profile pic, channel) i put it for sale, and once i did? Took it off.....keeping her... love these blazers
Sweet my man, grabed me a tahoe just swapped the stock engine and tranny exitex af
some one who understands. It's not about buying a new truck with ass warmers or an aluminum body it's all about buying a truck you love fixing it up and learning in the process. My passion is side step trucks, I own a 2004 gmc sierra side step and i have fixed alot of the old parts, but my next project will be a chevy c10 single cab side step 1960's probably
I really enjoy watching people bring vehicles like this back from the dead. Thanks!
Great video! I love to see vehicles brought back from the grave and given a new life. I have a soft spot for these S10 trucks too.
S10 trucks and blazers hold a special place on my heart. They are just so damn fun. Oh yeah that dash man a fucking beauty.
Check beaters are always the best fun!
My friend had a black one like it. But, back in 2006, I was driving her home from work and a deer ran into the side of it on the front passenger fender and door totaling it (damn near tore the whole wheel assembly off too). She was going to scrap it for $250, but I convinced her to wait and sell it for parts. I'm so glad she did! She got $300 and the guy down the street got the glass, interior, tailgate and wheels for his project.
Hey man I just wanna say I love all of your videos, the content and how everything is orgranized on your channel. Keep up the good works! Can't wait for more videos!
There has been a 1987 blazer sitting in the bushes for about 10 years and we just recently started working on it. these cars are just awesome
if you keep this up, your channel will blow up once all the car guys start to sub. I really enjoyed this and the datsun.
Ramzi T Thank you, that's really nice to hear! It's hard for me to tell what actually plays to an audience since in a way I'm just making videos for myself. I wasn't sure if the slideshow style here would work at all.
It was a 4.3L, and if it was cracked it wasn't the problem, unless you think that is what caused the low oil pressure to begin with. The insides were pretty worn and sludgey so I'd suspect that first. It ran pretty well when I pulled it, just a lot of knocking from that bad/spun rod bearing.
Ramzi T ill have to check out the datsun
FuzzyDicePimp What site did you find this on
250,000 veiws and 45k subs including me!
Just subscribed. My daughter had a 86 blazer. Drove it for a couple yrs then sold it to my neighbor. Still running like a champ with well over 200.000 miles on it.
I had the same blazer.. was smoking real bad when I pulled away from a stop. I rebuilt the heads and ran it for another 5 years, till I was T-boned at a light... the boomerang blazer now sits in my local salvage yard.
Jas on 😢
I just bought a 1993 4 door one and am so excited to have a great project daily driver
I love the honest in that ad, $200 and a trailer
Instantly hooked. From the carb on the TBI manifold to the extensive repairs... love seeing old beaters get love!
And for only $38,459 you too can own your very own brand new 1988 blazer!
Dogboy Endicott it doesn't even take that much to completely restore old classic me and my dad restored a classic car and it only took about 5k and the bug was sold to us for 400
5k is even a lot for a bug, I bet that thing is sweet. But your right as long as you do the work yourself and stick with something that has a carburetor its a lot cheaper than New and a much better investment of your money than having your car depreciate as soon as you drive it off the lot. and in most cases, you own it and not paying the bank just to go down the road.
Haha true
Spend 5k to restore a classic worth restoring though. I'm currently restoring a Highboy F250, but I wouldn't go through all this work/money to restore an 88' blazer, those trucks just don't have any real value once fixed up, and they aren't 'classics' or considered rare or cool vehicles. That's like restoring 92 corolla. Cool, but why? Put that money and effort into something that will have value. This blazer, restored, will never sell for over a grand.
I wanted a Highboy, maybe my next truck :)
I personally love cars like this because they almost always have a story and as you restore them you figure out how the truck has been used in the past
We had an 84 when I was in school and college. Dad and me took boat to lake with it. I drove it for drivers lic test. Drove it in college in winter in snow in iowa. Though I never once put it in 4x4 mode.
Just bought a 91 s10 ooh boy what a great project its gonna be
I used to own a 92' Ford Explorer. I paid like $250 for it, ended up putting upwards of $3000 into repairs.....most of that was in getting new ball joints/tie rod ends (at my local mechanic), and a set of mud terrain tires. I went through and put in new brakes, replaced the clutch (was a manual). Life was good until one day I took her in for a tune up. The guy they had working on it was a rookie and he used an air tool to attempt to remove the rusted in spark plugs.....and he broke one off in the cylinder head. Not long before that I spent some coin on getting the electronic 4x4 working. I also did body work and painted it in my driveway...used farm implement paint (Massey Ferguson Red), and used truck bed lining on the new rocker panels I had spot welded into place. After the spark plug incident, it pretty much ended my will to keep fixing her up, so I sold it for $1000 to some farm kid who had a donor engine for it. My dad's health was such that he could no longer drive.....so I inherited his 94' K1500 Chevy z71 pickup (fully loaded).....man that was a fun truck to own, but the gas mileage, haha!!
i'm on my way to 3k with my mom's 2005 explorer. Not counting gas and oil change, until monday i have put over 2400 into it. After monday it'll be 2600-2700. And i still have the rear tow link assembly on the driver's side to replace.
It's so satisfying to see you fix up vehicle that is beyond salvage for many people!
It reminds me of my Junk :D It's The Best Car in the world, but it needs some heavy investments! I'll put 10k PLN (about 3200 USD) in that pile of provisional repairs and rust, but it will be like it just got out from the factory! It'll be Gorgeus!
Thanks Man! For what you do and for what you represent! It's good to see there are still people with passion! :)
I never comment on youtube videos, but I have to say, this video is AWESOME! it was soo cool to watch you take a beat up blazer that was ready for the junkyard and give it the work it needed to get it back on the road. In this day and age when everyone throws everything away, it's so cool to see someone still cars about the old cars! Keep it up, and never give up!
Very good narration man. Humble. Ordinary folk understanding. Kept me interested. Awesome job
Just so people know, I did the same thing, replaced everything.. .found out after the checkbook killing spree. The S10 has a habit of its harness getting corrosion in the pins where it connects to the main computer (Its next to the heater vent in the dash) any list of sensors "mine was a single pin feeding one of its injectors" will loose connection when it warms up. after spending 800.00 it was fixed with a can of Electrical Contact Cleaner Spray directly into the harness plug
Interesting! I didn't SEE any corrosion on mine after I pulled the ECU and harness connector, but I still suspect it was a computer fault one way or another. Thanks for sharing!
Your channel is awesome. I am not even a blazer or firebird fan but still love watching your videos. I learn a lot.
Does anybody watch this video over and over again I love it.
So what’s cool is this was my truck at one point it’s cool to see someone give this truck the love it needed
nice work. I'm kinda doing the same with a 98 2 door tahoe. though in much better shape and I paid 5k for it. But same idea, i could have bought a suv for 20k but chose this route. much more interesting and satisfying
My old blazer... That's the same color I sold that awhile ago I miss that so much it was black at one time but u restored it I loved that thing
The dent on the front bumper was from when I hit a stop sign
I love your suffering, just won't give up! the hallmark of a true car guy is pure suffering!
i bought one like this with 4.3 motor brand new back in 1988...4x4 and it was a great truck for me
I have an '02 Xtreme with a bad clutch rotting away in the yard. It's bone stock, never wrecked, lowered, bagged or any of the other things that seemed to have been done to every X I've ever seen. ZQ8, 4.3, 5spd manual, posi rear, original wheels. Gotta get going on it. Getting that gearbox out will be a pain though.
Cool story. I found my 93 for $300 about 10 years ago, slapped some k5 axles under it and been wheeling it ever since. Most problem free reliable truck I ever owned
Sure smoking weed is cool but have you ever inhaled catalytic converter dust?😍
Why I was reading this just as I was finishing a joint 😂
Finn Johnson smoking weed isn’t cool but keep telling yourself that
Finn Johnson You need some help...
We have spotted the narks
@@Тадгвиван r/whoosh
Dude, awesome video. I've been looking for the part at @4:12 for my 85 S15 Jimmy for so long now and it doesn't exist lol! Crazy coincidence you even showed it in this video.
I've got an '89 4.3L 2wd Blazer with that exact same engine stall. Start it up, runs great for a random period of time (usually not very long though) and then it stutters off to nopeville. As long as it's going down the road it's fine, it just randomly quits when not on the gas. I'm keeping an eye out for a computer for it to see if that fixes it this time. Did the last time it decided to just completely stop running. A friend had an '88 that had been totaled (with me in it... hit hard enough I blacked out and neck was sore for weeks...) that he was parting out, got the whole thing except for motor/trans for $150, swapped out the computer and all was well for over another decade.
Was a damn good vehicle. Over 190k very very hard miles with my grandfather... It got used for things that no small vehicle should ever be close to. (I've seen it moving a rather solidly built ~20x50 wooden building across the farm sitting unbalanced on top of a mobile home frame, with wood blocks on top of the rear axle to keep it from squatting and the front wheels almost completely off the ground due to the weight on the hitch. Scary!)
Meanwhile, I keep on keeping on with my ratty old beat up '93 S-10 2.8L pickup, ~140k miles, still runs great.
the tbi injectors can leak when they get old, flooding out the engine. i think that was dudes problem here.
I had an '87 S-10 Blazer back in 1991. It was meticulously maintained and was good on gas (2.8 ltr V6) and was awesome in the snow, the 4X4 worked great. I smashed it into a wall at the local bowling alley one night and that was the end of it. It was a decent little SUV, though. I really liked it.
buys car for 200$
*invests $13673 in replacement parts*
Honestly, that's any sub $2000 car, speaking from experience 🤦♂️
@@perotekku speak for yourself, I'be got a 78 camaro I paid 1k for and I've put less than a grand into her
I buy 200 dollar car, drive it for 10 years as is save up 20 grand, buy a house, drive the junker across the scale, go buy a thousand dollar junker. Moving up
i had a 88 s10 2wd with 300,000 miles on it still ran great and passed smog, i traded it for a motorcycle. the blazer was great for camping good on the highways,. parts are still cheap to buy. good find there
I love how the title of the post said "P.O.S"
Took my driving test in a 1985 S10 blazer 4x4. My first new truck 1993 S10 pickup extended cab with a 5 speed. Loved those trucks. Super fast...0-60 in like 5 minutes.
this looks even sketchier than the datsun!
It's really not (though I am biased as this one actually belongs to me), it was just old and worn out. And no rusty/bent structural parts on the body/frame. The Datsun was hacked up and modified on top of being old and worn, and the real horror there is from what previous owners have "fixed" on it. At least the bolts on this one aren't just finger tight!
S10's are actually repairable. Good luck finding Datsun parts.
Last year I bought a mint 91 Olds Bravada for $400. Absolutely clean inside and out. Everything in it works and the V6 in it is going strong. Only thing I don't like about it is its open front and rear diff AWD system. I plan on trying to do a 6.0 LS swap with locking diff's front and rear. Even though it's a four door Bravada that I want to make a sleeper I've been searching for a set of original Typhoon wheels as a subtle hint that there's something different with this Olds.
bro come to cali, we got these with no rust and good parts for $900 all day
Come to Cali, where the government screws you in ways you didn't think you could get screwed
SuperKONR cali ftw
I'll fly out there tomorrow if that's true. In NJ their next to impossible to fine clean unless your $5000 or higher
Jude Mc this thing was destroyed... idk who would put all that money into it
M&N Distribution because beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. If you are some Yuppie that just goes out and leases a Honda or tries to make your Corolla fast you'll never understand. Most people that owned one of these have good memories. I owned several but mostly pickups and I always had at least one friend growing up that owned one. other than the complete Rock boxes I regret getting rid of them. What's fantastic about these is you can open an LMC catalog and as long as you have the frame and firewall you can order every piece. That which deserves to live.. lives. No SUV made today will have the following or leave behind what these did. #Fuzzydicepimp can hopefully agree
Typical blazer rust but to be expected from age nice job man you brought her back 👏👏👏
My brother kept pressing me for cash so I could buy his 1984 Chevy S10, so I'm honestly considering it, because I would hate for a good pickup to go waste. I've never worked on a vehicle, so this is going to be a shot in the dark, so I'm going to give it my all, and see what I can do to bring the old matte black truck back to the land of the living.
Kirk Benedict if you dont try you will never know!
My dad had a cherry red one bought it when I was born because he couldn’t get a car seat in his Porsche or my moms firebird lol he put 290k miles on it finally parked after it developed a rod knock was a damn good truck
This made me sad I have a 92 blazer that was mint until someone pulled out in front of me on the highway without looking left was hoping to see you fix her up
Binge watching the S10 playlist this morning and looking through a Summit/Jegs catalog. Doing similar to an 85 CJ7. Thank you for all the effort involved. 👌
2 of my friends had blazers like this and the rear tailgate locks on both of them never worked, a screwdriver opened them the same way
Randy Magnum mine had an interior release button near the steering wheel.
Man, does this take me back! I used to buy used S10 Blazers for my wife to drive every few years. We had an '85, '87, '89, '92, '96, a '98. The FI would carbon up, the EGR valve would clog, I'd always have to do an alternator, water pump and for some reason my wife would always break the headlight switch. We actually had pretty good luck with them overall but we also had one that threw a rod bearing too. I hated changing the plugs on the driver's side, on one of them if you didn't have the steering shaft turned so the flat side faced the engine you couldn't get the plug out. Yeah, that took me about an hour of "fun" to figure out. I switched to buying new Subaru Foresters in '06 which run forever and have far better MPG. Not really a 4x4 but great for driving on road in the ice and snow and can still tow 1500lbs. Cool project!
A 91 2 door blazer was my first car, so I'm nostalgic. Yours was just a bit more of a rust bucket than mine. a bit.
ManFromEast my first was a 91 s-10 pickup, got it from my uncle in 95 after he rolled it in the snow and I did the typical kid thing and cut off the roof and slammed it to the ground. God I miss that rat top truck.
I have a '87 GMC S15 Jimmy 4x4, so it's literally identical, I love these trucks so much.
This may sound stupid but I'm 14 and from England and I brought a Volvo 850 for £300 and it runs great but the interior is very bad and looks like someone drove it through a sand storm with the doors open😂 there was something's wrong with the engine but it was only a few of the pipes that was easily replaceable. It still sits in the garden today. To me it's a car that can benefit me for when I have a proper car when I'm older so I have knowledge of cars.
Awesome! Sounds like a good car to keep, or a good car to learn with!
Volvo's are awesome.
SkidZ 1 i bought a DAF 46, it had been sitting for 13 years, but it runs fine, I’m currently rebuilding the brakes before trying to drive it! It is great to have a project like this. Im 14 too, but that doesnt mean i cant enjoy my own car!
Bad choice volvos are unreliable. I had a 2004 volvo c70 and it had some many problems all being electrical which cost thousands of dollars. I sold it to my uncle and he fixed it up and it still has problems so hes trying to sell it now
@@reynakharin.est.2000 Typically volvos are tanks but like any car you get a few lemon like ones here and there but that sucks dude. My current car is free so I don't complain but electrical issue has always been a major thing. Most of it is all re wired now xD
Nice video!Just bought a 88 4x4, 4.3, two tone paint, Blazer, it does'nt start but i know it will after some tlc. Lived all it's life in the desert so no rust, stored since 2001, it looks like a fun ride, can't wait to get it to work!
If you take a car and replace every part one at a time, is it still the same car when you finish?
And if you saved all the old parts and put them back together is that the same car or a different car?
I love Theseus' Paradox, it does give something to think about. In this case I'd certainly say it is, both in the eyes of the law and my own. But with something like Project Binky... I'm more inclined to say that it is not the same car. If you split it up into what is and isn't the same and you get down to what parts most make a car into a car, it is an interesting conversation.
I believe that if you change every part it is still the same car. Or it has the same character because every new part you install it later becomes a friend of the other parts 😂 so he is technically replacing the previous dudes.
If it still has the original VIN on the car, it is the original car. Legally at least.
The new one is a clone
According to Apple, just changing the battery makes your phone counterfeit. Good thing Apple doesn't make cars! Well, Tesla does, and they're basically the same as Apple. Oh well, at least you can still buy older vehicles and fix them up without worrying about it being illegal.
I went through a shockingly similar process with my $800 C4 Corvette. It was running like garbage (and filled the entire engine with 3 gallons of gasoline while it was parked) so I did a ghetto Carb swap, then a proper carb swap, then the intake manifold went, then overheating, then head gasket failure, and finally it puked all all the oil and threw a rod. That engine lived a hard life. Now to do it again with a Cadillac 500.
I got about 500 miles in during that time.
My American childhood
This is the endless summer version of fixing up a old car... I dig it !!!
You know it’s bad when even the seller calls it a pos
i actually own a 1994 s10 ss ! my first car, and the 2nd vehicle that ive gotten to work on. the front suspension needs work, as well as the a/c and a couple console pieces need replacing.. and i want to get a new radio and speakers in it. just got brand new tires on it, and i cleaned it pretty well recently (well,, as clean as you can get it without vacuuming the carpets lmaoo) got it for 1500 from my moms boss, who got it for 1500 as well. as old and stinky as it is, im a sucker for it. love this lil truck.
I’m getting a 85 blazer tomorrow for $450. Hopefully it needs less than you’re did lol
Wow you really did show it some love - good on you! I was worried when you were taking the engine down, and I thought 'Oh no, he's gunna get rid of it', but YAY - bigger engine.
Ready for Ep.2, cheers.
I got a 92 I gave 400 it runs ok got a lot of work to do on it its a 4 door I like thes
This is the first video I've seen. Exceptional work. God bless you for even attempting this! Please keep up the great work.
So. How much was that 200$ truck again?
Haha, add another zero and that is about where it stands now. All things considered, I think I'm okay with that, but I admit it did spiral out of control from the cheap impulse purchase.
you know what tons of respect to you man i could care less about a s10 or s10 blazzer but i apreciate that you care about it
The older 4.3s are known for blowing out cams. The new ones are pretty stout though
john doe please tell me how,
I own on and have been around tons of people who have them,
My buddy had his 2.2 blow out cams,
But not a 4.3
I once bought a a 85 Blazer 4x4.
Had a fresh 350 create motor and rebuilt trans.
Besides being faded and lots of mildo from the heating system being disabled from the V8 install.
I cleaned it all inside and out.
Did Corvette wheels, removed the 4X4 hardware up front, deep sump pan, new cam, headers, duel 3" exhaust, new seats, shifter, Corvette rad and the list goes on.
Was pretty quick. Looked great.
I paid $500 and drove it home.
Was a fun project.
And what happened to it...?
@@HooDRidEWhiteY
Drove it for a short time.
The girl I had at the time hated it.
Ended up selling it and buying a Dakota R/T which I still have.
Also sold a 71 Datson 1200 cp.
Was going to do a aluminum 3.9L V8, 5 SP. Mini pro street.
She didn't like that one either and ended up selling it to a friend. It was a little too nice to cut up anyway.
Needless to say. I'm currently single with 4 motorcycles inside my house and 1 in the garage.
Still have the R/T and a Charger SRT.
I'll never again let a woman depicte what I do with my toys.
Single and happy.
From what I understand. The Blazer is still running and looks the same.
@@franktaylor7617 well shit, since were talking scooters, what are you riding/working on. My 2 street legal bikes are a 92 xr250L and a 2018 yamaha sr400. Also have a 2002 xr200r for me/the kids.
@@HooDRidEWhiteY
My standard commuter bike is a restored (was heading to the scrap yard if I hadn't bought it) 92 CBR 900rr. Turing bike is a 97% stock, almost flawless 93 ZX11. Home built rat bike known as The Black Bike is a 86 Suzuki GS700 with a 85 SG1150 motor, aluminum fuel tank, first gen GSXR forks and wheels, RG 500 swingarm.
My pride and joy is a 93 Honda NSR MC21 with a Suzuki RG500 motor. The RG is a 500cc 4 cylinder water cooled two stroke if you're not familiar with an RG.
Seen in the little pic ^^^.
The 5th project bike is an 81 Suzuki SG1100 that will be cut up to make a mini Cafe pocket bike.
All of which can be seen on my FB page except for the pocket bike. Just a few pics of it in the background. I haven't started on it yet. Probably in the next month or so.
P.S.
There's a short video of the 500 running on my page here on RUclips. It was the first startup in a long time. It's currently ready to run, living out the winter in my living room. 😁
@@franktaylor7617 cheers brother, and respect for not owning a bunch of cliche and run of the mill bikes!! Horns up, tires down 🤘
AAAA the 80's when cars where built to last, well um last 5 years. They were an experiment in disposable cars, drive em till barley paid off, and designed for EVERYTHING to fall apart, from alternators, to suspension parts like sway bar bushings, to windshield wiper motors, door lockes power window motors. The lsit goes on and on.
The idea was to manipulated the owner to buy new instead of piss money away on never ending repairs.
By 2008 General Motors went bankrupt and the junkyards all over the country had more GM products then all other car companies combined!
Great job restoring that truck I'm doing the same thing with my van 2003 Chevrolet Astro with the legendary 4.3 all wheel drive V6
Anything that can drive out of the driveway is worth $200.00!
I had a 92 with the 4.3 vortec. That thing really was like a rock, as the saying was at the time.
lost my hearing from job I used to have need caption please thank you C😎😎L oh I know a ford carb. when I see one
love seeing videos like this, sure a frame off restoration is cool and all but this just shows you that a few thousands can get you a nice vehicle. i appreciate the work that went into this. great job.
Anyone see the Toyota Supra? 😁
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I love the honesty of the sale description
computer was bad I had that same problem
See It ran better when you eliminated the computer feeding gas,damage done from raw gas washing all the bearings out.
This video warmed my heart I've had a 89 and 93 but i didnt care about power I used it for camping and work . Love this reliable lil v6 The Vortech is my fave
Yea it was cheap but u can find them all day long for 1300 i dont think it was worth it after you put all that in it
Most of the fun is putting all of that work into it, in my opinion! ("Fun" also meaning "tears".) I've spent about as much on it as a decent condition one goes for (~$2000) and know the truck inside and out, not to mention the V8. It may not be shiny but it gets the job done!
ben hall i wouldn't say that, what is the cost of education ? Time and money.
I had one, 4.3l 4x4 2dr. I loved it. It felt like driving an an atv when it was in 4x4. Bought it for $450 and scrapped it for $450. Alloy wheels and hoot cat helped a lot with that
Hope you got the title in your name before doing all this.
I did once I was driving it, but it was after the 4.3L carb install first made it really driveable. I had spent a few hundred on it at that point, and I understand what you mean. You can never really be sure about some things until you register a car. I was confident about the seller and had no reason to distrust him or the car, but it is still a good precaution to take.
Yeah, I was imagining the original owner saying they want their car back after you got it drive-able again since its technically still their car. Would have been awful.
@@Aspra right
Nice deal I got a 93 4 door s-10 blazer for 100.00 in Texas with 311,000 miles still runs great just won't start warm. Keep up the good work
TBI- Toilet Bowl Injection
I remember those fuel injector systems. Once they start to go bad they are basically unrepairable. You made a good choice ditching it.
i had a 1984 s10 blazer which is almost no different than this one. it was my first car. i loved that truck. so many good times in it. my mom ha bought it when i was about 15. and i bought it from her at 20. she got it with about 120,000 on it. when it died at end with me. it had just over 300,000 miles. i ran that thing all over michigan.
I just started to watch your videos, keep doing this excellent job
I used a GM TBI unit on a Ford 302 in a Jeep once. Ran really great!
Dude! You are a superhero!! You never give up.
Had the same hose and idle problem on my s10, great vid
They are super fun to drive
Getting nostalgic of the 89 s10 blazer I had when I was in high school. It had 2 keys. One for the ignition and one for every blazer door lock in site. A girl locked her keys in hers, so I tried mine. Unlocked her door. Tried hers in mine and unlocked mine.
That oil smoke in the 4.3 liter was common due to oil leaking around the valve stems.
Ha, I hadn't heard about the doors being keyed alike before. I know the door key doesn't work in my other GM cars (I mix them up sometimes), but I haven't tried it in another S10/S10 Blazer before. Will have to give that a go at the junkyard!
Fuzzy Dice Projects It may have just been a freak occurrence, but it was a cool thing to have.
Awesome videos! I want a first gen s10 Blazer now!
Hey, Maryland neighbor. Im glad I ran across this video. Great content. Hope to see you running around the state.
Subscribed, Interesting colour. Wasn't sure at first but it grew on me.
That is cool you guys currently have two of the cars my grandparents had in the late 80'sand early 90's ('87 Blazer and '91 Firebird). Now you just need to get an '89 Town Car and '87 Ranger and you'll have my other grandparents rides from back in the day. As a kid I liked the Town Car best even over the Firebird! What a fine example of American luxury!
It's so satisfying putting new parts on your car. I wish I could afford a project on top of my daily.