S4 E31. We try to save this abandoned Chevy S-10. How can one truck have so many problems?
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Season 4 Episode 31. Jimbo finds a rust free vintage Chevy S-10, but it may have more problems than he bargained for. Can he get this old truck back on the road and have it be reliable?
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I small truck with a bed long enough to actually be useful... what a concept.
They still exist outside of America
You can thank the federal government for setting guidelines based on vehicle footprint instead of design purpose. The GW Bush and Obama admins share most of the responsibility for this disaster.
Even if they did make one now, it'd be $30k AT LEAST. If not more.
@@Rattus-Norvegicus I own a tree farm and we replace our HD trucks after 8 years, staggered every two years. Our latest ones were $85k, $97k, and $105k.
@@Noah_E That's insane. I don't know how you guys afford it.
Definitely turbo diesel that Shelby.
Bonus points if you take it Lemons racing.
Too easy, early Omirizons used a VW engine and sometimes transmissions. Dumping in a 1.9 TDI would be relatively easy.
TDI Shelby Charger? Yes please! Love the S10 revival.
I was thinking the same thing. A 1.9l ALH swap would be such a cool series
This is the best revival since the Mississippi Squirrel Revival.
Yes please, you have all kinds of one off projects that are great, a TDI shelby charger restoration would be a great next step for the channel. Looking forward to seeing it next year as you already have enough projects for this year and we want to see those make it to the end of whatever plans you have for them.
Do it!
It's a fact of life with a S10 it seems. Step 3 of repairing it is replacing the fuel pump 😂
Yes, From my research, fuel pump replacement is almost a daily activity for the S-10 crowd.
Yup. One of them led to me spending my 21st birthday laying in the dirt instead of white water rafting and ripping up the after party. I got enough days of that behind me now that it’s not as disappointing as a memory.
@@robotcantina8957
Has anyone ever used a “floating dip tube”?
They would stay out of the crud, as they float😊
It’s a home brew thing for keeping out of the yeast and trub.
Nicely done! It's fine that you tackled a (mostly) conventional vehicle project in this video.
It's your deep knowledge base, methodical approach, curiosity, steadfastness, VERY clear and concise explanations, good videography and editing and great sense of humor that make this channel SO fun to watch. So just make videos about whatever project is currently of interest to YOU, since I'd bet that a large portion of your audience will watch anything you want to share.
When you delve into the weirder "outlier" projects, that's just the cherry on the Sundae!
I dig that! Any old pickup with white wagon wheels on it is immediately cool! :)
Wagon wheels are the only way to go!
What I wouldn’t give for a small reliable pickup. I don’t see the appeal of mega trucks.
True, little pickups are a thing of the past. for some reason huge trucks are very popular.
Cool, so the throttle body injection was a cheap way to retrofit carby engines with fuel injection?
It sure was, and it worked fairly well.
Yes, the "single point" injections were simple and reliable and required minimal modifications from past carb designs
Heck some big carb/performance brands make aftermarket TBI kits for common motors. Big block, small block, even some very common inline motors.
@@USSRDragon Holley makes them fit a standard carb flange so it should fit anything that uses a standard carb
@@kennedy796 yeah, common stuff. I looked into them and unsurprisingly my use for a UAZ was not covered by motor size or mounting.
Very nice truck! That is definitely a keeper! I miss my first car. 1990 Nissan pickup 4 cylinder 5 speed!!! Those were the best trucks
I had one of the first of the hardbodies listed as a 1986 1/2
A company that I used to work for as a parts driver back in the day had a ‘90 Nissan with the 4 cylinder and the 5 speed. I drove the crap out of that little guy. Good little truck. They also had a ‘92 s-10 at the same time, and a ‘94 s-10 a little later. Had some fun zipping all over town with them.
@@NotthatNeil Yes!! I worked for Autozone when they fist started doing parts delivery and we had 1992-1993 2.3L Ford Rangers with 5 speed manuals to run parts around in. Regular cab and short bed, vinyl interior, and basic manual widows and door locks. They were so much fun to drive and they ended up replacing them after 5 years with Nissan Frontiers in the same basic setup. Not quite as fun but just as utilitarian..
Yup. Rangers, s-10’s, Nissans, Toyotas, it always kinda surprised me that Honda didn’t make a small truck like that. Would have sold well if there was an inexpensive base model for use as a work truck.
Rangers/Courier pickups with the 2.3 and 5 speed manual are my daily driving constants since 1988. Cost per mile is miniscule and maintenance easy/cheap/parts available.
You will love your S10. 7 foot bed is a bonus, also.
Great content as is always the case.
Thx
What year s10? If it has obd1 you could jump two pins with a paper clip and write down how many times the CEL flashes to tell you what the computers saying or seeing ...i done the same thing on a 93 c2500 suburban and found my knock sensor was bad
He said it’s an 89
The paperclip method is fine, and I do that when the check engine light comes on but I'm used to looking at live data that you get on an OBDII scanner.
@@robotcantina8957You might want to look at Moates for tuning stuff. I think the auto-prom i have is discontinued, (which was basically a chip programmer/emulator/data-logger), but they have a lot of other tools to do the same thing, and are probably a lot easier to setup. Fair warning, their customer support is... "nothing to write home about" from what i remember reading. You could read live data and even dial in the tune with a wideband o2 if the tinkering urge gets strong enough.
OBD1 does live data too. I had an app at one time that could plug into it from my phone e
I have a old OTC odb1 scanner that has live Data. It also has been updated many many years ago and also does obd2 as well. Tho I rarely use it. I obviously have much newer scanner
these trucks are a dying breed here in the US thanks to EPA regulations. it's actually easier to be compliant with a large truck than a small one. insanity
It's sad the government believes 20mpgs in a 1500 is better then the 25+ a small truck would get 😂😂😢😢😢
FMVSS is being rewritten to close the 'large vehicle' EPA loophole, among other things.
in a majority of the rest of the world you can still get small trucks and they all run off of diesel!
@@denhamdavesand think about owning a Modern Diesel truck these days.....no gracias!
@@francistheodorecatteis it tho?
At least with GM parts you know they’ll be verified to meet their quality standards. Had to find a master cylinder for my ‘93 Saturn SL2 - good luck locating OE stock for that! GM Professional was best I could find and was still a reasonable $68.
Got my coffee to watch!
Geat episode Jimbo, really enjoyed this one.
Insane that environmentalist government policy created the ginormous truck problem we currently have and killed the small, economical work truck entirely. I'd love to see the cradle to grave data change in emissions as a result of this bad policy. I've no doubt the increase in car mpg is not enough to offset the monstrous trucks we've created.
I miss these style of utes. I will never part with my VY Holden Commodore ute. I'm not a fan of these land yachts coming out nowadays. Had one on lease for a few weeks and and an absolute pain in the ass in tight city streets where I do 90% of my driving.
Oh how i wish i could get a holden ute here in the USA
A vu-vf ute is pretty good in a V8, but the vy is the best v6 model, my mate had a vy and vz crewman and the vz was the one i said to get rid of and he did. Much easier to fix an Ecotec. The S10 is a rodeo here so it's inferior to the vg-vs commodore ute. But yes I'm glad to see him use this. I have a VF wagon and don't plan to part with it for a long time.
Ute?
It's a pickup truck.
@@dreadnoughtprime6301 no. It's a ute.
@@Low760 Really? Where did that type of vehicle come from?
Check the VIN - either it started off life as a Duke 4cyl (says 2.5 on the front!), or the grill area got swapped at some point.
Going to armchair forensics it as a front right low speed smash, so it has the obvious donor fender and likely donor front panel.
@@Spudz76 - quite possible! was just curious. Probably a donor part though as you say.
The sheet metal on the front is from a 2.5. The 4.3 with the 700R4 is original to the truck.
I have had a bunch of those S10 Trucks and Small Blocks will bolt right in. But Jimbo will probably swap it with a Weed Eater Engine soon.. 😂
Had a 1992 with the 2.8 and the 5spd. Awesome little truck.
I had a 89 4x4 4speed i was gonna put a carbureted 2.8 in it but i never did.....should have though
I used to trim down and mini-size TBI harnesses to swap GM TBI systems onto 40 series Land Cruisers. It's probably the best early EFI system to learn on.
Those 4.3 engines are fantastic. I've got an Astro with 240K trouble-free miles on it, and it still doesn't burn any oil.
I love those Astro vans!! One of the guys at a machine shop I worked at had one with 400k+ on it before it threw a rod. We pulled the engine out and swapped in a rebuilt 4.3 from Jasper Engines and as far as I know he's still driving it..
@@1968CudaGuy I sure do depend on mine. I use it for long trips and I tow with it a lot. Never lets me down. The only major repair I've made is a new ring and pinion in the rear end.
There are at least three levels of AC Delco parts. "Original Equipment" is supposed to be a duplicate of what was on it originally. "Professional" is equivalent to the imported store-brand stuff at AutoZone or O'Reilly's or wherever. "Advantage" is the cheapest junk available that you hope will work long enough that you can sell the vehicle, kind of like the brands you've never heard of on eBay and Amazon. I think Professional and Advantage are or were also known as Gold and Silver, respectively. They keep changing the branding to add to the confusion.
This is true....but the boxes are nice😂
Thanks for the info ! It's sad that Delco is willing to tarnish its name with lower quality or questionable parts. Not everything from the far east is junk, but most of the stuff is and its impossible to distinguish what is good or not.
To be fair, ac Delco is backed by general motors and is sold in dealerships for parts and service. The professional grade 9/10 is pretty decent for aftermarket stuff. Advantage, well good luck lol
So it seems this is not an Engine swap series... so .... TURBO!
Grand Nationhaul
Oh…..it no longer runs on fart fumes……..🚶🏼♂️💨
America NEEDS little pickups and SUV like this little guy. Simple, durable and reliable. I HATE that we get Edward Bernays-ed into $40,000 worth of big fat and over complicated electronic garbage. This is the reason a bobbed Deuce and a half running on waste oil was my daily-driver for more than 10 years ... and the reason I'm building a reverse trike from a VW front end, a Honda GL1200 Goldwing and a Piper Cherokee fuselage. I call it the BugSmasher and it should last me until I shuck off this mortal coil.
Just a thought around the idle misfire - some gearboxes have a vacuum control line to downshift at acceleration and high load, so if that line exists and the gearbox diaphragm is broken then that may be a source for an air leak causing misfires.
Wouldn't it be burning tranny fluid then? Emitting white smoke out the exhaust?
Can you even buy CNG in your area easily, Jimbo? As far as I'm aware we only have a single station, maybe two that actually have it, in my area.
@@goosenotmaverick1156 I only personally know 1 location in Wichita with CNG there may be others but not worth it IMHO
@smokenchoken1736 yeah I didn't figure. Worked with a dude that had a dual fuel Ford, he never bothered with the cng because he said there was no benefit, not in cost, or economy. I assume emissions may be a bit cleaner but that would be it.
@@goosenotmaverick1156 my boss had a dual fuel f250 and it gave him an 800 mile fuel range between the two, Wichita is 100 miles from us so 4 trips per fill-up
Sweet!!
The Vortec roller cam engines were a big jump in power for the 4.3.....
that v6 reminds me of the dodge magnum v6 3.9 liter. my dad had a dakota sport 2002. he didn't like how it accelerated and decided to upgrade the intake and added a efi tune to it. bumping it from 175hp and 225ftlbs of torque to 217hp and a whopping 300ft lbs of torque. the cast block didnt break a sweat and temps remained mostly normal.
Basically same idea. They're both the standard offer v8 minus two cylinders. They didn't change much on either beyond that. The 3.9 is just a 5.2 minus 2 cylinders and the 4.3 is just a 5.7 v8 missing two holes as well. They're not entirely identical but they share a good chunk of components between the v6 and v8 versions
If you don't beat the engine too hard, a tune doesn't necessarily increase temps. It may actually reduce them. Engines come lean from factory to meet emissions and increase the fuel mileage. A mix on the rich side (more performance) burns cooler than a mix on the lean side, if everything else is kept consistent.
@somedude2492 true but who is tinkering with a 3.9 dodge like that and NOT beating on it lol
@@goosenotmaverick1156 small truck, very fast for the power to weight.
I had a GMC Sonoma. I loved that thing.
The joys of working on something that has been sitting to long.
Yes, there is always something that need replacing just because its been sitting for a long time.
A GM TBI 4.3 is actually a lovable thing. Some people say it is "not real fuel injection", but they system works just fine. HEI is still good enough to be daily driven. As a light duty truck, that is an actual score, IMO. I want.
It's fuel injection. Pressurized fuel is pulse metered by solenoid injectors.
In carburetors and computer controlled carburetors unpressurized fuel is drawn constantly from a reservoir by high speed air.
Im on my 5th S10. Current daily driver in a 1994 S10 with a 5.3 LS in it. You've made a subsciber very very happy. Keep up the good work my good sir. That S10 is in pretty good shape. Its definitely worth saving. I get the majority of my parts from Rock Auto.
Thanks for the sub!
I can’t even remember the last time I seen a s10 of that vintage that wasn’t completely rusted out. Even just that rolling chassis without a driveline would sell in seconds where I live!
Last one I seen had a ratchet strap holding the passenger door shut 😂
There is a guy in my neighborhood that restores pickups from the 80's. I've seen a few Jimmy's and S-10's at his place.
When I first saw the truck, I was shocked it had no rust on it and I had to have it.
@@robotcantina8957 can't fault you there! I haven't seen one that straight in ages.
@@robotcantina8957 I’m not even really a Chevy guy and I’d have had to have it just for the immaculate condition!
I WANTED TO BUY ONE BUT THEY ARE ASKInG BETWEEN 5 AND 10K FOR THEM AT TWENTY YEARS OLD . i bought a twenty year old town and country for $2300 . IT HAS WAY MORE CARGO SPACE.
Lol typical 90s Chevy, just keep tossing parts at it
It's kind of like the truck of Theseus, eventually it'll run but you'll start questioning if it even is the same truck you began with
There parts are affordable enough to do so😂
I remember me & dad laughing at these little trucks in the '80's. We thought it's not a real pickup. Nowadays, that little S10 is more practical & useful than anything GM, FORD or STelalntus builds.
That NG setup looked pretty sketchy, I don't think i would have ever used it.
Grassroots Motorsports! I used to own a '68 Fiat 850 spider that was featured on the cover of the magazine... a long time ago. I sold it to guy in America's hat.
Although my true love is old Ford F-150 p/u trucks, at one time I needed an SUV for work. My first ... and BEST ... was a square S-10 Blazer. A GREAT little vehicle. After the S-10 got hit in the rear and totaled I had 2 more Chevy Blazers ... the ELVIS edition ... you know: Big, FAT and very nearly useless.
You always amaze me with your helpfulness. Where as I am in love with funky engine swaps, my wife is currently looking at two 1987 does F150 4wd manual trucks for $500 & $600 bucks that cold probably easily cobble together for one fine truck with just a few spare parts and interior upgrades. I would still like to do some custom carburetor and exhaust work like dual carbs and custom stacks added. But anywho this video is just what my brain waves were needing this morning. Thank you.
I used to have the GMC version of that truck way back in the day. Only mine had the smaller 2.8 V6 and a 2 barrel progressive carb. Loved that little truck even though it needed a lot of work. The 4.3 is a great engine. You've definitely got a keeper there, Jimbo. I know you're on a tight budget, but it sure would be cool to see it turn into a version of the GMC Syclone. Great video, Jimbo!! 💪🔥
What a sweet truck. I miss mini trucks. I had a Ford Ranger single cab with a long bed and a Mazda B3000 extended cab with a medium bed and I loved them. Drove the ranger until the frame broke in half on both sides behind the cab. Some Thick Plate steel and a couple of grade 8 bolts got her back to new. I wish they would bring back mini trucks. These behemoths we have today are far less useful for your typical every day truck stuff.
A popular performance modification for the 4.3 TBI motor was to swap the TBI assembly out for a 350 or 454 TBI unit. If memory serves me correctly, the injectors were interchangeable.
Thanks for getting this truck back up on the road JimBo! I wish manufacturers would make a simple truck like this again. Extremely basic, no frills, and no electronic gizmos. They were cheap, basic, and reliable, which can not be said for any modern truck.
I live in brazil, more specific in Rio de Janeiro, we have a LOT of natural gas powered cars here, they are still garbage 😂
Mint jimbo , i love these old 4.3 5 speed s10s , they are a hoot , and they take boost with the iron block 😉 lol ..deff a keeper boss ... peace and love Jimbo , keep it rad, stay safe, and build on brotha ... l8r famz and keep having fun all
At work we have 2 hyster 80 forklifts that use a gm 4.3l v6. One is from 2017 and the other is from 2018. They replaced the intake manifold gasket on the '18 and it was backfiring like crazy because they sent out a thick piece of aluminum almost like a spacer amd then the distributor was off a bit because it used a hold down with some sort of lockout piece over the hold down to keep it from being adjusted properly. It was interesting to see how much they had to go through on that lift to get it runnin right. It runs good now and i use it all the time with over 7500 hours on the clock and it goea through a tank of propane between 4 and 6 hours depending on how much throttle i am using to move bunks of lumber and sheet goods.
Now optimize it for mpg, should be quite interesting, maybe implement half cylinders cutoff like on Chrysler 300c
Ah, the memories! My family moved to the U.S.A. in '91 and we lived there 'till '96. Our first vehicle there was a white short bed 1986 Chevrolet S10! I loved that thing and used to drive it up and down the street we lived in there in California after washing it. I was 14 at the time. That truck got us through some tough times and worked like a champ with little to no maintenance. I will always love those little pick up trucks!
The humble little S10 will always have a place in my heart. Give us back our affordable easy to drive, use, load and park trucks !
Had 88 GMC Gypsy with 2.5L and 5speed, I thought it got bad mpg when I got 22 mpg. 24 was normal.
Your attention to detail and effort is unmatched and I find it quite inspiring! Really enjoyed this one ☕
As a minitruck owner, you have no idea how EXCITED I am for this jimbo
I've had a couple of these trucks and have always been partial to them. Congrats on your nice rust free example.
This new project is quite welcoming seeing the same three projects over and over was getting…a bit stale.just saying 😁
I like it typical normal broken stuff do water pump do front bearings and pads if needed trans fluid and pumpkin and will have happy truck
about the O2 sensor: NG burns leaner than gasoline, so they need some tricks to avoid turn on the check engine light 😁
I did a 5.7 swap on mine. Same thing random mis, sometimes I'd get an engine stall but would restart and run fine.
Dizzy was trash, rebuilt the OEM on with AC Delco parts. Put all new sensors on it. Runs like a top.
Bad news: everything is old and trash
Good news: can be fixed for a few hundred dollars and will work for another 30 years 😂
5.7 swap is an awesome swap for one of these light weigh trucks.
0:42 - I love these old small trucks, I know a guy who has an even smaller Datsun truck, love them all.
It's become pretty much standard procedure for GM collectors to replace the distributor on anything TBI (does not really apply to DIS cars). Rust, and age has ruined the magnets, and the rust falling off gets embedded in the magnetic pickup coil. To prevent this happening again, I disassemble the distributor all the way down and extract the shaft and magnetic reluctor, and I give ONLY the magnet part a coating of paint to prevent the bare metal from rusting up again. The only time a TBI GM has ever broke down on the side of the road for me, was because of total ignition failure. I've been daily driving GM TBI cars only, since 2005
That's a great idea!
I love these little s10's I'm glad to see you rescue this one!
Oh yeah if you start to get another idle mis look at your EGR. They carbon up and stick open.
When I had the TBI off, I also took a look at the EGR and it was very clean, I think someone may have replaced it when the truck started running poorly many years ago.
Great video Jimbo, thanks for sharing. 👍
I have a mint grey dash pad that I will donate for free if you will pay shipping from Reno,NV. I bought it for an 1989 S10 that I no longer have. Really miss that truck.
That is so tempting!
Great video. I tried using old gas from a Renault Encore (of all things) in my mower. It started and ran great for 20 minutes. Then it lost all compression. Exhaust valve was stuck open. I unstuck the valve and drained the gas out. Filled with fresh gas and went back to mowing.
LOL, my luck was a bit better, The lawnmower(tractor) ate all five gallons without any problems
s10 are one of my fav pickup truck of all time. They did a model called the Syclone in 91, it was under the GMC badge but that thing was a turbo monster!
4.3 turbo
My 93 4.3 S-10 could spin the tires in 1st and would chirp the tires going into 2nd during hard acceleration.
I'm finding out that spinning the tires is normal for the 4.3. Me like that!
Thank you for keeping your projects interesting.
What happened to AC Delco? I have bought parts online with the label, but the parts were substandard. I guess some finance guy saw the value of the brand's reputation and decided to plunder the brand.
Indeed, the name is worth a mint and selling junk under that name may increase income, but eventually it will catch up to them.
Still a cool truck, I have two of them 1986 2.8 ltr long bed,1988 2.5 ltr short bed. Both are stupid slow, but reliable.
I had an 87 4x4 with the 2.8 ran it bracket racing once… 18 seconds in the quarter mile lol
Nice video and revival of the S-10. A pickup with a Diesel engine and manual transmission and no power options would make me a happy camper.
The low cost truck Toyota released this year would be awesome, but its wont be coming to the states.
Nice to see this old truck getting a new life.
Some of those new trucks are impractically large.
This seems like a good work horse.
Thanks 👍
That's a neat little truck, we call them utes in Australia, the word ute is short for utility..
Anyway was great to see you get it running again.👍
haha I never thought gas visibly pouring into the intake was fuel injection. Should put a small 4 bbl on it.
TBI injection is crude, but it works!
Well Jimbo since I'm the oldest of the two of us, I'd say you are a lot like me and simply want to work on something all of the time. I like that and love your videos. All the best.
Well said!
There isn’t an air temp sensor as the intake is plumbed with coolant and they use coolant temp as an input…….at least that is what the Holley projection did.
The IAT sensor is not used on this engine for some reason, but they do use it on the 2.5 TBI. perhaps since this is a Vortex engine they may rely on the ECT sensor since the intake manifold is heated by the coolant.
It took me way too long into the video to realize that this was done over more than 1 week.... I was really impressed for a few minutes 😂
Yeah this one took a while to do.... and it still isn't done.
"Everything turns to crap eventually." Yeah, welcome to globalization. Great if you're a shareholder, not so much if you're a product owner.
So true!
"Everything"? I was born in 1950 ... my Atlas/Craftsman lathe and Singer 15-90 sewing machine are at least 4 years older than I am. I have another Singer (Improved Family mod 15) that was built in 1883. One of my drill presses, a Walker-Turner built for Craftsman is from 1935, my Buffalo was built in the 1960's. I won't bother to list the rest of the tools I use almost daily that were built before WW2. The BEST part ... ALL of these perform like the day they were new AND can be serviced or rebuilt. "Everything built FROM ABOUT 1960 turns to crap eventually."
I wish i could find a decent truck like that. That m.f look good i see a cyclone in the Making.
That was a nice refreshing change of pace. I'm all in on the diesel turbo Shelby!!! I think that the garage gnomes did the water pump in just to distract you ... have you looked for your 10 mm lately!!!
Garden gnomes certainly had some influence on this problematic truck. They enjoy making my life difficult.
@@robotcantina8957 Those chevy small blocks need a quality water pump. As you know I'm sure. At least they are easy to change.
It's so nice to see these old little pickup trucks. Definitely worth saving. These days, even here in Europe, you can hardly find them anymore-just those over-inflated, dual-cab fancy-pants monsters.
But there's no room inside the cab to put anything. A foot or 18 inches extra does a lot for practicality
@@erik_dk842 to me it looks like on the video, there is plenty of space to put two adults in the cab comfortably, and some bags on the floor as well, as the gear selector is on the wheel.
Potentially it is the making of a lawn mower powered vehicle. It had a cut back V8 to V6 right? What would it take to cut back the V6 to make it a V2?
Volkswagen made a 1.4 3 by lopping a cylinder of the 1.9 TDI. It ran like it was done with a Sawzall and the forgot to close up the block afterwards. Horrible little things
@@erik_dk842 We had a similar debacle here in Australia - Local GM - GMH took a reliable, well proven straight 6 and cut off 2 cylinders. They called it the "Starfire" - most people referred to it as the "Misfire".
Gotta save all the simple, cheap mini trucks we can.
right on!
My first truck in high school was the GMC version of the S-10. One of my brothers bought the Chevy version. Both were black short beds with gray interior and chrome package with Camaro wheels and manual transmission. Great little trucks.
At least the water pump won't leak while the engine is running. 🙋♂😉 Good looking truck. What a good buy the California desert keeps the undersides very nice. I'm driving one of those V6's as well but a more modern one in my 2011 GMC . It has 400,000 miles on it, doesn't use any oil and still sounds like a new engine when it is started. You just gotta love full synthetic.😊 I have always been an inline 6 fan but this GM 4,3 is earning its complements. The offset crank pins and the counter balancer make so that if I didn't know it was a V6 I wouldn't be able to tell. Good torque too, 1500 rpm at 70 mph and climbs hills without a downshift.
I’ve gotten MANY counterfeit AC Delco parts from Amazon. Plugs, wires, filters, and on. I wonder how much counterfeit parts have damaged a once quality brand?
OPE YOU GOT ME IM A HUGE S10 FAN
I’m currently building a 1990 4x4 regular cab with a 383 😳😳😳😳😁😁😁😁😏😏😏😏😏
16:30 GRM STICKER SPOTTED
Man Robot, I hope to have your drive and work ethic soon too. If I was like you, my MR2 would already be running again.
20:42 I feel like this was a vice grip garage reference. 😂
Indeed, that guy will drive anything.
Great JOB!!!! I daily drive two of these old trucks and love them. They never let me down. I love the S-10 series 👍
i drive 9-10 hours in my subaru wrx with 300k miles np but recently timing belt pulley went and it bent all the valves, sad ending to a healthy motor
1995 Dakota V6, single cab, 8' bed. Vinyl upholstery and rubber floor matts. Only options were AC and radio.
It's a rolling junkpile - I gave up trying to keep everything working years ago - so it is dying a death of a thousand cuts. But it hauls plywood and 2x4s with the gate closed, so it still does what I bought it cheap for 20 years ago.
Love your stories Jimbo!
I'm with the man who mentioned vacuum pipes to gearbox.
Also put a potentiometer on the lambda sensor signal wire, and set initial timing to 5° btdc, then wind the fuel trim pot back until a gunsons colortune shows a nice light blue color. Probably be around 30mpg i reckon. Less fuel equals spark in later, equals complete burn And will run cooler. Less thermo dynamic loss. Sounds mad, but it's true.
Keep up the good work Jimbo 😎
You should also recap the ECU. Late 80s ECUs from a few car brands had a problem with corrosive capacitors that leak past the bung as they age and it can lead to all sorts of nasty issues especially with a change in climate. The problem is called the "quaternary ammonium salts/compound" issue, if you want to look that up. It's also the same thing that causes plague issues in late 80s and early 90s Macintosh computers with surface mount caps. Recommended replacement for an ECU is going to be modern automotive grade capacitors, but standard power supply rated 105C caps (i.e. Nichicon PS series, which are now EOL as of last year) are perfectly fine too if you can find stock on digikey or mouser.
How do them youtube guys do 2 day revive and drives?
Magic of vediogerphy..
Lots and lots of time cut out no one sees..
You can actually read live data with a ALDL adapter from Red Devil River and some software on a laptop.
Have you tried this? I did see there were a few software and laptop options but I couldn't find and proof that it works.
@@robotcantina8957 yes I use it on my 94 trans am all the time. There's even a paid software for Android called ALDLDroid that I use for a digital dash
@@robotcantina8957 I have one of the Red Devil River ALDL USB adapters and have used it successfully with WinALDL and TunerPRO, primarily on an 85 Fiero V6 and a TBI 350 Suburban. It's been a little while, but I think the only slightly tricky part was identifying the right definitions file for each vehicle. Fortunately, the CD included with the adapter comes with a handy cross reference to sort that out. I was honestly surprised at the number of live data points available given the age of the vehicles.
Excellent! More Please!