My version of the s10 swap

[69CST-V]

Late to the party but wow does it look like a fun one. Nice work.

[Advanced Design]

Well how in the world have I been missing out on this awesome build. Really enjoyed the great fab work. Tagging along for the rest.

[BlueJeep]

Originally Posted by 69CST-V

Late to the party but wow does it look like a fun one. Nice work.

Thanks! I can't wait to see work resume on yours.

Originally Posted by Advanced Design

Well how in the world have I been missing out on this awesome build. Really enjoyed the great fab work. Tagging along for the rest.

Thank you. Maybe next year I'll have to try to attend your Metal Meet. I also want to do the Route 56 one in Minnesota.

[Advanced Design]

Originally Posted by BlueJeep

Thank you. Maybe next year I'll have to try to attend your Metal Meet. I also want to do the Route 56 one in Minnesota.

I hope you can make it. A lot of good folks make it happen and we have a good time. DM is only 8 hours.

[BlueJeep]

Originally Posted by 47owner

Thanks BlueJeep. Can't wait to get started, my garage is a mess, got to get organized before the tear down begins. I'm using a 1992 S10, extra Cab, any peoblems you heard of using this model. I have a 47 3/4 truck.

Mine is based off a 95 extra cab, so yes it should work just fine.

Originally Posted by Advanced Design

I hope you can make it. A lot of good folks make it happen and we have a good time. DM is only 8 hours.

I'll see what I can do!

[47owner]

Thanks BlueJeep. Can't wait to get started, my garage is a mess, got to get organized before the tear down begins. I'm using a 1992 S10, extra Cab, any peoblems you heard of using this model. I have a 47 3/4 truck.

[47owner]

I know everyone changes out the rear axle off a 4x4 blazer for the extra 4" in width. What about using 2" billet spacers on each side, of the stock S101, should be the same effect, right? I plan to use this truck as a daily driver, i am trying to save as much money as possible. I plant to keep the 4.3L V6.

[joedoh]

I didnt use spacers or a 4x4 axle on my 47, just ordered wheels with close to a zero offset and I think it looked great.


gorgeous interior work blujep!

[84blaze]

What did you get your seat out of? Do you have any photos of how you mounted it?

[BlueJeep]

Originally Posted by 47owner

I know everyone changes out the rear axle off a 4x4 blazer for the extra 4" in width. What about using 2" billet spacers on each side, of the stock S101, should be the same effect, right? I plan to use this truck as a daily driver, i am trying to save as much money as possible. I plant to keep the 4.3L V6.

Originally Posted by joedoh

I didnt use spacers or a 4x4 axle on my 47, just ordered wheels with close to a zero offset and I think it looked great.

gorgeous interior work blujep!

Yep, what he said. I initially used a 4x4 rear axle because I had one lying around that was free, and it bolted right in. Later in my build I did a 9"... wouldn't do that again. For a "cheap" axle, it definitely was NOT. I'd do an explorer 8.8 next time or another s10 rear.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by 84blaze

What did you get your seat out of? Do you have any photos of how you mounted it?

Seat is from 88-95 Chevy fullsize. All mounting photos are earlier in this build thread.

[BlueJeep]

It runs!!!!!

My goal was to have it running by the 1st, I didn't make that. I had it cranking over but it wouldn't fire. Yesterday I pulled out the injectors and they were really dirty. After rigging up a system to clean them, I got that done and put it back together and it fired right up. I don't have the radiator in yet so I didn't run it long, but long enough to know that it works!



The setup for cleaning the injectors. I didn't come up with it, watched a few videos on YouTube and worked pretty good. If I could seal up the straw in the cap it would have been better, but it did get the job done.

[lower50's]

Yay it's alive Cool way to clean injectors.

[99 to Life]

congrats. as long as there is some fluid in there, those things take forever to get up to temp, so you could run it for a while.

[tlorber]

It has to be really gratifying to have her running.
After your recommendation I looked at some you tube videos as well to see how to clean the injectors. I'll probably use a combination of what I saw there.

[tlorber]

Hey Blue, going back to post #252, what did you use to cut the hole for the filler neck grommet into the bedside?

[HUSSEY]

Looking great! Did you custom order your gauges from New Vintage. I got the same set through Summit when the were on sale but mine didn't come with the turn signals, high beam, and check engine light.

[BlueJeep]

Originally Posted by tlorber

Hey Blue, going back to post #252, what did you use to cut the hole for the filler neck grommet into the bedside?

I have a little air saw that I like to use for curves like that. I started off with a smaller hole and made sure I was getting it where I wanted it, then cut the hole larger to fit the grommet. That way I still had a little wiggle room.

Originally Posted by HUSSEY

Looking great! Did you custom order your gauges from New Vintage. I got the same set through Summit when the were on sale but mine didn't come with the turn signals, high beam, and check engine light.

Kinda. I bought from Old Dog Street Rod or something like that, but I had already spoken with New Vintage so I'd arranged all the custom features. There was an extra artwork charge and then a small charge for the LED's they used. Hooked them up last weekend.

[72-c20]

[rollinrooster]

Just finished looking thru your build and love the stand you built for the fenders so much I will be adding that to my to do list. Anyway keep up the good work truck looks good!!

[BlueJeep]

I made some forward progress this weekend, but have to take a step back too. I've been waiting on nicer weather to be able to finish up my radiator support and this weekend was to be that weekend. I prepped a bunch of pieces and sprayed epoxy, then did some seam sealing, and then chassis black.

Here it is in epoxy with the seam sealer on it:


In black:


But...after 24 hours it all looks great EXCEPT where the paint is on top of the seam sealer, it isn't drying. I validated that the seam sealer (Lord Fusor 805) is OK to go on top of epoxy and can be painted in 30 minutes. I waited about 6 hours before top-coating it. I'm afraid now I have to dig it all back out and use some other brand of seam sealer, not happy about that. This impacts the radiator support and both inner fenders, so that'll be a good amount of work.


Rather than deal with that frustration, I started in on filler work. I'm a complete newbie to filler, so I pretended like I knew what I was doing and dove in. I'm pretty happy with where it ended up, smoothed out the seams and some dips and is good enough for some chassis black at this point. Will have to wait for another nice weekend to spray epoxy over them and then chassis black....hopefully I'll have my seam sealer debacle straightened out by then.

[99 to Life]

stuff is looking great, sux about the seam sealer. I'll def keep that in mind of not to do.
as for filler work, i'm no seasoned pro but have managed to do pretty good first few rounds. With body work, its like metal work. all about the highs and lows. easier to see with spraypaint or powders.

[lower50's]

Even with the seam sealer problem your parts look good. I'm in the same boat with waiting for the right weather.

[joedoh]

those inner tubs look great, it will be nice to keep water and grit out of everything including the headlights!

[BlueJeep]

Originally Posted by 99 to Life

stuff is looking great, sux about the seam sealer. I'll def keep that in mind of not to do.
as for filler work, i'm no seasoned pro but have managed to do pretty good first few rounds. With body work, its like metal work. all about the highs and lows. easier to see with spraypaint or powders.

Yep, and next time it will be easier.

Originally Posted by lower50's

Even with the seam sealer problem your parts look good. I'm in the same boat with waiting for the right weather.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by joedoh

those inner tubs look great, it will be nice to keep water and grit out of everything including the headlights!

That was one of the driving forces behind the inners. Knowing where these all rust out (kick panels), it can't help but be from everything that the tires throw up there. Now those areas will stay clean and dry. Also bought a bunch of room for PCM, washer tank, overflow, MAF and air filter, etc. I thought about trying to start with s10 inners, but didn't get them with my donor.

How many 55-59's would still have their eyebrows if they had proper inner fenders......

New seam sealer went on tonight after spending 2 nights digging the old out. We'll see how it turns out this time.

[BlueJeep]

I spent my free time this week digging out seam sealer....

I did manage to get it all out and replaced with a different brand, I hope to not have to do that again.








So then to put a positive spin on the week, I had these mounted up today!