Just a quick video walk around of my truck...
Friday, June 1, 2012
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Time for a Wash!
IT was nice out so i decided it was time for a wash and wax and a fine detail of the outside. I didn't get nearly as far as i wanted to. Washed the whole truck, buffed all the chrome and painted my rear drums and front calipers red. They were half covered with orange over spray so i need to make them all the same color.
I still have to sand all the runs out of the driver side and then buff and wax it. There's basically a run all the way along...
Monday, April 30, 2012
How To : Manual to Power Windows
I just did a conversion from manual windows to power windows, I didn't do
the locks since I shaved the handles, so there is no need to have power
locks. I did the conversion using the stock power regulators from
another s-series truck, some people just buy an aftermarket kit like
spal or autoloc , but I didn't want the manual crank piece sticking out
of my door panel (aftermarket kits come with a cover), and I think that
theres less things...
Friday, April 27, 2012
OLD Current Project Upgrade: How To, Custom Door Panels Part 2
Credit goes to rhenry01 on s10forum
We will start part 2 by re covering the upper cloth part by the window. This fabric should come off easily. Take care not to destroy the padding underneath the fabric as we will leave is on and just add more foam to it. Also take care not to seperate the cardboard portion of the panel from the metal portion. If that happens try some 5 min epoxy to glue them back together.
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
OLD Current Project Upgrade: How To, Custom Door Panels Part 1
Credit goes to rhenry01 on s10forum
OK First Gen'ers, when I bought my truck
used there was an unidentifiable substance in the bottom of the map
pockets that had successfully chemically bonded some pennies to the
bottom of the pockets. Since they have that fuzzy stuff on them cleaning
them was almost out of the question. Besides, my wife think that they
make excellent junk collectors! Well I'm doing away with the pockets and
I'm going to...
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Current Project Update: Tubular Upper Control Arm's on the cheap, Header Clearance
During my LT1 Swap I ran into an issue with my Sanderson CS-12, 3/8" thick gasket less flange, 1-5/8" primary tubes headers. With the motor sitting on the mounts and the headers on, the headers hit part of the upper control arms on both the passenger and driver side. With suspension travel they would push up into the header and bind.
I solved this issue by ordering a set of tubular upper control arms from http://www.gbodyparts.com . Its very useful...
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Current Project Update: Cold air Intake.
I purchased the intake kit from Ebay seller chromeintakes. I ended up paying 15$ for the intake and 15$ for shipping for a total of $30. The install was very simple and only took 15 min. I did however run into two problems.
The first problem was getting the rubber 3.5'' round grommet over the LT1's throttle body. A little soap and heat got it to slide over no problem.
The other issues was the 3.5'' hose clap they provided for the throttle...
Friday, April 20, 2012
How to: Front Coilovers for a S10
Ok, I've noticed that every once in awhile, the subject of coilover front suspension will come up, but nobody ever does anything towards it..
So I figured I'll be a test mule...I went and puchased the bolt-in front coilover set from Carrera. They ended up costing $444.18 shipped, and arrived in 3 days! I was very surprised at the timely arrival. Here is the link so you can check them out yourself:
NOTE: Carrera was bought out by QA1 some time...
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Current Project Update: Running
Over the last weekend i was able to straighten out my wiring and keep the motor running, Now i just have all the small time consuming details to finish off. Video to the right of my first start up on the fresh mot...
How-to Polish ~ By beandip
DIFFICULTY: rated at 4, very easy to do but with anything, especially polishing, work + attention to detail X time= results. If you half ass it you get half ass results...that simple.
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OK today i will start off polishing something very simple...an aluminum thermostat housing. before we get into it lets go over the materials needed to start this project.
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