After years of wanting one I finally pulled the trigger. SBC 355 with a motha thumper cam, summit racing 700 carburetor, and a 350 turbo transmission using 410 gears with a winters sidewinder shifter. I’m in love

Got this truck on a trade and I plan on doing some braking and suspension mods before doing anything else with the motor. Im gonna tackle the brakes first i got a lsd rear axle out of a 1998-04 balzer and im gonna buy blazer front spindles and calipers to get some extra braking power but ive been looking for a braided line kit but I can't find on anywhere. Also any mods I need to do to the truck while im ripping it apart?. I know I need an adjustable prop valve and was debating on getting a MC from a full size 1500 to give it better pedal travel. My goal to to make the truck as street friendly as possible but still rowdy when I want it.

Stan the man with the plan for my sedan, can we fix it... lol. My son was in a slight fenderbender with his $750 shtbox 94 4.3 5spd. He bought it 3 yrs ago. I blew the head gasket on it about a year and a half ago when I wasnt paying attention to temperature and the minor water leak and let it run too low and overheat. Simply pulled the heads scrapped the old gasket and put the heads back on. We swapped the clutch using the bread trick for the pilot bearing right before I blew the head gasket. The input shaft bearing on it started making noise so we just swapped out the transmission for another off marketplace. We got it home tonight and i attached a chain come-along to the core support and pulled it enough to pop the hood. Damn near took my head off when the hook popped loose and shot back at me missing my head by inches and ever so gently wraped itself halfway around my neck. The accident missed the frame, no damage there. Looks like we just need to replace the hood, drivers fender assembly, radiator and core support and fan. Maybe the water pump. Obviously everything infront of the core support too. We already have a donor truck for all the parts. We bought it for 300 without a title, it was a green longbed with a bad transmission. He needed the frame for a 1979 chevy longbed Luv body swap. Anyway see how far we get tomorrow. Ill post updates.

My fellow S10 dudes & dudettes, which generation of S10’s would you find to be more appealing overall & to your liking most? A first generation square body S10, or the later second generation round body style S10 & why? Curious to know if the sub-community may favor one over the other more & why.

To speak for myself I would absolutely be a square body lover through & through all the way! Square body’s for life!

Hi all,

This past weekend I was towing my camper with my S10. Stopped for gas at one point, noticed that mileage was a little worse than expected, and there was an odd "hot" smell, but opening the engine bay didn't turn up anything, so I assumed it was from someone else. About an hour later I get off the interstate, and the brake pedal sinks much further than before. Braking is still sort of ok if I push far enough, so I assume I busted a rear brake line and keep going to somewhere safe to stop.

After stopping, I look underneath for brake fluid, nothing there. Check the fluid level, all good. Check the wheel temperatures, right rear is hot as fuck. I assume that brake was dragging and eventually boiled the fluid (I haven't been staying on top of changes, that stuff is pretty damn old).

I do a little digging online, and it seems that the phenolic pistons GM used in the back were pretty bad, and one seizure up isn't exactly a surprise. After cooling down, brakes seem fine again, so I finish my trip (I was pretty close to the campsite anyway), and drive back a couple of days later with no incident (keeping speed down, stopping every hour or so to check wheels, never got worryingly hot again).

Today I finally get a chance to take off that wheel and have a proper look. Pads and rotors still look fine, I think the fluid is bad enough to boil much lower than you'd expect, but one of the pins is seized pretty badly. I manage to get it out and I check the caliper, it seems to be just fine. Pushes our easily, back in just the same.

So obviously I clean up the pin and housing, lubricate, and reinstall, but should I be replacing those calipers anyway, even though everything seems to be working perfectly now? It seems clear that the root cause was the stuck pin and old brake fluid, but I've seen nothing but trouble from those plastic pistons. This truck is not a daily driver for me, but when I do take it out, it's usually towing the camper, I'd rather not have this issue again in the future.

I've noticed that most slip ons won't cover the back part that's pretty bad any advice on how to cover that this is my

Do I need a new lower intake with this pitting? 2002 4.3. this is the rear passenger coolant port. I have the victor reinz metal gaskets going in.