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Well, my daily driver died today. All my anti-freeze is now mixed with all my oil.
I only got 50 grand miles out of the rebuild. Disappointing to say the least. I guess it's time for the V-8 conversion. I just put a new clutch in it last week, and acquired a bunch of upgrade parts for it. Bummer. Head gasket or head I figure. |
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Is it a 4.3? I would say pull the intake manifold. These are notorious for being rotted out around the water jackets. I would do a leak down check or compression check first to make sure. But I have surfaced alot of manifolds off of these things. gasket goes and then all the water is next.
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2.8
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Add an 5.3 motor!!!
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sad, sad news. that it was a 2.8 LOL
until 2 weeks ago I had a good 4.3 I just finished swapping it into a 98 4x4. so... what kind of motor you going with now? |
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Bummer.... I miss our little s10. That thing was a runner.
Good luck with the engine choice, as you have a fresh blank slate. :D |
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Awww geez. I guess you can bring it up here for storage.
Dont forget to bring the title with you... |
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Since you already have cool parts for a 2.8, Why not get another?
An LS1 5.3 would be very cool though...;) Nice looking Blaze!!! Hows life on AWACS? |
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AWACS is life as usual. I was A.D. 7 years, mostly worked ISO/PHASE Inspections, 1 year in Mission Simulators, and 1 year flightline. Now I'm civilian over at Depot. I'm getting tired and bored of AWACS. I'd rather not turn wrenches at work anymore - I'd rather save that for my hobbies. Did you spend time on them? |
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No, I did a lot of time on B-52s, F-16s and A-10s though. I actually miss the flightline. I got to admit, It can be a rough place somtimes. I was a weapons loader, expiditer, flight chief, and then a production super. I didn't do any time in PHASE. When I retired, I ran the Armament flight.
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I'm hopin I read that 50 grand as 50,000 miles and not 50 miles out of the rebuild.
Well, since ya aready have the cowl hood ya might as well put somethin worthwhile under it! LOL Nice little blazer. Reminds me of my 90 Jimmy, except alot nicer than mine. I have mount templates for v8 swap if ya need 'em. |
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50k isn't much. I would second the intake option. It would be worth a look at least.
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Hey Blazer72 What all parts you got for the 2.8L. Are you sure your gunna do the V8 swap. I might be interested in acquiring some of the parts.
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A 5.3L and 4L60E complete with computer and wiring harness would be good swap.
A 4.8L with 5 speed manual combo while more rare is also out there if you want to stay with a manual transmission. |
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the 2.8 are bad about intake gasket leaks i would pull the intake manfold off and check
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yeah, I keep hearing that, and heads/head gaskets. Either way, the anti-freeze is has already damaged the seals and bearings, so I'm screwed. I want to just throw another 2.8 and go, but not if it's going to happen again. Besides, if I'm going to wrench, I'd like to upgrade to the v8
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Well, after almost 2 weeks of searching ebay, craigslist, and a couple of forums, I found a donor V8 conversion. It's an 87 jimmy with the conversions already done. The parts are all there except an electric fan and a good steering column. I got a decent deal. Now, I just need to hunker down and get greasy.
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Looks like ya got a head start on the conversion that way! LOL
Where's the engine bay pics??? hahaha |
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What years is your Blazer? I'm curious what your going to do with all the 2.8 stuff. I am trying to hold off long as I can before I do a V8 swap in mine.
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i have no use for it, so I guess I'll try to sell it. Everything is new or replaced within the last 4 years. This is my baby and my daily driver, so everything was right on. I guess I could find a 3.4 and switch it all over - but why? I need to liquidate and maybe offset some of my swap expenses. |
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What parts do you have? Hey another question, how are the window channel rubber on your parts blazer? I need a drivers side if you want to see and are willing to.
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Well, here's an update. It's been slow due to 2 knee surgeries since Dec. 4, but I get a little done here and there.
Ordered the Corvette Rad/Dual SPAL elect fans, motor mounts, and the JTR manual first. Cleaned, Painted, and Detailed the 350 and 700R4 tranny that came out, added an 88 4.3 accessory drive setup to the front - serpentine belt baby! Ordered Evap/Heater box plate - modified box - applied plate (burned up my dremel in the process) Modified Firewall Deleted all the Manual Tranny assc'd crap Ordered a tranny lockup kit from TCI Modified Radiator Support to mount Rad in forward Position - ordered new mount pads and core support mount kit (LMC) Bought a 92 Typhoon Center Console/Shifter assy online (thanks Mark) it's freakin awesome. Performed Test Fit Cleaned, wirebrushed, and painted engine compartment area. Will perform addt'l firewall mod this weekend and attempt to start final installation. |
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what kind of sauce do you use on your spaghetti? LOL
I'm sorry, I just had to say it. there's just something about how a guy can take what appears to the untrained eye as a total mess and end up with sweet success. |
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