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Today me and my dad went and looked at a 92 Sonoma long bed. It is a v-6, 5 speed. I test drove it and loved the little thing, so we brought it. We got to go pick it up tomorrow. I got a few questions about it though: it has a slow leak in the slave cylinder. You can fill it up with fluid and drive it for a few hours before you need to top it off agian, where is the most common places for these to leak at? Ive never owned a small truck nor a stick shift, so this is all new to me. Also, how hard is it to change out the door locks? And what are some cheap but good lookin wheels to put on these? Sorry for the questions, but Im excited about getting my first small truck and my first stick shift. :metal:

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Door lock cyls are EASY and cheap. hardest thing is getting the door panels off. 2.8s are good little motors. a older brother to the 3.1,3.4 etc. I got one in my 90 firebird that has almost 300k and runs great. You prolly just need a new slave cyl, may as well replace the slave, clutch master cyl, and clutch while your at it.. But if clutch feels ok and isnt contaminated you may can get by with just replacing the slave. Look for some camaro wheels, or newer s10/ blazer wheels. One of my first cars was/is "still have it" a 88 gmc jimmy. I went through a ton of different wheels just for the heck of it to keep me interested. http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...1&d=1281378806

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Congrats man, I had a 87 s15 jimmy....

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I learned to drive in my dad's 2.8/5speed 92 S10. I agree that they look good with later-model S10 wheels, especially the ZQ8 wheels, both old and new style...

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Alright, here she is. She aint pretty by any means, but she does have great potential.

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x...a308/001-9.jpg

I was checking some stuff after a long drive.

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x...a308/017-2.jpg

Overall, I drove it around about 100 miles today with no problems except the fact I havent drove a 5 speed in awhile so I had to get use to it agian lol.

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man, I like it, cut the coils, lowering blocks, buff, swap the black stuff for some shine, keep stock steel wheels with fresh coat of blue and put some moons on em. Cool on the cheap. :-}

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monte carlo rallies look awsome on s10s... and there cheap to slam... ill post pics of what i did to my friends 98

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The paint looks good far away, but you get up close you can tell it is spray paint lol. I got a gallon of enamel Metallic blue that I am going to paint this truck. And I am thinking of putting a set of old nova wheels on it(I was told there nova wheels anyway), they fit the truck. The only thing I dont like about them is they are 14's, I want 15's or 16's on it. And yes the grille, front and rear bumper will be swaped for some chrome.

Here is a pic of the wheel Im thinking of using.

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x...a308/016-2.jpg

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I have a perfect blue tailgate, tail lights, chrome rear bumper, and passenger door off a 91 s10 I parted out I even have a couple sets of 15in camaro wheels, you can have for FREE , if u can use it and find a way to get it. Making a road trip anytime soon? anyone wanna do a parts relay for him?

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I would love to have them, but as you said, getting them would be a problem. At least right now anyway. If you still have the come spring break, I will be able to come up there and get them. Or maybe Christmas break...Gotta get a job first.

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if u figure it out, they will be here for you. about the only thing shippable is the tail lights. if you need em. By the time I ship the rims you coulda picked a set up local.

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I know lol, and I really need a tail-gate, mine is all dented up with holes in it. But as long as you still have them, Ill try to make a date to drive up there.

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These look like Oldsmobile rallies...from a mid 80s Cutlass maybe...

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They looked kinda cool to me, but I would rather have some camero or blazer wheels honestly. Something simple yet nice looking.

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http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/p...immystruck.jpg
my buddies truck we sold regretably... 100 bucks brought us that low

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http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/p...ysnewtruck.jpg
same freind but still 100 bucks got us that low

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http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/p...diffwheels.jpg
i liked these wheels better

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How did you lower them?

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I saw a set of these TODAY in the scrap yard on a blazer for 100 bux! I started to buy em just because of the price....

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the ext cab was just 4inch lowering springs and blocks in the back... the blue one is lowering spindles and springs in the frnt and blocks in the back but we also put lowering leafs in the back but dont have a recent pick of it... we also removed the gay stripe... we hunt junk yards for trucks with this stuff on it and pay the price of replacement parts cause they dont notice there after market so we get them cheap... lowering spindles for 20 bucks is pretty cool lol... we als o put zq8 front sway bar on the blue one and a blazer rear sway bar and zq8 frame brace... it handles good to say the least lol

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well if thats the case, I have a whole bed you can take too.. Its a swb tho. but still I'd like to see it gone lol.. I may make a trailer or something I guess.. haha

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http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/p...truckframe.jpg
blue truck recently... sorry thread jacking just giving you some ideas

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Subscribed. Good luck with your new li'l blue truck. Wish you were closer, still got a few 1st gen S10 parts kickin' around.

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Fixed a little problem I was having with my motor stumbling. The first owner had taken the body ground from the battery and instead of bolting it down, he took the wire and ran it through a hole in the fender and just wrapped the wire around it. And to top it off the guy didnt even wire bruch the metal to get it clean. So anyway, I got it nice a clean and bolted down now. Next thing is to get some injector cleaner and a new air filter and fuel filter.

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I've had good results with Lucas injector cleaner.

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Im bout to try to round up enough scrap metal to buy me a fuel filter, air filter, and some lucas cleaner. Hopefully that will get the motor running smooth again. Also, I traded my 305 the I just got done putting back together for a set of 15in wheels and tires. Ill get pics of them once I get them. There are 2 reasons I traded, 1 he was my friend, and 2 I cant stand driving much more on the wheels I got lol.

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I think the slave cylinder would have to be replaced, like spudz posted, if you haven't already. Probably cheaper than all the fluid you would be going through.
I'm thinking that maybe Seafoam would be more effective in cleaning the fuel system. Scroll down and it shows how to clean the injectors, etc.

http://www.seafoamsales.com/how-to-u...treatment.html

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I went and bought the air and fuel filter and a bottle of lucas already. If the lucas doesnt help it, then I will try some sea foam. And actually I mis-judged the leak, I got to top the fluid off maybe every 2 days.

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The slave will need replaced. If you have the 4.3, it will be very hard to bleed the air out of it.

Here is my '91 4.3 5 speed longbed, it's a great truck. It only cost me $30 to lower it. The springs were given to me, so I only had to buy the rear blocks and u-bolts.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4055/...a15c11a3_b.jpg

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Mine is a 2.8, but so far its been 2 days and I havent had to put fluid in it. I did get some different wheels on it though. Looks a lot better now, looks like a truck again IMO. I do have a question, I was having to use the truck to hual a motor to my friends house, and the truck shook so bad in 1st and 2nd that it was hard to shift. But when I have no weight in the bed, it rides smooth as a baby's bottom.

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that shaking is the clutch contaminated by fluid from the leaking slave.

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Ya I know the slave needs to be replaced, but I dont have the money for it just yet. I know its only like $30-40 but I wont have that for awhile. But I think some of the vibration is also the driveshaft, its very easy to move it around under truck.

On a side note, here are the new wheels.

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x...308/001-10.jpg

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Does anyone know where I can get a good how-to on the slave replacment? Im gonna attemped it this weekend.

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What is a good muffler that will sound good on my 2.8? I dont want no crappy popping sound or anything like that, I want a nice tone for the truck. It will have to be a single in/dual out muffler, and I am keeping the cat on the truck. Even though I might do a high flow or something for it.

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Replaced the clutch slave cylinder today. Found out exactly why the thing was leaking, the rubber seal thing that the rod goes through was wallered out.

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x...308/004-11.jpg

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x...308/003-11.jpg

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"wallered"? Never heard that before :). Clutch working good now?

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lol its a redneck term. My nick name down here in the south is the Hilbilly Ho lol. And yeah the clutch is working a whole lot better now.

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I have a Magnaflow single in/single out on my '88 S10. I think it sounds great. Not "ricey" but a nice deep tone(well, as deep as a 2.8 gets). I don't really think you'll gain much by going dual out, but that is strictly my opinion.

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I aint to worried about gaining anything, I just want the look of a dual exhaust. What kinda magnaflow you got?