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Old 10-20-2012, 08:53 PM   #101
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Re: 1947 S10 4x4 Blazer swap

Really liking the "alomond" color. Looks like you are making some good progress too. I'm ready to see this one back together.
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Old 10-22-2012, 03:39 PM   #102
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week 36 - I tried to get the body work done on the bed, but there was a lot more work there than I thought. I did get a lot done and I managed to get the bottom undercoated. I also spent a lot of time hooking up misc. stuff like the steering column, brake booster, tranny cable, throttle pedal, windshield wiper motor, cruse control and computer.
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Old 10-22-2012, 09:56 PM   #103
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Re: 1947 S10 4x4 Blazer swap

Keep up the good work, it looks great so far.Im considering doing the same idea with my 1956 GMC and marrying it with a 2000 Silverado 2500 4x4
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Old 10-27-2012, 04:14 PM   #104
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Keep up the good work, it looks great so far.Im considering doing the same idea with my 1956 GMC and marrying it with a 2000 Silverado 2500 4x4
please post pictures on your build!!
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Old 10-29-2012, 04:00 PM   #105
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week 37 - I finally got some paint on the outside of the bed. Now I need to flip it over and complete the inside. Wow, beveling the edges where I welded the stakeside back on was a lot of work. Did not turn out perfect, but good enough for me.
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Old 10-29-2012, 07:30 PM   #106
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Re: 1947 S10 4x4 Blazer swap

wow love it! I think I could see some red and blue pin-striping! that would be cool
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Old 10-30-2012, 06:48 AM   #107
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thanks. My wife thinks the almond color is boring, but she understands why I chose it. The Blazer had a tan and brown interior, so I think I will stay with those colors for the interior of this truck so that I can use the Blazer seats, visors, etc. I definitely want to pin stripe the outside, just don't know what colors yet. Red and blue sounds good. I was also considering putting my wifes business logo on the doors, which is dark purple and black, so maybe purple pinstriping. Don't have to figure that out for awhile though.
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Old 10-31-2012, 04:28 PM   #108
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more from week 37 - I spent another two days doing all of the body work on the inside of the bed and got it primered. I also cleaned the years of grime off of the inner fender wells and primed them and undercoated the undersides. I can't decide if I should paint the fender wells the almond color or repaint them black. I am kinda leaning toward the almond color.
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Old 10-31-2012, 10:19 PM   #109
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Re: 1947 S10 4x4 Blazer swap

I hope the inside of my bed looks half that good. Nice work!
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Old 11-01-2012, 02:00 AM   #110
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thanks, I was just going to use bed liner in it to hide all of the defects, but I did not want that much black. It still has a lot of defects, but good enough to fool the pics
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Old 11-01-2012, 04:46 PM   #111
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week 38 - I got the bed and the inner fender wells painted. A lot of body work to do still, but it feels real good to have the two biggest parts behind me. I also got the radiator hoses and transmission lines hooked up to the radiator.
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Old 11-02-2012, 11:49 PM   #112
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msaintg, you are talented! I like the way the bed turned out.
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Old 11-05-2012, 06:07 PM   #113
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OK, a few more pics from week 38. I did a lot of small stuff to get the bed put on and to get the engine closer to being started up, like connecting hoses, electrical, fluids, battery, etc. I hope to be starting it up next week.... but I am a little scared.
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Old 11-06-2012, 03:32 PM   #114
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It RUNS, it RUNS!! Almost 9 months to the day since I brought it home. It fired right up, first try. I could not have asked for anything better. It has a small water leak at the thermostat where I cut and welded the inlet and an oil leak at the oil filter (I don't have the right fittings yet). I still need to clean up the huge wiring mess, but woo hoo!, it runs. Wow, what a HUGE releaf.
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Old 11-06-2012, 06:05 PM   #115
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Old 11-06-2012, 06:32 PM   #116
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Re: 1947 S10 4x4 Blazer swap

Congratulations - preparation paid off!
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Old 11-06-2012, 07:08 PM   #117
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Awesome work, that is really cool
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Old 11-06-2012, 08:46 PM   #118
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Re: 1947 S10 4x4 Blazer swap

Congrats! I know that has to be a great feeling.
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Old 11-07-2012, 02:13 AM   #119
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thanks. there were a hundred things that could have gone wrong. I pushed it out of the garage and had my wife standing there with a garden hose, just in case. I jumped when all the lights on the dash came on and heard the fuel pump making noise. Now I have to decide what my next step is.... probably clean up engine compartment. mike
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Old 11-07-2012, 10:42 AM   #120
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Re: 1947 S10 4x4 Blazer swap

nice work looking good don't know if this will help
on my truck I used the housing for the thermostat
from a 93 astro van it came straight up from eng
on the hoses for the oil cooler I removed the check valve
in the housing and tap the holes for plugs
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Old 11-07-2012, 12:18 PM   #121
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I really like the bed. Looks great!
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Old 11-08-2012, 05:07 AM   #122
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thanks,
JED971959, thanks, I will try the Astro van inlet if I can't get my welds to stop leaking. As far as the oil line, I don't know about any check valve. Is you oil filter remote like mine?.... under the radiator. Did you plug off the lines going to the oil cooler/ radiator? Mine had 1/2" diameter hard lines going from the oil filter to the old radiator. Since my new radiator does not have these connections, I bought an external oil cooler, that I now need to splice into the lines. I ordered a 'compression fitting to barb fitting' online. So hopefully in a week or so, I will have it connected.
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Old 11-08-2012, 11:31 AM   #123
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I think all blazers and jimmy's are the same
2 lines from eng 2lines to rad going to a block with filter under rad
lines bolted to filter block
I removed the lines to the rad
in the filter block there is a check ball and spring in 1 line hole or it's under the filter that I removed and drilled the hole bigger
taped the line holes to rad and plug
have about 300 kms on truck and working good no leaks so far
if you want I can get some pic of the filter block for you
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Old 11-08-2012, 07:45 PM   #124
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JED971959, thanks, I will try the Astro van inlet if I can't get my welds to stop leaking. As far as the oil line, I don't know about any check valve. Is you oil filter remote like mine?.... under the radiator. Did you plug off the lines going to the oil cooler/ radiator? Mine had 1/2" diameter hard lines going from the oil filter to the old radiator. Since my new radiator does not have these connections, I bought an external oil cooler, that I now need to splice into the lines. I ordered a 'compression fitting to barb fitting' online. So hopefully in a week or so, I will have it connected.
You can also buy a fitting from GM, around $15, and screw your oil filter directly onto the block. This will allow you to throw away the entire oil cooler setup, I've done this for years on 4.3's out of s10's.
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Old 11-09-2012, 10:49 AM   #125
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I don't know why, but I thought I needed to keep the cooling. I even kept the cooling lines on the power steering. I like the oil filter up front for easy access, but I like the idea of plugging it off there. Oh well, my coupling have arrived, I will try to use the oil cooler.
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