Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

The lug nut looks correct, it holds the rim. The cover in your picture doesn't look correct, it is supposed to screw to the threads on the lug nut to hold the cap on.

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

Thanks for the heads up.

I will just have to order some in.

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

Chilly day outside today.

View from London this morning, photo credit to Aaron French.

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Sally was working all day from 07.00 so it was up to me to entertain myself.

Had a long chat with @craigrk about travel, cars and other things including the snow that started falling, quickly adding a lovely blanket on amongst others, Lil his 47 Chevrolet

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Once we were done, I showered and headed out to fill the car up and get some food.

Then home, watched a bit of recoded telly, got very bored very quickly.

Also surfed the web, and dug around on EBay.com to look for wind deflectors for the truck.

I have never had them, or wanted them on a car, but these trucks actually seem to suit them.

Got to look closely.

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Hardly visible on the truck that looks like mine.

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Finding some for sale, I realised that I would be doing without them for the foreseeable future, based on the price of shipping.

Take a look at the fine print.

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So thought what could I do, as it was raining intermittently and playing outside was not ideal.

Ahhh yes, we have a Chevy S10 , still waiting for its front grille to be completed and returned. Patience needed there.

Truck is on the driveway, so what can be done, that won’t have me wet in a hurry.

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

Cuppa coffee, cookies.

Out of the house, brrrrr... chilly fresh.

So the key to keeping busy.

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Every time I look up under the truck, I am amazed at how clean it is.

Keyway.

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Not too impressive

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I had been warned that the underslung spare wheel on these trucks could have a failure of their wind up, hanging mechanism.

So I decided that was a dry job I could do today.

20 years under the load bed would make most of us look a bit tired.

Wonder where this gravel could be from, Missouri, Norwich......

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Washed and scrubbed.

Amazing, as a 16” wheel, how tall it actually is against the wheelarch.

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Cold and wet, carried down to the garage and used a heat gun to dry it and warm up the steel.

Quick bit of a sanding and a wipe down, followed by primer, more drying with the heat gun.

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Inside of the rim painted, did not bother with masking this side.

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While waiting for the paint to dry naturally, I went up and crawled around again and greased up the cable, spring and mechanism with lithium grease.

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After a coffee, I went to check the pressure, certain to be low.

Correct.

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Pumped up to prescribed pressure.

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And back to the truck.

Much better.

Fitted.

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At least this made me feel that my day was not completely wasted.

Weekend over, again.

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

Nice job on the wheel. I did not realize that any US trucks came with a temp type spare. I have never had nor seen on in use. That aught to keep it for another 20 years of hanging under there. ;)

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

I think a lot of them here may have it as a specific thing.

I would prefer to throw a full size wheel in the back.




While doing the spare wheel refresh I looked at the rear bumper again.

The truck actually has facility for a specific tow ball mounted on the step.

I have no idea on what size it needs to be and what fittings it takes.


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Hard to read but it says “REMOVE FOR TRAILER BALL”

So ine removes the whole rubber cover. And I assume you fit the ball through a hole.

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And on another of the pads there was this: “350 LBS TONGUE LOAD MAXIMUM”

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Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

I gave up on bumper hitches. Of course I tend to pull things with mine, so having a frame mounted receiver means I don't bend the bumper when I try to pull tree stumps or other big items. Otherwise they work great if you are doing smaller trailers.

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

I am hoping that my small garden trailer or the teardrop will be within it’s capability



Post man dropped by today.

Small parcel.

After all the various opinions and input on here and elsewhere, I decided that a white front placement lamp and an amber indicator would satisfy the jobsworth, anal and anyone else whose farts don’t smell.

So I ordered a set of “Switchback” lamps on Friday evening.

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Tried them out, and impressed no end.

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Once the colour matched grille is back, I will reassemble it and the clear lenses.

Should look good.


In the mean time I have also investigated colours for the ZQ8 wheels, they are often Silver, Anthracite and rarely gold with machined faces.

I really like this look.

Not sure how it will look on the truck I have.

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Think about it.

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

So when I was wanting to test the new Switchback LED lamps, I found that not having driven the truck for the last 10 days or more, the battery was almost dead.

Interestingly, dash lights came on, ignition made a Krrrrrrr ! Sound, and ultimately after fetching a second set of jumper leads, as the first fancy set were not able to bite the terminals, I got it jump started from the company car.

This resulted in a new 75-60 battery for £79.00 after a 10% discount.

Note the side terminals, so no throwing just any battery in there.

I have no time for tired, dead or lazy batteries, so replacing was the only way.

48 hr delivery will be good to see.

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While I am still waiting for the shop to call back about the push fit fittings I ordered two Fridays ago for the side repeaters, I decided screw that, and found some on EBay that should be here by 08 February.

Then I can wrap that job up too.

In retrospect, should maybe have gone there first, but I do like supporting local business.

Cheap enough.

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That’s it for now.

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

When I bought the truck, there were a few little things I wanted to change.

Not one of them was necessary, just a personal itch to scratch.

Aesthetically I really wanted to get rid of the amber position/indicator lights.

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So I mentioned that I was looking for a set of clear indicator lenses to buy, preferably not in the USA

Next thing, Simon Mayes from Essex offered the set from his truck as he was going to convert his to smoked lenses.

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So these arrived, £25.00 posted.

Pleased as punch.

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Also on the cards were the amber side repeaters, to be done once the light fittings get delivered.

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After much thinking and consideration due to all the various opinions being raised, I bought set no 3 of lamps, LED Switchbacks, clear driving lights most of the time, and amber indicators when needed.

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I was getting quite excited at the thought of reassembling the front end.

In other news, I need to get a tow ball to fit the rear step.

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I may have one in the garage. Photo from 8 years ago when I fitted this one to the C10, which has subsequently removed.

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It may just still be in my garage somewhere to be found, if it fits the hole, we are sorted on this.

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

So part two of the new smile on the S10’s face reported.

Ross took the grille and the paint that the seller had supplied when I bought it to go paint it to body colour for me.


This morning I had to be in a shopping centre, so we met in the carpark and he responsibly handed it to me, before heading to work.

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Massive improvement on where we started with the 20 year old grille.

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Stainless central bars refitted.

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So from this when removed..........

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To this finish today.

Centre bar refitted, and looking at it outside, I was again pleased.

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Grille refitted.

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Clear indicator lenses fitted.

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Headlights fitted.

BUT..........

Wrongly placed, will need to go redo them tomorrow. Missed a side tab that would seat them fully squarely.

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1/4 front view.

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Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

Looking good. It's going to look really nice when the new rims are on.

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

Very nice work on the front end Rian. Looks great!

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

Thanks mate, Looking forward to the wheels once the lockdown allows for them to be collected 120 miles away.

Right now te police will hit you with a $260 fine for being 5 miles from home without a valid reason.

Thanks Bill, actually even better tonight.

Report later.

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

Sleepless nights.........

Usually work or backache causes it.

Not last night.

Observation within minutes of posting on an S10 group on FB and showing mate @craigrk summarised below.

Had me wonder whether I would get it sorted.

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Woke to this....

Photo taken while @pauly and I spoke with him herding his wild bunch over a muddy field

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Day job kept me busy from before 08.00

Been thinking also where would I find a low level canopy to fit the truck.... something like this.

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Around 11.00 I made a coffee and took it out to the truck.


Headlights fitted.

BUT..........

Wrongly placed, will need to go redo them tomorrow. Missed a side tab that would seat them fully squarely.

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So with the drivers side light refitted and the passenger side still to be done, it became obvious how wrong it was.

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Challenge if course was to get too lower tabs in, and push the two tabs through the holes in the front panel and slide home the two sliding retainers

Note the space, battery clamped in place......

So how do you get dozen into this slot without removing the battery?

Using the handle of a long steel fork, I twisted it so push/force the wiring and its sheath away, then gripping in a death grip with some extra long rat nosed pliers, I slipped the hole over the pin and then slid the slot down it. Home dry.

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Job done, much happier, I think.

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So I had to wait for the new battery to be delivered, then I could test the lights up front.

I also got onto another small repair job.

Specifically a redneck repair.

Unlikely to be guessed.

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

Remember this.....??

Armrest come backrest when you go three up front.

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So I removed it today.

Removed all the old manky, sticky foam and backing sticker in the kitchen.

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This truck was originally a Missouri truck, so rather than use some flat sheet metal, I thought one of the license plates from Dennis seemed a better idea.

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Cut and bent to fit the interior, and this will support the inside of the armrest.

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And then glued in place using a couple of G-clamps, backing plates to keep it all in place a 5 litre jug of water, earmarked for the radiator flush and recharge, but perfect to keep it all tight while the glue dries overnight.

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I am sure that this will make the armrest feel solid, rather than squidgy when I do use it, either as a rest or as a pivot when getting in or out the car.

Refit some time tomorrow when it is well dried.

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Perfectly timed delivery when I walked up to the house.

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Unbolted the old battery.

Removed it.......

Found a puddle, and a small rubber mat.

Not good.

Anyone got a good battery tray to sell, or am I making my own ? Done it before for the C10 relocated battery

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Plan is to remove the battery and tray sometime, clean up, weld up and seal and paint the tray.

After fitting the new battery of course the best part was starting the engine up, and testing the lights, and indicators.

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Happy to say that they really look much better in real life.

Money and time so well spent.

Indicator.

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After 11.00pm methinks its bedtime.

Thanks for checking in and all your comments.

Later.

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

So......

Tried these today, after refitting the side repeater as it was out in anticipation of the new fittings getting delivered.

HOWEVER.......


THIS:

https://youtu.be/hJ-Czr-ext0


Advice, tips, laughter, mocking, all welcome.

But tell me how to slow them down.

Thanks.

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

Requires a special flasher unit I believe Rian. Adding the LEDS to the older Chevys seem to do this on most all them. I do NOT have a model# or what not for ya.

This may work though

https://www.amazon.com/1998-2004-Che.../dp/B00KQUXTXO

NOTE: Heard this was the place to check
https://www.superbrightleds.com/blog...rflashing/275/

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

Went shopping in the truck today.

Big grin all the way.

Bought some resistors. Fitting tomorrow if weather and Sally permits.

Also got a toot and thumbs up on the way home.

Perfect.

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

I do Continue to be amused by this truck and finding little tweaks, not looking for my to do, they just pop up.

And I have to respond.

Seems like a reasonable visual illusionary idea....

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Solution.

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Promptly followed by this bright idea.

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Will be interesting to do this as I did Prozac the Berlingo, and also the Non Project Blazer before with success.

So what can we do today?

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

Marmite.

Chalk n Cheese.

Give and Take.

Wheels from other brands.

Still have the hots for a set of these, I see they come as low as £120.00 for 4 with or without tyres.

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So with the 5x120 size here, a lot of non-GM wheels will be needing spacers to place them right in the arches.

Yesterday afternoon around 5.00pm I saw some 5x120 BMW 20mm spacers with a 72mm centre bore on Marketplace for £20.00 including 9 bolts about 10 miles from here.

The S10 uses Nuts, not bolts, so missing one was fine, and these can be used for trading again at some point.

Contacted the seller to say I was interested but could only collect today if I went out for some hardware, and that he should sell them if another buyer came up.

“Where do you live, I am headed out for some food shopping in a few minutes”

Told him where I lived, and he said he would run by and just drop them off on the driveway en route to the grocery store.

So half an hour later I traded, a pack of Haribo Mix for his kids in the car and some cash for him. Saved me 20 miles driving and specific planning.

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Nice way to end my day........; now to find something interesting to fit for winter wheels. (No, absolutely do not need them, you are right)

Went to bed late, woke too early, by 05.00 so sat chatting with Dennis in St Louis about life and the 66 NASCAR C10 Truck build that is progressing.

Later he went to bed and I went down for breakfast.

Pleasant surprise outside.

Rain had stopped, thankfully, as I had a few plans for today.


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Plan one for today was to fit the resistors over the LED indicator wires.

One on each side.

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Front end disassembled again, easier every time as you learn your way around this truck.

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Outside was 3’C and shady, plus there was a brisk breeze, cutting through 4 layers, that was less than pleasant.

This is the mess I found.

Remember the wiring on the Blazer? That was certainly worse, and I got that lot tidied up.

Tried to get the soldering iron warm enough to undo the joins the cowboy who did the original wiring “modifications” had done was fun, it actually did not get warm enough.

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Mate Martin had given advice remotely as well, as he speaks electrics in his sleep. But a bit of a struggle for my little brain overall.

@craigrk suggested I remove all the mess and use some of these plugs units.

So I ordered them off eBay for delivery next weekend.and will solder in new wires and connections.

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Reassembled. Amber bulbs fitted temporarily.

https://youtu.be/jyv9UAEtv4Q



After this I came in to warm up and also had a delivery.

One more small job left to do a bit later.

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

Been a bit busy with the day job.

Small jobs.

This one took about 6 minutes in total.

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I hear @pauly clapping now.

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And they are ready to be off to Hampshire

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And in their place will be a set of original manufacturers specification lights.

Personal choice yes.

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Remember how pitted my battery tray was, lots of holes rusted through.

Reached out to Robert, they guy selling me an original steering wheel, and asked if he maybe had one in better condition.

He went through his scrap pile nd found this one, needs a bit of cleaning and painting, but looks better than mine.

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Saw this truck for sale on FB today.

In case someone needs one.

145k miles and £6750.00

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And so that is all for today.

Bit by bit.

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

Glad you are changing the tial/brake light assembly. The factory looks better to me also.

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

Yes, I like the factory ones better too.

It looks like the reverse light was changed to an amber signal light? I always thought that would be a neat way to convert to euro specs. But where are the reverse lights?

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

Thanks BILL, I do agree of course

Sean, I still need to figure that out.

One plan is o investigate switchback lights.




Covid-19 has taught us to work more sensibly, if not cleverly.

Everything done remotely, and with little more concern, circumspection and care.

So buying the wheels for the truck....... paid remotely yesterday.

Got it all piled up outside a garage at a post code, collection and pickup arranged by someone who happens to be doing a disability conversion for hand controls in a paraplegics car a few houses away.

Clever, or blind luck?

Got to see what I have bought by messenger video today, terrible video quality, but happy to have seen it anyways.

Note the original rear lights, wheel nut caps and centre caps all in the pic as well.

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Tyre treads seem to be pretty decent, not needing replacement at this point.

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BONUS TIME:

Steve the seller is also giving me a GMC Grille and headlights, which could work on my truck with minimal modifications.

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He also has a 4.3 V6 and Auto gearbox to sell. PM me for details.

Then Steve dropped the bombshell........

Gear-lever came off, and I have left the Torx screw on it, in case you have a problem with yours.

He remembered I was looking into changing mine recently and has given me his.

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I want to strip the rubbed knob off, and fit this new ally knob.

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Somehow the little grub screws are missing, but you get the idea.

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Pretty pleased tonight.

Little by Little it is getting together.

Chuffed.

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

If they do operate as the turn signals then someone had to alter the wiring. Brake and turn signals go through the turn signal switch (I think it's called the multi function switch as it also controls the hazard lights.) It separates front from back and left from right so the fronts don't light when you step on the brake but they do when you turn on the turn signal. So unless there is some kind of signal splitter (we have them to connect single bulb red trailer lights to euro style car lights) then the brake light wires might be cut from the turn signal switch and attached directly to the brake switch. Then the cut switch wires would have wires ran to each reverse light, and the reverse light wire would be moved to the new reverse light.

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

Thinking about it more, without having to run any wires, they could have used the reverse light wire for the brake lights, the brake light wires for the turn signals, and you wouldn't have any reverse lights. Most of the modifications would be under the dashboard.

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

Complete Greek to me Sean, I would call a friend to figure the stuff out.

Under dash mods are even more of a problem for me, but maybe whoever does look at it will be able to figure something out.




The Fleetside badges on the sides of the truck have been a thorn in my side from day one, mainly because they are both drilled through in 4 places.

I am kinda ambivalent about the aesthetic, but the holes bug the living hell out of me.

And I will not be welding them up or closing them, and repainting the whole truck.

So making the best of it came together today.

Chatting with Fil in Cambridge who fetched the Rezin Rockit, after his offer of a new rear bed mat for the truck, his suggestion of a tongue in cheek name for the truck resonated, and set in motion some work and research

40mm high

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400mm long

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Wedge shaped and flat faced, pic taken tonight as part of the planning.

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So the attention turned to CraigRK and Andy in Tulsa Oklahoma, both capable 3D printers.

Could they print and Cast me a new set of silly custom side badges to fit over the holes with some double sided tape.


Something along this style.

Of course it may be a divider, but hey, life is interesting.

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Let’s see where this goes.

.PS: Fill said that he likes the Rumble of the V6, lets see if it can be improved if I can find an electric cutout switch for the exhaust, fitted before the muffler/silencer.

Could be a nice sound................... A BIT LIKE THIS


https://youtu.be/Fwf1M-irmG0


Another one

https://youtu.be/aVbvZmJ82uY


Just enough of an antisocial tone.

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

It's actually a pretty simple mod but it doesn't need to be changed because it separates the turn and brake signals. I don't see how you could return it to stock and still have separate ambers but I guess that's something you guys have more experience dealing with.

About the badges, have you thought about filling the holes and doing some kind of "pinstripe"?

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

Find the back up light wiring and maybe add a couple of flush style LEDs to either side of the plate. I did this to my 64 that didn't have the lights and it worked good. My crappy pictorial of my thought.

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

Sure I will figure it all out in the end.

Sounds a neat solution

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

So many things on this truck, which really was meant to just be a get in and drive it type of ownership project has changed.

Typically things changed.

And then, little by little it started to open itself up to me, allowing me to discover its secrets, its quirks, its character, ZQ8 factory build.

Things have kinda fallen in place, sure, I made some effort too, in fact I probably made a lot of effort in some cases.

And one of the things that happened so randomly was being offered for sale, a 20 year old set of factory ZQ8 wheels with tyres.

I never got to see them and still have not looked at them for real, but was told by Steve the seller that they did not have any kerb rash.

That I will check out when I get to wash and clean them for inspection possibly tomorrow.

With the current restrictions of travel, I had anticipated only getting my hands on them at some point when the house arrest is lifted.

Step up mate Martin who is restoring a 1965 C10 truck

His day job is working and converting all sorts of cars for disabled people, from paraplegics to amputees and everything inbetween

Today he had a job up the street from Steve, so by 09.00 he had already stopped, picked up and driven off with the wheels.

Always good to have a mobile job with a van.

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Loaded.

Steve also sent me a very good GMC S15 Sonoma Grille to use as a garage hanging.

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After work I shot out for food shopping and stopped by to pick up my goodies and help Martin lift his 65 hood into place as he is moving house in the next two weeks.

Again, sensibly he had prepared it all by the time I got there.

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The hood is LARGE, really lARGE.

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Job done.

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And wheels loaded.

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Looking closer, but not fully inspected, they will need repainting.

So QUESTION TIME........

Powder coating, anyone do me shadow chrome on any wheels before ?

Please show me and report on durability etc.

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One for a few of the guys, @pauly included, is the replacement, swapped out, 20 year old rear light lenses.

They will be getting some serious attention from G3 rubbing compound to revitalise and shine up the lenses.

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Also in the bag were the good centre caps for the wheels, GMC items, unfortunately, available to trade for good Chevrolet items.

A few wheel nut covers in plastic, need another 10 of them, and also 20 special wheel nuts with an external thread for the wheel nut caps, they in turn hold the centre caps in place.

Lastly........

The BONUS item

A spare gear shift lever from Steve’s truck, which will be a floor shift manual in future.

I wanted one that I could modify, while retaining the original for refitting if ever needed.

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And to close out the day, a nice sunset again.

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Life is good, I may have mentioned this before.

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

Nice haul. So glad it worked out for you Rian, especially getting it quicker than expected.

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

Orchestration,

Wide open eyes, and mind.

Good Karma

Friendships

All came together Bill.

I am thankful and pleased

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

So this morning I went out to see what my £200.00 or $260.00 had bought me.

Tyres, still have some life left in them. (Subject to getting changed at a whim)

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These wheels will be needing a refurbishment, without doubt.

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Lacquer peel and also oxidation on the diamond cut surfaces, in order to get them up to the standard the truck is presenting.

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During my lunch hour I used a whole large bottle of Cif/ammonia based scrubbing agent along with two large, hard brushes to clean them one at a time.

The two on the left are cleaned.

Dirty on the right.

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Also done today, at 07.00 when I got up, I cleaned the front and rears of these caps, 20 years worth of brake dust, muck etc took an hour to clean, but result was decent.

Unfortunately I only got 11 wheel nut caps when I got the wheels, so will need to find or buy some more.

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And unless I find a trade for some Chevrolet items in the UK, I may fill these debossed GMC logos with a resin based filler and sand them flat, followed by paint.

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What I would like to fit......

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Hope to have it all done sooner than later.

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

Another quick job while on a Teams or was it Zoom meeting today, they get so tedious.

Sat with a big knife and my breadboard below the camera angle (my colleagues would be horrified) and cut the existing knob away.

Then hit hard times.

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In fact, so hard that I had to go to the garage quickly to grind back the secondary knob as it was not going to let me cut it away.

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Grabbed some magic in a tube, mixed on the back of a pizza box, dribbled into the new ally shift knob,

Followed by the shift lever.

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Then set it to dry in the vice, brought it into the house later and laid it on the hot water radiator, hopefully to make it react faster to the heat.

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You recall the swapping of rear light units.

Well, looking closer, these need some attention, grinder, DA, Compound I guess.

Not today though.

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Once flatted back, polished etc, they should look just fine.



In another great Karma in action turn, I got a PM from @peteh1969 to ask if I was interested in some free 3D design work that @craigrk could print off, in order to create a more interesting cover for the holes in the bedsides of the truck.

The print files would also be sent to Andy in Oklahoma to print and then create aluminium castings for the truck.

So after sending me various designs and ideas, Pete finalised the one I had in mind.

This should be fun, and a massive Thank You to Pete.


Imagine these either in chrome paint, or the ally buffed to a nice shine.

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Been a long day, I guess it is bedtime soon.

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

So many of the things I have done so far were not needed.

But they do make me feel good about the truck.

Ordered a replacement for this manky piece too.


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This lot arrived too.

Though current weather completely precludes fitting.

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These also landed.

Push fit blugs for the side repeaters.

Guess we will now be drilling bigger holes in the fenders.

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Though.........


Looking at the weather forecast it may be a slow week ahead.


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Still.


Its Friday, 10 hours to the weekend.

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

Funny the stuff that catches ones eye on FB Marketplace

I was genuinely looking for a random full size spare for the A10

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Busy work day, but made some time for myself,

First job took about 5 minutes.

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Pleased with the result of that.

Later some more stolen time between meetings, foregoing lunch.

I wanted to black out the B-pillar as part of tinting the door glass to create a large expanse of black.

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So ordered a piece of Matt finish black car wrap vinyl @ 200mm x 500mm for £2.88 including postage from eBay, that is CHEAP.

Rolled up for delivery, it did not look promising at all.

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Cutting the strip in half, then taping it up, I traced the profile by just rubbing it against the B-pillar and the took some scissors to trim it back (the offcuts are being used on Sallys Corsa rear door mini pillars.

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Once trimmed right back, a decent rub down to shape the vinyl on the curves.

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And finally all done, next was the passenger side, again done between meetings

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Tonight @craigrk sent a message to show what he had done as a test sample.

Thanks to @peteh1969 for the work so far.

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I am liking this as an alternative to the existing badges.

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Weekend plans??

Re: GRIZZ’s English 2001 S10 Extra Cab 4.3 V6 Truck
 

I like the new look on the door. Never would have thought of that myself. Good Job!! Can't wait to see your new bed emblem.