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Mines made it to 293k now. Amazing how well this thing has held up with the hell ive put it thru.

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after 2002 the 2003-2004 electronics were a bit different. you would either have to make the old stuff work on the newer engine or repin/swap your truck over to the newer components from the 2004 truck which might actually be easier if you already have the newer PCM etc. If you find a BCM from a 200...

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Drop the headliner i think, and yes its glued in. Its a disaster. you will need to replace it if you remove it.

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My trans that came with my truck died at 33k. Had the paperwork from the original owner. He paid to have it rebuilt. that one lasted till about 120k and died, in which he replaced it with a new unit. The trans i have now was redone by a local shop (whos a total dick) and low and behold ive put over ...

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ugh remote start. Who installed it? These things are a nightmare and the first thing i remove from anyones vehicle i buy or work on that comes to me. All they do is short stuff out and fry vehicle eletronics when they get old. If the battery cables dont solve your problem first thing I would do is r...

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Easiest thing to do is car-part.com and try to locate a crew cab frame. The ZR-5 as others said was just appearance. There was nothing different in the suspension etc.

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Washed it and put some wax on the hood and roof yesterday. I was bad and did not wash it at all for the past few months. Working 6 days a week didnt give me much time for that. Today I sprayed some undercoat around the exhaust area and the heat shield to protect some surface rust and hopefully lesse...

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Yea if you read the reviews online it seems that MAYBE they have gotten a little better over time, but they have a history of having good communications until they have your money.

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Logans is loaded with horrible reviews on the jeep forums. I'm not sure to even touch it at this point, though people who did get their stuff say its built very well. Any post trying to defend them and make a good review is the single only post by that username. Sounds like trolls. The TAG and BLO s...

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hum not seeing anything in that thread that I havent already seen before. Logans was one of the other places I found but not so sure on their reviews either. Synergy does not have anything for s10s anymore at all.

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Yes kennasaw mountain became alien patrol, and now tactical armpit group. I'll post a link to the only winch bumper builders for s10s. Awesome thanks. it seems to me most of the issues with TAG is people are upset with the time it takes. These things are one off, and knowing a fabricator personally...

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Kennesaw is a place in Georgia, i wouldnt be surprised if its the Tactical armor group people. Reading reviews on facebook and the jeep forums it seems nobody is happy with any of these places making these things. Dave who did my V8 swap sort of offered to make me one. I am going to try and go that ...

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That sucks. Do you know which company it was that had problems? I found a site tactial armor group via s10 forum. There was also another guy on s10 forum who was deployed to china and supposedly now that hes back hes making them. I dont want to add anything to the stock bumper. I have the all chrome...

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Yikes, yea i dont think i want to spend that much. And I cant pick any options either. I dont like the pre runner bar id rather just have the bumper with the wench mount and two light holes for my LED spotlights.

And the other question is, does that as expensive as it is, fit a body lifted truck?

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Anyone on here running wench bumpers, or some kind of fabricated steel bumper on their trucks? I have had it with the stock bumper. I have an ebay one and ive replaced the lower plastic valance twice because it crumbles like old cookies driving in the snow. My truck can more than handle driving in a...

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Only thing is my original motor left the truck at 259 and was replaced with the V8. The physical body has been going pretty far though lol.

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Mines past 290 now. I think i might still hold the unofficial record for highest mileage crew cab? lol

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Oh look i got an email notification from this site finally after two years. LOL good to hear the progress update.

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Have that remote start system removed immediately, then get a good jacket and go outside and warm your truck up every morning. A remote start system is a useless mess of wires and disasters. My friends 98 blazer did this and so did the 94 blazer. The battery will die for sure. I had to gut the dash ...

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Just for an FYI, im running a V8 in my S10 using a stock radiator for an S10. No upgrades. I do not have the oil cooler lines attached to it, they are useless and leak a ton anyways. I have Dodge Intrepid fans on this thing and it runs just fine. Even my AC works without an aux fan.

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The crew cab frame is the same frame as the ext cab s10

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Have had it sitting at my friends shop for almost 6 months now with a bad misfire issue. The truck runs fine in "open loop" but not in closed loop. Stinks of fuel at the tail pipe, wont idle right and when you take it on the road drives like crap. The pass side exhaust manifold is hot as hell and dr...

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Got it running again finally today! Info is in my build thread for anyone that cares for some tidbits on annoying misfires.

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there should be a fuse for the 3rd brake light if it has its own relay. it should be under the hood keep looking. I dont have my truck here just yet to check but i swore i saw it. It should be buried by itself between some relays and not with other fuses

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Nice stuff. Where did you get that switch panel from? I need something like that.

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LOL taking the easy way out!

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I know that, i meant when you move to the ZR2 frame, that will have the longer CV axles because the ZR2 does the rest of the trucks dont.

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Id rather just do a solid axle swap. After seeing what I saw on a ZR2 from PA with only 89k on it, I just wouldnt want to put time in one of them frames to have it rot and break on me. The one I was under I think was a 2001 and it tore on both sides at the control arms where the mounts are on the fr...

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I would not do the zr2 frame swap since the front suspension seems to always end up rotting out and tearing the frame apart. Unless you have done some stuff to beef it up and protect it maybe.

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That is a pretty good deal. My friend had a manual from a zr2 at his shop but didnt want to deal with putting it in my truck. We should have done it during my v8 swap.

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Nice!

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How much did it cost to have that installed?

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Get the rockers done with Line-x

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If they recently started adding Ethanol, or more of it to your gas then that will cause the drop. My first gen 4x4 s10 i had before this one was getting 22-23mpg highway until they added ethanol and then it went to 19-20.

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12-14 around town is normal for these trucks.

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_STUCKY wrote:Alight. Thanks. I'm debating on whether to go ahead and order one or wait for it to die.

To quote dave "drive it till she busts" For my truck that problem went for almost 2 years before i replaced it. its annoying eventually it will cause the truck to misfire.

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I had this problem with my truck when I bought it. Its usually the check valve on the fuel pump. Do yourself a favor and buy the AC Delco one off RockAuto.com. They sell them for a good price and its one of the best ones. I just put one in mine after 5 years of the Airtex one that finally died.

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Yea these trucks are pretty long. They dont look it right away. Its def no jeep or 2 door blazer which you are probably used to.

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Nice!! Good job. Now, how much of it works and what doesnt at the moment? LOL Glad to hear you can drive it now. Woohooo!

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I guess I spoke too soon. Having misfire issues now. Most likely a bad fuel pressure regulator. Doing alot of research and trying to source a MerCruiser Vortec intake. 29lb injectors. Possible 50HP gains. The project never ends.

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Very nice! With the crew that is a good feature, there isnt a ton of room behind the dash there so the less junk to have back there the better.

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Ah ok thats what I figured, sun will do that.

That seems really simple to hook the controls up. There isnt a programmable module that has to go between the two so that the aftermarket unit understands what each button is?

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Looks good, the display looks a little washed out though. Were you in a bright area? The volume buttons on the right would annoy me but with the steering wheel controls hooked up that should not be a problem. Are you using the stock retrofit controls or something custom? The weather on the display i...

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Just did a crank relearn on mine for the new crank sensor. It started running like crap again figured that needed to get done. All the cylinders misfire on the driver side of the engine. The fuel injector spider was replaced new when the engine was installed. I am beyond annoyed with this thing righ...

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There are ways to delete the O2 sensors without using the computer for the one after the cat. I think there is a resistor pack you can add so that it sees the proper reading all the time. Pretty much any OBD2 (1996+) car I have dealt with has one before and one after. The one before controls engine ...

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All OBD 2 cars have one after the cat. The S10 has 3 o2 sensors two upstream after the exhaust manifolds and one after the cat.

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It was fixed. It runs now, just like a total crock of crap. Waiting on a new cable to arrive for the Tech 2 so I can do some magic. I hope.

Looks good. Make sure you get some POR 15 and paint topcoat on all that bare metal or something. Looks good now, will rust to hell later lol.

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I think I spend about $5,000 in parts and labor having mine done. I only paid $500 for my engine and wire harness though. I also did the entire tear down of the front nose of my truck by myself. I got as far as the part where the old engine comes out, then I stopped and dave took over.

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I wish I didnt look at mine today. I am about to push it off a cliff.

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Well after a long and hard winter, the truck finally died two weeks ago. It was running good, then the RPM needle started to randomly flutter. The snow melted a bit and we had some rain, and BIG puddles. It began to misfire badly that same day after some spashing. Replaced the rotor and cap, ran bet...

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Third on the pictures! Nice to see someone else that went all LED on their crew. Both of my vehicles are fully LED swapped now. The crew even has LED headlights now that they are available, and functional. I am very interested in your rear end mods on the zr-2 rear. If something ever happens to mine...

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I would try the cable first. If the cable is jamming up inside, it may not travel right. If the 4x4 is OFF and its still holding vac in the actuator there may be a bad switch on the T case or a squashed line. Check your lines out first. If the actuator is fully letting go with 4x4 off and the vac li...

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I did the zr2 swap on mine, because my axle was having some slight misbehaving with the V8 attached. I think after 270k+ it wasnt happy anymore. My zr2 axle came out of a pickup and was a direct swap. zr2s will have disc brakes on all of them if i recall, so swapping brakes is not necessary. I did o...

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They are usually found in Bravadas, and anything 2003 or later.

What is the advantage to having full android on the head unit? I would like to play with one of these in person. If its a cool as it looks maybe Ill get one. How is phone integration and does it support built in sat radio?

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Somehow I dont trust something called Autopumpkin and has alot of flashy images. But let me know how it works out. I was planning to eventually get a Pioneer app radio for mine if I do decide to upgrade. You can get a pioneer unit for around the same price, it doesnt run android but its compatible w...

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5.7 is fairly direct, though you will need to buy some adaptors etc. You will need electric fans, i got dodge intrepid ones. You can use the 4.3L computer and wire harness, but you will need the 5.7 harness also to mash together with the 4.3 harness for the fuel injection etc. The O2 sensors have to...

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I must do my best thinking in my sleep. I woke up about 3 last night with an epiphany on how to do the brake lines. Just need to figure out how to make what's in my head happen. :runforhills: Dont you love it when that happens? And then you want to run out there and start working on it again. lol

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Replaced that, nothing. The computer wont allow it to make spark if it does not see RPM signal from the crank position sensor. I am not getting RPM data, replaced the crank sensor since that was the code I had and its still not showing it.

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Yea it squirts out of the fuel rail. I just put a new AC Delco pump in. This all happened after i had to stumble it home misfiring like crazy because of hitting some big puddle.s A new rotor and cap fixed that but my RPM needle still kept fluttering randomly. Starting fluid wont help either, since t...

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Had it towed yesterday, for I think the first time ever since I bought it. The engine cranks, but wont run. Had a P0335 Crankshaft Position Sensor Malfunction set in the computer, did the sensor troubleshooting and replaced it and it still wont run. No spark, no RPM readout on the scanner or the gau...

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I wonder if its the CV axle?

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Interesting. Something seems not right there. I would get that box that goes between the wire harness.

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Everything looks good to me? Nothing is cut off.

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Mine needs the dash vent for the defrost. that seems to have fallen apart. How is the driver side door panel? They dont seem to fair well on any of these trucks.

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Oh nice! I really need to do this. After taking a back way entrance tonight in to the yard at work it was very apparent that this would help. The back way is pretty much whatevers left from the snow with dirt/mud whatever under it.

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My damaged door is long gone. I should have saved the stuff from it. I kept some of it for a little while then said to hell with it and threw it out. Only so much room when you dont own the place you live in.

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JUST so everyone knows, I found this out the hard way. Front doors on crew cabs are electrically exactly the same as a Blazer, since they were made in the same factory. If you get a door from a regular S10 pickup you will need to remove most of the guts and replace it with the guts from your crew do...

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I bought my ZR5 wheels from _stucky. I dont remember what exactly I paid to ship them but I think we were able to get all 4 sent for about $80. I know we looked at Amtrak and there is a way to ship stuff on a Greyhound bus.

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I need one of these. I am tired of smashing the plastic bumper things up when I bump in to snow etc in the cold. I bought one and it didnt even last two weeks before it got cracked up.

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Your AC compressor may be bad and when you turn the AC on its putting too much stress on the engine and its trying to overcome it. My aunts trailblazer had ceased bearings on the compressor and when you would turn the AC on the engine would drop to 500rpm and then die.

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WHere is the whine coming from? front rear? My truck whines under load and its the power steering pump. Makes it sound like I have a supercharger almost.

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It has always been my assumption that the O2 sensors will give you a fault when they are bad/not working right. If the cat was just replaced changing the sensor behind it might not be a bad idea but if there is no CEL for the P0420 code now then it should be okay. Some say that after so many miles y...

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Ouch that sucks! Looks like it was a nice truck. Good luck with your new crew, any pics of it?

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Just get a whole rear tail light harness. There is a plug on the driver side in the frame by the spare you can just plug it right in. Its super easy to replace. No need to cut and splice in to anything. You can get one from basically any S10 pickup second gen and it will work.

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When you open the door, does the exterior lights flash?

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