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I have a bed I am scrapping friday if nobody comes to get it. I can give you the door if I can figure out how to get it off.

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Wow this was an interesting read. I would love to see the same info on VW Vortex! Plenty of JUNK out there for any car today. Funny how I see a few people here tried the Hawk pads and rotors, the VW forum worships these and recommends them to everyone. I personally enjoy my stock VW pads when the fr...

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Whenever I travel to Michigan I always see the 3rd doors rotted on the S10s. I would try to pick one up from out of state that is clean. I would also have the body shop when they paint it for you add rock chip guard to the lower portion of the door. This prevents rocks and things that get kicked up ...

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Excellent! Thanks for the info. Now to youtube and listen to some sound clips.

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Thanks for the info. I was on Summit racing last night and saw a few systems I liked, one from Magnaflow but they said in the specs that it only fits crew cabs with Z85 suspension? I know the ZR5 had different shocks but is that what they mean?

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Finally got my replacement bed painted and installed on my truck, when I took the old one off I noticed my muffler after 250k has finally seen better days. With the truck running you can hear it leaking and see it dripping moisture during idle. I would like to just purchase a whole cat-back system a...

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HenryJ wrote:
ApproachMedium wrote:... I would imagine that would cause problems with the trucks IAC?
Oh, yes it would. Don't do that.

LOL I wont, It drove nicely today so I will leave well enough alone!!!

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Completed this on my truck today. I will be doing it to any further S10 trucks I come in contact with. One question, my blade was a bit different from the ones in the DIY page. It had 1 pop rivet and two other rivets holding the piece you want to cut off on the blade. For now I cut the piece off per...

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And thank you too. Made it home in one piece, only one casualty, someones brand new couch on 95 outside of DC.... Only a tiny dent in the driver side fender of the F150!

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Yay! Now I don't have to type my responses in Word and copy and paste.

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That would be just fine! Do they still have the tweeters in them? I just need the metal plates that held the tweeters not the plastic dash covers. If the tweeters are still in there thats a plus I can use their pigtails to make a wire harness.

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Looking for a set of the front dash mounted tweeter plates for the crews or the blazers. If anyone has a pair laying around Id be willing to pay the shipping. Need them for a new audio project and I tossed my old ones out a long time ago.

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IF your going to put 6.5 subs in doors might as well just get the 250watt bazooka... Fits right behind the seat amp and all. There really is no room for anything in the front of the truck. I found that once I removed the coaxials from my front dash mounts and just put coaxials in the front doors my ...

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Do you keep resetting the codes or have you been driving it around and its holding the same code? Does your check engine light ever flash while idling or while accelerating from a stop? My truck will often throw this code but a day or two later it throws the P0303 code after reset which is misfire o...

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So far looks easier to read. I like. The snow thing was cute for about a minute thought till I tried using this forum on my TV PC. Was nice to be able to sit on the couch and post from across the room but now typing has major lag while the white stuff blows around.

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Yep. Now to just convince the place I bought it from that the battery was like that when it arrived at my house back in march.

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So I had a real breakthru with this for once. Yes, it was the battery. But here is why! Behold the photos below, which shows the corner busted open and is leaking acid out. I knew the corner was broken when I got it new but the body of the battery was not exposed or showed any damage that could have...

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Well I guess that answers everything. Now I know why the quality control is hit or miss.

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I totally agree. I have heard the Interstate battery tale first hand here and the story is the same. We joke about them being the only battery that leaks worse than a Les Schwab battery :lol: The old mechanic here had a brother that sold Interstate. We went through LOTS of batteries! It took a new ...

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Humm no swelling but after having it on the charger today for the hour or so it only had 12.10 volts with the multimeter. Sounds like a dead one to me. The GTI tests at 13.50 with the engine off.

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Yep. im pretty sure the Optima is the issue. I should have listened and gotten the Die Hard. I just think its funny how the GTI optima has been killed dead twice by my mistake of leaving my amp switched on and havent had any problems with recharging it and rolling right a long. Oh well! Live and lea...

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So this problem came back, figured the battery or the rotted negative cable was my problem and did the easier way out first. Changed the cable and during the changing of the cable had the batt on the charger. It got to 100% just as I completed the task, hooked it up and tried to start. Fought with i...

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Not a problem!

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No sorry, they are long gone. Thats just about the only thing I was able to get rid of.

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The only way to get it to scan EU stations would be to actually get an EU unit. I think the chipsets are actually different which do the tuning. A pioneer tech would probably know more about it

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If you only knew the whacky tools, extensions, and fancy pieces I had to dig through an entire railyard to find just to get the bolts out of these things you wouldn't be saying that LOL. One of the things you need is a 3/8 star socket that also has a built in swivel. I think it took us a few days to...

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Haha! Thanks! I just kept laughing here, I can take two 65lbs starters out of a CAT 16 cyl twin turbo diesel engine in a locomotive with zero experience but my father who's worked on hundreds of cars couldn't get a starter out of an S10!

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Got my self in to this first hand this afternoon, and with the help of a friend I got the starter out with out modification to anything. Basically what I did was jacked the truck up on stands, took off the passenger side wheel and disconnected the electrical connections. Then I went underneath, and ...

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Looks like they list them listed in their catalog for the "Blazer/Jimmy 4x4 (S Series Compact)". They do not mention the pick up model specifically. I cant imagine the mounting of the motor in the 4x4 Blazer/Jimmy with a 4.3L was much different is it? I should see if my local Napa guy can get these ...

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Got it. Ill give that a try tomorrow. While I am at it I should just replace the motor mounts for the 3rd time lol.

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OK thanks for the info. I figured it didnt have the shield, and I didnt put one on. Ill try to mess with it tomorrow on my day off in daylight. And yes, my driver side motor mount is broken, so maybe i should try having the truck on jackstands and use the jack itself to lift the motor to the right a...

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It does, but its not? Specifically the following part, I have no idea what they are talking about. "Remove the differential carrier shield mounting bolts, if equipped. Remove the differential carrier shield, if equipped." I have removed all other bolts etc from the starter and it has no room to get ...

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Post pics when your done. I would like to see what one of these looks like with the body line/fenders done.

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Excellent I will email you right now.

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Is this still avail? I really need a replacement bed for my crew as both sides were damaged. I would be willing to drive to you and pick it up.

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So to update on this one, I tried the cluster from my crew in the blazer and had the same problems. Somewhere else I had seem mention about a possible bad ignition switch? It also likes to make the turn signal flasher click randomly which seems to be related to the multifunction switch being loose i...

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Ok so last night dad tried to take the starter out. He says the solenoid is rotted out and the motor looks like hell. We believe this is the original starter, with 250,000 miles on it now thats not too bad for original. Now the problem we have is we cant get it out. He got the two bolts out but says...

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I gotta keep lookin around. Cant find any near me in NJ that arent damaged. I also want the shorty CC bed for one of these too but everyone wants a grand or more for one.

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Very simple. There is one screw under the visor of your gauge cluser, take that out. Then go and take out the two top screws on the lower panel under the colum out. Pull it down some so you can see the other two that hold the dash panel on, if yours has these two. Mine did not exist but the blazer I...

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If you can get me both front and back that would be the best. The rear is the most important.

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OK checked out the truck tonight, looks like its a bad starter motor. Got to parents unplugged the truck from the battery, put it on the charger and immediately it said the battery was good and fully charged. I even tried the ye olde but good charger with just a ammeter and that even said it was bas...

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Take a picture of the one you have and send it to me. the RDS versions came in trucks after 2002/03 usually models featuring onstar if i recall correctly. The difference is the plugs on the back are totally different.

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So it was a little sluggish to crank the truck today. Drove it last on Thursday. I noticed when I came home thursday night that after shutting off the truck and removing my key that there is a faint glow in my shift indicator and my odometer. I wonder if my problem is actually something shorting/gro...

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I may have one that you can have as long as you promise me ill never see it again. These are the NON RDS versions, with single disc and aux for tape deck etc. One of them though some of the bulbs burned out but it works fine.

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Pulled the gauge cluster apart today and going to possibly test tomorrow. I dont see anything right away that looks like its been poorly soldered. When I find the solution if there are steps needed to make a repair Ill be sure to post on here and maybe we can make a page for it.

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Ah me and the white bottle are very good friends from my rear caliper pin episodes. I however may not waste the time on it for this job though since it is not my truck and hopefully I never have to do this again to it, next time around he can pay someone to do it. :) If there is a bottle to be found...

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Interesting. I switched the fuel pump, starter, horn, and headlight fuses around like a bad game of hide the ball in the cup and remember which one it was in. I tried swapping the headlight relay with every possible one including replacing it with a new one, still didn't work. I will have to pull th...

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Thats what I thought. I recall when my father and I replaced the driver side bearing on my CC we didnt use any pullers, just an impact gun? I wanted to do it this weekend, but maybe not. The grinding/vibration is so bad it sounds like a freight train thats been doing a lot of braking in a rainstorm....

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Thanks for the link! I have been googling for 2 hours now trying to find it. I know I had seen some DIY fixes before but for some reason now that I need it I am flooded with people that want to charge me $200 to do something I am very confident I can do myself.

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Gotcha. So what is posted there is exactly what I have to do.

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The above info is for replacing just the bearing itself? What would be required to change an entire hub assembly? Another project that has to be completed on project blazer for my friend. I have the whole hub/bearing assembly with the speed sensor.

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Gotcha. I would assume the cluster out of my 02' CC should fit right in, I guess I can plug the one from the blazer in to the CC to see if it is in fact the cluster or another issue.

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So now after being bored at work and reading the Quadbeam thread, I must resurrect this issue for a moment and ask some questions. Now after reading all about how the DRLs use flopping positive and negative between headlight and DRL mode to run the DRLs at reduced lighting, this better explains my i...

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Would this fix a gauge cluster where the shift indicator and odometer are going completely dark and then coming on again? I have this problem with a friends blazer. I was lead to believe this is an issue with the gauge cluster itself.

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Many reasons, like the laptop that I have been using now is a company laptop, and I am not going to invest in a car charger for it. By then they will probably replace it on me. Also when we do railfan trips it can be used for charging the various camera and radio batteries used for all the junk we b...

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I do have a good relationship with my parts place, a local NAPA that I have been visiting for the past 5 years by my parents. Unfortunately though by the time I get home from work they are closed. I cant wait a week to get down to the parts store just to have them charge a battery, when I can do thi...

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Your welcome and good luck! If you have a garage a small space heater is a great investment LOL. I will be picking one up for my new place since I dont have the luxury of a warm garage in the winter anymore.

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OK well what I was going to do for now is my 250W inverter fits where the tape deck was, it was going to go there. I was thinking if I can get it inside of the console would be better. I would only be running a laptop and phone chargers off it nothing crazy. But yes it does have a fan so airflow is ...

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I know its not good to run a dead battery on the altnerator, I jumped the thing again before I left this evening and left it running with the GTI plugged in for about 10-15 minutes before leaving it alone. I immediately hit the highway went straight to the parents and threw it on the charger. Drive ...

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Most likely it is in the door itself. I would consistantly loose BOTH rear speakers at the same time. The front and rear speakers in the doors share the same connectors, except i believe the rears have pigtails off the speaker itself and the fronts do not. Go and pick up a set of 2 way coaxials and ...

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Beautiful! I love the white! Where did you find the rear doors for the crew cab? I cant seem to find them anywhere as I could use one for mine. Got banged up pretty bad this past winter with the snow in NYC.

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Excellent idea. Gives me thoughts about doing this with my 120V power inverter, instead of 12V outlets, I can put the 120s back there.

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Well strike one may be hit on the new optima, while changing out my door speakers in the CC yesterday I was listening to the radio, the sound slowly faded out till there was no sound but the radio worked. The dash was dimly lit and then I had 9v on the battery. Jump started it off the GTI and had it...

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Your speakers are not bad.I had this same problem with my CC. Take the rear doors apart, REMOVE the plug harness that comes out of the speaker and goes to the rest of the door. Take the wire coming from the door and permanently attach it to the speaker. The problem is the plugs are cheezy and they w...

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I just tried this experiment yesterday, I removed my two 4x6 2 way pioneers from the dash and installed a pair of 6.5 pioneer coaxials in my doors. I removed the 4x6s because it seems like they can distort with all the open space in the dash, its not exactly set up for midrange/bass response. The so...

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I also have a 6.5 inch bazooka, definatly a great upgrade for the CC. the 6.5 inch model fits behind the seat with NO modification. I recommend the 250W Class D version if you really want to crank the tunes, but the 100W basic version is fine for the casual listener who wants a concert like clarity.

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Found a bunch of things in the closet that I really do not need any longer and putting them up on the block here. 3 single DIN head units, $20 each 1 JVC KD-G200 CD player Only has single set of preouts. 1 JVC KD-S890 CD-MP3 player Has front and rear preouts 1 Sony XR-4890 Tape deck unit. Has single...

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List them on Craigslist, they will go in no time trust me.

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Wow am I the highest roller here? My 02' CC is still tickin, at 246k! Lucasoil keeps old engines runnin! thats for damn sure.

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wow hilarious. Someone that lives in NJ and has the same truck with the same problem I do except its the exact opposite. Mine idles like crap and wont fire #3, runs great on anything over idle. Drive it around town MPG sucks, drive it on highway 19mpg... My problem was rooted down to a loss of compr...

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Ended up trading with a guy from Barengate for a set of stock 4x4 crew wheels with michelins on them. Sorry I couldnt help you out there.

I think I am done with this thread I am going to make a list of any other spare parts I have to sell and make a new thread for that.

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OK once again another question about a 4x4 transfer case. On my buddys 94 blazer the 4x4 wont do anything, wont engage at all. It is a pushbutton system similar to what our crews have, of course different buttons. Sometimes when you push the button you can hear it making noise when stopped but no li...

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Sounds good to me. Ill let you know what I end up with, and id be glad to give you a wheel or two with a correct tire for your inspection purposes.

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Just listed them the other day on CL and so far got one person who wants to trade a set of the pre 94 4x4 S10 wheels (the old 5 spoke) with me from his 96 blazer with good tires etc. I dont particularity care for that style however, so maybe we can do a trade for a trade? Id much rather have the sty...

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LOL Forked river isnt too far away. I just moved from Brielle and I am in Aberdeen now. Im going to try and list my wheels tonight and get rid of them soon. I wanna get this thing aligned correctly among other things.

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