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[Bitter]

I love Aliexpress, only place I could find the sensor side of a Toyota TPS connector to make an adapter harness, I don't love waiting a month but it beats cutting up my engine harness. I wasn't paying attention though and accidently bought both sides of the connector when all I needed was the one side, oops! Anyone need some TPS pigtails for a JZ/1ZZ/2ZZ and probably a bunch of other engines?

[the gamer that is bad]

8 hours ago, Bitter said:

If you want to put a chevy 350 in something start with a chevy something or other, maybe a Blazer or S10 pickup.

 

4 hours ago, Bitter said:

I love Aliexpress, only place I could find the sensor side of a Toyota TPS connector to make an adapter harness, I don't love waiting a month but it beats cutting up my engine harness. I wasn't paying attention though and accidently bought both sides of the connector when all I needed was the one side, oops! Anyone need some TPS pigtails for a JZ/1ZZ/2ZZ and probably a bunch of other engines?

are they manuals because i only have manual transmissions 

[the gamer that is bad]

I'm asking because if i can save some money on a transmission i can spend more money on performance enhancements 

[Bitter]

I'm sure the S10 was available in manual all of it's years,not sure about which gen of Blazer. Can't recall if the 4.3 uses the same bell housing as the small block but I think it does since they mate a 4L60/80 on both engines in automatic, so I would assume like a T5 and bell housing goes on either too.

[the gamer that is bad]

2 minutes ago, Bitter said:

I'm sure the S10 was available in manual all of it's years,not sure about which gen of Blazer. Can't recall if the 4.3 uses the same bell housing as the small block but I think it does since they mate a 4L60/80 on both engines in automatic, so I would assume like a T5 and bell housing goes on either too.

uuh englishe'nt i still don't know all the terms

[Bitter]

You better do a lot of reading before you do any swappin then.

[the gamer that is bad]

Just now, Bitter said:

You better do a lot of reading before you do any swappin then.

yah i mode do it by eyeball i could help fix a 57 thunderbird and 65 mustang those were easy enough

[vetali]

11 minutes ago, Bitter said:

I'm sure the S10 was available in manual all of it's years,not sure about which gen of Blazer. Can't recall if the 4.3 uses the same bell housing as the small block but I think it does since they mate a 4L60/80 on both engines in automatic, so I would assume like a T5 and bell housing goes on either too.

Blazers had manuals all the way to the end I think. We had a regular with a 2 door ZR2 manual. 4.3s are the exact same bell housing as a 5.7. A 4.3 is a 5.7 with 2 cylinder chopped off, and balance shafts up the ass to counter that.

[the gamer that is bad]

i also do allot of work on rebuilding my side x side but never an engine swap

[the gamer that is bad]

2 minutes ago, vetali said:

Blazers had manuals all the way to the end I think. We had a regular with a 2 door ZR2 manual. 4.3s are the exact same bell housing as a 5.7. A 4.3 is a 5.7 with 2 cylinder chopped off, and balance shafts up the ass to counter that.

do they have space for a 5.7 then

 

[vetali]

8 minutes ago, the gamer that is bad said:

do they have space for a 5.7 then

 

First gens are very tight. I think they require special manifolds or cutting the frame up. Steering shaft is also a problem. Second gens are easy. The old S10 forums had tons of resources on 350, 5.7, LS swaps. I don't know if they exist anymore, and if they do most the images will be broken because of imageshack/photobucket links. I researched it a lot like... 15 years ago when I had my blazer lol

[Real_PhillBert]

On 1/29/2021 at 7:03 PM, AlwaysFSX said:

Naw what we should do instead is shovel the ground out of the Dakotas at least a couple hundred feet deep and turn them in to another great lake.

I'm more impressed that you even have an opinion of the Dakotas; most people are only vaguely aware that the Dakotas exist, let alone have an actual opinion of them. 

[AlwaysFSX]

1 hour ago, Real_PhillBert said:

I'm more impressed that you even have an opinion of the Dakotas; most people are only vaguely aware that the Dakotas exist, let alone have an actual opinion of them. 

I actually had to learn about all of the states when I was in elementary school, lol

[vetali]

1 hour ago, Real_PhillBert said:

I'm more impressed that you even have an opinion of the Dakotas; most people are only vaguely aware that the Dakotas exist, let alone have an actual opinion of them. 

We started getting auction trucks from around there because they were cheap. There was a reason why they were cheap and thankfully it was short lived. I think every truck got sent back but one.

[Radium_Angel]

Long shot, anyone ever owned an Isuzu Rodeo? I got one for misc tasks and have a few minor issues I"d like to solve.

[Real_PhillBert]

26 minutes ago, vetali said:

We started getting auction trucks from around there because they were cheap. There was a reason why they were cheap and thankfully it was short lived. I think every truck got sent back but one.

The oil field guys are notoriously hard on their pickups, so I'm not surprised. Everyone around here knows not to buy from them haha.

[arnavvr]

5 hours ago, AlwaysFSX said:

I actually had to learn about all of the states when I was in elementary school, lol

I only know about North Dakota because of the oil boom and South Dakota because of Mt. Rushmore.

 

I don't know anything else about them lol. 

[AlwaysFSX]

2 hours ago, arnavvr said:

I only know about North Dakota because of the oil boom and South Dakota because of Mt. Rushmore.

 

I don't know anything else about them lol. 

That's it. That's all there is to know.

[Bitter]

8 hours ago, Radium_Angel said:

Long shot, anyone ever owned an Isuzu Rodeo? I got one for misc tasks and have a few minor issues I"d like to solve.

Just look up Honda Passport, they're the same thing (for some years at least)

[Radium_Angel]

13 minutes ago, Bitter said:

Just look up Honda Passport, they're the same thing (for some years at least)

I knew that, what I need to know is where the HVAC blower motor is. Mine seems to have a mind of its own, which is irritating in cold weather.

[vetali]

2 hours ago, Radium_Angel said:

I knew that, what I need to know is where the HVAC blower motor is. Mine seems to have a mind of its own, which is irritating in cold weather.

Should be right under the glove box, where they normally are.

[atxcyclist]

6 hours ago, Radium_Angel said:

I knew that, what I need to know is where the HVAC blower motor is. Mine seems to have a mind of its own, which is irritating in cold weather.

Describe the problem you're having with it. Sometimes blower motors can seem broken or have what seem like dead spots in the fan speed or inconsistent speeds, but it's actually a broken or failing resistor pack.  It's a board with a plug and a big heatsink on it somewhere in the air ducting. They're usually not much easier to change out, but it sucks replacing a blower motor assembly only to find you have the same issue. Diagnosis can be difficult without a shop manual and is impossible without a multimeter, but it'd be worth getting both for a car you plan on spinning wrenches on.

[Radium_Angel]

5 hours ago, atxcyclist said:

Describe the problem you're having with it. Sometimes blower motors can seem broken or have what seem like dead spots in the fan speed or inconsistent speeds, but it's actually a broken or failing resistor pack.  It's a board with a plug and a big heatsink on it somewhere in the air ducting. They're usually not much easier to change out, but it sucks replacing a blower motor assembly only to find you have the same issue. Diagnosis can be difficult without a shop manual and is impossible without a multimeter, but it'd be worth getting both for a car you plan on spinning wrenches on.

I see.

Sometimes the HVAC controls don't turn on the blower. The buttons work (heat to cold, which vent to push air through, A/C button engages compressor) but no fan. If I get the Rodeo up to highway speeds (around here that's 70s) then try, the fan motor will then work normally, until I turn the car off. 

[Bitter]

If the resistor is burnt it's probably because the blower motor is failing and drawing too much current, replace both parts to make sure it's fixed once. Your problem could be a blower but also check the connector to the motor, might just be that hitting bumps is making a weak connection to it or the connection is bad and it's barely getting enough power to spin.

[chaozbandit]

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