Old77's 1989 S10 tinkering project

[dhartman]

Back in the day I had 2 of them the tan was a 1983 4.3 2wd auto and the black one was a 91 2.8 2wd 5 speed. Loved the crap outta both. They kinda resemble these pic

 

[ChuckN]

Nice find! I was imagining a clapped out piece of junk- that think looks clean! That’s pretty cool.

 

[bucket]

I still can't believe how older he looks all of a sudden. I think it's the wooly hat. Looks gangsta.

That's what I thought too. Little cob ain't little anymore. Time flies on by, huh?

 

[Old77]

Nice find! I was imagining a clapped out piece of junk- that think looks clean! That’s pretty cool.

Yeah, she’s not bad considering the age. Definitely worth putting time and effort into her to keep her going

 

[Old77]

Good progress today but did find that my inner rocker is roached so I’ll to back and repair that this Spring. But got the outer rocker replaced and everything thrown back on other than seat back in and hood back on. We’ll do that real quick tomorrow

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[Old77]

I haven’t gotten a “finished” pic yet but he’s back to driving her again. Apparently, no one makes an inner rocker for these S10s so I’m gonna have to get a sheet of metal and make up my own. Should be easy enough but was hoping to just buy a patch panel I’ll try and grab a pic of it tomorrow. Im happy with the outcome busy weekend

 

[Old77]

Something weird, though. When we started this weekend’s project all blinkers were good. I replaced all bulbs and now the passenger side blinks BUT doesn’t illuminate when just the lights are on. And that’s for the bumper light and the 194 corner light. Anyone have an idea??? I’ve replaced both bulbs 3 times today to see if that’s the issue and it’s not done anything @bucket @idahovette

 

[mtbadbob]

Something weird, though. When we started this weekend’s project all blinkers were good. I replaced all bulbs and now the passenger side blinks BUT doesn’t illuminate when just the lights are on. And that’s for the bumper light and the 194 corner light. Anyone have an idea??? I’ve replaced both bulbs 3 times today to see if that’s the issue and it’s not done anything @bucket @idahovette

Did you use 1156's instead of 1157's?

 

[Old77]

Did you use 1156's instead of 1157's?

1157. Is it supposed to be 56??

 

[DoubleDingo]

I believe if it's both running light and blinker, it's 1157.

 

[DoubleDingo]

Maybe you missed a ground somewhere?

 

[idahovette]

@Old77 Gotta be a ground that you disturbed or possibly tweaked the park light wire?

 

[Old77]

Maybe you missed a ground somewhere?

@Old77 Gotta be a ground that you disturbed or possibly tweaked the park light wire?

Ground is my thought, too. Not sure which it’d be but maybe banged into something. I definitely need to trace through it and see if I can’t find something. That’s part of why this is perplexing as we didn’t touch any wires other than the under hood lights when we took the hood off LOL I’ll try and crawl back under there this week and see what I can find

 

[DoubleDingo]

Do you have the shop manual for it that has the wiring diagrams? That would help pinpoint ground locations, and where splices may be found. Hope it's an easy fix, I personally dislike electrical gremlins.

 

[Old77]

Do you have the shop manual for it that has the wiring diagrams? That would help pinpoint ground locations, and where splices may be found. Hope it's an easy fix, I personally dislike electrical gremlins.

Me too and I'm super weak at diagnosing electrical issues. Me and electrical is like water and oil LOL