will i have a 85 s10 and a 89 best thing i ever had tough as nails
strong
i had the 4 cyl/6cyl 2.8 and 4.3 never a problem and always worked hard
----- Original Message -----
From: "wayne osborne" <wayne@chevytrucks.org>
To: "Bobby D Keeland" <bob_keeland@usgs.gov>; <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 12:49 AM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] RE: s-10
> I must agree--I got a 2 door 85-s10 blazer with the 2.8L v-6. I got it and
> was told i'd be replacing the engines rear seal as it was prone to
leaking.
> Well--approaching 200K miles and never did anything but replace the water
> pump, clutch cylinders and thats about it, i've always changed that oil
> about ever 4-5k miles without fail... I got it in 87, best 5 grand ever
> spent in my life... --wayne
>
>
> At 07:42 AM 1/21/03 -0600, Bobby D Keeland wrote:
> >We also had a 1988 S-10. It now belongs to our daughter. That was the
> >very best vehicle buy I've ever made. It has been through a lot, hauled
> >many heavy loads, over 200,000 miles before we replaced the engine. The
> >damned thing is still going strong. The newer S-10 may be crap, but in
the
> >late 1980s Chevy made a very good little truck.
> >
> >BobK
> >1951 3600 5-window (still in pieces)
> >Arnaudville, LA
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> > "Richards,
> > Troy"
> > <trichards@hrgreen. To:
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> > RE: s-10
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> > 01/16/03 11:39
> > AM
> > Please respond
> > to
> > "Richards,
> > Troy"
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> > I have mixed feelings about the S10. I loved my first S10, a bare
bones
> >std cab 1988 model. It got me all over the east coast while in the Army.
I
> >sold it when I moved back to Iowa and a couple years later I bought a 94
> >S10
> >LS extracab craporamma. I hated that truck. Every piece of it rattled, it
> >was useless in the snow, I actually got stuck in my own driveway and had
to
> >have the neighbors help me push it into the street. Junk junk junk I
> >finally
> >sold it for a chunk less than I owed just to be rid of the damn thing.
> >
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> >
> >Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 22:36:05 -0800
> >From: mark <ccpanel@jps.net>
> >Subject: [oletrucks] s-10
> >
> >in my own opinion-having driven one for a few years-never use a s-10
> >chassis
> >for a donor-cheap isnt always better-i may just be CHEAP. i hate those
> >trucks-they are the ford fiesta of trucks.... and in the 80's-forget it!
> >anyway...
> >mark
> >
> >
> > http://customclassics.org
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> Wayne Osborne
> http://www.chevytrucks.org
> http://www.chevytrucks.org/wayne
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