Okay as y'all know I recently bought a '92 blazer for $600.
Being as I bought it for $600 it's assumed it has problems, so I'll list the problems I have found and hopefully y'all can give me some advice on how to fix them.

-fuel pump and sending unit going out
-gauges (temp. fuel, and oil pressure) do not work correctly.
-clicks alot when taking off at low rpms
-suspension makes alot of noise
-center console needs lid
-driver window fell off track and won't go back on
-electrical problem (all lights flash and cut out, especially when getting on highway)
-a/c doesn't work (compressor doesnt come on and it doesnt blow at all)
-runs rich
-air filter does not seal on throttle body
-clutch acts up every once in a while (doesnt seem to work right sometimes, it'll grind going into reverse on occasion)

Any and all advice is appreciated and thank you guys.

 

WOW! OK what have you done to this thing off of your list? Tune up?
How do you know fuel pump and sender is failing?
Lights failing? Sounds like a ground issue or a loose connection in your fuse panel.
A/C have you checked any fuses?


You have a lot of variables here. You need to list what you have done and what your mechanical aptitude is.
Sorry to sound harsh but you have a lot of trouble shooting that needs done and we need to know what we are working with.

 

well, the fuel pump and sending unit my dad told me to replace based on the intermittent pump failure, turn the key on and you only hear it sometimes, and when you don't hear it it has trouble starting, lol, I forgot to put starter up there, it doesn't work very well, the sending unit I was told was most likely causing the inopperable/inaccurate fuel gauge issue.
oh, also the abs and brake lights are also on.
a/c I have not touched yet, or rather I havn't touched much of anything, where would you recommend me to start at?

 

Once I have a starting point and I focus I can find and fix almost anything, but finding the starting point is my trouble

 

Id start with the fuel pump issue personally

 

Ok, that ones easy, drop the tank, and replace pump adn sending unit at once.
Where would I start for the electrical problem? alternator because it happens most frequently under high loads? Or grounds? What about the gauges, where would I start for those? the gauges themselves or the sensors that send the signal to the gauges? What would I look at for the rich mixture? fuel regulator? maybe the air cleaner not sealing? a bad sensor? absence of a cat. conv.? incorrect timing? what would cause the suspension to make so much noise (creeking, squeeking, clicking, you name it)? Driver window: how do I get it back on track w/o taking the door panel off? If I have to take the door panel off how is it held on? what is recommended for me to do in pulling it off w/o messing it up?

 

Just pick a problem out of your list and tackle them one problem at a time. Thats the best way to start.

Your electrical could be loose grounds.

Guages, if they are digital, then it could be the whole cluster, they are known to go bad and go completely blank. There is a place that can repair them. Google "Digital Solutions" its a place in CT, a couple of members on here have him before. He'll send you a repaired cluster and you send him your old one. Check out his website.

Get a fuel pressure gauge and hook it up to see what your fuel pressure is. You should get 58-60psi at Key ON. Anything less could mean you have a bad sender/pump or a Fuel pressure regulator. Theres a single wire running along your firewall with a female connector on it. Look around your TRANS Fill dipstick you'll see it. Connect a test wire from your Positve battery terminal to this wire and listen for your pump to come on. See what your prssure is then as well. If you get good pressure then its your FPR, not your send/pump.

Good luck. Let us know how things go.

 

no trans fill dipstick, its a standard, I replaced the air filter housing with the factory unit I found at a junkyard for $35 and got a new filter, also replaced the vacuum lines from the intake to the ball canister on the passenger side fender, also replaced the check valve that was there b/c it was broken., still it seems to run rich (smells rich, idles like it's got a cam). got a new thermostat (believed to not have one currently as the shop told me) and rad. cap-havn't installed them yet.

 

Standards use "fluid" too. There should still be some way to check/top off the fluid.

 

there's a fill/drain plug I can access from underneath the truck