The good 'ol days. That's how things USED to be before OBD-II started in '96 ...

 

1995 2dr 4x4. Bought her about 2 months ago with only 84000 miles, now she has just over 86000.

Things I have done:
Oil change
Tire rotation
Power steering fluid change
Full tune-up
EGR Cleaning with screened gasket

Things I need to do:
Inspect rear drums, possibly replace
Flush brake fluid
Transmission fluid/filter change
Grease chassis
Change drivetrain fluids

 

The three I have now and the others I have had- replaced several transmissions a couple rear ends, several fuel pumps, one valve job, several radiator leaks, spider in the fuel injector problem, had to replace wheel bearings, many tires, many many many brake jobs, they last about a month then have to do them again because of the over 700 stops at higher speeds per day on my route.... control arms both sides...upper lower, column shifter linkage, air conditioner compressors, one dash panel cluster, gauges all went out, pulled one from a junk yard with way more miles than I had so my mileage was never right after this. The list goes on and on. Every day using them for work. Usually sell them off after I get to 200,000 miles. One I have now shows over 56,000 more miles on it than it really has. Thanks to my junk yard purchase so my gauges would at least work. Thousands and thousands of $$$$ into my Blazers!

 

I got mine in July of '15 with 169,000. It now has 201,000 $1000 fuel pump repair away from home last summer,$700 Camaro wheels & tires, $600 BFG KO tires on stock rims, complete front suspension rebuild, Emissions evaporator solenoid thingy,Rear brake line from axle to front wheel well connection,Brakes rotors and pads & emergency/parking brake shoes, ABS module (two used ones to fix it ) water pump, HD radiator, hoses, belt, tune-up,vacum hoses,transfer case vacum switch, recently since 7/17 : Front transfercase seal, U joints, Battery, Timing chain , distributor, and now a Transmission overhaul. Miscellaneous pick-a-part items, steering wheel, caliper slider bolt, driveshaft, hood, ZR2 front & rear axles. I have put over $5000 cash into it and saved about $3,000 or more doing repairs,which is the price I paid for it. I am happy with my Blazer so far and look forward to some repair free miles ahead ! Concluding, I have more in it than triple the bluebook value but I don't have a payment !

 

1st got my 2002 blazer Ls 4x4 mid summer of 2017 had 139,xxx miles everything stock an looked pretty good 1st easy fix was sway bar end bolts cost 20 bucks for the set
next was front hub an bearing assemblies lifetime warranty 300. Mog or moug Abs yada yada lol an then went to sparkplugs ngk was like 3 something if I Rember right.
after that on my way to work one morning lower intake gaskets 60 bucks
About 2 months after that started noticing it was getting harder to start checked dizzy replace cap and rotor fifty bucks then got a distributor from a 95 doner truck.
now I am in lymbo waiting for a battery on the count of mine has decided to swell up on me after I double check every thing will be listening to my starter an if there is any trouble there I may have to see if it can be swapped with the 95 as well I hope on average I get about 8-14 in city an probably 16-18 freeway I am by no means a crazy driver or lead foot comming from a 4 banger it's a little bit of a change as far as getting my head around a bit fighter motor lol but all is well

 

"on average I get about 8-14 in city an probably 16-18 freeway"
I get the same with a 3:42 ratio

 

I`m on my second Blazer, you learn a lot from the first one

 

Got my 2005 ZR2 Blazer in 2016 with 100k, 115k now.
added:
2.5 Rancho lift (1.5) for ZR2
2" body lift
K&N cold air intake
New Trans
New Fuel pump
New rear springs
bull bar
Slotted & cross drilled rotors
new calibers and pads
Weathertech floor mats
FML

 

Got my 2000 ls 4x4 in feb 2017 have 236k km on it now has 251k. Picked it up for $1500 from an old lady has the g80 rear end with 3.73 gearing and the heavy rear suspension used for hauling horses. Only needed the front hub when I got it
Added:
2.5" R.C. lift $900
R.C. steering stabilizer $75
K&N cold air intake kijiji find $50
weathertech floor mats $96
new front brakes (pads and rotors) $80
drivers side hub $85
alternator $40
harmonic balancer $60
rad $40
light bars $200
rock lights birthday gift
custom bumper free made by my brother
u-joints $25 only needed 1
remote oil line $40
front diff seal $15
full tune up including cap and rotor $150
touch screen headrest dvd players $400
new optima battery $250
water pump $50
ODX led headlight $300
1.5" wheel spacers (front) $95
2" wheel spacers (rear) free amazon gift from someone

 

Bought in 2016
Replaced Engine block and internals due to blown heads
Fuel pressure regulator
Catalytic converter
Egr valve
Stereo
Driver side mirror (tree in the woods)
2 inch shackles
Helper springs
Brake pads
Ball joints, idler arm, tie rod ends
Wheel bearings
31's Needed Tires anyway

Currenty in boxes waiting to get bolted on
2 new moog lower control arms with balljoints
2 new Rough Country upper control arms with balljoints
3 Inch torsion keys
Shock spacers