Ended up finding out it was only the tailpipe, and the nipple that extends from the muffler exit. Just welded up a sleeve of larger pipe over the whole thing to the new tailpipe. Turns out that Walker heavy duty round muffler is still holding together somehow ...

 

Hi all - continuing to fix up my 1995 blazer - bought this summer. Just replaced blower motor after it became intermittent - would go on sometimes, change speeds; I did some online research which led to replacing the motor - which solved the problem. Earlier in the winter had to replace heater core - not fun. Just put some really good tires on - doing alright in Vermont snow.

 

$12 arm rest cover, $8 bug shield from pull-a-parts and new back tires..Slowly getting there.

 

Found some fog leds $19 wired them in they adjust up & down.

 

Trying the get to the shop but its got snowed in,since January 22 we`ve got over 20 inches of snow.

 

Took my three button switch out, took it apart and sprayed it with CRC to clean it up , put it back together and now it works much better

 

Havent done much...

Need to replace an O2 sensor thats been tripping the engine light for like a year now...

 

on my 02 xtrme did the basics for stereo install harness and plug, ran a full length ground, and remote turn on, ran dual 4 ga. amp wire,

this week installed the grille emblem off of my 96 s10 ss, smoked headlights and park lights, a new ignition switch, and a new battery

 

Installed the KYB Monomax on all four corners.

 

Had a couple electrical gremlins last night, thanks to the relentless salting of the roads up here after the 3 back-to-back snowstorms, totaling about 3'. More snow on it's way tonight ... just what we need.

Had the infamous "buzzing" wiper motor - classic ground problem. Would buzz every time you turned them on, but wouldn't move. Touched a couple grounded wires to the aluminum mounting tabs, and it started working. Easy fix - just removed the air cleaner and gave the 3rd mounting bolt back there with the ground strap a half turn. Sprayed it down with chain lube to keep the salt out of there.

The other more important problem was the wife had no heat on a -4°F morning. I heard about that one ... That was also a ground problem unrelated to the wipers. There's a bolt I ran through the firewall which has a large 8 awg wire that I connected to the back of the engine for ground. There are 2 other grounds attached to it - one of them for the blower motor. Turns out that bolt had semi-stripped threads, and had loosened, creating a bad ground. When I did the engine swap I installed redundant grounds all over the vehicle to keep it from falling dead in the water when the salt worked it's way in. So far that's been working great - no running issues to speak of. Found a split rubber port plug on the carb that was just starting to create a vacuum leak. Took care of that. She's back out there on the mean streets of Mass., corroding away ...