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[not_mine]

I got 175,XXX on my 94 4.3 CPI auto. Went through one trans due to previous owner didn't ever change the fluid or filter, two spider units but that's normal. I pulled out the 4.3 nothing wrong but I wanted more power and still using the stock 4L60E

[89 4x4 PU]

Have an 89 4x4 PU w/ 120,000 miles. Has 4.3 TBI and is an automatic. Unstoppable in four wheel drive, makes all the normal clunks and noises for being old, needs all those timely and expensive repairs, engine is a little worn, requires care and babying... AND IT KEEPS GOING JUST FINE. Best $3,000 spent, and the only new thing is the heater core and tires. All else is completely original.

[bertho]

A bit late to the party, but '91 S-10 4x4 Ext. Cab with the 4.3 running just fine after 180,000 miles. Had to replace the alternator at 75,000, a switch on the 4WD transfer case around 100,000 and the water pump around 120,000 - a total of about $200. Everything else is standard maintenance except for some suspension problems that keep recurring that are easily attributable to the fact that I nearly totalled it in '94 by wrapping it around a telephone pole.

[gary e. mckee]

my 94 s-10 blazer, with a v-6 standard, is or was purring along at 294,000 miles. the freeze plug just started leaking this weekend. I have only replaced the water pump, the starter two weeks ago, and the clutch wore out at 250,000 miles. Onward to 300,000.

[STOVE BOLT]

`93 S-10, 2.5, 5 Speed, 2 Wd. 214,000, And Still Running Super. Oh, And By The Way, I Live In Upstate N.y. Tell Ya Anything?

[syberthug]

2.8
5 speed
260,000 miles
just changed original ball joints even

[bertho]

Originally Posted by gary e. mckee

my 94 s-10 blazer, with a v-6 standard, is or was purring along at 294,000 miles. the freeze plug just started leaking this weekend. I have only replaced the water pump, the starter two weeks ago, and the clutch wore out at 250,000 miles. Onward to 300,000.

Amusing that you posted right after me because my truck blew a freeze plug right around that time - one of the ones in the back of the block, so I sadly am not equipped to fix it myself and we can't afford to be without a vehicle, so we had to buy a car and my poor S-10 has been sitting pretty much motionless for the past month except for when we went to pick up the car and it overheated and blew the transmission gasket. I'm a little annoyed that I need about $5 in parts to get it running again, but since I can't drop the tranny myself, I'm going to have to pay over $400 to get it fixed, so it's going to be sitting for a while. 200,000 will have to wait a couple years.

[BlazerLT]

Originally Posted by bertho

Amusing that you posted right after me because my truck blew a freeze plug right around that time - one of the ones in the back of the block, so I sadly am not equipped to fix it myself and we can't afford to be without a vehicle, so we had to buy a car and my poor S-10 has been sitting pretty much motionless for the past month except for when we went to pick up the car and it overheated and blew the transmission gasket. I'm a little annoyed that I need about $5 in parts to get it running again, but since I can't drop the tranny myself, I'm going to have to pay over $400 to get it fixed, so it's going to be sitting for a while. 200,000 will have to wait a couple years.

Ummm......

You bought another car because a freeze plug blew?

Why didn't you get it fixed for under $100?

[bertho]

Originally Posted by BlazerLT

You bought another car because a freeze plug blew?

Why didn't you get it fixed for under $100?

The cheapest estimate I got was $375 - it's one of the rear plugs, so the tranny has to be dropped (and it's a 4x4, so the crossmember has to come off, too). But the problem is my wife works 6 days a week, so transportation is necessary constantly (she's a manager at the restaurant she works for, so she's there later than everyone else most days, so she can't get a ride home and the buses don't run that late here). A new vehicle was really our only option since the truck will be in the shop for at least one full day even if we scheduled it.

[BlazerLT]

Originally Posted by bertho

The cheapest estimate I got was $375 - it's one of the rear plugs, so the tranny has to be dropped (and it's a 4x4, so the crossmember has to come off, too). But the problem is my wife works 6 days a week, so transportation is necessary constantly (she's a manager at the restaurant she works for, so she's there later than everyone else most days, so she can't get a ride home and the buses don't run that late here). A new vehicle was really our only option since the truck will be in the shop for at least one full day even if we scheduled it.

So you bought a car because of a one day inconvenience?

1 day abd 375 vs 2 hours and multiple 1000's of dollars?

Do you realize how completely ridiculous that sounds?

[bertho]

Originally Posted by BlazerLT

So you bought a car because of a one day inconvenience?

1 day abd 375 vs 2 hours and multiple 1000's of dollars?

Do you realize how completely ridiculous that sounds?

Where do you get "2 hours and multiple 1000's of dollars" from? We paid $1000 for the car, and blowing the transmission gasket isn't going to add much more to the repair costs on the truck since the crossmember will already be off. And when we do manage to get it fixed, we'll have two vehicles again and won't have to work around each other's schedules like we have for the past year.

I really don't know what you don't understand here. The S-10 needed to be repaired, and we needed a way to get around while that happened. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that another vehicle is needed.

[BlazerLT]

OMG, the truck won't start, better go buy another one....

I kid...I kid.....

[ups88daj]

Well mine is not nearly as high as most of the rest of these replies. year 2000 79,000, give time I'll catch up if i don't dump it off on someone else.

[dadof5]

91 s10 with 246,000 almost all original starter and feul pump went out recently but will fix it because have to keep beating the crap out of it.I purchased this brand new.

[Jerseydevil1953]

97 S-10 with 1,300 original miles. 2.2 5 speed