Squirrly Rants

I just have one thing to say. They stoped making S-10 Blazers in '94. From that point on the only Blazer made was ..... get this .... a Blazer. The full sized "Blazer" is called a Tahoe now not a Blazer. The S-10 Blazer is now called ...... you guessed it, a Blazer. I only say this because at the auto parts store today the guy asked me "is it full size or an S-10" ... I said "It's a Blazer". He was like "yeah but is it a full size or S-10" and I said "It's a Blazer". We walked outside so he could see it was indeed a Blazer but he still said "so its and S-10" and I said "no its a BLAZER, do you see anything on my BLAZER that says S-10??" he said "no" and I said "ok then, its a Blazer, they stoped making S-10 Blazers". this dude was the manager too. I don't think I want to buy parts from someone who doesn't know the diffrence in a Blazer and an S-10 Blazer. They look diffrent and they are made in diffrent years.

There were a few years (I don't remember what years) that they ran a full size Blazer and an S-10 Blazer at the same time. The smaller Blazers, even though it dosen't say it, are still called S-10 Blazers. :2cents:

In 95 wasn't the 4 door 4x4 model called a "t-10" ?

I find that about the dumbest thing in the world

Ahhh, another satisfied Autozone customer...

My Blazer is a '95 4 door 4X4 and its just a Blazer. Says Blazer on the title, the side of the truck, the manual, and in the engine compartment. It doens't say S-10 or T-10 or anything else. They changed the name when they changed the body style.

That's pretty much the same speech I gave to some pimple-faced adolescent behind the counter one day when I needed to get a code scanned. He pointedly stated that my truck was a T-10 Blazer, and that he did have the right scan tool. I just nodded and then rolled my eyes when I turned my back - I *knew* that he needed a translator card/socket adaptor to fit the 16-pin OBD-II look-alike ALDL port on my truck...but they know better. It has everything to do with the sacred powers one must possess before they don the Autozone Uniform. Unfortunately, part of those powers also imbue one with an incredible amount of sloppy diagnosis proceedures and a self-assured demeanor that is unshakable. Even when the scan tool beeps and says "Datastream Sync Error" and I let out a well timed, "Told you so..." *snicker*

Actually, the Blazer is a T series.

D-oh! Well, I stand humbly corrected. Thanks B'LT. I got totally :owned:

Hehehe......

Actually the S and T denote the type of drive train. S series is 2wd and T series is 4wd.

95+ are still are still considered S10s and T10s, but it wasn't necessary to include it in the name after the full size was renamed to Tahoe.

That said....it still iritates me when they ask if it is an S10 or a full size.

95+ are still are still considered S10s and T10s, but it wasn't necessary to include it in the name after the full size was renamed to Tahoe.

One year after the S-10 received a major redesign, Chevrolet revised the Blazer, its popular midsize SUV based on the same platform. At the same time, the manufacturer also removed the "S-10" from the nametag. (Everything about the Blazer applies to the GMC Jimmy.) Compared with its earlier incarnation, the new Blazer was wider, longer, and sleeker, but faced tough competition from the perennial favorite Ford Explorer and, by 1998, from the larger but similarly priced Dodge Durango. And that doesn't even take the hot-selling import sport/utes into account.

If you want the full review check out this site.

http://trucktrend.com/buyersguide/preowned/163_0506_preowned/

One year after the S-10 received a major redesign, Chevrolet revised the Blazer, its popular midsize SUV based on the same platform. At the same time, the manufacturer also removed the "S-10" from the nametag. (Everything about the Blazer applies to the GMC Jimmy.) Compared with its earlier incarnation, the new Blazer was wider, longer, and sleeker, but faced tough competition from the perennial favorite Ford Explorer and, by 1998, from the larger but similarly priced Dodge Durango. And that doesn't even take the hot-selling import sport/utes into account.

If you want the full review check out this site.

http://trucktrend.com/buyersguide/preowned/163_0506_preowned/

Are you agreeing with me or disagreeing? :smile:

S10 was dropped from the nametag, but it is still considered an S10 or T10 blazer as evidenced by all GM documentation refering to them as S/T model Blazers. All full sized vehicles are refered to as C or K to designate 2wd and 4wd.

I agree and disagree. The S and T are not in the name they are mearly codes. The Blazer is not known as an S-10 anymore because that is not its name anymore. It is just plain 'ol Blazer now no T or S anything in the name. GMC/Chevy may refer to them as S or T only when they are talking about which model of Blazer it is. If I walk in auto zone they should ask me "2WD or 4WD" not "T or S". It isn't an S-10 its just a Blazer with 4WD.

Even though the name on the side doesn't say S10, they are still S10 and T10 Blazers. In 95 GM also stopped calling the pick-ups S10s even though they are the same as the 94...this doesn't mean they are different trucks it just means that the name changed. The GMC's are called Sonomas, but the are still S10s. I could change my name, but it doesn't make me a different person.

Yes but if your name changed you could no longer be called by that name, it isn't your name any more. The Blazer is no longer an S-10 so it can no longer be called an S-10. It can only be called a Blazer. Well, you can call it anything you want but its actual name is just Blazer.

on my 95 4X4's inspection sticker it says T10.....

The Blazers are based on the S-10 body and frame. SO IN REALITY, it is a S-10 Blazer. This is a way to identify a Full size Blazer (which is now called a tahoe!) or a smaller Pickup truck sized blazer. Everywhere I go, I get asked if it's a Full Sized or S-10. I always tell them it's an S-10. As a matter of fact, I don't even wait for them to ask me. when I order parts, or anything for the Blazer, I tell them it's a 1997 S-10 Blazer, 4.3 liter V6 "W" engine. They know everything from there.

True, but that doesn't mean that it is not a T10.

True, it doesn't mean it isn't a T-10. BUT, so far no one I know has asked if it's a T-10 Blazer or Full Sized. They usually just ask for S-10 or Full sized. Besides, who cares what it's called. IT's a BLAZER.

and now were all nitpicking like a 5 year old girl who just had her favoret barbie called the wrong name... they are still s 10 blazers to the entire world who doesnt own one, my cousin is ase certifed, works in a shop his dad owns, who is an ase certified master machanic, and they both still classify it as a fullzied blazer/taho, or s 10 blazer... now they are "professionals" in their feild, and if they are still calling them that, because thats what they were for the longest time, then some dip shit behind a counter with no machanical background is going to need you to hold his hand, and need you to point, tell, then spell out for him exactly what your problem is and what you need to fix it my :2cents:

Yes but if your name changed you could no longer be called by that name, it isn't your name any more. The Blazer is no longer an S-10 so it can no longer be called an S-10. It can only be called a Blazer. Well, you can call it anything you want but its actual name is just Blazer.
You're thinking of s10 as a title, it isn't. It is descriptive, it tells what kind of Blazer. Think of it like this.....If my name was "Asshole Blazee" and I changed it to just "Blazee"....Even though it isn't part of my name anymore, I'm still an asshole. :iceslolan

and now were all nitpicking like a 5 year old girl who just had her favoret barbie called the wrong name... Her name starts with a capital B not a lower case b and if you want to get technical about it....She is Princess Barbie. :mad:

Dilemma:
I have a 2000 Chevy blazer, (4.3l Vortech...4wd 2 dr) that has severe squealing from the belt...
Have had two belts replaced, a new alternator and two tension pulleys replaces...to no avail.
Can anyone help me figure out why the belt squeals, or if it is one of the pulleys...I AM GOING CRAZY WITH THE SOUND...

Where is it coming from, if it is that noticeable, you should be able to pin point it.

Actually the S and T denote the type of drive train. S series is 2wd and T series is 4wd.

95+ are still are still considered S10s and T10s, but it wasn't necessary to include it in the name after the full size was renamed to Tahoe.

That said....it still iritates me when they ask if it is an S10 or a full size.

Umm.. sorry but i think your wrong on that one the s-10's have always been offered in 2wd and 4wd models untill 94 when they stopped making the s-10's.

stopped making the s-10's.

AH HA see there. They stoped making S-10 Blazers. Doesn't matter what they have always been called they are not called S-10 anymore no matter what people are use to hearing or saying. S-10 Blazers do not exist from 95 on. The S or T has nothing to do with what it is called and I better not hear some snot nose auto zone geek ask me what KIND of Blazer I have again or he's going to get my full wrath on his pimple ass. The only KIND of Blazer I own is a Chevy Blazer.

your the kind of guy i would perpously give the wrong alternator, or wrong starter too, so increadibly stuck up about the fact that your blazer doesnt have a dime badge on it... to an owner, you know, but the entire world doesnt know that chevy quit putting s 10 on blazers in 94... if you want that kind of service go to the fricken dealer where they deal with Chevrolet parts only, those are the only parts people i would expect to know that 95 was a taho and 94 was a fullsize blazer and not an s 10 blazer

Umm.. sorry but i think your wrong on that one the s-10's have always been offered in 2wd and 4wd models untill 94 when they stopped making the s-10's.What do you think I'm wrong about? My post is correct. "S10" is generically applied all of them, but S is 2wd and T is 4wd. They didn't stop making S10s in 94 they just stopped putting words S10 on the truck in 95. GM still considers them S10s.

Check out this GM document you can see that they still called them S10s and S15s until 2004 (when the document was made) and they specify that S is 2wd and T is 4wd. It also shows that on the full size trucks C = 2wd and K = 4wd.

http://www.gmgoodwrench.com/resources/pdf/TransmissionPdf/Transmission%20Application%20Chart.pdf

AH HA see there. They stoped making S-10 Blazers. Doesn't matter what they have always been called they are not called S-10 anymore no matter what people are use to hearing or saying. S-10 Blazers do not exist from 95 on. The S or T has nothing to do with what it is called and I better not hear some snot nose auto zone geek ask me what KIND of Blazer I have again or he's going to get my full wrath on his pimple ass. The only KIND of Blazer I own is a Chevy Blazer.
I think you should know that the guy you are quoting is the same one that posted this about airbags: (you should probably find a more trustworthy source) :naughty:

Yeah its acctually got a little more power I made a homemade rocket launcher with one a few months ago but connecting the pressure canister to a peice of pipe and using a small electrical charge to set it off. The rocket was basically a m-80 inside of a metal spike shaped prejectile with an electrical charge replacing the fuse and a detinator button on the end of the rocket. I wish I had pics of it, ohh well. anyways when we shot it at an old car it went through the radiator into the engine block and compleatly destroyed the POS we found a piston head 75 foot from the car. Ohh and the reason we destroyed the car is because it was an 83 rustang with a blown v6. I ll try to get a digitall camera and get pics of it. It was really cool but i dont sudgest you do anything like this because it is considered a weapon of mass destruction and if you get cought with it you WILL go to jail.

uh, its a pipe bomb, and last i checked, we werent after saddam for having pipe bombs...

The point was that the story is BS.....there is no way that an air bag can send a pipe through an engine block. And a m80 can't blow any engine apart.

but he said that it put a piston head (whatever the hell that is, maby its a piston off the rod) 75 feet from the car... through the block or the head, that must of been one helluva m 80... ill take a dozen!

Even though the name on the side doesn't say S10, they are still S10 and T10 Blazers. In 95 GM also stopped calling the pick-ups S10s even though they are the same as the 94...this doesn't mean they are different trucks it just means that the name changed. The GMC's are called Sonomas, but the are still S10s. I could change my name, but it doesn't make me a different person.

I agree with Blazee, Even though they took the s10 off the name you would have to be an idiot to think it was a full size Blazer, but even if you call the Chevy house you still have to verifiy that its an s10 blazer, if yours doesnt then oh well. Just because the Chevrolet designers took off three things it doesn;t change anything!

Yes but if your name changed you could no longer be called by that name, it isn't your name any more. The Blazer is no longer an S-10 so it can no longer be called an S-10. It can only be called a Blazer. Well, you can call it anything you want but its actual name is just Blazer.
When i bought my blazer it had s10 Blazer on the side, she is a 96 whenI removed the things off the side it was aged which meant orignal