I think all s10 windows are tinted the same. Mine on my baja are just dirty not tinted.

You might check local laws on window tinting, I don't know about iowa laws, but indiana laws are fairly strick but they don't always enforce.

I believe in indiana 35% is darkest allowable but I see darker all the time.

35% imo is not very dark.

 

I also found a rusted out drivers side rear spring hanger and frame.

Bushing is just floating around in whats left of frame.

I don't know why some people treat vehicles like crap, a garden hose or car wash would save lots of vehicles from rust.

 

Update pics of rear spring mount

Looks like I have a little work cut out for me

 

ouch

 

what part of central il? and yeah, the baja looks rough, find a new frame for it?

 

and yeah, the baja looks rough, find a new frame for it?

Its only the one side I'm sure I can fix it.

 

I'm following another thread of a guy rebuilding his trooper, maybe it can give you ideas when you repair your frame.
http://forum.planetisuzoo.com/viewt...p?t=33157&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0&sid=7eb5fcc1486c6e5baae100489658282d

 

Thanks, looks like he has done alot of work to that.

 

I picked up a couple of rust free doors and tailgate off of a 93 sonoma yesterday for $50 a piece.

Guy said he bought it off of an older guy that always garaged it. Then he rolled it in a ditch back in dec. It only had 46k miles on it.

Got complete door with power window, locks, door panels and exterior mirror.

Also got carpet and seat belts for my 89 2wd.

 

I'd sure like to have that console and floor shift in my ST.
I think you made a pretty fair deal.

 

I've been doing a lot of tinkering with this thing, got the whole interior gutted and cleaned. Also touched up the floor where it had been wet(I think I got all the leaks fixed except the rear) the front was in the cowling.

I used seam sealer and it doesn't leak in the front anymore. The rear I thought it was the back slider, so I took it out cleaned the rubber and the window and put it back in. Still leaks somewhere haven't figured it out yet.

Today I relined the headliner turned out pretty good for my first time. Tried to reused the old fabric, but it ended up getting all stuck together.

You won't believe what I used for the material, but I thing it matches good.

Here's a couple pics

Floor cleaned and painted

Headliner

 

I've also got a bad miss going down the road, I have a pretty good idea that there's water in the gas and I put a bottle of stp fuel treatment in it to get rid of the moisture, but I haven't had a chance to mess with it, in about a week now.

 

if you have to scrap it, would ya keep me in mind for the fog and off road light dash switches? my 91 baja was stripped down to a normal extended cab with baja logos

 

Well with all these projects I going I finally got the baja running a little better thanks to deathpheonix for the wiring diagrams.

I found a 3 wires behind the distributer that were cut. One was a ground, one was for 4th gear, the other not sure yet.

Drove it down the road a few times, much better than before. So I'm on my way to getting it running good.

Anybody know what sensor is behing the dist. on the block? Thats where my other wire is cut. Dark blue wire, Maybe cranks sensor of detonation sensor?

Anyway thats where I'm at now.

 

Also I had a had an idea about a knock on the back of the motor, thought it might be torque converter loose. Sure enough it was fixed that yesterday.

 

yea the knock sensor was back there on my 91...i can take a pic of the wire when it gets light out

 

 

Yeah, that might be it. Does it go down to block where the bellhousing connects?

 

awesome..never knew they had a special edition baja s10. looking forward to more

 

yep the knock sensor was right in the center right behind where the oil sensor tube goes in the block

 

sweet baja, I wish mine was extended cab. Im almost thinking about buying an extended cab and turning it into the baja but i dont think I could do that.

 

I stripped and sanded one of my wheels this weekend, I think it turned out pretty good.

I didn't get a before pic but it was worse than this one.

Here's the one I redid

Comparing the two

 

Sweet Baja! What did you use to do the wheels? I'd like to do that to my 89' for winter wheels.

 

I bought a can of air craft stripper to get the clearcoat off.

Then I started sanding with 180 grit sand paper (it was corroded pretty bad around the lug nuts) then went 320, 400 and ended up with 1000.

Probably should go 2000 grit but its not a show truck.

Then I used a polishing compound to shine them up some more and smooth it out a little more.

I think I'm going to get a mothers power cone to get around the rivets better.

 

You think BIX stripper will work? Got a link to the aircraft stripper?

 

No, I just bought a spray can at the local car quest

 

Started on my rear leaf spring hangers this week, everything is coming along better than expected.

Here's a few pics

Drivers side

Passengers side

And the brackets I made

Just waiting on the bushings and sleeves to arrive