This is my current project. A 1987 K5 Blazer. First year for the TBI engine and as long as it's running good, you can't beat it. What I mean is, if you start getting trouble codes and/or it starts sputtering, good luck. It could be 10 different things and it won't be close to what the trouble code is telling you. But other than that......
When I first bought it, I was working in Kansas City, Kansas and had it delivered from Tennessee to Wichita, Ks. Wichita is where my regular reporting shop is but a group of us were volunteered to go to KC. Anyway, I bought it on the PO word and guess what....It turned out to be completely opposite of what he told me...It was a lemon.
It was supposed to be a daily driver but when I drove it out of the parking lot, instead of shifting to third gear, it would slam down to first. I babied it down the road and seen steam coming out from under the hood and thought "Now what?".
There was no overflow jug, no little hose coming from the radiator, no nipple for the hose on the radiator, and very low on water. I filled up the radiator and drove it 15 miles at 20 mph to get it home in one piece.
Turned out that one of the heads had 2 small cracks, the bottom half of the engine was full of sludge, and one freeze plug was leaking from rust.
Luckily I didn't pay a ton for it so I figured I would make it my own little "Monster Truck".
I call it the "Cashbag".