Gumby's Done, and Cheeky Garage probably is too

[@toddtallan7098]

Enjoyed watching your project. Inspires me to get going on my 85 S15... Thanks for your efforts in sharing this with us.

[@theSvrh]

That s10 sounds amazing love the truck

[@renwickconolly2839]

Hey buddy.. Congratulations on ALL your fine accomplishments. You have done an EXCEPTIONAL JOB ..AND you have shared unselfishly with your fellow enthusiast. I for one, REALLY APPRECIATE all the time and effort that you put in to first building such a project, then taking the EXTRA time to film it all too..FOR FREE. THANK YOU..THANK YOU! I hope you take the time now to drive that sucker!.. 😎😎

[@truss6282]

Nice!! I'm picking up a 82 long bed regular cab. It's been on a farm for 30+ years in the west Texas weather. Pretty solid sheet metal but needs a ton of tlc and sorting. It's getting the LS treatment. I just found your videos and will be going through them. Hope I can reach out to you for some advice in the future. Your build is awesome brother!!

[@gdlgnd9128]

Appreciate you sir! Thank you for the valuable free knowledge & inspiration your content has given us.

[@ThatGuy-kt5zb]

I have built almost my whole 84 s10 off of the reviews and info that you have provided sir. Thank you for the honest reviews and opinions and small details that make your build so dang clean. Thank you again.

[@123joshua10]

Glad to see you got the truck finished man! Awesome build, loved watching your videos, happy to hear you're doing well and thank you for the closure. Best of luck!

[@jayinmi3706]

Loved the videos...and I may steal the 12V jump point idea. Awesome work!

[@JD-so1zv]

Damn I love the blazer tank and the battery top off in the gas door

[@triniharp8745]

Awe man Tommy, I love that truck dude. The time, the energy not to mention the money, were all well worth the end result, at least from my perspective, i enjoyed every minute of the build, thank you Tommy, for the information and courage you gave me to start my own LS1/S10 swap

[@ericpettiford2471]

It's been awhile, but glad to see gumby "done"! Super clean! Congrats!

[@justingordon9521]

I watched the entire build and have to say you are an inspiration to me I'm doing the same thing to a 2000 s10 that I started shortly after seeing your video. Wish you the best of luck. The truck looks and sounds amazing

[@jamescarroll4816]

Great job on this project and your documentation. My clutch master is giving me issues with fitment just like yours, but I can’t seem to find the new shorter plastic unit. Can you please tell me where you sourced it from? Thanks Tommy!

[@CGphotoOp]

Very nice. I have an extended cab I’m going to embark on restoring. Looking for all the inspo I can find. Any tips on what might be causing my reverse lights to not light up? Bulbs work, gear shifter seems loose. It’s an automatic.

[@eduardom9257]

Hey man. Happy to see a new vídeo. I'm in Dallas GA I have a 88 caprice master cylinder I've tried on my S10 but didn't like the feel of it, feel free to hit me up to take it and give it a try.

[@MattC87]

Glad to see the truck running. Hopefully the videos stay up I'll probably come back and rewatch some as I work on mine. Go ahead and turn that monetization on and make a few bucks as youtube is still putting ads in your videos making their money so why not.

[@thecomanchekid]

I respect your position and thank you for the opportunity to follow your project. I definitely learned from your videos and made some decisions about my build off your videos. Holley should give you a commission.

[@Thickettymtnspeedandfab]

Right on! Thank you sir for the great content. It helped me tremendously on my build. Hate to see it end but, it’s all good. Have a good one man.

[@mikeh1348]

Thank you I really enjoy your videos

[@AndrewJones-cn1qy]

Great build I enjoyed these videos! One question; what type of radiator did you use?

[@CheekyGarage]

It's a first gen S10 4.3 "HD" radiator with Chrysler 300M fans

[@lightprintfineartprinting]

Congratulations! inspiring to see you finally driving it. I've been working on mine (gen1 auto trans) for a few years now. full resto mod with stroked and over bored aluminum 5.3L (lm4) with new tremec tkx man trans. Can you recommend suspension upgrade kits front and rear? As well as brake upgrades? I know you have ford rear end so not exactly what I'd be doing.. but any recs here?

[@bmxgravy1894]

7:34 Lmao “getting jumped off” “jumping somebody off”

[@ryansanchez8481]

Sad day. Just decided to check in and I see this.

[@robmattsonmusic]

Thanks Tom! Just watched all of your episodes in one day. Very cool, very inspiring, and very understandable regarding the passion thing…perhaps when you take that trip out west, you’ll share a couple highlights or even a lowlight if you wish…stay cool in HotLanta!

[@mikewhite9947]

Thank you loved watching your videos

[@rileymclain5692]

Might be doing the same and do videos of my ls swap that's coming up. Just to get the info out there for other s series guys

[@19jody72]

Nice!! What clutch master and slave did you use?

[@bobbietreat3610]

It’s truly an awesome truck. And I have enjoyed watching you build it it given me many ideas for mine so glad you made a conclusion video I I can totally understand it’s probably the same reason I don’t utube my build.

[@ggentile146]

Man, I’ve been waiting a long time for this update 😅

[@jsnyder95]

Man I’ve been checking at least one a week for what seems like forever lol. Glad to see it’s done and you’re enjoying it. Priorities though

[@rickytaylor5076]

I've been waiting a while for a update. Gumby is bad ass. I hope you come back. I would have liked to see that gauge cluster again. You have great potential. I could see this channel being a money making life changer. Maybe a friend or local person is into recording and editing, and could be a partner. I could see this channel being big enough for you to build projects full time. If your into that. Thanks for showing us the build on Gumby and good luck with whatever you do....

[@shadetree10000]

I need my 2001 ls extended cab ls swapped I’m in Augusta 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@brannonfrost4286]

Long time coming,but worth it.Nice,fun,non-race truck that can easily put grins on the face for years to come,and reliably too.

[@mikeh1348]

I have a 2001 Sonoma can you tell me what you did/used for the Brake Lines on Gumby. Thank you

[@tjgannon3082]

I for one thank you sir

[@p3trae]

Thanks for the awesome update Tommy! So cool to see that you and Gumby are doing well after the long wait. Loved every video you made. Keep on keepin' on.

[@mattsantoro1480]

Looks great Tommy how much freon did you put in the AC system

[@CheekyGarage]

Thanks! I don't remember exactly. A friend of mine that spent a number of years in an automotive AC shop was helping me. I want to say 1.75lbs of r134a, but don't hold me to it

[@mattsantoro1480]

@@CheekyGarage ok thank you Tommy

[@daledelmontjr5653]

What are your seats and console out of?

[@عبداللهسعد-ط9ه]

Happy to see you again bro 🤍🤍🤍

[@kentuckycornbread8502]

Nice to see a follow up. I was about to give up on finding out what happened, so I appreciate ya letting us know.

[@backtotheroad3374]

Why do you swap the throttle body I remember do you install fitech?

[@arnoldcano8630]

What's that color? What model are those wheels?

[@techsir8866]

Been waiting for this video for a while. Glad to see you're doing well.

[@chevymec]

Welcome back! Followed you and watched pretty much all your videos. Great work and hate to see you going away but enjoy Gumby!

[@CosmopolitanPatriarchCevinLDug]

I'm sorry to see you go man. I learned a lot from you.

[@Bargermaintenance]

Did you brace the frame?

[@CheekyGarage]

I'm using a factory ZQ8 frame brace, and the rear is a little more beefed up from how I mounted my Blazer tank, but other than that, no, nothing crazy

[@jessehess4272]

Now you can finish building mine! ….lol..jk..

[@brannonfrost4286]

Projects never done?Man, you've been part of the club awhile now.That is the truth.

[@billreid11]

Holy Moly! You're Alive! Right on fellow Gen1 S10 brother! Please Sir... continue the channel and show the "little stuff". Turn on the $ button! Sometimes pointing the camera in the right direction will help more than you know. Case in point: Holley headers WILL NOT fit on a Gen1 S10 frame prior to a Production year where the 4.3 L was offered. Almost willing to bank on it. Our 86 frame mods were extensive. Your "frame off" helped me (86 LS Swap) understand that Holley did NOT consider the frames were different prior to the 4.3L. Your video's CLEARLY show a difference in the Gen1 frames. Cheers... and hope you keep the channel alive. Take Care.

[@Vile_90]

Thank you so much for this comment. I've been following this man's videos and he's been super helpful with everything during my build. I have an 85 and I've been fighting the passenger side headers and now it makes sense as to why. In his video of his frame restoration. You can very clearly see where the frame is curved in for the 4.3 exhaust manifold clearance and the years prior it's definitely more blocked. Holley definitely didn't take that into consideration

[@billreid11]

@@Vile_90 You are MOST welcome. The Holley headers FLAT OUT will not work on the early (pre-4.3L) frames without scalloping out the area on the frame to mimic a post 4.3L year frame. I don't know about you but I had problems on the drivers side too... just not as bad. I pursued this with Holley to no avail. To be clear its not the guys taking your phone calls that screwed this up... its the rookies that didn't know the Gen1 S10 in its entirety and the "engineers" and marketers that ran with it. You have to be a content expert of the Gen1 S10 to know what you can and cannot do with aftermarket "bolt in" parts. We are running the Holley (complete) motor mounts, trans cross member, headers, exhaust system, and oil pan. You MUST pound down the raised hole on the front cross member to get about ~3/16" clearance... enough to where when the motor mount poly insert indicators collapse into the mount you may still have enough clearance without wearing a hole in the pan. Tommy did one better and cut out the cross member... something we were trying to avoid. Pro Tip - raise the front of the cab and place 2X4 blocks in the front cab mounts and the engine / trans assembly goes in and out much easier. Ask me how I know 😆On a another note I really wish Tommy would have gone through (or maybe he will? 😁) how he managed to get his Ford 8.8 rear diff working. I mean setting up driveline angles to his right height... a ride height exactly what we are shooting for. I don't know what Tommy's trans angle was at ride height (on a lowered truck) but ours was at 4 degrees down... again with Holley bolt in parts. Our QP 9" diff is at 0 degrees. We go up too much more than what the trans cross member parts kit came with ( 1" spacer) and we'll be shoving the (4L60E) trans into the tunnel. Still mulling this over. We don't want to refabricate the tunnel if we don't have to. To be fair Holley does have some other nice conversion parts for the S10 that work well. Their accessory drive kits, AC Box cover, steering shaft, etc... all of which we went with. Would we go with any of the Holley ECU product line? Absolutely NOT! Not after the header debacle and them not owning up to it... let alone providing a solution. A well placed GM PCM will work... and our setup works just fine for our application. Go to Brendan's LT1Swap site for the "How To's"... of which that is how we are wiring our A/C setup. We also purchased Holley's radiator / fan kit detailed in an LS1 Tech thread which they no longer sell. Why? Because the top neck was so long it only worked for LS3 applications where the water pump connection is on the drivers side. I had to cut it down. Little things like this go can go unnoticed when reading the product description and apparently having to check its accuracy. Sorry for the long winded response😆 Peace out.

[@Vile_90]

@@billreid11 my drivers side fit perfectly with an even gap between the block and header and frame and header. The passenger side just lays on the frame gets worse as it's tightened.

[@billreid11]

@@Vile_90 I could get 2 bolts somewhat started (front and back - for fitment) before all of the frame mods we wound up actually performing. Man, I wish You Tube offered ability to post response pics. The angle of the header hitting the frame versus how much angle was needed to bolt to the block (with room to spare) was HUGE. I am pleasantly surprised you didn't have any drivers side clearance issues. To be clear Tommy (as described in his vids) and I are using Holley motor mounts and a Holley trans crossmember kit. The ONLY thing different from my app to his is manual vs auto trans... with the OBVIOUS frame differences. 😄 Are you using Holley products other than the headers and if so which? If not Engine / Trans placement (including driveline angle) in your application can and will be different to what I am relating to. I say all of this in the hope that it is searchable for future Gen1 S10 LS Swap enthusiasts. Tommy did a lot of great work here... 🙂