SycloneAndSHO
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So a few months ago I acquired this Syclone from Santa Rosa CA, which needs some work, and now that I've got some money, I would like to start getting her back on the road. She has 142k miles, and a new engine installed at 95k miles according to receipts from 1999.. No need to reply about everything, just one or two things at a time since this is long lol 
. So feel free to comment. I'll be asking question on specific things as I go a long. So here's the list
1. Important stuff:
***DONE*** New control arm bushing and Alignment done. Right now I have them adjusted by eye so the truck will go straight ish. I'm not sure how to get them properly adjusted.
***DONE***New tires. Front and rear are mismatched.
Propshaft hits the bottom of the truck when Engine Braking. Not sure why, but I was told that it's not the stock propshaft. It does look beefier than stock too. Or maybe bad Engine mounts? I'm not sure yet.
Viscous clutch is LOCKED. So I have the propshaft removed and its RWD right now. I'm sure it was due to the mismatched tires, resulting in the locked clutch, then a broken CV Axle (I got new ones with the truck that have been installed), then it sitting, then it ending up in my hands. So I'm not sure if I can just rebuild the T case myself at home? Or if I would be better off getting another good, used T case? This is probably my biggest issue.
***DONE*** Truck Runs OK, until it gets warm.. After a few minutes of driving it around the block, the idle will start getting rougher and dip, and sometimes just die. Maybe needs new fuel pump? I know I need to get a cable to help diagnose these issues. It also seems to dump a lot of boost pressure when you really get on it. I can really only go about 1/2 to 3/4 throttle or it falls on its face. Truck does have new brass teminal cap, rotor, and plugs. I'll get into more details later.
(See Picture) Someone mounted a TOGGLE SWITCH for the Intercooler pump. So whenever the truck is running I have to flip the switch on to keep the coolant circulating. I don't like this and would like to turn it back to stock. Are they supposed to come on Automatically? Or when they reach a certain temperature?? What circuit do I need to wire this to? Also the pump is just laying unmounted in the engine bay where the battery originally goes. So I'd like to get that mounted.
Need to get the Pillar gauges properly hooked up, wired, and working.
Need to buy exhaust tubing and run exhaust all the way back (See picture). Not too important though. It stops right after the silencer.
***DONE*** Need to SMOG the truck since I live in dumb ass California. I do live in one of the 2 county's where I only need to smog it once instead of every 2 years, so I'm pretty fortunate
2. Less important things that still should be asessed:
***DONE***I want to remove the lowering blocks and bring the truck to its stock ride height. I don't plan to race this truck anytime soon, and I live in the mountains (SONORA CA). So where I live, I the truck will scrape when entering my driveway, it will see some gravel/rough roads with potholes here and there, some shallow snow, parking lot curbs/ chalks, etc. So I would like to protect the bottom and Cladding from the terrain. Whenever I plan to autocross, or get cornering performance, I can always reinstall, or probably get much better suspension altogether. But for right now, it's a truck.
The Rear brakes are DISC, out of a camaro or something. I don't know if this is good or bad, but I assume I have no more ABS. Also the parking brake doesn't work because of this, and they need to be bled. Honestly I don't know why they did this, and I'm not sure what to do yet.
The bed has a hole cut above the fuel pump, so I guess thats ok for when I need to replace it.. I would at least like to clean it up and make a nice door over it.
***DONE*** The previous owner relocated the battery in the bed on the passenger side, but I re relocated it behind the passenger seat in a battery box, since there was already a perfect hole for the + cable to go through.
3. COSMETICS:
MISSING the Wiper Cowl. Will a cowl from a regular same-gen Sonoma, S10, or S15 work? Can't seem to find one.
The front passenger side cladding is cracked (See picture). Need to fix that somehow.
Grill has a couple cracks, might fix or just replace it.
TOP of dash is cracked. Needs replaced or might just put a carpet cover over it for now.
Could use some new door panels but not too bad. One has a crack.
Needs new side window and Door seals badly
Needs stereo system. There's also a rats nest of wiring where is WAS.
Could use new carpet and has NO Headliner. I looked up the headliner for this gen Sonoma's & S10s and damn they are like 500 bucks!! Might have to hold off on that.
Passenger side window motor is very weak.
Needs a PAINT JOB which will be done in the near future. ***Repainting this Spring***
The frame has WALNUTS in it from SQUIRRELS!! Need to remove those! Also need to clean the surface rust of the frame and paint it or something. I was thinking of bed lining the frame and maybe the undercarriage to protect it? Tell me what you guys think.
SO that's all I can think of that Needs/Should be done besides zip tieing wires and cleaning things up etc. No need to answer all my questions at once or anything. One thing at a time haha. I know this is a fairly long post, so thanks for reading, and any input is greatly appreciated. This is an incredibly awesome truck with lots of potential, and I am Very lucky I was able to snatch it up. (Will tell story later. I've Always wanted one! Anyways, I'll be keeping this thread going for a while and updating this as I discover more, Thanks!
~Matthew
PS If anyone lives in the Sonora/Modesto CA area or near by, let me know! It would be cool meet someone with a SyTy. I'm sure I've got the only one in Tuolumne county!
. So feel free to comment. I'll be asking question on specific things as I go a long. So here's the list1. Important stuff:
***DONE*** New control arm bushing and Alignment done. Right now I have them adjusted by eye so the truck will go straight ish. I'm not sure how to get them properly adjusted.
***DONE***New tires. Front and rear are mismatched.
Propshaft hits the bottom of the truck when Engine Braking. Not sure why, but I was told that it's not the stock propshaft. It does look beefier than stock too. Or maybe bad Engine mounts? I'm not sure yet.
Viscous clutch is LOCKED. So I have the propshaft removed and its RWD right now. I'm sure it was due to the mismatched tires, resulting in the locked clutch, then a broken CV Axle (I got new ones with the truck that have been installed), then it sitting, then it ending up in my hands
. So I'm not sure if I can just rebuild the T case myself at home? Or if I would be better off getting another good, used T case? This is probably my biggest issue.***DONE*** Truck Runs OK, until it gets warm.. After a few minutes of driving it around the block, the idle will start getting rougher and dip, and sometimes just die. Maybe needs new fuel pump? I know I need to get a cable to help diagnose these issues. It also seems to dump a lot of boost pressure when you really get on it. I can really only go about 1/2 to 3/4 throttle or it falls on its face. Truck does have new brass teminal cap, rotor, and plugs. I'll get into more details later.
(See Picture) Someone mounted a TOGGLE SWITCH for the Intercooler pump. So whenever the truck is running I have to flip the switch on to keep the coolant circulating. I don't like this and would like to turn it back to stock. Are they supposed to come on Automatically? Or when they reach a certain temperature?? What circuit do I need to wire this to? Also the pump is just laying unmounted in the engine bay where the battery originally goes. So I'd like to get that mounted.
Need to get the Pillar gauges properly hooked up, wired, and working.
Need to buy exhaust tubing and run exhaust all the way back (See picture). Not too important though. It stops right after the silencer.
***DONE*** Need to SMOG the truck since I live in dumb ass California. I do live in one of the 2 county's where I only need to smog it once instead of every 2 years, so I'm pretty fortunate
2. Less important things that still should be asessed:
***DONE***I want to remove the lowering blocks and bring the truck to its stock ride height. I don't plan to race this truck anytime soon, and I live in the mountains (SONORA CA). So where I live, I the truck will scrape when entering my driveway, it will see some gravel/rough roads with potholes here and there, some shallow snow, parking lot curbs/ chalks, etc. So I would like to protect the bottom and Cladding from the terrain. Whenever I plan to autocross, or get cornering performance, I can always reinstall, or probably get much better suspension altogether. But for right now, it's a truck.
The Rear brakes are DISC, out of a camaro or something. I don't know if this is good or bad, but I assume I have no more ABS. Also the parking brake doesn't work because of this, and they need to be bled. Honestly I don't know why they did this, and I'm not sure what to do yet.
The bed has a hole cut above the fuel pump, so I guess thats ok for when I need to replace it.. I would at least like to clean it up and make a nice door over it.
***DONE*** The previous owner relocated the battery in the bed on the passenger side, but I re relocated it behind the passenger seat in a battery box, since there was already a perfect hole for the + cable to go through.
3. COSMETICS:
MISSING the Wiper Cowl. Will a cowl from a regular same-gen Sonoma, S10, or S15 work? Can't seem to find one.
The front passenger side cladding is cracked (See picture). Need to fix that somehow.
Grill has a couple cracks, might fix or just replace it.
TOP of dash is cracked. Needs replaced or might just put a carpet cover over it for now.
Could use some new door panels but not too bad. One has a crack.
Needs new side window and Door seals badly
Needs stereo system. There's also a rats nest of wiring where is WAS.
Could use new carpet and has NO Headliner. I looked up the headliner for this gen Sonoma's & S10s and damn they are like 500 bucks!! Might have to hold off on that.
Passenger side window motor is very weak.
Needs a PAINT JOB which will be done in the near future. ***Repainting this Spring***
The frame has WALNUTS in it from SQUIRRELS!! Need to remove those! Also need to clean the surface rust of the frame and paint it or something. I was thinking of bed lining the frame and maybe the undercarriage to protect it? Tell me what you guys think.
SO that's all I can think of that Needs/Should be done besides zip tieing wires and cleaning things up etc. No need to answer all my questions at once or anything. One thing at a time haha. I know this is a fairly long post, so thanks for reading, and any input is greatly appreciated. This is an incredibly awesome truck with lots of potential, and I am Very lucky I was able to snatch it up. (Will tell story later
. I've Always wanted one! Anyways, I'll be keeping this thread going for a while and updating this as I discover more, Thanks!~Matthew
PS If anyone lives in the Sonora/Modesto CA area or near by, let me know! It would be cool meet someone with a SyTy. I'm sure I've got the only one in Tuolumne county!
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