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The firewall has all the "extra" holes that have been added over the years plugged. I plan on installing nut plates in lieu of sheet metal screws and clip nuts. Somewhere along the line it had the M1008/M1009 air conditioner installed and had multiple large holes cut in the firewall for the...

Some extra pictures of the repairs ongoing.

I also finished the drivers side rear roof corner repair and got the drip rail removed and the side of the roof repaired.

Been awhile since I had an update, funny how life gets in the way of our hobbies. I made a tool to make 1/2" plugs for filling in various holes in the firewall and the antenna mount holes. It's made from a bucking bar and a 1/2" transfer punch.

That would have been a waste of time. As mentioned previously the drip rails on these vehicles are formed from the cab roof panel and the door frame skin. They are spot welded and the sealed with seam sealer. The pickups did not have them. Check out a M1008 no drip rails. The civilian pick ups...

Got a few repairs done on the tub this week. I finished up the right side B pillar repairs, and got the drip rail rod installed. The original drip rail is formed from the cab roof and the door frame skins spot welded together. When cut and grind down your left with the seam edges. I stitched...

Last thing to do was fire it up check the washer and field of view. All in all not a real difficult project time consuming and lots of measuring and thinking. But man when it’s raining or just on a wet highway it is sooooo nice to have. I have the topper off doing my frame off restore. I’m going...

Last item on the list was making a cover for the wiper motor. I fabricated some brackets and cover from some aluminum I had . Some nut-plates and a coat of paint finished the install. The cover was bent at work on a really nice brake and then I welded the corner seams.

Next I had to fabricate some wiper-blade ramps so that the blade could transition from the window to the parked position. I had some Teflon block left over from another project, so a little sanding and fitting along with some extra long 3/32 counter sunk rivets did the trick.

So I got the wiring schematic from Prodemand and fabricated a harness for the wiper. I used standard automotive black split conduit for protection of the harness. The eyelet in the picture was used to attach the fishing tool. I then made room for the wiper control switch next to the air...

Next up was the wiring and washer tube routing and installation. The washer tube was easy as it would not require any protection. I simply fished it along the inside of the left frame rail up into the engine compartment and hooked it up to the pump. I routed the tube along the rear upper bumper...

Next hurdle was mounting the pass – through for the washer tube. I took some measurements of the fitting and realized that the topper shell was to thick for the fitting. I drilled a pilot hole for my spot face and recessed the hole, then reamed the hole to the final size for the fitting. The...

Next up was figuring out how to get the mount trimmed , fitted and installed. On the S10 Blazers the wiper is installed with 2 bolts and then the shaft itself secures the wiper to the tailgate. The bracket needed to be trimmed as the side facing rubber mount would not be needed as the assembly...

While drilling the pilot hole after getting through the outside shell I encountered metal then the inner shell. Still not knowing what the internal structure consisted of, on a wing and a prayer I went with the up sizing of the hole for the wiper shaft. And a rough layout on the internal shell...

First step was picking the location for mounting. Ideally center-line of the topper would have been best, however There is an overlap of the structure and at the time I was uncertain of what was inside the shell. Due to the direction of travel of the wiper motor I couldn’t go to the left hand...