# Chevrolet s10 4.3
**URL:** http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/chevrolet-s10-4-3/4977
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [December 15, 2019, 4:38pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/chevrolet-s10-4-3/4977 "2019-12-15T16:38:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Jan](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Jan)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2024, 8:27am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/chevrolet-s10-4-3/4977/1740 "2024-03-14T08:27:14Z")
Top thermometer is temp out of filter, next is top of hopper, bottom is into filter over 300 degrees c.
Resistance across filter in mbar.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKn6sB9pfQs)
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### Author:  [@Woodrunner](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Woodrunner)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2024, 12:13pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/chevrolet-s10-4-3/4977/1741 "2024-03-14T12:13:34Z")
About the thread i had the luck to talk to a upholstery shop that used to repair firefighters uniforms, i got a roll of sturdy glass-fibre thread, rated for 1200°c.
Don’t know where to find it otherwise?
To my new filter im going to use stainless steel staples, it worked good on the new chevy filter.
Glass-fibre fabric may be to thick for staples though?
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### Author:  [@Jan](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Jan)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/chevrolet-s10-4-3/4977/1742 "2024-03-14T13:50:14Z")
I wonder if kevlar wire would work, I believe it is heat resistant. I use stainless steel staples and silicone, on my current filter, maybe easier than asking the wife about the sewing machine
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### Author:  [@trikebuilder57](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/trikebuilder57)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2024, 2:24pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/chevrolet-s10-4-3/4977/1743 "2024-03-14T14:24:22Z")
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### Author:  [@Jan](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Jan)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/chevrolet-s10-4-3/4977/1744 "2024-03-14T14:46:13Z")
Yes, it should work, thanks Al.
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### Author:  [@Woodrunner](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Woodrunner)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/chevrolet-s10-4-3/4977/1745 "2024-03-14T17:05:18Z")
I believe the first post in my “woodrunner chevy” topic has some pic’s of the filter, here it is very dirty, maybe even not dumped the soot in 6 month’s?
You see the spacing is greater in the outer radius, inner 5cm/2" is mostly clogged all the time, in the “V”.
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### Author:  [@Woodrunner](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Woodrunner)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2024, 9:05pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/chevrolet-s10-4-3/4977/1746 "2024-03-14T21:05:28Z")
Yes, kevlar wire is heat resistant, i believe only to 300-400°c, but that would maybe be enough.
It is much stronger than the glass-fibre thread also, kevlar is extremely strong.
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### Author:  [@madflower69](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/madflower69)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2024, 12:02am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/chevrolet-s10-4-3/4977/1747 "2024-03-15T00:02:49Z")
Any particular reason to not just use stainless steel thread? It just seems like it would be cheaper.
Maybe something like this:
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmBdByhs8iE)
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### Author:  [@Bobmac](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Bobmac)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2024, 12:22am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/chevrolet-s10-4-3/4977/1748 "2024-03-15T00:22:40Z")
So you are saying the out side 2/3 rd. of the side have enough gap spacing to filter and the inter part is clogged up with soot, around the pipe with many holes in it. Do you shoot it with a blast of air inside the pipe to clean it off good?
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### Author:  [@madflower69](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/madflower69)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2024, 1:58am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/chevrolet-s10-4-3/4977/1749 "2024-03-15T01:58:17Z")
If i understand correctly, what he is saying is it fills up too fast for his purpose. He doesn’t want to clean it that often and was actually hoping it would more it less clean itself. It is far easier and less time consuming/messy if it cakes up then falls off in clumps. It is a great goal, hopefully he can achieve it.
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### Author:  [@Jan](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Jan)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2024, 4:49am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/chevrolet-s10-4-3/4977/1750 "2024-03-15T04:49:51Z")
I would think stainless wire will be too sharp for the fiberglass, it will cut it.
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### Author:  [@madflower69](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/madflower69)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2024, 5:20am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/chevrolet-s10-4-3/4977/1751 "2024-03-15T05:20:21Z")
I don’t know. It has been used in “wearables”(clothing with electronics in it) as the conductor wire in clothing for probably a decade, but there is other thread now that is stretchier. Kevlar is stretchy, but I don’t know how important that is if staples work.
My other idea which you are probably going to trash. Is to put the filter on a coil spring and you can either press it down and it springs back to clean, or possibly it sways enough so a stop would make it sway a bit and knock cakes off it.
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### Author:  [@Jan](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Jan)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2024, 6:37am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/chevrolet-s10-4-3/4977/1752 "2024-03-15T06:37:35Z")
Yes, a spring would maybe work, a guy from Borlänge had a similar shape on his filter on his Mercedes, although he had a horizontal filter.
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### Author:  [@madflower69](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/madflower69)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2024, 8:01am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/chevrolet-s10-4-3/4977/1753 "2024-03-15T08:01:33Z")
I don’t know much about making them, but it might fit in your existing filter bag. If it is something that interests you. The cylindrical shape should be pretty strong and hold it’s shape well.
It looks like you use ‘piano wire’ or 1085 spring tempered wire and just roll it around something with tension. The wire is fairly inexpensive.
Here is the video I watched.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAawhg6JtyY)
and the book he used which has tables but may not have something close for the purpose but also gives the formulas, and I think I found an online calculator a few years ago. Figuring out how flexible your fabric is and what pressure is the minimum tension needs to be doesn’t have to be perfect.
[http://www.pdfdrive.com/machinerys-handbook-29th-edition-guide-machinerys-handbook-guide-to-the-use-of-tables-and-formulas-e175358051.html](http://www.pdfdrive.com/machinerys-handbook-29th-edition-guide-machinerys-handbook-guide-to-the-use-of-tables-and-formulas-e175358051.html)
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### Author:  [@Woodrunner](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Woodrunner)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2024, 10:37am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/chevrolet-s10-4-3/4977/1754 "2024-03-15T10:37:30Z")
Well, to make things clear, my filter works good for how i used it, no troubles until it ripped, actually self cleaning due to it’s large area (13m2) the inner clogged third don’t affected the performance noticeable.
The half clogged filter in the pic’s is only neglected maintenance from the driver ( 😊)
I never cleaned the fabric, no brushing or blowing, only dumping the soot and char in the collecting box in the bottom, which i in this case neglected for maybe 6 month’s occasionally driving, the truck still ran ok (!), but here i parked it due to cracks in the heart.
Im not saying this is the way to go, just showing Jan how it can be done (and how it shouldnt)
😃 🙂 🥴
Edit: i forgot, the filter is now 10m2 after i rebuilt it.
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### Author:  [@Woodrunner](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Woodrunner)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2024, 10:51am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/chevrolet-s10-4-3/4977/1755 "2024-03-15T10:51:10Z")
I found some pic’s from woodrunner chevy topic, showing the new filter, and the soot-cake.
This is how it should look.
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### Author:  [@madflower69](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/madflower69)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2024, 6:17pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/chevrolet-s10-4-3/4977/1756 "2024-03-15T18:17:33Z")
> [@Jan](#):
>
> a spring would maybe work,
If you are interested in trying and since it is on my mind, and I might as well document it. If you want a compression spring. Instead of using an arbor the size you want, which is big and bulky. I bet a pulley with the center hole drilled so it is at an angle kind of like slash / mounted on a long pipe would work. And alternatively, an adapter that fits between the pulley and the pipe so the angle can be easily changed. Then it can be formed from wood or 3d printed (even in parts). then you also wouldn’t have to move the feeder/tensioning mechanism.
And here is a free online spring calculator.
> **[Free Coil Spring Design Software and Calculator | ODOP:Spring](https://www.springdesignsoftware.org/)**
>
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### Author:  [@Jan](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Jan)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2024, 6:51am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/chevrolet-s10-4-3/4977/1757 "2024-03-31T06:51:25Z")
Do you know if I can use this oil in the gearbox?
> **[Transmissionsolja ATF-U, 4 L](https://www.biltema.se/bil---mc/bilreservdelar/motoroljor/transmissionsoljor/atf-u/transmissionsolja-atf-u-4-l-2000053020?reko=MjIyNDg=)**
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> Helsyntetisk. För automatiska transmissioner/växellådor där en ATF-U olja föreskrivs. Ger bra skydd mot termisk nedbrytning och oxidering. Rekommenderas också till kallstarter av trög- och svårväxlade manuella växellådor speciellt i sträng kyla. Kan...
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### Author:  [@Woodrunner](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Woodrunner)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2024, 8:37am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/chevrolet-s10-4-3/4977/1758 "2024-03-31T08:37:28Z")
Hi Jan, i “guess” it may work, if this ATF-u is the same as Dexron VI (dx4).
I remember using ATF Dexron III when i had an s-10.
(Only ATF i use, used to buy 20 liters cheap on Swedol)
It should work using dexron VI instead of dexron III.
I hope our American friends help you out, this ATF-oils is a “djungle”
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### Author:  [@tcholton717](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/tcholton717)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2024, 12:44pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/chevrolet-s10-4-3/4977/1759 "2024-03-31T12:44:04Z")
GM recommends Dexron VI like you said Goran. I never go outside their recommendations. Too much money in transmissions to try and find alternates.
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