Hi,
I’m new here.
Just wanted to say hello to everyone.
It looks like there are many knowledgeable people on this forum.
Last spring I bought a 1998 GMC K1500 Suburban.
This is my first truck and I love it. By doing all the repairs I've learned quite a bit.
Unfortunately it was in a really bad shape, I don’t think the previous owner had the word
preventative maintenance in his vocabulary.
I bought it as my hunting/camping rig, as I can just sleep in the back. No need for tent and can be very mobile. She is not pretty but works for what I need it for.
So far I’ve done the following:
- Replaced fuel injector spider whit the new improved one. (it was flooding the rear 4 cylinders, the engine was running like a wash machine whit a brick in it on spin cycle.)
- All the fluids, except transmission fluid,. (it looks like it was done recently)
- Rear wheel bearings and seals
- Master cylinder
- Rear brake cylinders (front are great, previous owner did it recently)
- 4 shocks
- Deleted the engine oil cooler/heater line. ( it was leaking and I just didn’t want to deal whit that. I wont be towing whit it anyways.)
- Replaced headlamps.
- O2 sensor.
- Rear U joint
- Replaced all the burnt out lights in the radio and dash.
- Fixed the wiper linkages.
- Cleaned the crap out of it. It was filthy...
- A bunch of other stuff that I already forgot about...
Things left to do:
- Need to replace exhaust gasket between cat converter and resonator.
- Need a new tailpipe.
- Replace door hinges and roll-pins.
- probably new rear brake shoes.
- Fix AC, one air conditioning pipe is leaking.
- Windshield (maybe)
- Find a good place to permanently attach CB radio antenna.
- who knows what else will come up.
I’m new here.
Just wanted to say hello to everyone.
It looks like there are many knowledgeable people on this forum.
Last spring I bought a 1998 GMC K1500 Suburban.
This is my first truck and I love it. By doing all the repairs I've learned quite a bit.
Unfortunately it was in a really bad shape, I don’t think the previous owner had the word
preventative maintenance in his vocabulary.
I bought it as my hunting/camping rig, as I can just sleep in the back. No need for tent and can be very mobile. She is not pretty but works for what I need it for.
So far I’ve done the following:
- Replaced fuel injector spider whit the new improved one. (it was flooding the rear 4 cylinders, the engine was running like a wash machine whit a brick in it on spin cycle.)
- All the fluids, except transmission fluid,. (it looks like it was done recently)
- Rear wheel bearings and seals
- Master cylinder
- Rear brake cylinders (front are great, previous owner did it recently)
- 4 shocks
- Deleted the engine oil cooler/heater line. ( it was leaking and I just didn’t want to deal whit that. I wont be towing whit it anyways.)
- Replaced headlamps.
- O2 sensor.
- Rear U joint
- Replaced all the burnt out lights in the radio and dash.
- Fixed the wiper linkages.
- Cleaned the crap out of it. It was filthy...
- A bunch of other stuff that I already forgot about...
Things left to do:
- Need to replace exhaust gasket between cat converter and resonator.
- Need a new tailpipe.
- Replace door hinges and roll-pins.
- probably new rear brake shoes.
- Fix AC, one air conditioning pipe is leaking.
- Windshield (maybe)
- Find a good place to permanently attach CB radio antenna.
- who knows what else will come up.