RedVenom48
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Recent lurker and new owner of a 1996 GMC K2500 454 Suburban. Thought Id stop by and say hi. I was originally trying to find a GMT800 8.1 K2500 but those were unicorns and if one popped up it was gone before I could make contact with the owner. Had a family event occur that reduced the available funding and I started to look at the GMT400s.
I wish I could say shes a gem, but shes a little rough inside. The 454 however seems to be very stout. The 4L80 trans is in limp mode at the moment. Ive got 2nd and reverse with no codes so trying to get my head wrapped around the problem.
She's a restored salvage Arizona truck. I initially didnt want to look at the truck after I found the brand in the carfax. But I decided why the hell not. Glad I did cause while it needs love, the frame and body are straight, the engine is strong and ZERO RUST. I can not for the life of me find a single thing wrong with the frame or body indicating it was hit. Carfax didn go into detail, just that it was issue a salvage restored title. The right side of the body looks like it got assaulted at a golf driving range (a number of small dents) , so maybe the estimate to fix that through insurance totaled it? Its not bad and a couple weekends as an amatuer paintless dent remover may fix it.
She was sold new at a now long gone dealer here in Glendale, AZ. It looks like it lived in this city most of its life too. Lots of solid repair records via carfax. Was sold off to owner #2 after nearly 25 years of ownership from the original owner. Owner#2 sold it 3 months later to the folks I bought it from. I think a large portion of the interior filth and dilapidation was from Owner #3 letting their son and daughter in law use it as a family vehicle. Clearly, they didnt care enough to keep it nice. Oh well, my gain!
I wish I could say shes a gem, but shes a little rough inside. The 454 however seems to be very stout. The 4L80 trans is in limp mode at the moment. Ive got 2nd and reverse with no codes so trying to get my head wrapped around the problem.
She's a restored salvage Arizona truck. I initially didnt want to look at the truck after I found the brand in the carfax. But I decided why the hell not. Glad I did cause while it needs love, the frame and body are straight, the engine is strong and ZERO RUST. I can not for the life of me find a single thing wrong with the frame or body indicating it was hit. Carfax didn go into detail, just that it was issue a salvage restored title. The right side of the body looks like it got assaulted at a golf driving range (a number of small dents) , so maybe the estimate to fix that through insurance totaled it? Its not bad and a couple weekends as an amatuer paintless dent remover may fix it.
She was sold new at a now long gone dealer here in Glendale, AZ. It looks like it lived in this city most of its life too. Lots of solid repair records via carfax. Was sold off to owner #2 after nearly 25 years of ownership from the original owner. Owner#2 sold it 3 months later to the folks I bought it from. I think a large portion of the interior filth and dilapidation was from Owner #3 letting their son and daughter in law use it as a family vehicle. Clearly, they didnt care enough to keep it nice. Oh well, my gain!
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