Going to pull-a-part, what should i grab?

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Gonna go to pull a part either Tuesday or Wednesday while I'm off.
What goodies, spares, or treasures should I grab?
I will be focusing on 88-95 tbi trucks MOSTLY. But 96-2000+ because my 95 is the odd man out as far as design goes.

I will also focus on 99-02 gmt 800s with the vortec v8s. Anything I should grab for them?
 

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Light stuff:
Look for the temperature/compass mirror out of a Vortec Suburban. Be sure and get the temp sensor from the hood latch support and as much wiring harness as you can.
If your taillight wiring is dorked, Suburbans usually have intact harnesses. The truck harnesses are always butchered.
Underhood reel lights.
Underhood storage boxes.
"Courtesy Center" leads with plugs for when you want to hard wire an accessory into your truck.
Oil cooler adapters
Aluminum distributors if yours is plastic
Dash pockets
Always check for fuse box covers
BMW X3 battery cables
Underhood fuse blocks for wiring in heavy accessories - typically on older Japanese cars. Newer cars don't have them any more.
Spare fuses, relays, and diodes

Heavy stuff:
PAP is always the best place to get cheap receivers. Take careful note of where it bolts and get all the hardware.
Manual transmission columns, gauge clusters, and clutch pedal assemblies
4L80Es and 14 bolt rear ends - if they haven't already been robbed
Engines
Cadillac seats and seat heater controllers
Center consoles
Roof consoles
 

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Gonna go to pull a part either Tuesday or Wednesday while I'm off.
What goodies, spares, or treasures should I grab?
I will be focusing on 88-95 tbi trucks MOSTLY. But 96-2000+ because my 95 is the odd man out as far as design goes.

I will also focus on 99-02 gmt 800s with the vortec v8s. Anything I should grab for them?
I will pay you for a pair of shock absorber brackets and the four bolts from the forged lower control arms on a 1999 Chevrolet K2500. (I guess 96-00 should work.)

 

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Well, you go to the Treasure Yard to find fixes for problems you have.
For me, that would be:
A 1996-99 driver's bucket seat frame, tracks and motors from an extended cab with power seats and the rear seat entry lever.
A tight set of passenger side seat tracks.
A good grey 1997+ dash.
Gloss black painted lockable door handles from a 1999+ Tahoe or Suburban (trucks got textured handles)
Gauges to salvage good air-core motors from
Gray extended cab seat belts that run freely and aren't crusty
A decent extended cab third brake and cargo light with a good looking gasket
Chevy bowtie emblem from the grill, GMT400-GMt800, that's still gold and not cracked


To help out others:
Good column plastic covers
Early GTM800 steering wheels with stereo buttons, wood wheels
Overhead console display parts, and whole consoles
Dash switches and buttons with pigtails, fog, aux, wiper, airbag defeat, 4x4
8-lug center caps, SRW and DRW
Kodiak or Topkick door handles and linkage rods
Early GMT800 front seat center consoles, the easiest console upgrade for stock GMT400 bucket seats
Diesel bumpers
OEM fog light and parts, either valance mounted or inside bumper mounted
Decent condition visors
Camaro buzzers
Underhood storage boxes
 

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I found these bad boys in the scissor jack holder box in a suburban.
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I have a pair just like that in my K1500 Blazer. The gloves and jack had never seen the light of day until I took the jack cover off - factory fresh. Very cool.

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1991 tach cluster (one year only cluster) for pre 92 trucks. Very hard to find but very cool to have!
88-94 IC bezel that isn't cracked at the mounting points
 

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Unpopular opinion maybe? Get what you need to fix existing or pending issues on what you own, unless you're looking to get into the used parts business. In that case, you're paying too much for parts getting them from people already in the business.. go buy or lease some land with a shop on it, buy some junk trucks, and start tearing into them.

Richard
 
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