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There is a guy in Muskegon, MI that goes by Mike Anytime on FB Marketplace. He runs a scrapyard in California and buys every truck in that category he can. He has them shipped here to be sold or dismantled.
He has a 1998 there now that is about the same shape as mine. Interior is...
FB Marketplace is a good tool when shopping for deals.
Found these Hummer H2 with good tires. Got a great deal because of the odd size but it will work perfectly for me. They are 255/80 R17. Which is a 33” by 10” wide tire. Perfect balance between MPG and still getting the height for...
There is a big difference shoving half burnt diesel soot back into a 6.7l turbo engine verses gas emissions. The exhaust side of each of those turbos has a dramatically different life and longevity. Comparing the two is apples to oranges.
That is the direction I’m going for the Suburban project. Seeing most of its time will be on highway and improved gravel roads an aggressive tire isn’t the best. The Wyoming red clay doesn’t care how aggressive your tires are they still turn into slicks.
Excursions don’t do it for me and Suburbans do.
If a F250 had the same interior as a F150 I would be driving that. A F150 didn’t meet my towing requirements. The Chevy I bought did on paper. However, That ford was the most comfortable pickup I’ve ever owned. It just was a turd when...
That is the exact reason I bought the 5.0 and it was a mistake. Ford has it figured out on their set up. It hands down beats the 5.0, no question about it.
I owned one, it sucked on anything towing or mountain related. Constantly shifting to find a gear and towing MPG sucked. A 3.5 would do circles around me. Sold that dude after one trip out west.
So this is why I don’t like IFS and was originally looking at the older burbs with a straight axle. This suburban only has 119k on the odometer. It had 3 good parts in the entire front end. The right wheel bearing and both inner tie rods were the only things not obvious wore out. But...
Yep, I forgot how those went. I’ve done those too but it’s been a while. When GM went to sealed wheel bearings I thought all the rotors were slide over the stud design. It took me a min to figure out that these had to have all the studs pressed out, then the wheel bearing bolts removed in...
Oh and don’t forget this little engineering gem. You can’t get the suspension bolt out without dropping the entire front differential. If it was installed with the nut on that side it would be super easy. Nope, GM specifically calls for it to be installed that way.
After I fired up the...