Suburban, tahoe and yukon guys......

[phatdaddy]

The 5.3 is built loose IMO. There is a little piston slap and the top end is a little noisy on cold starts but she is peppy.

100% correct on the cold knocking, RR. i try to let it warm up a little, but when the wife drives, she is at the stop sign down the block before the starter is disengaged.

[Pipe_Dream]

I haven't been online for a while, so I'm catching up.

2000 Suburban here, 1500 4WD. I have owned something like 15 vehicles, and this has been the most reliable of them all. 193,000 miles on it. Daily driver. Tows the V-20, a big box trailer, and last week a UHaul car hauler with an old Toyota Land Cruiser on it (another story). I don't tow long distance, or I might want a 2500.

An acquaintance just traded in his Yukon XL, same year and basically the same vehicle. 200,000+ miles and they gave him $4K. Had I known, I might have bought it from him for that and kept it as a backup. I love my Sub.

[spareparts]

hey pipe, whats up with the Cruiser? what ya building?

[Pipe_Dream]

I've acquired a '69 FJ-40. It doesn't run at the moment -- last ran a year ago when it was parked -- so that's the first order of business when the temps cool off enough to make wrenching an attractive weekend activity. The Cruiser has a lot of competition for my attention, of course, not the least of which is the ol' Pipe Dream. I'd like to have it starting and stopping by October. The body has rust, but I think it's solid enough for now. Might do a restoration in the future. What can I say? I've always been a car nut, and always loved the old LCs, and this one practically fell into my lap.

"Honey, I know I don't have much free time as it is, but I've got to do this!"

[spareparts]

Hey Pipe, just so you know.....
http://www.pirate4x4.com/welcome1.php largest 4x4 site around
http://www.nc4x4.com/forums/ good site for the carolinas
and
http://gdi4x4.com/ where the coolest low country wheelers hang out
http://hardlinecrawlers.com/forums/index.php and some of them hardliner Georgia boys hang

[Pipe_Dream]

Originally Posted by spareparts

Hey Pipe, just so you know.....
http://www.pirate4x4.com/welcome1.php largest 4x4 site around
http://www.nc4x4.com/forums/ good site for the carolinas
and
http://gdi4x4.com/ where the coolest low country wheelers hang out
http://hardlinecrawlers.com/forums/index.php and some of them hardliner Georgia boys hang

Thanks!

[nipper]

98 Suburban (Chevrolet) 1500 4x4 with 183k miles. Runs like a top. Just drove it from Indianapolis to Massachusetts and it ran flawlessly. Got 18 mpg. It has a whopping 40 gallon tank so I only had to stop once to fill it up. Tows the V20 easily. Only problems we have had over the years has been the air conditioning system. It has gone out 3 times since we purchased it used in 2002, and the repairs were EXPENSIVE. So expensive that I have not fixed it this third time it has gone out. I have kept fluids filled and clean and only other part had to replace was a starter motor at
175k miles.