Have you done the brake lines on this yet. Or is this model year past the point where GM set us up for failure.
My truck is in a sweet spot after the original brake line problems and before the 2014-2018 brake line problems.
We are at 196,000 in our son's 2003 Tahoe. It did suffer the brake line rot, which happened while Mrs. MarkC was driving down our hill. Fortunately, her father made her learn to use the parking brake in an emergency (with practice sessions)!
I've been cleaning it up and servicing for him to take when he gets back from Army basic training/advanced individual training. Nothing in the way of repairs, just maintenance, like a four wheel brake job (teenager driven over the last three years, so go figure).
I'm a Ford guy, but this truck has proven its worth. I have no qualms sending him out into the world with it.
Since we've owned it (bought at 40,000 miles) it has been nothing but Mobil1, but we've used AC/Delco filters.
This entire thread is a testament to the positives of basic and regular maint.
Change the oil and use good products. It kills me when cheap (a word I see on Ingo all to often) people buy cheap crap and then justify the cheapness by saying...."Oil is oil" same with brakes and tire rotations. Tune ups and filters.
This entire thread is a testament to the positives of basic and regular maint.
Change the oil and use good products. It kills me when cheap (a word I see on Ingo all to often) people buy cheap crap and then justify the cheapness by saying...."Oil is oil" same with brakes and tire rotations. Tune ups and filters.
This thread motivated me to put some parts and pieces on my old truck.
2004 GMC Z-71 Sierra. 5.3 150K on the clock.
What you can expect to fail with time and miles. We already did the break lines and basic maint.
Add to this a remanf. transfer case. My fault on that failure not GM's.
The simple stuff...
Headlight assembly's. Ordered these when this thread came up. Existing were a fogged over mess. Easy peasy 2 pins and done. Will aim them after dark.
Tail lights. Same order with the head lights but a bit more to install. Existing were fogged over.
The drivers side mirror lost the magic fluid that was the dimming agent. Another easy enough replacement.
The light controllers. These will just act stupid as they age. Easy fix and again not all that expensive.
The gauge package on these trucks will loose their minds at a point. Re-man parts are available and this cluster was from a reputable distributor. A lot easier to install than you might think. I did this and the light control in 30 minutes.
Tomorrow it gets a left front wheel bearing and possibly a new set of shoes.
With 150K on the clock and being serviced on a tight schedule I will get to that elusive 200K.
I gotta fully agree on taking care of vehicles, regular maintenance goes a long way.
I recently had a Blackstone oil analysis done on my ISB Cummins(522,429mi). Only thing of slight concern was the aluminum was 8ppm (average is 3ppm). I have always used Fleetguard filters and Shell Rotella oil.
Now if I could only figure out how much life is left on the VP44, that would give me a little peace of mind.
Are you running a oil bypass filtration system?