Ok, am not getting any answers over on the Ferd group so I thought I
would ask here.
My brother is looking at an 01 with the 5.4L engine. He asked me about
the expected longevity, and I don't know (I am a GM kinda guy).

        Looking to buy a 1996-2000 kc3500 series dually to pull a 2
horse gooseneck trailer.  Can only afford one in the $15000 range.  Most
there have about 80,000 miles or so on them.  any advice  what to look
for? and when is life of the 350 motor over?

Are there some on the back of the engine?
How can you tell if they are leaking?
Would you have to remove the engine or transmission to get @ them to
do the below?

I just acquired a 1990 GMC 1500 4x4 extended cab long box a week or so
ago.  The previous owner said it had a VERY violent shake in the front
end that would start at 45mph and stop at 65mph.  His mechanic looked
at the front end and couldnt find anything wrong... He was unable to

Do any of you have a confirmed connector location at the ECU/VCM for the MAP
sensor ground?  According to my trusty Chilton¹s which lists 94-99s (and
excluded 95 schematics), it says ŒG19¹ which I can only assume is a typo as
the location on the VCM is C19 I think.  Rather than ...

My 96 2.2L sonoma pickup quit dead.When restartig it just cranks and wont
hit at all. Checked and had spark. Got some fuel when I loosened line on
engine side of original fuel filter.Downloaded computer with "CarChip" but
got no info. Im going to start with a new filter and maybe ...

i smash the front fender on my 99 tahoe i took off the hood and found
2 bolts there. i also took off bolts under the wheel well. all
together i took off 4 at the top and all the ones i thought would be
holding on the fender in the wheel well.

Hello, I blew a head gasket the other day on my '89 C1500 with 4.3
TBI.  Since I have everything on the front of the engine taken of
anyway, should I take this time to change the timing chain?  it's
original with about 350,000 miles on it.  

I got the "towing package" on my '98 K1500.
It's rusting out *really* badly along all the welds.
A few more points for GM quality, I guess.
Anyhow.... what I'm thinking is wire brush the areas thoroughly

Anyone know why the starters for this model cost so much? Had an issue with
the starter shorting out causing a drain on battery and alt.  Turned out to
be a pretty expensive problem to fix.
Thanks for the input.

i have a 2004 K2500HD, i  have a small rattle in the front suspension, i
put it up on the jack, everything seems to be good and tite. it sound like
it could be in the steering column but  im not sure? anybody know of
anything about this?

GAS WAR??
a GAS WAR idea that WILL work————>
This was originally sent by a retired Coca Cola executive. It came from
one of his engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton.  It's worthy

This idea has been around for a while but last week I saw a guy put some
2-stroke oil in the gas tank after he filled up his old Chevy truck and he
said "just a little" makes the engine last a lot longer and that he got over
300,000 miles on every truck he ever owned doing this.

I was driving to work couple of nites ago and a vague shape appeared
in the distance that looked like some cardboard.  Ended up being a
couch.  Well the bumper did it's job.  Amazingly I have no body damage
and very few scratches but I've got a nasty dent in the bumper on the

I was reading through some earlier posts on this list, and noticed
that increasing the plug gaps could lead to an increase in MPG.  With
the price of gas, I'm wondering if this would work on my truck?
Here's how it's currently set up: 86 GMC 1500; 5.7L V8; R44TS @ .045