[chrisser]

I have a 2004 Silverado Z71 that takes me back to the 1960’s, where everything on your car broke, right down to the heater fan control

I have a 2000 with close to 300k. I've gone through about a dozen fan resister modules, 5 or 6 heater control servos. Always had a driveline clunk and steering wheel shake no matter how many revised driveshaft yokes and intermediate steering shafts I put in (out of warranty of course).

It's hard to believe GM had been making trucks for 100 years before putting out the 800 series trucks. Then there's the rust eating it away from the inside out...

[chrisser]

I will say the LS series engine is one thing GM got right. I haven’t opened it once in 300k miles. Still has the original rings bearings and gaskets. Replaced multiple water pumps, but that’s the closest I’ve gotten to having to get inside the engine. It has had piston slap on a cold morning the whole time, but GM says that’s “normal”.

[robroys woman]

Yes, I’m noticing that the driveline actually seems to be fine. It’s everything else. Like the old Alice cooper song lyrics. Doc says my teeth are ok, but my gums gotta go.

M instrument cluster is “on again, off again” after having it rebuilt a few years go. It works fine when it’s working, and is completely dead when it’s not.

And in my entire life I’ve never owned a vehicle where the brake lines rusted out. This includes my 1954 chevy and 1954 ford, one of which I retired in the early 80’s and the other in the late 70’s. But it’s a chronic problem with these trucks, which may be why it’s so easy to find brake lines for them.

I also can’t park it for two weeks without the battery going dead. I’ve decided to pull fuses until I find the bad circuit and I’ll just pull the fuse whenever I park the truck for more than a day.

[robroys woman]

What’s kinda funny is that one of my fairly new friends’ son has an auto salvage business and he deals ONLY in General Motors trucks. :)

But I’ll never buy from him, for obvious reasons.