Well here is the new beast!!!
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Turns out it is a GMC Denali not a Chevrolet. Yes it has the 6.0 and it even has the rear steer and it is working perfectly.
So it has not been run in 6 months and I wanted to start it and I asked my friend if I could start it he said that it will be out of oil as it was poring oil out of it when they parked it. So I check the oil thinking I am going to have to run down and get some to start it up. And it is way Way WAY!!!!! over filled. Guess what. . . Turns out that they took it to the local service station and had an oil change and very shortly after is when it started leaking they brought it back to the same place and they diagnosed it as a rear main seal so it was just parked (no one checked the oil). The oil was more then half way up the dipstick!!!
So my first step is going to be draining the oil and putting back what it should have in it and I am betting that it will solve the problem. Even if this does not solve the problem the leak that I observed was very small It is not a must fix issue I can still use the truck and fix it when it fits my scheduled especially since this will be a 3rd vehicle for me.
Other things:
Needs a rear bumper. The one on there is rusted completely.
The interior needs an enema it is very dirty but nothing a couple hours and a wet vac and some rags and some elbow grease can not fix.
The drivers seat has a rip in the side of the seat pad. Needs repair or if I can find a matching one in the junk yard I will just swap out the seat. The cheap fix is to get a good seat cover. Otherwise everything works and no other damage that I could see.
The exterior has a couple small dings and one small rust spot on the passenger side door (easy fix). The bed interior has some dents from normal use but again no rust of any kind or damage. It is missing a side marker light. The rear door on the drivers side only opens by reaching into the back and getting at that handle the plastic handle in the door jamb has disconnected from the rod. The lift gate latch is broken you have to open it by pulling the rods. It needs a set of tires.
The truck had not been started for 6 months so the battery was dead so I hooked my Toyota corolla to it with cables and let it sit for a couple minutes and it fired right up. The motor sounded fantastic. Ran extremely smooth and is very strong with zero noises. Really sounds like it just had a tune up. I let it warm up and it had 40PSI of oil pressure idling with it up to temp.
Ran it through the gears and yard drove it and all seemed to be perfect.
I am stoked. This may turn out to be a much better deal than I thought.
Oh and before you ask Yes I did tell my friend about the overfill on the oil and offered $$$ and even told him that he should keep this spend $150 on a professional detail. He said that he had already replaced it and it needed to go.
You win some and you loose some when getting a free vehicle. I think I won this one. I think if I put about 1K in to this it will be a very nice third vehicle to have around.
EDIT: I forgot to mention. I went under it and looked for rust and the entire underside is clean. The frame looks like is is only a couple years old. It really is virtually a rust free truck. Rockers, bottoms of the doors cab corners fenders the bed are all rust free. And I really mean rust free not "New England Rust Free" I have not seen a GM product from the mid 2000's that looks this good up here in the rust belt. the only area of rust is at the leading edge of the passenger door just in front of the Denali sticker (you can see it in the photo).
This really is one that should "buff up" very well.
