I need to go tire shopping. Any recommendations. Good in snow and rain with 99.9 percent of there life being spent on pavement so quiet is of importance.
I need to go tire shopping. Any recommendations. Good in snow and rain with 99.9 percent of there life being spent on pavement so quiet is of importance.
Does price matter? If not, Michelin LTX.
Cooper Discoverer AT3
No price is not that big a deal. Not going crazy but willing to spend for tires. It is one place I don't cut corners.
I was looking at Generals but noise was the big complaint. They are also more off road than I want. I had a set of Goodyear's on my expedition that were good and I have also liked firestones I had on my F150. Don't remember what one it was. Destinations maybe?
I just bought a set of Toyota takeoff alloy wheels with Bridgestones off eBay from a place that modifies new trucks. $900 shipped. They had 18 miles on them. All I had to do was bolt them on and it made my ten year old truck brand new.
Some more photos. A diamond in the rough I am hoping!!
This is what we call a little rusty up here in the NE
Nasty Interior.
Door Cards are not bad
The Bed
Other tings
So I have my work cut our for me. I have done some cleaning but I have a bunch more to do.
The immediate needs are tires, battery, drain oil and re fill properly. After that replace the drivers seat foam and leather polish or replace headlight, replace missing marker light, fix tailgate handle, go after a couple small rust bubbles I found.
Take that to a detailer, pay the $150 and be done
That is better than the average pimpm3 flip fodder. 
Be sure to check all the oil levels. The "mechanic" probably pulled a drain plug, oil came out, he dumped more in the top. Now the motor has 2x the needed oil. What has zero?
Dr. Hess wrote: Be sure to check all the oil levels. The "mechanic" probably pulled a drain plug, oil came out, he dumped more in the top. Now the motor has 2x the needed oil. What has zero?
Ya no kidding. I am going to go over I stem to stearn. I also need to look at the brakes and see what I got. The roters look decent. But I can not tell what I have for pads with the tires on it.
Them be Denali wheels. IF you decide to get rid of them, let me know. I need two to match the ones I have.
What is the difference? Are they special?
dean1484 wrote: What is the difference? Are they special?
I love them. I had gotten two long ago in a trade. Then bought two more not knowing htere was a difference. So I have mismatched denali wheels on the truck now. I just want a full set that matches! I always thought they were the best lookingwheels on hte GMT800 trucks
Way down on my to do list I was thinking of plastadip on those. I was thinking black with a dark red pin stripe around the perimeter. The red would be that dark red that BMW use to use a couple years ago. I don't know if they still use it.
Add blower motor to the list of things not working. Hoping it is just a fuse.
Maybe the resistor? Does it work on any speed?
Nope. The led bar thing moves so I know the switch is working. I will see if there is power at the blower and back track from there.
Could be as simple as a relay or could be something I the canbus. We will see.
That reminds me that there was a very small exhaust leak on the passenger side that went away once it was warm. Either a manifold or manifold gasket.
Took it for a short drive today and there were no issues. I was easy on it but it seems to have great power.
Oh and I discovered what looks like a new cat back exhaust system.
10:1 says the front exhaust manifold bolt is broken. Have done a bunch on Chevys. (It's not just Mod motors that break manifold bolts/studs)
There's a place in East Bridgewater called RC truck sales. They are a combo truck junk yard/ new aftermarket parts place. Cheap stuff there. I bought heavy duty aftermarket bumpers for my van at that place cheaper than good used ones.
Mileage is 308k. That is less than I was told.
The other thing is it starts really easy. I mean it fires on what seems like less than a full revolution of the motor. My wife's H2 has the same motor and it acts the exact same way. Is this a Vortec / LS thing?
Nice score on the truck.
A couple of years ago I bought a set of Cooper RTX truck tires for my 99Z71:
http://us.coopertire.com/Tires/Light-Truck/DISCOVERER-RTX.aspx
I'm very happy with them - especially if you want a tire that "does everything" (wet, dry, handling, ride, low noise) but can tow and have snow/ice traction and light off road
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