Recent content by Big T

Same components on my ‘94 and ‘99, except for single vs dual thermostat respectively. ‘94 runs at 195 to 200 a can easily hit 210 on a warm day. ‘99 runs at 187 and is mostly pegged there. It and rarely gets over 200 and you must be charging up a steep mountain grade in summer heat.

This is interesting. Because of all the proponents of the single stat, I left it on the ‘94 which has the upgraded 130gpm water pump and the Dmax fan. However, it still runs warmer than my ‘99. I do have a dual stat crossover on the engine we took out of the ‘95, so I might just put that on the...

Out in the west we generally do not see salt. I installed the original 4” exhaust back when I bought the Suburban back in January 2010. Right now, only the tail section from the muffler back has rot. The section from the muffler forward are fine. Wish I could just buy the tail section. But this...

Yeah, the price. I just purchased aluminized from Quadstar for $409. Did not include the muffler, but I have one in good shape.

I would not use a CV axle from O’Reilly. What vehicle is this for?

I think Will L. Recommended Rockford thermoplastic CV boots on here years ago. They are all I’ve used and haven’t lost one yet: http://www.rockfordcv.com/rcvboot.htm

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Absolutely worth it to replace the boots. You want to use thermoplastic boots, not neoprene which never last more than a couple years. What vehicle is this on?

That belt won’t even work on a vac delete! 😎

Nope. Both are galvanized. I have never seen stainless. Current pipe went 15 years and only the section from the muffler back show rot and that is the part right behind the tire, on the back side.

Leroy’s price is $737.99; Quadstar’s is $409.97.

I might have a usable 1999 block, though not a Navistar. I lost the engine at idle speed when I lost a braided stainless oil cooler line. Engine seized but never overheated. I have it in a crate in the garage at our Montana home, but have yet to tear it down for inspection. I know that shipping...

90% of the time, the Suburban is being used as a two row SUV. When you need it, it’s a truck. A truck is always a truck, but the usage as a truck would be the same.

It is very functional, which is why I love them. A truck with second row seating, but a 6.5’ bed is just not as good. 8’ bed makes that truck unwieldy.