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Funny, I was tired from all this reading on a bank capital review, so I went over to see Wayne at Eagle Watch Automotive and drop off a new transfer case dash switch in case my truck needed it. Wayne was working on a 7.4L Isuzu inline 6 cylinder diesel in a GMC dumper truck. Replacing valve...

The main point: do not buy used engines, especially those with unknown history.

There should be tons of 6.5 lower intakes out there in salvage.

I’m at a loss as to what you’re talking about here?

IMO you’re chasing a money pit because of the low initial purchase price.

My Suburban is next in line after he finishes redoing the head gaskets and heads on a Duramax. It was interesting to see the Duramax engine with the cab and heads off. Head gaskets started leaking at just 150K miles.

Put the new brake drums on today and braking is back to normal. Will take the Suburban over to our local mechanic to have him install the ABS Modulator Pump and work through the transfer case shifting.

The new brake drums and shoes arrived today. I did not feel like changing the shoes, so I just threw the drums on. It is back to braking smooth and normal.

Tossing them to the recycling yard.

This is the current state of the front end on my ‘99 Suburban:

Today I Installed the exhaust from the muffler back. From the muffler forward it’s still in good shape, so those pieces went into storage in the basement. Also pulled the brand new and freshly overheated rear brake drums. New drums and shoes arrive Tuesday. Very heavy work week. Will be lucky...

Right rear heavily blue. Left rear reddish, on its way to blue. Not taking any chances, new drums and shoes ordered. Happy Birthday Big T!

I did, but you can drive through with these engines.

Well NAPA reinstated their 20% online discount, which brought the total down from $373 to $299. So there’s that. Parts will be here Tuesday.

Nope, this is real. My hands are beat up and the next two weeks are long hours on the day job. Replacing drums is easy. Replacing brake shoes takes some time. I’ll try to get it done in the evenings.

The truck was running incredibly smooth with no shudder while braking. It was my birthday and after splitting a bunch of wood, I decided to float and fish the river. I launched at Bell’s Crossing with my takeout at Stevensville Crossing. My wife shuttled the Suburban to the takeout at...

Installed new 195 thermostats for which the specs said they start to open at 190. Per my dash temp, it gets to 187.5 then quickly drops back to 185. The Service Engine Soon light went off by itself. So I conclude that the Engine Coolant issue is back to normal. During my test drive, the braking...

Well done. Thanks Paul. I looked around the garage, but could not find the 16th injector. I’ll keep looking. I’m just relieved I got the shudder upon braking corrected. Next up is replacing thermostats. Then my ABS should arrive by Monday and I’ll have Wayne at Eagle Watch Automotive install...