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New 99 Tahoe Z71 2 door 6.5 TD Owner

Am I better of selling the 96 Tahoe 5.7 with 216,000 then doing the rear main seal And rear end?
 
Do not attempt to learn diy on the rear end. If you have it done, it should be good for another 200,000 miles.

Selling the truck on the rear end alone? Idk. How much more money you want to put in the truck and the condition of the rest of it. I tend to sell them off around 250,000 miles, but 350,000 is not unheard of. What's the condition of the rest of it?
 
image.jpeg Well it's has a pretty bad oil leak and I am guess it's the rear main seal because the whole bottom of the oil pan and also tranny is covered in oil. The interior is all the but it's ruff. I already fixed the rear tailgate from not opening and fixed the rear glass above it so it now closes and locks. The truck actually drives really good but from driving it I can tell she needs an alignment.she is sitting on 35s and she is a really nice looking truck. No rust anywhere on her.

Just in case you all don't know. I guess I have a problem. I am a car freak. I basically spent my life savings on some vehicles. I bought a 99 suburban 1 year ago from orig owner near mint condition 5k then did a lot of maintenance on her a few months ago and have only put a little over 2,000 miles on her in the last year due to working from home.

Well even before I found my suburban I was looking for a diesel Tahoe for years. Well on the 22 of January I found one and bought it. Drove all the way to Florida to buy it. That's the black Tahoe in the pic above. Then this past weekend I find the 96 2 door Tahoe 5.7 and buy that. The Tahoe 5.7 is the one that needs the rear end. The diesel also needs some TLC. The suburban I paid a certified Chevy mechanic $2,500 to do a slew of maintenance on her due to the miles but at that time didn't expect to find these two door Tahoe beauties. Now my girl is pissed like no more sex I sleep on the couch pissed until I sell one of the trucks. So I wanna sell the suburban but don't know if I can get my cash back for her. Sucks to be me but doesn't suck because I love my trucks. I love my girl too so one of them has to go. :(
 
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I sent a wife packing once. Best decision I ever made. Lol

I wouldn't start with a Rear main or a Rear end... But my first big repair was the rear end on my 95 K1500 w/ 305. Then the heads on the same truck. Never did that rear main but it leaked.
 
21 yrs with my wife that found my hummer for me when I wasn't lookin for one. 1st Snapon roll away for Christmas, ammo every Christmas and birthday. Opposite side of Tanmans story.

...you got to know when to fold em..know when to walk away...know when to run....
 
Are you Kenny Rogers by any chance? lol you never count your money when your sitting at the table, there'll be time enough for counting when the dealings done!
 
Too funny and yes I'm a clown.

Has nothing to do with him on that commercial half hour ago. In my own dorky way I'm saying choose wife or 1/2 of the trucks now. (She'll get 1/2 the trucks on lawyer day).

If she stays, dump the 1 truck, if there is $ lost- just walk away from the loss and move on.

Made a bad purchase? So what. Made 100 other decisions that were good. Name ain't Christ, gonna miss a call sometimes. If loosing a couple grand is way to devistating, Have to sell a good purchase for profit to make up for the loss.
 
Will L. said:
Too funny and yes I'm a clown.

Has nothing to do with him on that commercial half hour ago. In my own dorky way I'm saying choose wife or 1/2 of the trucks now. (She'll get 1/2 the trucks on lawyer day).

If she stays, dump the 1 truck, if there is $ lost- just walk away from the loss and move on.

Made a bad purchase? So what. Made 100 other decisions that were good. Name ain't Christ, gonna miss a call sometimes. If loosing a couple grand is way to devistating, Have to sell a good purchase for profit to make up for the loss.
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Last thing my ex said was "me or the truck" this was after a lot of other crap went down and to cool down I said I was Heading out to work on my truck.

This was after she got mad about me working 2 jobs and going to college full time so I could pay the rent and her payments on her new car. She needed her money for clothes and hair. She had already graduated and had a 60k starting salary. I drove a paid for 95 K1500 6.5 and was driving nearly 1000 a week to get between school and work. Bad decision marrying the spoiled B....
 
tanman_2006 said:
Last thing my ex said was "me or the truck" this was after a lot of other crap went down and to cool down I said I was Heading out to work on my truck.

This was after she got mad about me working 2 jobs and going to college full time so I could pay the rent and her payments on her new car. She needed her money for clothes and hair. She had already graduated and had a 60k starting salary. I drove a paid for 95 K1500 6.5 and was driving nearly 1000 a week to get between school and work. Bad decision marrying the spoiled B....
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Better to get that out of the way early on.
 
Will L. said:
Welcome. Nice rig. Sounds like lots has been done. I'll have to point my big fear of the 6.5- check your harmonic balancer condition, it's a crank and block killer.
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I would go with the Fluidamper. Once and done for life

I have had new GM oil cooler lines leak at the crimp connections at less than 2 years. I'll never install them again.
Order a kit from leroydiesel.com or lubricationspecialist.com
 
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WarWagon said:
First off Welcome!!! A 6.5 is a great rig to learn on. Anything major is usually catastrophic and requires engine replacement. Good way to learn is by pulling an engine... :p Seriously if it doesn't start be easy on the starter and fix it rather than attempting to start it when it won't. Get a Spare PMD and remote mount it with a Made in USA cable. I will say it again, AAA membership, or pay the hook to get it home is cheaper than melting a starter down and still having to fix the no start issue.

The front oil seal rides on the harmonic damper. Replacing that is IMO cheaper than a sleeve. Inspect the rubber on it and the rubber on the belt drive pulley for cracking, pushing out, etc.

Oil cooler lines are critical and easily overheat and leak. Inspect often.

Fuel system leaks and a good lift pump are critical. Air in the fuel system is the #1 troubleshooting step. With the Biodiesel out there mixed in at commercial fuel pumps it's best to get a Walbro lift pump as the factory style isn't compatible with Biodiesel. The Oil Pressure Switch, OPS, drives the lift pump on most years and they may have the ECM driving a fuel pump relay on 1999's. Make sure the lift pump is running with a pressure vacuum gauge tapped off the water drain. 4+ PSI with the engine revved up is good. (High RPM flows more fuel that is just returned to the tank, but, will show fuel system restrictions via low pressure or vacuum at the high RPM.)
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I have been running mostly 11% soy bio since the 90's and have gone through very few lift pumps. I have only run 3 or so lift pumps that were not AC Delco or GM. Those aftermarket lift pumps never lasted very long.

The Ac Delco and GM lift pumps for a 1993 seem to last a very long time with bio.

I do prefer to run out of our 500 gallon tank at home which has a 2 micron filter on it. That way the fuel is filtered before it goes in the tanks of our vehicles.
 
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Lol guys my girl isn't that bad! I was just trying to be funny. She does want me to sell one of the vehicles and I feel I need to also we have too many cars. We still sleep in the same bed. The day my girl tells me how to spend my money I would get rid of her too.
 
Just need to explain to the mistress that the first wife is the 6.5 diesel. Mistresses can come and go... Then go to a new car dealer and look at the payment for a fully loaded 1 ton crew cab. 1 Year of payments tops for the value of the iron in the driveway pic. Then figure plates and insurance to drive the point home.
 
Well, guys forget about me selling my 99 diesel Tahoe. My neighbor already offered me 9,000 cash for it because he checked it out and even with the small leaks he said its in great condition and he regrets selling his 96 diesel Yukon. I don't want to sell my diesel tahoe it's the last year production for the 2 door Tahoe and I heard that in 99 they produced the least amount of 6.5 diesel Tahoe's. Now I don't know how true that is but I waited very long to find one in her condition. I am selling my suburban and I'm going to keep both of my Tahoe's. The gasser for daily driving and diesel for enjoyment. Thanks for the interest though. I am very sure it won't be hard for me to sell the diesel Tahoe if I wanted to.
 
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