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I just bought a 2500 suburban to take over exploring/dog hauling for the wifes montero limited and my truck. The plan is either to eventually find her a low mile 06-07 monty or she wants a new outback. In either case the old Monty will be my winter commuter when we get moved back north.

For 12v pumps look into boat pumps. There are washdown pumps, livewell and bilge pumps. Washdowns are basically shower pumps for the boat, for a drop in submersible use a bilge pump with a hose on it and just drop it i to your container. Livewell and washdown pumps have threaded stems you can...

On my suburban I took some 130lb test mono and made a tether that is tied around the latch cable. Its tucked into the edge of the inside trim panel. Only a small part sticks out so my dogs cant open it by accident. Grab the piece pull out the big loop and tug. Door pops right open. Then tuck it...

I have mine wired with 2 relays like Lugueto suggested. The first relay is triggered by an additional foglight switch I got at the salvage yard. It then supplys power to the second relay which is triggered by the high beam wire right behind the bulb. I set it up this way so that when Im driving...

Is your spare tire out back, underneath, or up front? I made a rack that hangs on my monteros spare. I started with a old trunk mount bike rack. The loop that rests on the trunk lid hangs over the top of the tire and the rack gets strapped to the tire. I used an old pair of yakima ski racks I...

Just a bit of advice for those using former BP vans. Those are used for transporting illegals from out in the middle of nowhere to detention centers. I would use a good antibacterial disenfectant throughout the back of the van. Not to be paranoid but there are a lot of people with very...

If the interior is clean with only 133k I would have jumped on that for $3400. Thats a good bit less than I paid.

According to specs, cargo box height for both gmt 400 & 800 is 40.5". Ill measure mine when I get home from work to verify. The floor may be higher on an 800 but so is the roof.

I gotta disagree on size also. My buddy has a nice clean 98 k2500 burb and it definately seems smaller inside and out. We had them parked side by side and the 800 is bigger. We havent broke out the tapes yet but even he commented on the difference.

No dyno when mine was done. No concern for the trans its the 4l85e which is a beefed up 4l80e. It would take more than 500lbs or so to blow it up. The 4l80/5 trannys are essentially a computer controlled th400 with overdrive. The internals are identical with the addition of a seperate planetary...

Black bear does several different ways. You can do a traditional where you pay a core and the send a new control module and then send yours in. EFIlive where you buy the scan tool. Save your stock tune, then load the BB tune. Or in person. I will be adding headers and opening up the exhaust a...

Black Bear in person tune for now. Mapping was changed to increase performance. The shift points were changed and the ATM was also turned off. It is a beast. The mileage isnt bad as long as you keep the rpms under control on the highway and its very civil around town no weird or clunky shifting...

Borison make sure you do a compression test on the motor. If the compression is bad youre looking at a rebuild, crate or JY engine. If you have an obd2 tool check the distributor to make sure its zeroed out. The timing on those isnt set by turning the distributor its done by the computer. The...

No. It has nothing to do with the generation. All 7.4 gmt400 2500s and 6.0/8.1 gmt 800 2500s have the 4l80e, 4l85e or Allison (P/U). Some of the 5.7 gmt400 2500s (P/Us) based on the 1500 <7600lb gvw truck frame may have a 4l60e but as far as I know they also had the 4l80e.

When you go to look at it, run the engine in park first and see if everything sounds normal. Listen for whirring noise or grinding. Check the fluid and see if it smells burnt or has particles in it. Let the engine warm up to temp then hit the gas pedal a few times as soon as its back to idle...

OP just so you can figure parts cost in your area the 2500 7.4 will have a 4l80e trans not the 4l60e. Shouldnt matter much but if you want to find a used one or avoid a mechanic charging more.

6.0 or 8.1 either is fine. If youre pulling big loads >7000lbs regularly or towing in the mtns all the time the 8.1 makes it nicer. If youre towing a 3500lb camper trailer go with the 6.0 and youll be more than happy. I may not "need" the 8.1 power all the time but to be honest it is as much a...

If I could have a 96-99 2500 7.4 4x4 barn door as clean and as well cared for as this one I would have bought it instead. I love the gmt400. I found three that were perfect except they were 2x. Best looking truck gm has built since the 70s. My next project will be a 96-99 or 71-74 suburban or...

The 1500 doesnt have significantly better brakes and if you would actually get the specs you would see that. Its funny that when you pull the calipers up on any autoparts website the 1500s are single piston. My 2500 has dual pistons front and rear. The one reason they have the size rotors they...

Then why have you spent so much time trying to turn your 1500 into a 2500? All the coolers, brake and suspension upgrades? Speaking of brakes, how many pistons does each caliper have on a 1500? How many on the 2500? Now explain how the 1500 is better. Also explain why GM would put less capable...