Yes it is the original engine and transmission... neither one have ever been out of the truck or opened up... Transmission fluid has been changed two times and the Transmission filter one time at 265000... I change the engine oil every 3000 miles or so... the GM 4L60e 4L80e transmissions are outstandingbadmoonrising wrote:
No way he's on his original transmission. Highly doubtful original engine.
I want to see him drive it in the snow belt, the body will last 3 years.
I drive it hard... it shifts at 6000 or 6200 rpm WOT and the peak torque is 4400 for the factory cam... I would like to see a little lower rpm peak torque... if I ever rebuild it.. I've already got a cam picked out.
It's my daily driver... snow rain sleet or hail... never been garage kept
there is a little rust on the rocker panels.. all of these have it... zero rust anywhere else on the truck... I'll eventually get that taken care of... it's cosmetic and doesn't bother me
Replaced parts:
Radiator
thermostat
stepper motors in the instrument cluster
wiper motor control board... motor is still factory original... I took it apart, replaced the control board and sealed it with silicone I'm cheap
fuel pump @ 265000... only time it ever died on me... I was at a stop sign.. It's so quiet and smooth I didn't know it had died until I felt the steering get stiff...got out beat on the tank with my fist... got back in fired it up and it ran to the gas station across the street and died beat on it three more times until I got it loaded on the car trailer... we did tow it home with my Dad's 2002 F250 7.3 Powerstroke ... one for the Ford guys!
Never changed the fluid in the transfer case... ... and I had to go through it... oh well.. rebuilt it and put it back in... totally my fault
driver window motor... motor still worked... cable came off the pulley... easier to replace the whole regulator unit
vent valve solenoid... vents the evap system... located near the fuel tank... engine light came on ... scanned it... small vacuum leak in the evap system... smoke tested it... found it... replaced it... took about 30 minutes to trouble shoot. Had to remove the fuel tank to get the new hose on it... took about 1 1/2 hours...
changed the front and rear diff gear oil @ 265000 for the first time...
changed the power steering fluid at 265000... only time
front brake pads & rotors... I drive it hard
Plugs & wires
shocks @ 265000... they had been dead for years!
few head light bulbs and a few tail light bulbs and daytime running lamps a couple times...
couple batteries
had the leather driver seat bottom reupholstered it cracked on the side and the head liner replaced... head liner was starting to peel by the driver window... $350 total..
still has factory radio although the cd player died I'm gonna replace it with a touch screen so I can add a backup camera
has a small dent in the driver side bed behind the fender well compliments of Wal-Mart parking lot... probably an Obama voter
has a small dent in the passenger door... Deer hunting mud/log incident
round place on the hood has no paint about the size of a large bird poop... I don't remember how long it took for that to happen but I should have washed it off... no rust... still has primer coat... now I have a permanent gray bird poop spot...
hits a little hard into second gear at WOT... that's a spring & piston replacement in the 1-2 accumulator.. no big deal... should have replaced it when I dropped the pan to change the filter