I found a parts rig today.
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That's a nice find, plenty of good parts!
If everything wasn't in pieces it would have been a good project too, but the more I look, the more labor I see. So, I'd rather use the parts to keep others on the road.
Brought home another Suburban this weekend as a winter beater. 
And another one came home tonight. Likely has a blown head gasket. Rust free body. Clean interior. Previous owner purchased it in 1993.
Pulled the new one into the shop today for a quick inspection and compression check. Looks like a healthy motor, 170-182 psi on all cylinders.
PO mentioned they had it in a shop recently that could not figure out the problem after throwing a new distributor and a couple other parts at it and I found this 5 minutes into a visual inspection.
Looks like half of the oxygen sensor dangling from the wiring harness...
PO mentioned they had it in a shop recently that could not figure out the problem after throwing a new distributor and a couple other parts at it and I found this 5 minutes into a visual inspection.
Looks like half of the oxygen sensor dangling from the wiring harness...
I was just thinking through the list of Suburbans since starting this thread. This latest one is number six. We still own three out of six as well.
Working on Suburban #6. Spent the last couple days troubleshooting a code 42 issue that popped up a minute after firing it up with the new oxygen sensor. I did new plugs and wires after the compression check. PO had a new ignition module installed as part of a new distributor. I checked the cap and rotor and they didn't look good so I threw new parts in for good measure and replaced a sorry looking vacuum line while I was in there. No change. Swapped the ground cable off one of the other Suburbans as well since this one didn't look good.
Started troubleshooting using a guide I found online and was getting strange diagnosis results that I couldn't figure out. I rechecked the timing to see where the previous mechanic left it, it was good. Then, I realized I was misreading one step on the trouble shooting and reran the tests. All were good. Started it up and the code did not return. Runs great now. My best guess was a loose connection somewhere that I touched. Either the ground cable or the plug that is unplugged to set timing.
Anyway, pics of all six Suburbans...
The original, January 2019
The replacement that was really just a running parts rig, April 2020
Traded the running parts rig for a non running project, April 2020
$500 parts rig, July 2020
Running diesel Suburban (parts vs project undecided when I bought it), September 2020
The nice rig, October 2020
Working on Suburban #6. Spent the last couple days troubleshooting a code 42 issue that popped up a minute after firing it up with the new oxygen sensor. I did new plugs and wires after the compression check. PO had a new ignition module installed as part of a new distributor. I checked the cap and rotor and they didn't look good so I threw new parts in for good measure and replaced a sorry looking vacuum line while I was in there. No change. Swapped the ground cable off one of the other Suburbans as well since this one didn't look good.
Started troubleshooting using a guide I found online and was getting strange diagnosis results that I couldn't figure out. I rechecked the timing to see where the previous mechanic left it, it was good. Then, I realized I was misreading one step on the trouble shooting and reran the tests. All were good. Started it up and the code did not return. Runs great now. My best guess was a loose connection somewhere that I touched. Either the ground cable or the plug that is unplugged to set timing.
Anyway, pics of all six Suburbans...
The original, January 2019
The replacement that was really just a running parts rig, April 2020
Traded the running parts rig for a non running project, April 2020
$500 parts rig, July 2020
Running diesel Suburban (parts vs project undecided when I bought it), September 2020
The nice rig, October 2020
Substantial amount of Suburbans!
The white one is now stripped for parts and gone while the tail boss was traded for other toys.
Down to one Suburban and it is time for an axle swap. I saved the large bearing 8 lug parts from the white V2500 to put on a 4.10 geared D44 in place of the small bearing version. I'm also planning to go ahead and drill/tap the passenger knuckle while it is apart for a rebuild.
I also have a van width 14SF and a 2" lift that will all be installed at the same time.
Down to one Suburban and it is time for an axle swap. I saved the large bearing 8 lug parts from the white V2500 to put on a 4.10 geared D44 in place of the small bearing version. I'm also planning to go ahead and drill/tap the passenger knuckle while it is apart for a rebuild.
I also have a van width 14SF and a 2" lift that will all be installed at the same time.
And apparently my wife has named it Betty.
Tonight, I threw in some new shocks and headlights to make it a driver. I'll need time to rebuild the 3/4 ton axles before installing the lift.
Ok, bringing this thread back up as the new replacement Suburban is here.
1990 GMC V2500 w/ 350 V8, TH400, NP241C and 3.73 10b/14SF.
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1990 GMC V2500 w/ 350 V8, TH400, NP241C and 3.73 10b/14SF.
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It needs a few parts but I've already picked up a parts rig a while back.
I can't remember but what happened to the previous suburban?
Which one? looks like he got a parts rig 5 times until he found one he didn't have to do much work to.
Lol i guess the original one that was requiring the start of the replacement process.Which one? looks like he got a parts rig 5 times until he found one he didn't have to do much work to.
I sold the original one to pay for a motor build during the middle of buying my current house when I couldn't spend the money in the bank. The next one or two were sold to get other vehicles my wife wanted, the last one was sold to buy the Deuce which was sold to buy the Impala...
Gotcha
So, this white/blue Suburban is #9 since January 2019. I skipped another one in this thread that we bought as a project but didn't keep long.
