1990 Suburban "The White Whale"

[Dieselwrencher]

After the birth of our son, and me getting tired of driving the kids around in a Ford Contour because the a/c doesn't work in my truck, I bought a 90 Suburban. It isn't the nicest, but isn't the worst. It's been sitting for 2 years or so I was told, and had a squeaking in the engine. when I went to look at it and we got it to start, boy oh boy. The squeak was a horrible knock with a side of squeak. I ended up working out a deal with the PO, bought an engine for it, and hauled it home. I scoured CL for an engine and found a TBI 350 from a 95 K10 that I could hear run. It had no blow by, no leaks, and ran great. I've been so busy lately I had my cousin swap engines. So now the burb runs, sorta, and needs a good scrubbing and cleaning. Here's some pics.














It has brand new tires on it, some one has rebuilt the front end recently, the fuel pump was replaced not long before it was parked, but it reeks of mice urine! Hopefully we can get that smell out of it. It runs and drives great, other than right now when you first start it up, you have to spray either or brake clean in the throttle body before it will fire up. I'm guessing it's due to the 2 year old gas that's been sitting in the tank. I'm going to replace the fuel filter and see if that helps. I may also dump some sea foam in it to try that too. It needs some tlc and I have to fix the a/c, and the LH rear door won't open. I plan on replacing the LH rear door, fixing some rusty areas, and giving it a Maaco paint job and call it good. What do ya think?