Picked up a 4x4!

[68Timber]

Looks great! Good to see you still have the camper.

[Corts60]

Made a little more progress on the winter rig. Got tired of sitting on and looking at the old worn out seat bottoms. So I ordered some of the original material from SMS, pulled apart both bucket seats and reupholstered the bottoms.

[buffydores]

I like the original stuff. Looks right. Strong.

[Wwes]

Lucky man, many of us dream of one nice 'Burb, and you've got two!

I'll soon a 'Burb owner, once I decide on a color for my '22 Z71 burb.

[Corts60]

Thanks! Yeah, this one has rust issues in the rear, but the rest of it is pretty clean.

[Corts60]

We finally got some good snow up here this past week. Suburban did awesome!

[Palf70Step]

But I must say, I am glad its in your neck of the woods and not down here.

[Corts60]

It’s a little early, but I got excited for the new summer tires and threw them on today. Man what difference in ride quality from the BFG’s to the Coopers. Truck is way smoother and more comfortable I think with the Coopers.

[LT7A]

Interesting to hear about the Coopers vs the BFGs. Lookin' sharp!

[Corts60]

Originally Posted by LT7A

Interesting to hear about the Coopers vs the BFGs.Lookin' sharp!

Thanks buddy!

[dag4566]

Slick Burb!

[Corts60]

Originally Posted by dag4566

Slick Burb!

Thanks! She looks a lot better in the pictures than in real life. But still a good unit.

[buffydores]

That's good stuff. Love new tires. Always make me happy.

[Corts60]

Well I’m just about tired of oil stains in my new driveway so I decided I’d pull the engine this weekend and reseal the whole thing. While i have the engine out I’ll clean up the frame and anything else I can get to.

[Corts60]

Made some progress today. Got the engine out and stripped. New timing chain is in. Man, good timing on replacing the chain (pun intended). That factory chain was super loose and ready to give up anytime.

[Palf70Step]

Never had much luck or like of the BFG's. Have had good luck with coopers. Glad the Burb is still hauling for ya. Almost time for the summer one to come out.

[Corts60]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Never had much luck or like of the BFG's. Have had good luck with coopers. Glad the Burb is still hauling for ya. Almost time for the summer one to come out.

Almost Bill! Just fired it up the other day and spun it around the block. I forgot how smooth that one is compared to this 4x4.

[LT7A]

Are you going to keep the grease crayon numbers on the firewall? I would have cleaned that stuff off in a heartbeat and maybe I did on my first square years ago. But nowadays, they've been around so long that it's kind of cool to me that those marks remain. How many miles are on your engine? Last time I timed mine, I kind of had to average out where the timing light showed the mark to be. I'm due for a similar job. Eventually...

[Corts60]

Originally Posted by LT7A

Are you going to keep the grease crayon numbers on the firewall? I would have cleaned that stuff off in a heartbeat and maybe I did on my first square years ago. But nowadays, they've been around so long that it's kind of cool to me that those marks remain. How many miles are on your engine? Last time I timed mine, I kind of had to average out where the timing light showed the mark to be. I'm due for a similar job. Eventually...

Yeah I’m going to clean up around the markings but leave them there. I think it adds to resale because of originality, at least in my opinion. The whole rig has 136k miles on it now. So the timing chain was definitely due. All the spark plugs were white/tan showing perfect burn so the engine is still nice and healthy.

[Greenlee]

Nice looking Suburban!

[Corts60]

Originally Posted by Greenlee

Nice looking Suburban!

Thanks!

[Corts60]

Got all the gaskets replaced today. Spent 12 hours on it and I’m pretty sure 9 of those hours was scrubbing grease. Man this engine was filthy. But I got her back in at the end of the day. Tomorrow morning is just hooking everything up and firing it up.

[LT7A]

Sure cleaned up nice! Got to be a good feeling to have all of that handled. I have 100,000 miles more on my TBI motor, so I'm probably due for the timing chain change. Although, I have owned it since new and have kept up well on the oil changes. So the wear is probably about as good as it could be, but still more than ready.

[Corts60]

Originally Posted by LT7A

Sure cleaned up nice! Got to be a good feeling to have all of that handled. I have 100,000 miles more on my TBI motor, so I'm probably due for the timing chain change. Although, I have owned it since new and have kept up well on the oil changes. So the wear is probably about as good as it could be, but still more than ready.

Thanks! Yeah for sure. Even with all the regular maintenance they stretch. I’m hoping to get at least 200k out of this engine if I can….

[Corts60]

Got her running around noon today and just got back from a test drive. Running smooth and awesome!

It’s too bad there is so much junk on top of these TBI motors after they’re installed. The never look good in pics. Haha.