Smithsonite
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The GMT-400 series trucks are the last, best built, solid trucks GM ever produced. I made the mistake of selling my '94 for a brand new '07 GMT-900 series truck off the lot. Was a mistake that was! Brakes pulsated on the TEST DRIVE - 40 miles on the clock. Door trim fell off the 1st week. I couldn't even get 40k out of the lower ball joints. Got 50k out of the upper ball joints, one strut, front differentials seals, and the engine started to burn oil around then. 4x4 switch began to fail, interior had more squeaks and rattles than my '94 K1500 did with 266,000 on the clock, vents made noise with the A/C or heat on high fan, clunk in the driveline at every upshift (all this started at 2k miles). Then the hub bearings got noisy at 60k, and at 97k I was changing the rear diff oil for the 2nd time when I noticed the tips of all the spider gear teeth in the magnet. Judging by the excessive backlash, that must've happened around 50k miles as well. Then 6k miles later at 103k, 3rd and 4th gear disappeared like a light switch. Instant neutral! Fluid just as bright red as the day I flushed it through at 40k miles. Now the engine's oil pressure is slowly dropping at 126k. Has been for years.
I've got a few years on ya, but it's been proven to me time, and time again that older stuff is just built better. That's why we still drive an '86 Grand Marquis with 294k miles on it (ORIGINAL driveline front to back, along with the original electric fuel pump in the tank!), and a '93 Volvo 940 we use as a winter beater. 240k on that. Reliable as a stone ax.
I've got a few years on ya, but it's been proven to me time, and time again that older stuff is just built better. That's why we still drive an '86 Grand Marquis with 294k miles on it (ORIGINAL driveline front to back, along with the original electric fuel pump in the tank!), and a '93 Volvo 940 we use as a winter beater. 240k on that. Reliable as a stone ax.