Where did all the metal go from the old cam/lifters? In your oil pan and now around your crankshaft and connecting rods. I hope he is replacing those as well.
He’s taking the pan off and will check the bearings.
That truck has burned a quart of oil every thousand miles or so since we bought it at 140,000 miles.
We used cheap full synthetic and Marvel Mystery Oil every 5,000 miles.
Our son says it looks new inside, except for a collapsed lifter. I think he wants a hotter cam.
In grew up in a Ford family but even as a teenager I understood a Chevy small block is for the ages.
Our new Suburban is about 600 pounds heavier. It has the same 325 cubic inch small block but 50 more horsepower. It’s essentially the same buggy, just more of it everywhere, and quieter and slicker and a Cadillac level trim and seats.
About forty five years ago I bought a 1974 Matador X Coupe a couple of old maid school teachers bought new, and our new one looks perfect inside and out like that one. And our newer Suburban finally beats that Matador for air conditioning, which I thought impossible. AMCs had a variable compressor switch you could set to put ice crystals on the vents.
Our two older ones, had a removable third row seat and second row that folded down. In 2015 General Motors made the entire back end to where it all folds down to a flat floor. That has to be where some of the extra weight is.
The transmission got a $1,500 full rebuild at 220,000 miles.
It’s needed brake pads, I forget when.
The tires need replaced, and we’ve put 110,000 miles on the set.
Our newer one shares no sheet metal with the Silverado truck but virtually the entire drivetrain is pure Chevy truck.
What just amazes me is the top end magnetic ride control and 22” inch rims.
And although we can’t run 600 miles on a tank the vehicle can.
I used to think a 327 was the ultimate Chevy small block but I was mistaken. The best ones are made today.
If you buy one make triple sure it has the factory max tow package our 2004 did and our 2015 has. You want a 3.46 axle (or higher number, lower gear) and the tow package rigs come with bigger radiators and alternators and coolers and batteries and our 2015 has a factory trailer brake controller built in.
Plus, since 2015 you must have the max towing package to get a two speed transaxle. You seldom need the lower range but if you do, you need it damned badly.
Chevy is recalling something like a million 6.2 liters (which is essentially a stroked 5.3) and I see why.
Once you own the first one you can’t afford to switch. Parts seldom wear out or break and if they do the replacements are stupidly cheap.
My son just came in and said they used the old cam and replaced all the lifters, put on four newer tires, and it’s running like a new Swiss watch.
(Wonder who taught the boy that expression.
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I wish I could be young enough again to not give two cents about what gasoline mileage a vehicle gets, and I didn’t need so much sleep, and had buddies who could rebuild a motor overnight.
Sing one, Tom T Hall
Back When Gas Was Thirty Cents a Gallon
