Recent content by USMC(ret)

Just saying if you need a truck, you need a truck - not an automatic push button gate (wtf thought that was a good idea?), air conditioned seats, the latest electronic gizmo, etc. I sure wish they were as reliable as they used to be. I regret not putting another engine in my old truck, now.

Blah blah blah blah blah. I’ll tell you something I’m not proud of: My 2012 Avalanche took a shit - dropped #4 cylinder due to issues related to AFM. I drove it on the remaining 7 cylinders to trade it on a 2022 GMC Sierra AT-4 w/6.2L L87 gen 5 V8 & 10L80 tranny. At 58k mi, the engine...

True. If I have another issue that puts me in a similar situation in the next year or 3, she’ll be back on the market. Thanks. Labor was billed @ $175/hr. I’ll be doing all my side job work to pay for this over the summer.

UPDATE: So I had received an estimate of $4200 on 3/15. Yesterday I received a tally so far of $8400. Apparently there was a $3500 estimate that I didn’t receive previous to 3/15 for removing the starboard engine. The work to repair the following is complete: - repair the leaking fuel pump -...

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