Automotive price check.

[Harold Tuttle]

so what, i post a link to car gurus and a link spammer materializes and makes an account?

[mtnbkr]

Something like that.

Chris

[Perd Hapley]

And that is what truly matters in life

I wish I could afford to feed an old GMC.

I used to have an old GMC, assuming '89 counts as old. I had some fairly serious mechanical problems with it. The Tacoma was nearly trouble-free until recently. Anyhoo, my Dad mentioned that he knew of someone needing to unload an '89 Chevy 1500. It has an extended cab, which I prefer, and A/C, and it's in dark green, which I like. Has 100,000-something on it. He said she was asking $1700, which he thought was a bit much. I'm tempted to see if I could come out even by selling the one and buying the other. The problem is, the last '89 I bought on Dad's recommendation as well. Don't want another lemon. On the other hand, I'm worried the Tacoma won't last much longer.

[Tallpine]

I used to have an old GMC, assuming '89 counts as old. I had some fairly serious mechanical problems with it. The Tacoma was nearly trouble-free until recently. Anyhoo, my Dad mentioned that he knew of someone needing to unload an '89 Chevy 1500. It has an extended cab, which I prefer, and A/C, and it's in dark green, which I like. Has 100,000-something on it. He said she was asking $1700, which he thought was a bit much. I'm tempted to see if I could come out even by selling the one and buying the other. The problem is, the last '89 I bought on Dad's recommendation as well. Don't want another lemon. On the other hand, I'm worried the Tacoma won't last much longer.

Doesn't seem like a bad price if it's 4wd and in good conditon. 

Around here pickups hold value fairly well because everybody needs an old pickup for something.

What trouble did you have with your other 89 gmc/chevy


And no - 1989 is pretty new.  My other pickup is a 1976.

[Perd Hapley]

Doesn't seem like a bad price if it's 4wd and in good conditon. 

Around here pickups hold value fairly well because everybody needs an old pickup for something.

What trouble did you have with your other 89 gmc/chevy


And no - 1989 is pretty new.  My other pickup is a 1976.

2WD, I think. Haven't gone to look at it yet. 

My old truck did its own oil changes. Can't remember how we solved that one, but I seemed to remember it was major surgery. I also had to have the transmission swapped out after a while. And then a bunch of little things in between. The final problem was a Tahoe in the passenger door. I quit driving it after that.

[Tallpine]

2WD, I think. Haven't gone to look at it yet. 

My old truck did its own oil changes. Can't remember how we solved that one, but I seemed to remember it was major surgery. I also had to have the transmission swapped out after a while. And then a bunch of little things in between. The final problem was a Tahoe in the passenger door. I quit driving it after that.

Well, that would do it 

Mine is a 350 and 5 speed.  ~206K miles.  Looks rough but runs and handles really good.  Needs a windshield.

I fixed the 4x4 by sticking a short piece of PVC in front of the burned out actuator 

[Perd Hapley]

I fixed the 4x4 by sticking a short piece of PVC in front of the burned out actuator 

I have no idea what that means.

[Tallpine]

I have no idea what that means.

There is this little electric heat plunger that pushes the front axle into gear.  When it burns out you have no 4x4.  It's wired to a switch on the floor lever.

By taking it out, putting a shim onto the end, and putting it back in - you more or less permanently lock in the front axle.  Sorta like leaving the front hubs locked in all the time on an older version, or dot mil stuff with no front hubs at all.