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Post by slugger on Jul 17, 2014 9:24:03 GMT -5
I have had an ongoing Electrical problem with my '94 Suburban for a month now that just kept getting worse. It started with the turn signal popping the fuse, then added the tail/dash lights, then the horn, and finally it knocked the electronic transmission to "safe Mode" Locked in to second and/or reverse.
PLUSS ,I have had a leak in the high pressure power steering line for over two month. You have to take the front of the motor and parts of the radiator showed to replace it, I just added more fluid... WELL!
Contrary to my better judgment I'm going to say she is afloat again. I have found in vehicle repair it is NEVER the first simple thing that is the problem...Maybe, I hope! I took the suburban in for the short/ light problem yesterday at noon and I had it back at 5:00. I'm tickled at the price Well under $200 and how fast we got her back ,BUT, I'm skeptical. Not only did they find the short and fix it the replaced the high presser Power steering line in that time and dollar. There a very Highly recommended place that my Kids take all there stuff to. It still sounds to easy. I'll try to get her out in the prairie/ woods, and put it through the paces and hope for the best
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Post by 03mossy on Jul 17, 2014 11:22:33 GMT -5
Ahh the joys of owning vehicles, hope you got it all fixed. I love those body style suburbans. I had to part ways with my beloved old chevy this winter. Loved that truck, 2500hd duramaxx/Allison, almost 200,000 miles. But in December and January I had to dump almost $2500 into it. Then when she left me stranded on the middle of a back county road in -5 degree weather enough was enough! Any idea how fast it gets cold in a dead truck at those temps! Yep glad I had my hunting backpack in there with a bunch of hand warmers!
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Post by ET on Jul 17, 2014 18:45:38 GMT -5
Know what you mean about vehicles and cost. Had an oil change the other day and when the smoke cleared over $1K bill. Back brakes were almost seized and pads where toast that is what was left of them. Complete replacement of back brakes required.
While investigating a humming sound up front I had a wheel bearing going even though my anti locking indicator didn’t come on. Got her fixed before getting stuck somewhere.
Yep they cost money but having a dependable running vehicle is priceless freedom.
Ed
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2014 21:09:36 GMT -5
Did the auto mechanic gig for a living for 11 years til I was lucky enough to find a new profession. I don't miss it a bit, that being said, it is nice and a huge cost savings being able to repair all my own vehicles. It's crazy what shops charge these days....
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2014 21:25:09 GMT -5
I know too much about auto repair pain. We own two bucket trucks sporting 6.0 powerstrokes, nuff said...
Glad you are back in business slugger, I always enjoy your pictures from your outings.
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Post by hydrodog on Jul 19, 2014 7:16:39 GMT -5
As a heavy equipment mechanic I have found the electronic and electrical issues to be the most frustrating to diagnose and repair. On alot of lighter vehicles you can google TSB's and look through them to see if the problem has been addressed by the manufacturer. Myers129 I feel your pain for having some 6.0 l powerstrokes, there are 27 of them in our fleet and all have had the EGR and oil coolers upgraded along with injectors and now on a few of them the same injector fails over and over again, high maintenance engines.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2014 8:09:38 GMT -5
Being a forklift tech I've been lucky enough to figure out all the issues I've had with my Silverado, yet my wife doesn't understand why my truck seems to have allot of problems, even though it hasn't, she's a little dramatic. My Silverado is my first Chevy and before that was dodge ram and the Chevy has been by far better mechanically. It's considerably under powered than the dodge but you can't compare the 4.8 to the 5.7 hemi. Vehicles can be a big pain in the butt but are very valuable. Hope you get everything worked out!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2014 18:33:46 GMT -5
Hydrodog if you have the same injectors failing over and over check the oring behind the nipples on the oil rail, if that oring fails it just keeps blowing the d-ring in the injector. If it is bad and can happen it has happened to our 6.0's . They are piles of crap!
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Post by hornet22savage on Jul 20, 2014 16:09:03 GMT -5
I know how you feel man been working in the Heavy Diesel field now for almost seven years. We had a service truck that had a 6.0L in it. I kept telling them it needed new injectors. Ran it until it would run no more. Had to tow it to a shop and paid out the you know what to only replace four of the eight. Why you may ask, well I'm still waiting on that answer. Got the truck back and it ran ok for a day and the same thing occurred. Took it back and they informed us that we ran it so long with bad injectors that the exhaust manifolds were full of carbon that began to break away and plug the EGR valve holding it open causing a sever lack of power. We installed a delete kit and all was better but not perfect. After we got bought out and got a new service truck (2013 Ram 3500 with a 6.7L Cummins) The old owners sold that ford cheap the new owner replaced number seven and the boost sensor and it runs like new. Our fleet of trucks is less than two years old with most hovering around the 200,000 mark and the wiring problems and just plain ridiculous.
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