Is there anything more satisfying then..

[Gman]

Turned 218,001 last night. 250+ miles since the repair and no security light! By now, I would have had some issue with it at least turning on while driving. I originally bought this truck for a turbo LS build. I planned on putting some boost at the stock engine and when it lets go, replacing it with a mild built 5.3/6.0L with a 4L80E.

That sounds like a Cleetus McFarland build.

[SouthPaw]

That sounds like a Cleetus McFarland build.

These trucks are so fun with boost and can handle quite a bit stock believe it or not. My buddies 1500 held a little more than 800 to the wheels and was completely stock aside from supporting fuel mods and a built trans.

Something like this: https://denver.craigslist.org/cto/d/...773675120.html

[wyome]

Finally read this thread....great job finding and fixing the problem!

[ben4372]

If a guy is handy, that Ford truck is a DEAL. If it's honest.

These trucks are so fun with boost and can handle quite a bit stock believe it or not. My buddies 1500 held a little more than 800 to the wheels and was completely stock aside from supporting fuel mods and a built trans.

Something like this: https://denver.craigslist.org/cto/d/...773675120.html

[roberth]

Nice job, sometimes it takes a while to find the gremlin.

[Martinjmpr]

Congrats on the fix. Isn't it funny how when you find a problem and fix it, you actually feel BETTER than you would have if you'd never had the problem in the first place?

I had a similar "triumph" early this month, though mine wasn't as troublesome. My '04 Suburban started throwing a CEL just before our big Thanksgiving trip to Texas. Fortunately I have a Scangauge so I was able to read the code and look it up - it was a P0161, right downstream 02 sensor. I reset it and kept going (the truck ran fine) but it would annoyingly come on every time I started up again.

I was all resigned to take it to a shop when I posted my issue on the Tahoe/Yukon forum and they said "Dude! It's an easy fix!" So I watched a YouTube video and sure enough, the sensor was on the exhaust below the cat (I had thought it was somewhere on the engine that would require me to take a lot of engine parts off in order to access it.) Bought a $45 sensor (with a $20 rebate) at Vato Zone, pulled the truck into the garage and swapped the sensor out in literally 20 minutes - and 10 minutes of that was me figuring out how to position the truck and how to jack it up so I could get under there with the creeper (yes, it was on jackstands!)

Even though it was an easy (and cheap!) fix I felt good knowing that I was able to do it myself.

It's also good to see that people are getting over 200k out of these GMT-800 trucks. Mine just turned over 180,000 and although I've been toying with the idea of getting a new(er) truck, the cost just pisses me off (not just the cost to buy but the exorbitant sales tax, registration fees and insurance on a newer vehicle.) So I've decided to keep the 'Burb for another year. If I drive about as much as I did in 2018 it should be right around 194,000 by December of next year and then I can decide whether I want to bite the bullet or try to keep the old gal running for another camping season.

[Great-Kazoo]

The best thing about doing any kind of repair work yourself. Is knowing you had it buttoned up a day before your chiro, or massage, appointment.