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Originally Posted by 3LOU5
Curious about your Yukon. Does it have a 350 in it ?? And did you fix anything major on the engine ??
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No - it has the 5.3L (327ci). That engine started in the 2000 MY trucks. GM dropped the 305 and 350 (5.0 and 5.7L engines and started putting the 4.8 and 5.3 in instead - although I don't know of anyone that got the 4.8L).
Engine and trans wise - the car has been great. Nothing at all. I just changed the trans fluid once to synthetic (at about 70k) and did the transfer case with regular GM fluid then too. Nothing since then. It does eat window motors though. Have gone through all 4 doors and the drivers 3 or 4 times all told. Knock on wood that I am done that way though - it has been a while.
The instrument cluster has started to go funky though - It runs fine then all of the sudden, everything dies (cluster wise that is - the car keeps running ok from that standpoint). When that happens, we pull over, shut down and upon startup everything returns to normal. Kind of annoying - especially at night...
But - chassis wise (engine/trans/suspension/body hardware) - excellent excellent excellent condition for the miles and years.
Oh - the body and interior, while not looking 'brand new' - look like a car with 30,000 miles on the clock, not 10 times that amount. No sagging headliner, no rust, I have not ever done an alignment - and the tires still track 100% straight. No unusual wear or such. Oh - I did toss the OE shocks and install Bilsteins at 35,000 miles. Still rides great.
That is me though- your mileage may vary....
I have here a pic of the Yukon towing home the new (to me) car trailer that I got back in 2006. The tow rating on the Yukon was fine for carrying it home, it was not for anything loaded in it. That is where the F250 came into the picture.