Silverado_George

I am having a problem with the old SS but here's the story first on how I got her, I had been looking for 2 years for the right SS at the right price even out of state but could not find a rust free one until I finally saw one on Craiglists about 1 hour away from me with 32k on the odometer, I just couldn't believe it so I went and saw it, guy was the 2nd owner and had it garaged but rarely drove it, I just couldn't believe it. The only mods he had done to it was: JBA shorty headers, Throttle body spacer, S & B CAI, MSD Wires, and Magnaflows, truck ran immaculate as he said he had serviced it from the basic stuff regularly even tranny fluid change and differential service( I checked the tranny fluid so he wasn't lying). Closed the deal for the truck, have put about 7k miles on her since (39k right now) I got her in March, noticed right away that the truck was a monster when you mashed the throttle, tested it's limits to see and brought it up to 110 a couple of different times. Just out of nowhere though a few weeks back I noticed that something changed and I noticed right away a loss of power from the startup, the exhaust tone even sounded much less loud and toned down, it was easy for me to bring her up to 70 on the freeway but now I noticed that it takes double the effort on the throttle to get her up to that speed.. These engines are strong as can be so I don't think it's a compression problem especially not at that low of mileage, the tranny did have low fluid and I do not know for how long since I owned it had it been like that since I didn't properly check the level, any thoughts?

Interested in this, more pics would be greatly appreciated, email is [email protected]

When will you guys be coming to the Bay Area?

Wow that's great to hear man! Not knocking the truck at all, it is my dream vehicle as I pursued one for 2 years before I stumbled on mine 😁 just stating the issues not because of age I meant like the known issues or things that I thought that GM could have made better but it is still a fast truck nevertheless George

Hey guys I was just starting this topic not as means to bash the truck obviously but just as a means of pointing out the problems that I noticed since I've owned it that these trucks have and that GM could have done due to the fact that they cost people 40k when they were brand new. Some of the problems listed here affect MOST and some of them affect and apply to ALL and others are generic Silverado and GM issues. Feel free to add any if I've missed some 1. Famous Steering clunking when turning or going over rough terrain 2. Front Differential 3. Cheap Leather that frays and cracks after only a little bit 4. Stepper Motors in Instrument cluster being non-functional 5. Transmission Slipping ( Happens every now and then to mine and I am only at 38k miles). 6. Didn't put a sunroof on all the trucks, should have done this since the SS trim was the highest and most exclusive trim you could go with back then, should have fully loaded all of them 7. Brakes are not very good considering that they are in charge of stopping a 5,300 pound pickup truck 8. Tailgate latch issue 9.Rusting brake lines issue

Mine had about 32,000 when I bought her i'm currently at 38,000 😊, pretty low still, also had the option of getting a newer LTZ or Sierra but ultimately opted for this truck because the body style and design is timeless and will always look good in my opinion George

Hmm you think these lasfits will work? I've had pretty good luck with their headlight bulbs.. https://www.ebay.com/itm/LASFIT-T10-LED-License-Plate-Light-Bulbs-6000K-Bright-White-168-2825-194-2PCS/302811483330?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649 George

​ are those bulbs you put a link to any good?

The t-shirt never happened lol

​ any chance I can find the door 194 LED bulbs at autozone? I did try putting one of the regular LED's that I had for the map lights in the doors and the bulb was too big, more so too round for the housing, the bulb that I pulled out looked just like a regular 194 bulb at first glance, then I realized it is way smaller George

​ Lol I did, I made the stupid mistake of buying one and then selling it but I got one again! Thanks for the heads up! George

​ True, idk if at this point it's just better to repaint the whole truck..

if you dont want it Jim ill take it lol more than happy to take that truck off your hands, pops has been looking for one as well George

Hey guys I was looking into doing an LED conversion to a couple of my interior bulbs such as map lights, dome lights, door lights, & puddle lights on the mirrors but was a bit confused because i just did my license plate bulbs(ordered them from superbrightleds.com) and the 194 bulb I received was too big and was touching the lens, I called up their customer service and they sent me the correct bulb,I don't want the same thing happening again so what should I do to assure that the bulbs are the ones I am looking for? Their vehicle bulb finder is allegedly supposed to help you and direct you the exact one but that's what I used for the license plate bulb George

messaged you about the rotors