My 86 Suburban was like that too. At 183K miles the 350 Small block motor was fine. I changed the valve seals at about 115K miles and that helped a lot. It ran stronger and used less fuel after the new seals were installed. Apart from that, the motor only got accessory things like a starter and an alternator and a recored radiator. Nothing internal and I didn't run Mobil 1 either. I don't know much about its early life as it had over 100K miles when I got it in July 1991. It hauled that boat of a Suburban body around without complaining and didn't even do too bad on fuel by today's standards. It was the last year with a 4 BBL carb instead of the throttle body injection setup. The 700R4 transmission, on the other hand was not good. The interior was not bad either. I had the bottom part of the front bench seat repadded when the foam got too soft and I felt like I was leaning toward the door. The cloth on the seats was fine. I had the body fixed and painted once. It came from Texas and being red over tan, was a bit faded. By 2000 rust was starting on the door bottoms but the rest of the body was still pretty good. I still sort of miss it. I sold it to a fellow who planned to fix it up for the long haul. I should check to see if he still has it.
Randy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of LarryT Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 2:46 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] CHevy 305/350 WAS- High mileage badges Hey Ed, agree completely -- We had a 78 Malibu with the 305 engine and that engine was flawless. The car went thru transmissions like they were M&Ms but the engine was perfect. Often I wish I'd been able to keep the engine when we donated the car to the Kidney Fdn - w/bad tranny of course. Would have loved to put that engine in a Cobra replica - But the engine started perfectly,cruised at 80 day long - though not with the chassis/suspension sweetness a MB has - and was easy to maintain. Even though it was a gas engine it didn;t need all that much. Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs . ----- Original Message ----- From: "E M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 1:01 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] High mileage badges [was Re: It's a plot] >I was chatting with a taxi driver a few years back when most were using >Chev > Caprice models. They would usually have either a 305 or a 350. I asked > how > many miles they typically get out of a car, and he said they tend to drive > them to about 750,000 kms, with very little if any work, other than just > routines service, and lots of brake and tire changes. I just love my old > merc and 911's, but I don't think they've ever built a better engine than > the small block chev V8. It's simple, light, gobs of torque and power, > and > they last forever. I still miss fiddling with my old 350, not that it > every > needed much of anything. > > Ed > 300E > > On 11/02/2008, R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Now come on. Picking on a pickup truck is like picking on apple pie etc. >> It is the north American vehicle of >> choice. >> >> Randy >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Zoltan Finks >> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 4:44 AM >> To: Mercedes Discussion List >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] High mileage badges [was Re: It's a plot] >> >> >> Good for him. Wonder how many of those miles he actually needed a full >> sized >> pickup?? >> And how many miles were simply wasting fuel, taking up excessive space in >> the road, and spewing high emissions. >> Brian >> >> On Feb 9, 2008 9:39 AM, OK Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > Speaking of high mileage, I heard a story on NPR last night about a >> > guy driving his '91 Chevy Silverado to 1,000,000 miles - complete with >> > a GM video crew at hand as the odo changed over. >> > >> > >> > -- >> > OK Don, KD5NRO >> > Norman, OK >> > "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics." >> > -Benjamin Disraeli and/or Mark Twain >> > '90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC, '97 Ply Grand Voyager >> > >> > _______________________________________ >> > http://www.okiebenz.com >> > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >> > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
