Introduction- the new guy

[Oldsnut]

My name is Allen and I have an 87 R10 Suburban. I've had it about 15 years and I was fortunate enough to buy it from the original owner who loved it. I have only used it for vacations and trips so it doesn't get used much, but always gets looks going down the road. I've been finally converting it over from R12 to R134 and through my research brought me to this site. I figured it was time to join. I hope I have done this the right way, and if not, sorry in advance.
Allen

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[Big Chip]

Beautiful Suburban. Welcome.

 

[Honky Kong jr]

Sweet Burb

 

[SDJunkMan]

Welcome from South Dakota. Great looking truck

 

[bucket]

Wow, what a clean looking Burb!

 

[Charlie]

 

[Derrick]

 

[HotRodPC]

Welcome to GMSB !!! Nice Burb !!! So is Oldsnut any relation to liking Oldsmobiles??? Any plans for a BBO in a Square??? I had plans for it for a very long time and it never happened. Had both a 67 425 and a 69 455 that I coulda used and still have the Variable Pitch stall Th400 from the 67 425 that I can can use someday.

 

[1987 GMC Jimmy]

That’s a great looking Suburban. If you want to bring it to me, I’ll test it out for about ten or fifty years to make sure it’s good enough for you.

 

[Craig 85]

 

[animal]

 

[WFO]

Welcome from the Texas Panhandle.

 

[Oldsnut]

Thanks for the welcome and the comments. Yes I have always been an Olds man, but my neighbor had this Suburban, and I watched him baby it for years. When he started riding around with a for-sale sign in the window, how could I not love this baby. It's got over 211K on it and starting to show some rust in the rockers and around rear wheels, but still gets allot of looks out on the road. Best of all, you can even take the kitchen sink with you. Now if I can just get the amount of R134 figured out so I can stay cool this summer.

 

[Old77]

That is beautiful!

 

[bucket]

Thanks for the welcome and the comments. Yes I have always been an Olds man, but my neighbor had this Suburban, and I watched him baby it for years. When he started riding around with a for-sale sign in the window, how could I not love this baby. It's got over 211K on it and starting to show some rust in the rockers and around rear wheels, but still gets allot of looks out on the road. Best of all, you can even take the kitchen sink with you. Now if I can just get the amount of R134 figured out so I can stay cool this summer.

It's been a few years since my AC worked, but I believe 4.25 lbs was the magic number. With rear AC of course. A heatlthy fan clutch is important for good output at idle.