rick1956
Junior Member
- Joined
- Mar 15, 2022
- Posts
- 14
- Reaction score
- 15
- Location
- Edgewood, WA
- First Name
- Rick
- Truck Year
- 1984
- Truck Model
- C2500
- Engine Size
- 350
Howdy all,
I'm an old guy that just retired last June. I live at the end of a dead-end street with the love of my life. We have a nice, quiet place.
My first squarebody was an '86 GMC K1500, black with red interior. It was a beautiful truck, but the running gear was showing age. The engine ran great, but was only a 305, the transmission was starting to slow, and the rear end was starting to whine. The reason I bailed on it was the intermittent 'no-start' problem I could never trace down. You just never knew when and where you were going to be when the engine said 'no'. I finally got tired of its problems and sold it, then turned right around and bought a white, plain-jane 84 C10 with zero frills. It was half of what I got for the 86 4x4, so that gave me funds for improvements. During the 10 or so years I owned it, I grew increasingly in need of the creature comforts, and as a homeowner I needed some more carrying capacity. Also, the C10 engine was getting real tired and I didn't feel I wanted to invest any more in the truck if it wasn't working out perfectly for me. Really nice-riding truck though... car-like.
The newest truck is an 84 GMC C2500. Freshly-rebuilt (drove it home on the break-in oil) 350, TH400, C6P weight package, electric windows, locks, tilt wheel, etc. I've got it up in the air here to pressure-wash the bed where a bed liner has lived its whole life. The white C10 is currently on Craigy's List.
I always enjoy reading about other people's failures and successes, so I will likely enjoy it here!
I'm an old guy that just retired last June. I live at the end of a dead-end street with the love of my life. We have a nice, quiet place.
My first squarebody was an '86 GMC K1500, black with red interior. It was a beautiful truck, but the running gear was showing age. The engine ran great, but was only a 305, the transmission was starting to slow, and the rear end was starting to whine. The reason I bailed on it was the intermittent 'no-start' problem I could never trace down. You just never knew when and where you were going to be when the engine said 'no'. I finally got tired of its problems and sold it, then turned right around and bought a white, plain-jane 84 C10 with zero frills. It was half of what I got for the 86 4x4, so that gave me funds for improvements. During the 10 or so years I owned it, I grew increasingly in need of the creature comforts, and as a homeowner I needed some more carrying capacity. Also, the C10 engine was getting real tired and I didn't feel I wanted to invest any more in the truck if it wasn't working out perfectly for me. Really nice-riding truck though... car-like.
The newest truck is an 84 GMC C2500. Freshly-rebuilt (drove it home on the break-in oil) 350, TH400, C6P weight package, electric windows, locks, tilt wheel, etc. I've got it up in the air here to pressure-wash the bed where a bed liner has lived its whole life. The white C10 is currently on Craigy's List.
I always enjoy reading about other people's failures and successes, so I will likely enjoy it here!
