Found this tahoe on craigslist listed for $1100. Talked with the seller and ended up paying $750, then tow it home! Is it junk? Let's find out. Its a 2002 chevrolet tahoe ls with 4x4, the 5.3 V8 and 4l60e.
Dude, great find. The engine is worth over $750 alone. You live my dream life of buying and selling cars. I am currently banned from craiglist by my wife so I am living vicariously through you.
Shoot....I can't even pay for air in my big city. All the tweekers steal the air valve off the air hose so it's not even usable. WTF are they doing that for?
I just bought a portable air compressor pump for $30.00 on Amazon. Now I can get as much air as I need anywhere I want for free. Screw those tweekers and the stations charging for air.
A cool trick is when you have the gauge cluster rebuilt, a lot of those shops can add the trans temp gauge out of the 2500's and 3500's. The truck already has the sensor, can be accessed through OBDII, just doesnt have the actual gauge on the half tons.
You can’t just add the motor, needle, and gauge face though, you have to program it in to the dash cluster with a tech 2, other than that its super easy, ive added trans temp gauges to all my 99-07 gm trucks that didn’t come with one
I had a 2005 Tahoe LT loaded as my company car, kept it 10 years because I didn't want to give it up. Only ordinary maintenance. The company kept it as a training vehicle for at least another 100,000 mile. Retired at over 300,000 miles. Best vehicle I ever had.
You know it's a good day when Rural Vermonter uploads! my truck is an 06 and still has the original battery, too bad the battery in the Tahoe was dead because those ole interstates last a hell of a lot longer than new batteries.
I had a 99 taurus with an interstate battery, i used to let that cars set for months in negative temps with snow ontop of the car taller than the car and it would always start first try-!!! I have no clue how old the battery was but i know it was old
@@ARuralVermonterQqjmcb182 i bought a 03 hyundai one time that still had the original hyundai battery from 03😂 we swapped thealternator and battery though that stuff was no bueno🤣🤭i wonder why lol
@@ARuralVermonterQqjmcb182 Still have an Autocraft battery from 2003 in our 77 Malibu, think its from Advance. But this car only sees 200 miles or so a year, and does sit 6 months over winter, never disconnected, never put on trickle.
SnapOff I guarantee it's not the original battery. An 06 Tahoe will NOT go over 14 years with an original battery. I've been in the automotive industry for many years. You can buy an AC Delco battery at the dealer. Sorry to burst your bubble, but thats just something thats not possible.
If you can make the 4 wheel drive work again you've got yourself a heck of a deal for $750. Considering it's a New England vehicle it's not too rusty TBH. 👍 Take it easy man. 😎
When You’re stuck like that put the vehicle in park if it’s front wheel drive put e brake on if it works and pull the truck and trailer forward . Lol I do it all the time
I've had the "service 4wd" message on my Suburban. For me it was the selector switch on the dashboard, they're known to develop micro cracks in the solder joints inside as they age. I'd have a look at the ground wires underneath the driver door on the frame as well as they could be corroded or have a broken wire interrupting the connection for the 4wd system. It could also be a shoddy encoder motor in the transfer case or in the front axel as well, neither of which are super hard or expensive to replace.
I use to have one of those pop the range selector (4x4) buttons out jiggle the harness going through dash and you’ll see the small red light turn back on if not theres a ground wire directly under the driver door on the frame clean with sand paper or grinder good luck
That’s a super cool truck!!! I think I might know the girl your talking about lol 😉🤣 my Tahoe will have 330,000 miles on it sometime in the next couple days!!! Thank you so much it means so much to me that you mentioned it!!!!! I bought my Tahoe for $750 almost 3 years ago lol
I have been enjoying your videos.I have bought a lot of cars over the years,many non running,so I enjoy watching you retrieve the vehicles.I can’t believe the deals you get.I can’t imagine a Tahoe like that here for under $4k,maybe $5.But we don’t have much problems with rust . My only suggestion for you is a electric winch for the trailer in case a car doesn’t run.Thanks for the great videos.
Looks like the rust on the frame in the rear was just surface rust.. Thats a good deal.. I know everyone says in my area this would sell for $x money so I will say in So Cal this would go for $4-5k all day long.
Easy 4-5k in So cal its ridiculous. I bought my simple little 2009 base tacoma last year for 7k. 64k mikes on a 10 year old vehicle but still trucks go for a fortune here.
My 2000 Silverado used to do this periodically - all the lights on the 4WD push buttons would go out and a fuse would be fried. Each and every time, this pointed to the actuator having failed. My mechanic told me that water eventually gets inside the actuator and then things go downhill from there. Apparently whatever seal is on the outside of the actuator wasn't that good - at least that is what the mechanic told me, and I trust him.
I had a 2018 silverado 1500 with the 5.3 pulled about 13k lb skid steer and trailer 2 hours up north with no issues with one part going over a bridge at a pretty steep grade. No issues. Your truck can do anything
2005 Tahoe. If the interior ever goes dead, follow the parking brake release cable and you may find it leaning against a black box in a galvanized bracket. Move the cable away and everything will work again.
If I am not mistaken those gauge clusters don't save the mileage. Mileage is saved in the Body Control Module. I had to work on a 03 Caviler that I changed the BCM in it before. The mileage went to 000000 after I changed that.
lol Seems like 7/10 vehicles you get have been used as a garbage disposal. Thanks for the video. As a fellow North Easterner (I live in Central New York) I always look forward to seeing what you find next and how they've handled road salt over the years. haha
We get mad rust on everything here in MD too, the spare tire bracket in this era chevy trucks tends to rust off in my experience...solid buy though! 5.3s are the best engines for that era in my opinion
Nice Tahoe.. For interior carpets on my cars. A little Simple Green mixed with hot water and a scrub brush will take care of most any carpet stains. Just a thought..
I purchased a 93 Silverado about a week ago for 800 dollars from a drug addict, who was down bad for money. Put a new starter in, brakes, shocks, and oil change and now I’ve got a decent running OBS with the 350 v8, with 210K. I’ve only put about 1000 bucks into this project. a true blessing to have.
The 2015 silverdo and years after before the redesign look soo much better.. Im a Ford guy anyways but your year silverado looks nice. If i were to get a new chevy id go with the GMC as there front end looks better.
Just a thought, but I tow a 5000 pound travel trailer with a Chevy Express 1500 with a 5.0 v8. I installed a deep finned aluminum trans sump for more capacity and added an external trans cooler in front of the radiator. In the peak So Cal summer months, the trans temperature doesn't get above 190 even uphill. On level roads, the temperature is at the bottom of the gauge.
The only problem with any vehicle in VT is the salt. Might as well move to the coast with how long a car lasts in the salt belt. I moved to Oregon and the difference is insane. I can buy 30 yr old chevys and there’s not a spot of rust. I love it.
On that service 4wd light. I would check the fuse boxes to see if there’s a blown fuse because I have a 2001 Chevy Silverado 1500 and when I replaced my transfer case the service 4 x 4 light came on and we took it to go get a diagnostic check and it turned out it’s just a blown fuse
What a steal, you can easily flip that for 2k or more with a little work. Pretty decent shape on the body and that Strider bike is worth some $, put her on market place and make a few bucks on that.
I had the same Tahoe paid 1200 for it and put 40000 miles on it well worth it pulled a 2 sled trailer up to nek many times.i have a new ram and love it
Was driving down the highway in my 02 tahoe lt , realized she had 281k miles....guess i haven't been keeping up with mileage....she purrs and runs strong regardless of miles!
These are really nice SUV'S considering their GMT800 underpinnings. Sadly they don't bring as much money down here as a GMT800 pickup does... Nice 2015 standard bed crew cab!
The actuator goes out in those very regularly. The ABS will also go out. I tried to change the sensors on mine and the light wouldn’t go out. Diagnosis was a bad ABS module which can get pricey.