Hello! This will be the general, all purpose thread for my new to me 1999 Chevy K1500 Suburban. It is being called "Ron Suburgundy". It got that name in this manner: When I was texting the previous owner about the rig I asked what color the interior was, he said,"Um, it's like a burgundy color". It turns out the interior is "red" as defined by Chevrolet. Later when we go to look at the Suburban it turns out the guy selling it is named "Ron" and the two things just kind of went together and my wife started calling it "Ron Suburgundy"
This is what it is replacing:
We are pop-up campers and have towed our trailer with a 2001 Jeep Cherokee sport. We went camping this past weekend (memorial day) and we were totally stuffed, we realized we have simply outgrown it. My 14 year old son has to really fold himself up to get in the back seat. We started looking on Tuesday this week and bought it on Wednesday, titled it on Thursday and started working on it on Friday (it needs a little TLC)
The stats:
1999 K1500 Chevy Suburban
White outside / Red (Burgundy) inside
4X4, Class II Tow hitch receiver
Tailgate (not barn doors)
Captains chairs front / bench rear (third row missing)
What it needs (needed):
Radio not working (replaced fuse, now working though it is from a Pontiac, LOL)
AC not working (now working after adding an entire can of R-134a, it may still need more)
HVAC not blowing out of Dash (fixed after removing a piece of rubber that was not allowing the duct actuator to move)
Driver side window rubber getting caught up when rolling window down (fixed, trimmed the rubber)
7 Prong electrical trailer connector not passing electrical signals
Add trailer brake controller (I have this, I took it off of my Jeep)
Tires (I found cracks on one of the tires extending onto the sidewall, the other three really don't look that hot either) I plan on getting these on Saturday June 1, 2013, honestly I will probably get whatever they got at Sam's club.
What has already been done:
Rebuilt heads
New intake gasket
New head gasket
New plugs, wires, distributer
Fuel injector updated to a multipoint fuel injection system
New Air filter (it is nearly as big as the one on my Cummins B5.9 turbo Diesel!)
Engine bay glamor shot:
This will be used just like out jeep was, as a Family camping, geocaching, utility vehicle. I have to get hot on making it "road worthy" as we leave on June 6, 2013 for a 19 day trip to Colorado.
This is what it is replacing:
We are pop-up campers and have towed our trailer with a 2001 Jeep Cherokee sport. We went camping this past weekend (memorial day) and we were totally stuffed, we realized we have simply outgrown it. My 14 year old son has to really fold himself up to get in the back seat. We started looking on Tuesday this week and bought it on Wednesday, titled it on Thursday and started working on it on Friday (it needs a little TLC)
The stats:
1999 K1500 Chevy Suburban
White outside / Red (Burgundy) inside
4X4, Class II Tow hitch receiver
Tailgate (not barn doors)
Captains chairs front / bench rear (third row missing)
What it needs (needed):
Radio not working (replaced fuse, now working though it is from a Pontiac, LOL)
AC not working (now working after adding an entire can of R-134a, it may still need more)
HVAC not blowing out of Dash (fixed after removing a piece of rubber that was not allowing the duct actuator to move)
Driver side window rubber getting caught up when rolling window down (fixed, trimmed the rubber)
7 Prong electrical trailer connector not passing electrical signals
Add trailer brake controller (I have this, I took it off of my Jeep)
Tires (I found cracks on one of the tires extending onto the sidewall, the other three really don't look that hot either) I plan on getting these on Saturday June 1, 2013, honestly I will probably get whatever they got at Sam's club.
What has already been done:
Rebuilt heads
New intake gasket
New head gasket
New plugs, wires, distributer
Fuel injector updated to a multipoint fuel injection system
New Air filter (it is nearly as big as the one on my Cummins B5.9 turbo Diesel!)
Engine bay glamor shot:
This will be used just like out jeep was, as a Family camping, geocaching, utility vehicle. I have to get hot on making it "road worthy" as we leave on June 6, 2013 for a 19 day trip to Colorado.
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