@@rickydavis5541 You have to go back to the 80s to find Dodges that do that, anything past like 95 onward and 200K is considered a miracle on the trans.
By the time you did that much work to that, you could buy a decent truck, interior is trashed, body is hammered, and it’s 2wd, it’s junk, and I live in New York, yeah it might not have much visible rust, but I bet those cab corners and rockers are near busting through, it’s done, it’s trash, it needs to be sent to graveyard
@@braaapattack2937 Maybe up there it is, but that being a southern truck, the odds of that are way lower. And even if it needed a new motor, a 350 can be found damn near anywhere. You can buy them at most yards for under $200 and set aside a weekend changing it. Boom, work truck. Not much work at all for a solid, cheap truck. You're out of your mind on this one
Mine is falling apart. Might go to a salvage yard and take the steering wheel that's in better shape than mine. Mine is still good in 99% of the spots, but the 1% is not good.
Please save this old truck!!! I’ve always had some weird love for old work trucks that are beat to hell being put back on the road. Currently have a beat to hell dodge 1500 just like yours that I paid $1500 for and I love the thing.
Ben Fields, I would rather have an older truck, I've been driving a 98 Ram 1500 w/318 for 7 years now. Talk about work trucks, mines got the factory rubber floor mat instead of carpet and also its got manuel windows, some of the younger guys might not know about crank windows, lol......
@@josephstalin6281 go back in your records, Chevrolet started using the vortec name in 85' with the 4.3 v6. I had an 87' Chevy k20 and it had a vortec 350. The name is derived from the design & name of the combustion chamber
@@davidrubin1895 never heard of that. Everything full sized ive seen pre 1996 was not vortex. They are badged "fuel injected" but never seen one say vortex. I do believe the light duty trucks and suvs did sport vortex pre 96 but i might be wrong i only care for the full size line up.
@@brainwashingdetergent4128 I worked in a junkyard for 10 years. The name comes from when they redesigned the cylinder heads & combustion chamber. That's how the first generation small bock vortec motors originated
It makes me happy to see someone interested to keep the old Chevrolet going , legend lives on . They were good solid work truck . Good luck with it . 👍
I Agree $2000 bucks gets ya a new vortec 5.7 they're cheap direct replacement engines from Summit Racing or Jeg. Fix the minor things door handles window handles maybe a new steering wheel and you got a good working truck again, with a brand new engine.
That's in pretty decent shape for a truck that looks like it's spent pretty much all of its nearly quarter of a century of life as a work truck. That one might well be worth investigating further as double cab pickups seem to make good money out there, even if they're old and tired. It also looks like this one has had a new or rebuilt engine in it not that long ago as it's a whole lot cleaner than the surrounding components and the engine bay itself, not really surprising after 330,000 miles. If the issue isn't as serious as the last owner thought then there could be good money to be made there...
That one's pretty rough but in my neck of the woods those trucks are gold with the construction and landscape guys. I say get it running and fix a few of the cosmetic issues like the steering wheel and sell it cheap.
It could just be the seal on the intake that the heater hose connects might of gave out. I seen a lot of these trucks have that problem or just a blown out water pump seal, but I’ll give these trucks credit they seem to last forever I’m surprised that it got scrapped
Would make a good beater. Normally the 3500 was a dually. But there were some like this one that were single wheel. Unusual to see one with a 350. Like you said, I was expecting a 454 or diesel. Judging from the "4" on it, I would say it either was a county maintenance truck or maybe belonged to a school district. They always number their trucks that way. No doubt this truck shuttled many a hard worker to their job site. Very cool.
I work at a lumberyard where one of our regulars shows up with his 88’ GMC Sierra 3500. Big 454, automatic,crew cab dually, and 6 passenger comfort. Loud truck, he didn’t straight pipe it, the muffler just fell off
Drain some of that water out of the oil down to Normal level and fill the system with water again and get a pressure tester on that radiator and look and listen and take intake tube off and listen and maybe oil cap and see if you can feel where the air pressure is coming out.
This is a testament to how reliable & bulletproof those old 5.7L Vortec engines are! Cracked engine block, milky oil, along with other things, and it’s running like nothing happened to it! Chevy engineered their trucks to last back in the day! If only that was the case now as well…
you could do a couple of different things figure out where the coolant is coming from like you said could be from the intake or the throttle body. Something simple to fix. If it is a cracked block or head. Hell you could just driving around and use it as a yard truck even with chocolate milk in the engine it'll still run under light load probably for a long time. And if it does blow up eventually who cares.. You could then throw a different motor in it or then scrap it. That motor is running awful quiet to have anything seriously wrong with it especially with the miles that are on it that's pretty amazing. Definitely worth putting a little bit of investigation into.
My eyes might be deceiving me, but that gauge might be faulty. If you notice the second he turned the key the gauge shot all the way up. Even if it has a cracked block, it should take at least a minute or so from a cold start to build up that much oil pressure.
@@civiccruiser7025 yeah man and how beat up it is cause no teeling about the maintenance that was done to it I mean it even had bald tires so that shows u right there how much the person cared ha I definitely put something else in it and make it carbureted
@@KnuckleHeadGarage27 yep, I mean this looks like a work truck so they probably decided to squeeze every penny out of it and then some that's usually how construction companies and independent contractors use them which makes sense I guess. Me personally I'd keep it f/I but go with a ls and just make it a total sleeper.
Makes you wonder what is actually wrong with it given it runs so well. As for running it with the milkshake I wouldn't condemn it for that as we had a car run like that for days (on short journeys) before I noticed and it went on for a few years after I put a bottle of head gasket sealer in it. I'm not suggesting head gasket sealer would fix that but the motor could still be saved.
Probably intake manifold gasket. Often times they leak externally but they can also leak internally into the oil. It would take all day to replace but it's not a huge deal
Exactly like my truck except with blue interior..and had cracked dash...and had dents.. mint front bench seat...I’ve completely redid my truck has rear sliding window and all dent free doors with Escalade door handles....and all. You should restore it. Thank goodness for surburbans share same doors etc
had a scare bout 2 weeks ago with the same engine, I put antifreeze in it that turned out to only be good for just under 0*F, and unlucky for me I had it parked outside for about 8 hours in -20*f weather. The coolant did slush over but luckily for the last 3 hours I did run my block heater, still didn't make it very far before I realized my coolant gauge was climbing fast and I had no heat yet, I let it thaw out in the shop and everything starting working again, no leaks, no white smoke, no milky oil, I think I got lucky
Great video. I look forward to your videos. If your going to scrap it. I would like the radio in the truck i got a 96 blazer been looking for a stock radio.
drain oil...put in fresh cheap oil....add the expensive Bar's permanent head gasket sealer to coolant and drive for 100 miles...change oil and oil filter and you're good to go.
I need to get a new jump pack like that one. My old one from Harbor Freight worked well but stopped holding a strong enough charge. I probably didn't charge it often enough
I am no fan of Chevy trucks but those are pretty tough. The automatic trans in the 3/4 & 1 tons tend to go out and are expensive to rebuild, I bet this one has already been done.
I would love to have it, but it would have to be in the spring. Alas winter is upon us in the great white north. You just dont see rust free trucks like that up here
3500 = 1TON and idk whats up but 96 didnt have that dash. the pass side airbag didnt start until 97. 95 and 96 had two cup holders on the passenger side. 96 got the mpfi engines.
Just Chevy things high mileage, beat up, road hard, put away wet, blown up, still runs mint
Scrambler 41 like old dodge and ford trucks lol
@@rickydavis5541 You have to go back to the 80s to find Dodges that do that, anything past like 95 onward and 200K is considered a miracle on the trans.
BronzeChicken Chevy trans is no better neither and I see a lot of old dodge on the road still going strong ya mostly 2nd Gen Ram with 300k on them
Chevey,ford,ram all Americans trucks are crap horrible buy your self a golf 2
@@narcisbaralija thats a funny joke man
Drop a new motor in it and keep it going. That chassis still has plenty of life in it. If there's little/no rust, it's definitely worth saving
SkylineFTW97 yeah... no... it’s past junk, it’s in its rightful area
@@braaapattack2937 It's rough around the edges, but no way is that junk.
BraaapAttack here in Wisconsin that is mint just band out some dents and put the diesel in it and you would have a nice tow rig.
By the time you did that much work to that, you could buy a decent truck, interior is trashed, body is hammered, and it’s 2wd, it’s junk, and I live in New York, yeah it might not have much visible rust, but I bet those cab corners and rockers are near busting through, it’s done, it’s trash, it needs to be sent to graveyard
@@braaapattack2937 Maybe up there it is, but that being a southern truck, the odds of that are way lower. And even if it needed a new motor, a 350 can be found damn near anywhere. You can buy them at most yards for under $200 and set aside a weekend changing it. Boom, work truck. Not much work at all for a solid, cheap truck. You're out of your mind on this one
Back when GM wasn't crap
The 1940s?
@@AltimaNEO lmao that's why there are way more 80s Chevy pickups running around than Ford's
Dylan Clay
Actually I’ve seen a lot more 80s fords around than chevys and almost no dodges except Cummins ones
@@P7777-u7r where do you live? Here in Virginia it's the complete opposite
@@P7777-u7r its a pretty even between the big 3 here
Love how people keep driving with steering wheels that worn down. That would drive me insane.
Mine is falling apart. Might go to a salvage yard and take the steering wheel that's in better shape than mine. Mine is still good in 99% of the spots, but the 1% is not good.
@@CatholicBoy1957 I mean it's a 90s Chevy. They loved that cheap, brittle plastic back then
@@AltimaNEO it's not even plastic it's usually some foam crap instead lol
It would "drive" you insane? lol
CatholicBoy1957 People never want to clean those unfortunately..
Yes I wanna see the Ford flatbed
Please save this old truck!!! I’ve always had some weird love for old work trucks that are beat to hell being put back on the road. Currently have a beat to hell dodge 1500 just like yours that I paid $1500 for and I love the thing.
Its like seeing a fallen hero brought back to life
me too i have a 93 2500 hd put 700 in it i just can't help it lol
Ben Fields, I would rather have an older truck, I've been driving a 98 Ram 1500 w/318 for 7 years now. Talk about work trucks, mines got the factory rubber floor mat instead of carpet and also its got manuel windows, some of the younger guys might not know about crank windows, lol......
I got my dad's old work truck a 2002 gmc serria 1500 that he used for 8 years and we'll it still runs like a top.
Someone’s gotta scoop that up save her man those are workhorses
classic ansnot much PC's in them
Why would you scrap something so cheap and easy to fix?
@@waterloo123100 $$$ and the lack of knowledge to fix this is a throw away society and the newbies want instant gratification
I would save it. Either that, or slap a service box on it and use it as a yard truck
We had a Buick century that got in a wreck and couldn’t be driven on the road anymore
So we turned it into a trailer for a few years
3:03 GoD AlMiGhTy LoOk At ThAt BaLd TiRe!
I've had enough of these to know it's most likely the intake gasket causing that vacuum leak , had 3 of mine do that
The intake manifold gasket might be the reason for the coolant in oil as well
@@joshuaanderson2256 it will definetely cause that along with oil leaks especally in the back of the gasket
@@joshuaanderson2256 i agree i had one the same year and that was the trouble.
Wowee look at that, an optional passenger mirror delete! This is the Geo Metro of work trucks lol
no, since there are holes in the door, which could mean it had heavy duty mirrors
based on the W/T trucks of that era options, strippers galore
@@based_kujoproductions since theres no holes on drivers door id bet that front passenger's (or maybe front driver's) door has been replaced
There bad about intake gaskets, likely all that’s wrong with it
Still sounds like a beast to me
I'm guessing it was owned by a constrution company it being a crew cab 2wd long bed cheyenne(base model) I'd put a diesel or a different motor in it
A 12 valve Cummins!
I’d crush it
@ERVMEDVAC yea that too
454?
@ERVMEDVAC Correct me if i'm wrong, but i dont believe they put a 4.3 in a 1-ton let alone a crew cab long bed.
in 96 chevy started doing the vortecs for the v8s
The first generation vortecs started in 87'
David Rubin no, those were older model 350 TBI’s, Vortec didn’t take over until 96’
@@josephstalin6281 go back in your records, Chevrolet started using the vortec name in 85' with the 4.3 v6. I had an 87' Chevy k20 and it had a vortec 350. The name is derived from the design & name of the combustion chamber
@@davidrubin1895 never heard of that. Everything full sized ive seen pre 1996 was not vortex. They are badged "fuel injected" but never seen one say vortex. I do believe the light duty trucks and suvs did sport vortex pre 96 but i might be wrong i only care for the full size line up.
@@brainwashingdetergent4128 I worked in a junkyard for 10 years. The name comes from when they redesigned the cylinder heads & combustion chamber. That's how the first generation small bock vortec motors originated
It makes me happy to see someone interested to keep the old Chevrolet going , legend lives on . They were good solid work truck . Good luck with it . 👍
I used to have one with the same motor and the intake gaskets went out on that thanks to that dexcool antifreeze
Hated that dexcool shit 😒
Brandon Smith
Death cool
if that was my truck i would deffedently just change the motor
73buickman it’s a trashed pos, it’s in its rightful spot
Another motor beats the cost of a new truck, and the motor is somewhere in the scrapyard.
@@braaapattack2937 thay said the same about my super duty work truck 7 years later still going strong
I Agree $2000 bucks gets ya a new vortec 5.7 they're cheap direct replacement engines from Summit Racing or Jeg. Fix the minor things door handles window handles maybe a new steering wheel and you got a good working truck again, with a brand new engine.
They always say “you can’t beat a Chevy”
That's in pretty decent shape for a truck that looks like it's spent pretty much all of its nearly quarter of a century of life as a work truck. That one might well be worth investigating further as double cab pickups seem to make good money out there, even if they're old and tired. It also looks like this one has had a new or rebuilt engine in it not that long ago as it's a whole lot cleaner than the surrounding components and the engine bay itself, not really surprising after 330,000 miles. If the issue isn't as serious as the last owner thought then there could be good money to be made there...
Love the look Of the old square body Chevy’s also the license plate cover at the beginning is awesome I think we may have a new furry
Halloween Fur that’s not a square body
what license plate cover?
Brad Regelous The one used in the thumbnail
Is an obs not a square body
Guessin intake gaskets. My 4.3 did that in S-10. Milky oil and high oil pressure
That one's pretty rough but in my neck of the woods those trucks are gold with the construction and landscape guys. I say get it running and fix a few of the cosmetic issues like the steering wheel and sell it cheap.
You had too much fun springing that back seat
ThunderMotorsports34 a salty boi 🧂
Good ole number 4
My 93 is still running and it’s a 2500 great trucks if you got one I would recommend keeping them on the road
It could just be the seal on the intake that the heater hose connects might of gave out. I seen a lot of these trucks have that problem or just a blown out water pump seal, but I’ll give these trucks credit they seem to last forever I’m surprised that it got scrapped
Not a squarebody, OBS 1 ton.
It's square enough, alright? It looks way better than the new ones anyway. XD
@@scottkrafft6830 NO
@@nikyjim Jeez, calm down man.
Its a four door that makes it special and rare and all that cool chit.
Man jay i love those trucks, please save that thing
I've always wanted one of these trucks. Needs a lot of work, but looks worth rebuilding.
I have an extended cab like that but man if I can get my hands on a 4 door I would love it
Ive always liked the look of the crew cabs
That's a testament to how well those truck's were built. It's clear it was abused and still runs
I would buy the truck and fix it up
I'd do the same thing it's worth it!! Definitely worth saving you don't see them anymore!
That's an OBS, (Old Body Style) 1988-98/99, and 2000.
The Square Body trucks are 1973-1987/91
Engine tear down video please!!
Save it!!
Those intake manifold gaskets are problematic on those years. I had one Did the same thing
I think it should be saved. Definitely something you don’t see very often. Engine might be worth rebuilding
That bullnose ford flatbed lookin mighty clean
I'm hoping to get time to film that one soon!
@@MXguy95 this one make a nice resto mod forpulling campers or trailers
I would definitely clean it up, fix it, put a new radio in it , & drive it since this is my favorite body style of the Chevy trucks.
Jay if you’re gonna sell the truck I’m definitely interested
Would make a good beater. Normally the 3500 was a dually. But there were some like this one that were single wheel. Unusual to see one with a 350. Like you said, I was expecting a 454 or diesel. Judging from the "4" on it, I would say it either was a county maintenance truck or maybe belonged to a school district. They always number their trucks that way. No doubt this truck shuttled many a hard worker to their job site. Very cool.
I work at a lumberyard where one of our regulars shows up with his 88’ GMC Sierra 3500. Big 454, automatic,crew cab dually, and 6 passenger comfort. Loud truck, he didn’t straight pipe it, the muffler just fell off
And that is why the Chevy 350 is a beloved engine!
1995 was the last year you could order the traditional 454 engine block.
No it wasn't, I owned a 1997 GMC C3500 with the 454
That's the newer 7400 Vortec engine. I was referring to the earlier TBI version. And you shouldn't thumbs up your own comments.
Archie Bunker
Those were the best 454’s
That's what us at the railroad call a yard mule lol. Spends her whole life on the tracks and gets bare minimum maintenance. And never complains
Jay, I really don't think there is much left of this one to save or part out. Maybe someone could use the wheels and tires.
New Sub. You guys seem like down to earth dudes! Keep the train rolling !
Thanks buddy I appreciate that! Stick around there lots more coming this year !
It will run i got a 90 4wd k3500 7.4 bigblock,92 k1500 5.7 Heavy half and a 1994 Gmc c3500 HD 6.5.my favorite bodystyle GMT400
I'd love to see an investigation into what's going on with that truck she sounds like a keeper
Personally id throw a new 5.7 without a cracked block from another silverado in the yard and replace the missing trim bits
Gotta love your beater trucks, too.
The Crew Cabs in that bodystyle is desirable. I'd save it myself or clean it up and you can sell it fairly easily. Damn good trucks.
Drain some of that water out of the oil down to Normal level and fill the system with water again and get a pressure tester on that radiator and look and listen and take intake tube off and listen and maybe oil cap and see if you can feel where the air pressure is coming out.
love the license plate in the thumbnail lol, nice truck too
StarflakeMusic hey another fur hi there
The body is worth saving for sure.
I love them truck's I have a lot of them and going to buy more.
This is a testament to how reliable & bulletproof those old 5.7L Vortec engines are! Cracked engine block, milky oil, along with other things, and it’s running like nothing happened to it! Chevy engineered their trucks to last back in the day! If only that was the case now as well…
I concur with most others here. Those 5.7 R engines are famous for blowing intake gaskets.
And while replacing the intake gaskets to the metel felpro, go ahead and replace the dreaded spider injection assembly also..
Good video. Agree, the old chev body style is great.
you could do a couple of different things figure out where the coolant is coming from like you said could be from the intake or the throttle body. Something simple to fix. If it is a cracked block or head. Hell you could just driving around and use it as a yard truck even with chocolate milk in the engine it'll still run under light load probably for a long time. And if it does blow up eventually who cares..
You could then throw a different motor in it or then scrap it.
That motor is running awful quiet to have anything seriously wrong with it especially with the miles that are on it that's pretty amazing.
Definitely worth putting a little bit of investigation into.
I would say the block didnt crack. Would make a good yardtruck. You can still crush it, when the engine is fully dead.
Look at the oil pressure, it's loaded with water
Yeaa I seen that too and was like oh hell that ant good it's fucked now him running it like that
@@KnuckleHeadGarage27 honestly I'd just change the engine considering the milage anyway lol who knows what that things seen
My eyes might be deceiving me, but that gauge might be faulty. If you notice the second he turned the key the gauge shot all the way up. Even if it has a cracked block, it should take at least a minute or so from a cold start to build up that much oil pressure.
@@civiccruiser7025 yeah man and how beat up it is cause no teeling about the maintenance that was done to it I mean it even had bald tires so that shows u right there how much the person cared ha I definitely put something else in it and make it carbureted
@@KnuckleHeadGarage27 yep, I mean this looks like a work truck so they probably decided to squeeze every penny out of it and then some that's usually how construction companies and independent contractors use them which makes sense I guess. Me personally I'd keep it f/I but go with a ls and just make it a total sleeper.
Makes you wonder what is actually wrong with it given it runs so well. As for running it with the milkshake I wouldn't condemn it for that as we had a car run like that for days (on short journeys) before I noticed and it went on for a few years after I put a bottle of head gasket sealer in it. I'm not suggesting head gasket sealer would fix that but the motor could still be saved.
Probably intake manifold gasket. Often times they leak externally but they can also leak internally into the oil. It would take all day to replace but it's not a huge deal
Can't go wrong wit a Chevy... I love Chevy those were good truck of the era.Even some new ones up til 2015
why the hell do you keep putting awoo on the plates
uwu
owo
@@AlexReiterProductions what's this?
Exactly like my truck except with blue interior..and had cracked dash...and had dents.. mint front bench seat...I’ve completely redid my truck has rear sliding window and all dent free doors with Escalade door handles....and all. You should restore it. Thank goodness for surburbans share same doors etc
had a scare bout 2 weeks ago with the same engine, I put antifreeze in it that turned out to only be good for just under 0*F, and unlucky for me I had it parked outside for about 8 hours in -20*f weather. The coolant did slush over but luckily for the last 3 hours I did run my block heater, still didn't make it very far before I realized my coolant gauge was climbing fast and I had no heat yet, I let it thaw out in the shop and everything starting working again, no leaks, no white smoke, no milky oil, I think I got lucky
You got lucky! Make sure you get the right antifreeze in there soon!
331k miles. Like a rock.
Please keep it and fix it. It needs love.
Great video. I look forward to your videos. If your going to scrap it. I would like the radio in the truck i got a 96 blazer been looking for a stock radio.
Thats a fleet 1 ton truck.
Save her Jay. Change the oil, fix the antifreeze issue and sell it! Make a nice truck for someone who can't afford anything better.
I like the 4 door 1998 trucks like that
drain oil...put in fresh cheap oil....add the expensive Bar's permanent head gasket sealer to coolant and drive for 100 miles...change oil and oil filter and you're good to go.
Man I'd save that truck so fast. Can't find trucks that clean in the Midwest.
If it’s not knocking or smoking but the pan is full of chocolate milk it’s likely a cracked water jacket below the cylinder in the crank case
6:50-
Jay: "Rev'er up!"
Person with angle grinder:
That is still more truck than the new Chevy trucks ever will be. Tough as nails.
Definitely worth a little tender loving care and a good home!
Worth saving
I need to get a new jump pack like that one. My old one from Harbor Freight worked well but stopped holding a strong enough charge. I probably didn't charge it often enough
The scrapped truck had 331,038 miles. That may explain the worn down steering wheel.
I am no fan of Chevy trucks but those are pretty tough. The automatic trans in the 3/4 & 1 tons tend to go out and are expensive to rebuild, I bet this one has already been done.
Check what is wrong with it before you put up for sale i would love to see that i dont know if anyone else would but i would.
I would love to have it, but it would have to be in the spring. Alas winter is upon us in the great white north. You just dont see rust free trucks like that up here
That truck been through hell And back wow
I’d put a motor in it if it ain’t salvageable and new steering wheel, clean it up and sale it. You don’t find them in crew cab that much anymore.
3500 = 1TON and idk whats up but 96 didnt have that dash. the pass side airbag didnt start until 97. 95 and 96 had two cup holders on the passenger side. 96 got the mpfi engines.
Put a diesel in it like farm truck😁
That 5.7 will run forever
I wouldn't be surprised if it was the intake manifold gasket. Those things were really prone to leaking. I had to replace it on my s10 4.3 at 190k
Fun fact: the Chevy Silverado in Mexico is known as the Chevy Cheyenne, well the models from 2006-present.
“Not a squarebody not a squarebody not a squarebody. Don’t lose your shit don’t lose your shit.”
Wow, even has good oil pressure with watered down oil! What a shame, the obs chevys are looking good these days
Four door long bed K-3500’s are getting rare
Man and it still runs minty
A Rural Vermonter - Qqjmcb 182 , alright so I expected it to run, but I had no idea it would run that well! I feel really bad for it now 😅
Like I said before if I wasn't far away from where you live Jay, I'd take that truck as is and fix it up myself
I've always liked the 88-94 dash and column better.
the intake gaskets may be blown.....water in the oil doesnt mean the blow is cracked a 5.7 is bad about intake gaskets blowing out
Nice truck. I wish I had one like that.
Good truck it deserves to be back on the road