Recent content by gary350

My heater stopped making heat turns out it was the cooling system thermostat was bad. Look at the temperature gauge on your dash does it show HOT after the engine warms up or does it show cold after the engine warms up. If the dash gauge shows engine is cold all the time change the cooling...

We us our 1999 Chevy Tahoe to pull our RV all over the USA. We are old fossils getting close to 70 and don't want to get stranded along the highway 1000 miles from home. It only has 130,000. and is running good. Now it has $4000 worth of new parts, 4 new wheel cylinders, 2 new rotors, 2 brake...

My 1999 tahoe runs great. If I am on the highway I always set cruise control. I cruise along at 70 mph RPMs are about 1800. Everthing if fine, gas mileage is about 18 mpg. When I come to a steep hill like a mountain cruise control down shifts to a lower gear and RPMs go up to about 3500 it...

I had my 1999 chevy Tahoe repaired 2 times it still wont run, this place is about to bankrupt me with their prices. Vehicle has been miss firing, check engine light is on. I worked on it myself replaces spark plugs and it seemed to be running better but check engine light came on again. The...

I will never have a new motor put in every again. I thought it was a great idea much cheaper than buying a different vehicle. But the old vehicle just went down hill fast and everything starting going bad. Transmission, brakes, wheel bearings, U joints, exhaust, wipers, fuel pump, steering...

If you want 20% more horse power easiest way to get it is mix 20% diesel with 80% gasoline it makes the engine burn 20% more fuel and suck in more air too so you get 20% more power just by filling up the tank with a special fuel mix. Try this with your home lawn mower to prove to yourself it...

New information from GM says gap your spark plugs .040" not .060" as recommended. My gas mileage has been bad since I bought this vehicle. It was 9 when I bought it and I got it up to 19 buy changing the cooling system thermostat, engine air temperature sensor, air intake sensor, over size...

My vehicle did that. The gear box has an arm the bushing on the end of that arm is bad. Steering arm that attaches to the linkage rod bushing is bad. Replace the bushing before it causes damage to the other arms.

On my vehicle the door locks are attached to those automatic devices that automatically lock and unlock the doors. I pushed the button too hard once and broke it. It cost me $100 to repair it. Now I know not to push with the buttons let the automatic thing do the job. If you want to lock or...

Remove the radiator cooling system thermostat, this is an old hot rod trick. I have been told it can increase HP about 5%. A 350 hp engine will be about 367 hp. Another trick is add 20% kerosene to the gasoline. This will add 20% hp. A 350 engine will be 402 hp. Both of these tricks...

I have a 1999 Tahoe with 109,000. miles. Everything is stock even the tires. I put a new cooling system thermostat in the old one was stuck open air heater was not very hot in the winter. Now the heater works again in the winter and gas mileage went up 3 mpg. I put in a new engine...

My Son says, the engine computer adjusts fuel according to how much oxygen is available to burn. With the restrictor plate set for 70 mph and driving 70 mph the engine is having an oxygen shortage so it burns less fuel that gives the engine 29 mpg. At a slower speed like 40 mph the engine is...

Go to any steel supply company in your area. What is barn door steel? You can buy several types of steel in any thickness, any width, any length. If you want something to keep out rain buy something thin like .040" steel in several widths 4, 5, 6, feet wide is common. You can buy several...

I took a vacation while driving through Colorado at high elevation 10,000. feet I was surprised to notice I was getting 29 mpg on the highway. I figured it was because of low oxygen in the air so I sent a text message to my son who is a master mechanic graduated top of his class at the...

104,000. miles on my 1999 Tahoe, and 24 mpg gas mileage on the highway.