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    Changing Old Parts before they go bad.

    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...
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    Engine miss fire problem above 3500 RPM

    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...
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    Spark Plug Gap .040" not .060"

    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...
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    Better Gas Mileage

    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...
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