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Message: <blockquote data-quote="99Sierra2500" data-source="post: 22692" data-attributes="member: 12343"><p>TBI got rid of the mess of vacuum hoses on the last carburated engines, mine ran good too, until it cracked a head. Sold it to someone and they still had it, after getting a new head. The biggest downside of that truck were the 4.10 gears, and TH400; a strong setup, terrible mileage on the freeway at 70mph. Spider fuel injection isn't the best, that is another thing maybe I don't feel like dealing with. Parts availabiltiy on the older vehicles is getting worse too. I recall seeing the first cateye design on the Avalanche, which had that terrible plastic body cladding. Someone called my Sierra a cateye design too, I guess. GMC's used to be the premium GM truck, "Working Man's Cadillac" not that there is a lot of difference. I like the way they look. I looked at cateyes at the same time buying the Sierra, and it was hard to find one that wasn't modified, I didn't want one with a cam that has "all the chop." Not modified, they were a few thousand more, not really that much difference, except being more desirable, so much more of a case of being in the right place at the right time. GMT800's are becoming more popular, and the downside is that they also get stolen. Maybe skip that with the older GMT400's, don't know. That Yukon too at 150k for 5k if it can get another 100k miles, would work out to about a nickle a mile. Not bad. I do see a lot of Yukon's and Tahoe for sale on the west coast for cheap, maybe not too high of mileage, I get leery of seeing them for 2-3k such as something has got to be wrong with this. I forget though that gas is more expensive there, here, last tank was $2.99 a gallon, and I am usually only 15 minutes away from anywhere I am going, unless taking a long trip. I could definitely use just an average 4.8-5.3 Tahoe or Yukon.</p></blockquote><p></p>