Keegan Hufham
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I'm in need of a winter beater. When I was growing up my dad had a dark blue 2 door Yukon that I absolutely loved. I have freed up some money and decided to go looking for a Yukon to drive around during the winter. I found one locally with 170k miles, no rust, damaged paint, no ac, and the power door locks don't work because of the viper system they had on it. Now he was asking $2k but I think I can get it for $1400.
I know thats cheap for a truck but I don't want to get 50 miles down the road and it blown the transmission and I'm out the money I just spent on the truck.
When I drove it it didn't lerch forward when going from park to drive, it seemed to shift smooth too. He said he just replaced the shift cable, spark plugs, and fuel pump. The only issues that I noticed was the gas guage. When at idle it gave an accurate reading but when I gassed it the needle would drop almost to empty and then return back when I let off the throttle, it didn't seemed starved for gas or anything though.
I'm not a Yukon guy, I know a lot about jeeps but nothing about these trucks. Could anyone give me advice? I plan on doing maintainance myself but if an engine or transmission blew I don't have the skill or know how to replace one. Any advice would help!
I know thats cheap for a truck but I don't want to get 50 miles down the road and it blown the transmission and I'm out the money I just spent on the truck.
When I drove it it didn't lerch forward when going from park to drive, it seemed to shift smooth too. He said he just replaced the shift cable, spark plugs, and fuel pump. The only issues that I noticed was the gas guage. When at idle it gave an accurate reading but when I gassed it the needle would drop almost to empty and then return back when I let off the throttle, it didn't seemed starved for gas or anything though.
I'm not a Yukon guy, I know a lot about jeeps but nothing about these trucks. Could anyone give me advice? I plan on doing maintainance myself but if an engine or transmission blew I don't have the skill or know how to replace one. Any advice would help!