New Sivarado Owner
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New Sivarado Owner
'ello everyone, I recently purchased a 2001 Chevy Silverado 2500 6.0L Long bed.I'm in the millitary and I enjoy the job that I get to do.Anyways I'm not so good at introductions so again I say 'ello and thanks for looking.lol.
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Well thank you for the welcome.After browsing the forum for the past hour or so searching for just about everything I've come up with a few questions. Hopefully JK23112 won't mind that I got a few ideas for these questions from his introduction post.lol.(brace yourself this may take a while to read.Its my first truck and I don't want to screw it up cause I got a really good deal according to KBB.com.If any of them are repetitive I apologize for my lack of searching for said topic.)
I use mobile one synthetic oil most of the time what viscosity and weight should I use at the next oil change? probably going to be soon considering the security center says change oil soon.
As far as engine Coolant goes, Whats the best one to go with.I haven't checked which kind is in it or what color it is I will do that when Its not raining.
For the differential in the rear what kind of gear oil should I use and how often should I have it replaced?
What kind of transmission Coolant should I have put in and how often should I replace it? (is that the Dexcool stuff I've been hearing about or is Dexcool the radiator coolant?)
Can I use the four pronged iridium spark plugs with this truck? How easy or hard is it to change the spark plugs in the truck? (I do most of the work on my vehicles myself with the exception of the mazda3 which is still under warranty.)
Without putting the truck on a lift and manually turning the drive-shaft and watching the rotation of both the tires and the drive-shaft to calculate the gear ratio how else can I tell what gears it has in the rear and weather or not it has an LSD?
More info on the truck:
Silverado Long bed, tow package (the little button thing on the end of the gear shift lever), Upgraded bumper (seller told me the type and that it cost $600 some odd dollars made out of steel), Its a base model truck that was used by a delivery service company (thus the High mileage for a newer year truck).
Oh yeah the hood lever broke so he used a pair of pliers to pull the wire to pop the hood any idea where I could replace the wire and about how much I could expect to pay?
The seller told me he replaced the information console with one from a junkyard truck and the back lights don't turn on.Any reason for this other than fuses which I'll check when It stops raining.
Hmm...Well thats all I can think up right now. Thanks for reading and any help you can give me is greatly appreciated.
I use mobile one synthetic oil most of the time what viscosity and weight should I use at the next oil change? probably going to be soon considering the security center says change oil soon.
As far as engine Coolant goes, Whats the best one to go with.I haven't checked which kind is in it or what color it is I will do that when Its not raining.
For the differential in the rear what kind of gear oil should I use and how often should I have it replaced?
What kind of transmission Coolant should I have put in and how often should I replace it? (is that the Dexcool stuff I've been hearing about or is Dexcool the radiator coolant?)
Can I use the four pronged iridium spark plugs with this truck? How easy or hard is it to change the spark plugs in the truck? (I do most of the work on my vehicles myself with the exception of the mazda3 which is still under warranty.)
Without putting the truck on a lift and manually turning the drive-shaft and watching the rotation of both the tires and the drive-shaft to calculate the gear ratio how else can I tell what gears it has in the rear and weather or not it has an LSD?
More info on the truck:
Silverado Long bed, tow package (the little button thing on the end of the gear shift lever), Upgraded bumper (seller told me the type and that it cost $600 some odd dollars made out of steel), Its a base model truck that was used by a delivery service company (thus the High mileage for a newer year truck).
Oh yeah the hood lever broke so he used a pair of pliers to pull the wire to pop the hood any idea where I could replace the wire and about how much I could expect to pay?
The seller told me he replaced the information console with one from a junkyard truck and the back lights don't turn on.Any reason for this other than fuses which I'll check when It stops raining.
Hmm...Well thats all I can think up right now. Thanks for reading and any help you can give me is greatly appreciated.
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