Yes, the CAR WIZARD really bought Hoovie's rusty '05 SS Silverado! AND on film he wrenches to fix it
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- It's true the CAR WIZARD 🧙♂️ really bought Hoovies old, rusty 2005 SS Silverado. See updates since Hoovies video. WRENCHING ALERT... the Wizard will fix the commonly blocked charcoal canister problem on this truck. Blocked charcoal canisters make it almost impossible to fill with gas at the pump. Yes, he will be wrenching.
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Do not worry about complainers because they would complain if you were wrenching. But they will only lift a finger to complain and yet do nothing in their lives. Yes I do watch a few wrenching shows but I come to your channel for a different reason. Its calm. No screaming, yelling, fighting, just common sense, real world business, and great bad jokes and innuendo's that keep me smiling. Wizard and wife please never change your format unless its your calling. Greetings again from Wichita.
WiZard points out a “girthy shaft “ to Mrs WiZard. This is becoming X rated repairs!
That works, but looks like shit.
Bullbutter
It way funnier with Hoovie in the shop and not Mrs Wizard. No offense to Mrs Wizard.
The rear hitch might be bad news for shins, but they work really well for tailgaters.
Had someone hit my hitch one day and puncture a fist hole in the radiator. I let her go and she just drove away with coolant leaking everywhere after I said don't drive the car. She got in the highway too.
@@volvo09 this is why mine stays in. Wife got rear ended, the lady that hit her was moving with steam. honestly the suburban didnt care
@@asb2106 and that thinking is why it is illegal to have the hitch in if you dont have a trailer on the hitch in pa
@@victorwanstreet3038 yeah it is technically illegal in certain states. It was illegal in my old state, but I just moved to a more lenient state... Haven't checked the law, although I don't have my reciever in right now anyways.
I keep min out to save my legs and I have multiple trailers all different size type hitch
You can see how that spare tire can never be reinstalled because that rear cross member is so rusted, it could never support the weight of the tire as the truck is going over bumps at speed. Thank you General Motors for doing such a fine job of rustproofing the structure of these trucks at the factory. It just shows how much you cared about your customers.
I worked at a shop before I hurt my back, we would see brand new 2019 Silverados come in with frames and suspension parts rustier than my 95 Roadmaster, like they were just bare metal completely covered in surface rust. I don't know if they just stopped galvanizing them as well or what, guess they are cheaply made now a days. And I don't live in the rust belt either that's the sad part lol
@@willb5744 I worked at a gm shop. The issue, is that gm uses like a wax compound on the frame and everything else. Few rock chips, your looking at bare steel. Doesnt take long if they salt the roads like here in Wisconsin. I've seen 2020 trucks a year from new, with control arms and frame around the wheel wells already covered in surface rust. Half the time gm doesnt even put wheel wells in, jesus. If I were to buy a gm vehicle, I'd strip the wax off and oil the crap out of it 2 times a winter. Only chance. That's my rant
I hate the wax coating GM uses too, but I have owned gm trucks for over 3 decades now and never had a frame rot issue, this truck is not on gm's blame list imo. This truck is the result of flood damage imo, if not that it lived by the ocean where it flooded a lot due to tides, and also in a northern climate that uses road salt and worse pretreat which is just liquid corrosion for any vehicle.
"That sounded like a moose dying"...LOL good one Mrs. Wizard!
"ok 😐" hahaha
Laughed out loud when she said that lol
I caught something you missed that needs fixed under the Driver's front side. Freeze the video at 11:38, the bent bar(sway bar?) in the center, bushing at left of center needs replaced. Passenger side is fine and seated properly at 12:10. Just wanted to bring it to your attention before it leads to bigger problems.
I saw it I was going to mention that also . You beat me to it.
Love the charcoal canister bag pipe comparison. The wizard’s beard and the image of a Scottish highlander blowing a big pipe just came to mind and made me smile. Good job explaining the functions. Than we zoom out and see the wizard wearing a quilt next time.
I love your channel Wizard! Don’t pay those trolls no mind on what you SHOULD show on here. I love that body style of the SS. It didn’t look near as bulky as the 2007 and higher ones.
You should put a plate under that "cold air" intake, I can see it's open right at the wheel well. One good puddle and that engine is gonna hydrolock, or worse! Cool truck though, probably gonna get some flack for using it as a work truck because "OMG it's an SS!", but this truck has three futures ahead as far as I can see, beater truck, parts truck, or work truck. The interior is nice, drivetrain seems solid enough, so it's really those two with the rust.
SS or not, it's still a truck. Same as a Ford Lightning or Dodge TRX or whatever they named that.
They make intake socks that are hydrophobic. Seen videos of them, they work really well
@@A.R.C.77 no, because the filters are enclosed on almost all cars from the factory
@@HXXIIA yeah right so no air gets in then lol pffft lol
@@A.R.C.77 I'm assuming you are trolling but in case you aren't the air inlet and the air filter housing are separate connected components...
I honestly really like that this isn't a wrenching channel.
We get to see and learn about so many more vehicles and jobs this way and there's no shortage of guys recording their wrenching
Hoovie and Wizard found a way to partner together in each other's videos to make them both money💰.
Genius.
Glad you were able to help Hoovie out, great deal for him for sure! I wouldn’t have paid more that $7000 for it.
I'd hit the hood latch and other stuff with rust converter as well (after knocking off the big flakes) and not worry about it getting worse.
Relax folks. Every comment, good or bad, contributes to the algorithm and makes a little more money for David! The more comments, the better he will do. Also, people can have differing opinions, whether we agree with them or not. David is not an emotional wreck who loses sleep over comments the he does not like.
I think it is a positive to have varied automotive content. Not sure why people want everyoone to do the same thing. Thanks for the knowledge Car Wizard!
It's mildly hilarious to me that watching car UA-cam for more than a month or two leads to having the actual, sincere thought, "Oh, not _another_ Lamborghini."
It breaks my heart to see that truck. I have an 04 with 42,000, one owner, garage kept and no real modifications, just added accessories. I am tempted with those bring a trailer listings.
At least it was able to be lifted by the lift and not fold in half. And when the usefulness of the truck does end, you got a nice..V8 modurr to put in sumtin else!
I have a 2006 Chevy Silverado with a 4.3 V6 and I stand in the area between the front of motor and grill to do my tuneups. Keeps me outta the Sun.
You are the content maker. You be you. If people don't like it, they can go somewhere else. Once the used car market corrects itself, that truck won't be worth much most likely. You could likely find a wreck here in Texas with a good frame if you wanted to restore it, but the labor invested would offset the savings.
For the long haul investment, restore it.
"Sounded like a Moose dying", should be on a t-shirt 🤣 with a charcoal canister that has antlers
I would splash rust convertor over everything then spray paint what I can to stop further corrosion.
If I remember correctly, Hoovie did mention the refueling issue the first day he showed it to you. But just a passing thought. Something easy to overlook easily with Hoovie's energetic personality.
I think Wizard tunes Hoovie out sometimes:-).
Love the fact that the Wizard is rocking Company threads (Wey-Yu represent, we gotta talk about the bonus situation though!)
Love the way you run this channel, Wizzard. Great show.
I was so jealous wizard. I thought Hoov could supercharge this truck.😭😭😩🤣😂🤬 but with all that damage maybe not.❤❤
watching the jack point on the passenger side of the truck as they're under it while the literal jack point was crooked scary wizard I don't want to lose you too any simple oversight, please be careful love you dude
I will
~~ NEVER ~~
Have a K&N air filter on ANY car! The power gain is negligible, but you have to clean them all the time and the oil can foul some MAF sensors.
Great video, pretty average truck.
I still think this truck is an alright base to meddle with while using it. The rust is a factor, but here in Boston everything over ten years old seems to look like this, and these GMT800s and even GMT400s tend to be on the road longer than the other makes, including Toyotas. I would scrape that frame down to get rid of loose rust, brush the remainder with phosphoric acid, flush it the next day, and then spray bomb it all with a decent paint [not undercoating] before periodically cleaning it and touching the paint up. It will make a big difference
Canadian secret for dealing with rust = fluid film black. Rust tends to still form with that undercoating paint.
It's not surprising that that truck sold for 60k it's a special edition performance truck of a very popular model. Likley if you can keep it from rusting away your truck will be worth a great deal in the future. A good example look at the 90s model ss impala or the ford lightning and hardly Davidson trucks.
A rust belt mechanic would would call that frame minty lol. I'd be tempted to hit it with a needle scaler, freshen it up with POR 15 and be done with it.
How many people out there do you think know what a needle scaler is?
Here in Maine, we'd say that's nothing a few cans of Rust-Oleum won't fix. And then put a wooden flatbed on it. :)
@@seanhilgers2800 that's why we have google👍
I appreciate you doing the charcoal canister repair, I had an 03 Tahoe where the line was broken on the charcoal canister I had a check engine light on for it but didn't notice any major symptoms as far as I could tell, that truck still got really good fuel mileage probably around 17 20 highway.
I don't mind seeing the wrenching, it's fun 😊🤘🏽
I just worked on my nephew's 2006 Silverado 1500 4x4 w/the 6.0. It does have a ton of room to work on everything! I did the front end upper control arms, lower ball joint, inner and outer tie rod ends, sway bar links, plugs and wires, etc. Easy to work on but that dang rust made getting the upper control arm bolts a demolition project. Fortunately we found the Diablo carbide toothed medium metal cutting sawzall blade. Cut so much better than my old go to blade (Milwaukee Torch). Hot knife through butter.
a while back before it was as well known and popular, a buddy of mine actually informed me i was going with him to pickup a truck he bought on bring a trailer... the fellow was quite miffed when i got the old truck running and we didnt need the trailer.. just the temp tags he went and picked up.. one thing i love about older fords and datsun, chevy, gmc, etc trucks tends to be how f-ing easy they are to work on... sure carburetors can be a pain but they also... can be a blessing... being mechanical they tend to be easier to repair/rebuild then electronic systems....shit you can even do emergency fixes on them to limp back to town in a pinch... not so much with EFI when electronics fail... cant remember the name of the thing but the cap looking thing inside the distributor....that was all that was wrong with it... i swapped that for one of a few known good ones my uncle provided in his travel tool kit for us and... i drove his truck back with the trailer and he drove the old ford... new set of tires and its not needed anything else other then a good tuneup... even had clean oil in it...
Loved the how to replace the vapor canister portion in the video. Would like to see more "How To replace" various parts on various vehicles.
Rust and crust and all kinds of must
The LQ9 6.0L came in the Escalade, Denali, and SS. Regular trucks came with the LQ4 6.0L with 300 - 325 HP
YEP...stronger motor than the normal 6.0 because it's 10:1 compression and should run on PREMIUM FUEL! 91 octane to make its 345HP
Denalis came with the lq4 not lq9… lq9 came in the Escalades, ss , and 2500 gas trucks and work vans
You might want to research that some more
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_LS-based_small-block_engine#LQ9
Zip ties work to fix the rust with plastic 2×4's...
We don't need to see the wrenching to know that you're awesome! (Magical=Wizard)
I love the content Wizard and Mrs. Wizard.
I have the Sister Truck to this, an 04 Sierra Denali. Also the 6.0 All wheel drive + QuadraSteer 4 wheel steering. I love it had the truck since 2007 best vehicle I've ever owned. I regularly pull a 9k lb camper with a 1k lb golf cart in the back. That 6.0 is a pulling beast with 4.10 rears. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Wow! Wizard actually turning a wrench!
My 53 Caddy just had a vent cap for engine vapors. Was quite hot while driving it, never a heating problem.
When you loook at photos of the freeways of those years there are oil trails solidly down the middle of each lane as car engines were almost all fitted with "road draft tubes"...no PCV...just a tube out of the side of the engine directing oil vapours down to the road surface....
Hitch has saved me 4 times getting rear ended. Zero damage to truck. Multiple thousands to other cars. That hitch should stay put.
I really enjoyed your statement in the end about clarifying the channel, it's the exact reasons I watch
I'd recommend spray glue and a thin trim tool to tuck in the headliner
I am 67and been a GM guy, I've had a 72 Catalina which didn't make 100k miles before the engine blew up. I'd already bought a brand new 79 GMC 1500 before the Pontiac died, but as with all vehicles through the 70s they were maintenance nightmares though I did mostly all my own work, except for engine and transmission rebuilds, Both went through gallons of Bondo as Pa. was strict on inspections and required all holes be patched and lights be original. Even getting Rusty Jones undercoating did not save e from having the 79 rust out from under me after 250k miles.. In the 23 years I had it, it made many trips up and own the east coast a trip out to California in 1984 where I blew out a power steering seal in Crescent City Ca. and it took 2 days to get the part in from Grants Pass. Over the years I did have to rebuild the transmission and 305 engine, I wanted a 350 but pollution fleet gas mileage requirements would have cost me $500 on a $6000 total for a new truck. I bought a 2002 Chevy Silverado 1500 and it is the best one of the 3 I''ve owned. It too made trips to the west coast and currently has 280k miles on it, its been great, paint and seats and dash are still good, original engine abd tranny, but has had a replacement rear end put in. I still find it to be the best of my 3 pick ups I've owned, even though my daughter, who now owns it, is not as conscientious regarding making repairs and maintanence as I was. (she's got big dents in every body panel for example and claims to not know how they happened). I bought a 2008 Chevy Silverado during the $5 gas days for $18k new, as no one wanted them. The dashboard broke up due to sun exposure, I bought an overlay for $200 so stuff couldn't fall through the holes and into the electronics in the dash. The paint hasn't held up well, with the clear coat peeling off in places. It needed a tranny at 120k and has 223k on it currently, The ashtray broke one of the "tits" that it swivels out on, but the engine has been good while the seats have had holes worn through them where metal framing is. I don't figure on buying another vehicle but have been disappointed with how quality of the 2008 declined in comparison to the 2002. One thing I will note, I've owned the mentioned vehicles plus a 1984 Reliant, and a 1993 Caravan and have not had to replace exhaust pipes, mufflers or catalytic converters in any of the vehicles, where previous vehicles were losing their pipes regularly. Same with spark plugs and plug wires, I haven't replaced them in either newer pick up or wires. So over all outside of brakes, batteries, tires, wipers, oil and filters etc. the 2000 vintage pick ups have been pretty robust and I do get the oil changed 2x a year and get other maintanence done as required. Va. has annual inspections. Anyway that's my experience with 3 generations of GM pick ups.
Beautiful truck. I had a 2005 silverado SS with low mileage and it was stolen and stripped to bare bones....sad. Great collectable
60k for a 20 year old truck 😂 Wow we live in a fucked up world now don’t we!
That's why I'm immeasurably grateful for the unexpectedly *_long_* loan of my cousin's '06 Outback as I fit in repairs to my 310.000-mile 1995 Civic LX. One thing leads to an "I should do this, too" crossroads, and on it goes. I'll spare you the details, but the bottom line is that I do not want a new car, car payment, or a price-gouged lawn ornament that has an unknown history. The used vehicles and 'We Buy Junk Cars' signs came out like nightcrawlers after a good rain this summer. Suddenly countless people had a car they were saving that now looked like an easy, fat profit, and the scrappers figured that they could get a healthy number of fully repairable vehicles that unwitting or cash-deficient people couldn't or wouldn't fix and would easily part with as ignorantly discarded salvage yard casualties. We are definitely living in troubling times.
Really like the Weiland Yutani shirt! That truck is sweet too! Thank you for the great videos!
I’m one of those who watches to learn. Cars like the v12 Jaguar and Nissan Murano convertible. I already watched Legit Street Cars channel about the MBZ diesel and Black Death. Not that I ever intend to own a Mercedes; but I enjoy learning how to do a job for 1/20 of what a dealer would charge.
I never expected you to actually do any wrenching, but sometimes that's what the boss ends up doing anyway.
Maybe it can be called “wrench some of the days” 😅
I noticed the hands on repair too. Had to chuckle when Wizard mentioned He never shows actual work being done. I like the format of this channel just how it is, heck there are lots of good wrenching guys out there too.👍😎
I really like the Wizard's channel, it's not easy to run a shop and been a youtuber, thank you for your effort to keep us entertained, regards from Costa Rica.
That steering wheel was a bite mark when the previous owners had the gas bill !
Yeah these 6.0's definitely are thirsty⛽⛽⛽
6:25 - holy cow! That’s a 1 bedroom apt in NYC! That’s a crap ton of space!!!
I love that Wizard is a Sci-Fi nerd just like one of us. Charles, TheHumbleMechanic on UA-cam is also one. He is a huge Star Wars fan and the best part is that if you write to Charles, especially about Star Wars, or other sci-fi stuff on IG, he writes you back. Even mechanical advice he'll sometimes write back, but always sci-fi stuff he writes back on. That's so cool.
That Alien reference shirt in this video is one I have - and I love seeing his metal band shirts as well! Hoovie clearly a Trek nerd as well - gotta love all these folks! :)
I bought a brand new intimidator SS 6.0 2006 model RWD and then imported it to England .. used it for 5 years .. out 40,000 on it .. sold it for £30,000!!!! Paid for my house
My 95 Ford E-150 doesn’t have a charcoal canister. I think when they replaced the engines with the 4.2, 4.6, 5.4, and 6.8 engines in 1997 they did have one. At least mine didn’t have it.
Did you have to replace the rubber fuel filler neck that ethanol eats up?
For a second I thought the title was implying that Tyler was going to wrench on it. I chuckled a little bit
10:33 When lifting the truck, the one support slid sideways a little...☺👍
Wizard replacing some parts!! Loved seeing him work on a vehicle. Wish he had more vids of this kind of stuff.
I think 10k for that truck is high but you have gone over it and addressed the major issues plus in this car market the sky is the limit. I like watching your channel. I watch a couple of other channels for wrench turning. I think variety is the spice of life. God bless you and Mrs. Car Wizard.
I have seen them around here for that or less that have 150k or so miles but I live in the SC lowcountry and you won't be finding rust on them
@@JesseLJohnsonlol find me a SS with low miles more less that 15K
@@vermidy You obviously have the internet look. They aren't that valuable especially trucks that have 150k or more miles on them
@@vermidy I literally bought an SSR with 30k miles on it for $17500 not long ago and these Silverados don't bring the kind of money they do especially since it has a 3rd or less miles on it then all the high miles SS Silverados I have seen the last few years the one I bought was even a 6 speed
I've got to do the canister on my Z, does that same thing, and when you try to force more fuel, smells like a refinery (even with the top down)
I was hoping you were going to dissect the vapor canister to see what plugged it.
It's always because of people pushing gas past the first click trying to get that extra .5gallons it runs down the breather tube breaking down and clogging the charcoal filter
I really liked that the Car Wizard wrenched in the video. 😊 Thanks for this amazing channel.
I had a 96 express van that did the same thing (shut off every half gallon to a gallon) and I was able to fix that issue buy blowing compressed air from a compressor down the vent tubes in the filler neck which cleared whatever clog in the canister or stuck valve for a couple days. Worked like a charm.
A good buffing would make that paint look better even with the dints and scratches.
Not to mention the headlights.
@@JohanNilsson1966
Don't mention the headlights.....
I do enjoy "Story Time with Mr. Wizard"! 😁
Yep, buff it out as best as possible, some wheels (missing hub caps is a big pet peive of mine, and just drive the ish out of it, would work just fine in my circles lol
I really love this video because I was just given almost this exact same truck. Not an SS of course, but a fully loaded Z71 Silverado. 5.3, 4l60, even the same color. The engine blew up on the previous owner and he just wanted it gone. So I got a junkyard complete engine and have just about finished swapping it in my driveway. I've got my transmission guy servicing the 4l60 and transfer case since it's out of the truck anyway. The rust is just about as bad as this truck unfortunately, but I'm gonna undercoat it as well and fix what needs repaired. I hope to make it my mountain off roading truck for less than a few thousand. The nicest free thing I've ever gotten, very cool truck Wizard
how's she run?
@@lovellmills7959 So far, I've only got the engine stabbed and started. runs pretty well for sitting for so long and open manifolds. Can't go anywhere without a trans of course. lol
@@ledzeppelin27 get er done
Is there any way you can POR-15 dip an entire truck chassis? Just asking for a friend...😂 Thanks again, Mr. and Mrs. Wizard for yet another scintillating production!✌️❤️🙂🇨🇦
I am hoping that the Car Wizard will do the next, all-new, buy this, not that video for Mitsubishi sooner rather than later. Thank you very much.
I was actually thinking about what brands he has missed. Good idea!
Way too easy the video would just say don't buy any of them 🤣
I can answer that for the Wizard: Buy Toyota and not Mitsubishi. 🤣🤣
Galant and Lancer. 2000s onwards if you want one that isn't overpriced, 4G Eclipse if you want something a little sporty. Mitsu isn't that big in US so Idk what its like there (I hear parts support is limited there).
Where I live (UAE), the brand is better, much more variety of models and parts support (we get Montero Sport, US doesn't get that).
@@ceetwyce335 Agreed
I bought an 05 Silverado LT with 150,000 on it. It had some typical rust issues. I did install the plastic rocker covers from Amazon to dress it up some. The 5.3 is solid and had no leaks.
I have had 3 5.3s ranging from 2002,2003,and 2005. All have been extremely reliable and easy to work on. In my opinion, the motor is better than Toyota motor offerings(I said motor, not the complete package) most of mine had over 200k and didn’t leak or burn any oil.
I have a 2005 Silverado Quadrasteer with 136k miles. Drives and looks like new. Bought 11 years ago with 37k miles on eBay then for $17000.
@@ericanderson1691 Ooo Nice those are rare! My 2003 Avalanche has 300K. Bought it last year for 2500. Still looks and drives new 😊
Wizard is a LEGEND!
I’m thankful your gonna save the truck, it reminds me of my grandpas old truck. It was a early 2000s tan/grey truck, granted it wasn’t a ss but his was a nice v8. It got sold around 08 for something a little cheaper on gas and we both miss it, in my opinion one of the best looking trucks chevy has made. Great thing with a truck is small scratches and dents aren’t nearly as hated as on cars. If it looks good from 20ft your solid.
I think that the nicest-looking trucks Chevy made were the 1950s-range 3000 series NAPCOs. The 70s and 80s saw some great styles, too, and the C-10 is classic. Generally, I think that Chevy made more trucks with true eye appeal than any other maker did -- although they all had their shining stars. A really old Dodge Power Wagon has a commanding appearance, too. ; ]
I'd sand the hood latch and spray it with black Rust-Oleum. Maybe even a few spots underneath just for kicks.
My uncle runs a small car repair shop in Edgeware. In 1998 an old guy turned up with a 1987 525i manual with a slipping clutch. When he came to pick it up and pay my uncle the £250 bill the card bounced. He immediately pulled out his Rolex watch and told my uncle he believed it to be a 'good fake' but as it was a gift from a good friend, with significant sentimental value, it was worth more than the balance to him.
My uncle placed the watch in his safe, and as the weeks and months went past assumed he'd been scammed and forgot about it. Last year he took it to a jeweler in Hatten Garden who pronounced it a genuine Rolex Datejust worth in relative terms at least 8 times the original balance.
I love your channel don't worry I'm not going anywhere apart from going to bed as it's early here in the UK been working all night hope you both have a great day
This was my dream truck when I was shopping around right out of high school. Ended up getting a 2006 GTO in 2009 instead just because these were still pretty expensive then.
Its great to see you work on a vehicle instead of just talking about it!
I enjoy both the wrenching channels, as well as your niche. Everybody's got their strengths...
Now I know it looks bad for you guys, but even before you coated it, it’s still not as bad as what you would fined up here in northern Mi. 😁😁👍👍
I recently bought a '03 2500HD Duramax Silverado with about 200k miles to replace my 01 Silverado that threw a drive shaft. I paid a bit less than $10k. Concidering the old truck had almost 400k miles, there should be no worries there. However, it came from the land of salt and ice. I took a rubber mallet to the rocker panels and got about 2 lbs of rust on the ground and bought a pair of plastic wheel flares that can hide a lot. Still, in Georgia and not being a daily driver, it should last me a long time.
This is what we call a Farm Truck in my neck of the woods! keep the powerplant on point and who cares if a quarter panel falls off!
Mr Wizard,that was a wize investment,yes there's some rust but it's all fixable,if you can keep the corrosion from getting any worse only goodness knows what that vehicle will be worth in 5 or 10 years,yes,my opinion,good investment sir,Thankyou for the video.
Have the underside scaled and treated with Fluidfilm and it will look better and stop the rusting from worsening.
Thank you wizard for trimming that zip-tie. My OCD was about to be triggered.
Looks like a pickup that has seen better days and a shop truck that should last a while.
PS - Like your channel format and content!
It is amazing how rusty cars get in areas where they salt the roads. I am an original owner of an 03 SS, no rust at all.
One thing i learned when i had old vws regarding rust was to take used motor oil and spray it under neath (and with a wand in voids). It'll seal the rusty metal from o2 which causes rust. You can also stain fences with it but you can never paint it again. I brushed on some for the surface rust on my 00 silverados frame. Rinse with water to take the wet look off. And it looks black when done.
That's a pretty disgusting approach, and a sure fire way to rot engine mounts. There're lots of reasonably priced alternatives, that will do a much better, and cleaner, job. Only a real cowboy sprays old oil over a vehicles chassis.
Ive got an 06 Silverado 2500 hd 4x4 extended cab with 185k miles that ive owned in texas since 2011. Much better tow rig that ill gladly trade you for the ss 😁
"That sounded like a Moose Dying": Yep, sums up the noise of bagpipes exactly.
I had an 03 SS Silverado. Loved that truck. Bought it in 07 with 45,000 miles on it. Sold it in 2019 with 275,000 miles. I have never driven anything that hard for that long and had that few issues. Front Diff, acouple of alternators, a couple of batteries, and some hoses. Other then that it was just the routine maintenance. Miss that truck. Wish Chevy would build a new SS Silverado.
Edit: I still have the brackets to mount corvette brakes on this truck. Let me know if your interested.
you drove the crap out of that thing
@@startingtech3900 yeah I did 7 times coast to coast, track days, pulled a bass boat with it, brought my kids home from the hospital in it, camped in the bed, etc… I have never loved any car like I loved that SS. I write emails to Chevy regularly asking them to build another truck like it.
10:25 Good... keep doing this, wanna hear the noise :) Outher cars as well...
man you are way more comfortable in front of the camera and it shows. props
My uncle has one of these in the most rare version. His is a 2006 SS Intimidator (Dale Earnhardt Sr. Edition) that he bought brand new and still drives it today.
Using undercoat on rust just keeps it rusting. Using a rust inhibitor paint slows or stops it from rusting. My step-father used what he called "aluminum paint". It's just paint with fine aluminum in it. It soaks into the rust and virtually stops it.
I think a video about those transfer cases would be interesting. The viscous coupler in there is a pretty neat little thing.
I see you are an Alien fan too! Peter Weyland would be proud.
Always Enjoy "The Wizard" ... Love what you do and how you do it.
"Except Me!' Love y'alls content, and love how y'all work together.