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oil presure issue 98 vortec 454?

Sounds like the sender is getting tired...Cheap to simply replace it..The gauge is just an electric motor, it gets the signal from the ECU.

I heard my old truck had sold again from one flatty-guy to the next. It's not by chance this truck with different wheels, is it?

Purchased that truck brand new here in Btown....didn't even pick it up off of the lot until it was dropped 5/7.

Here it is, circa 2005, was still a Chevy:

Originally Posted by Rude Louie

I've seen those pictures before. Do you mean by it was a chevy that the grill was changed to a GMC? I think I've chatted with you before. I still have the window sticker from when you bought it. I love this truck except for the oil sender that I will replace. It's in great hands and great job on the work you had done to it!

Yes, as you can see from the window sticker, it's a Chevy. I always liked the Chev front end, but Travis (SchiadaTime) couldn't stand it and wanted GMC grille and such. I always wanted to do the Escalade front end, but never got around to it.

Dude....the truck is FOURTEEN YEARS OLD. If ALL you have to replace is the occasional sender or gauge? That truck has been on synthetics since birth. It's got a long way to go. You'll probably start replacing AC stuff soon, though. Those flapper door motors have a finite life.

Had 80,000 when I sold it to SchiadaTime. Then it went to the guy YOU bought it from. How many miles now?

BTW, RudeLouie - RockAuto(.com) is your friend. You can enter the VIN or just look up the truck by year, model, engine, etc....then just go to whatever part you want. Great prices and real easy to look up the PROPER part for the vehicle at hand.

It's really an honor to see this truck still being cared for after all of these years. It's also very cool to be able to keep track of it. I show extended family pictures of it and they FINALLY get it. They always thought I was a damn-weirdo for waxing door-jambs, detailing a (fairly) stock motor, changing fluids well before their life span, shampoo'ing the carpets ever six months, etc, etc. People also questioned why I would drag the wash-mit down between the bed and the cab every time I washed it. Well, now we know. It allows the next owner and the next owner and the next owner to have a pretty decent truck for YEARS to come.

Back to the AC. I replaced the compressor and hoses at about the 70,000 mark. I THOUGHT the clutch was rattling, but it ended up being the serpentine tensioner. So, it got a fresh Delco compressor way before the original had worn out. I would get it to a competent AC/Heat shop and have them replace all of the motors and door actuators, valves, etc. If I go in to replace ONE dead part in a system, I replace all of them - they are all just as old and have given a good life. Plus, you pay labor ONCE instead of several times going into the same system. Just a tip, if you didn't already think that way.

Same with the driver's side window motor. Stopped working one day. So, I got the new motor and a handful of the plastic clips that hold the door panel on (they always break). Also got the door-lock actuator a new OUTSIDE door handle and a new INSIDE door handle. So, basically, the whole door got rebuilt in one shot.

My only other plans for that truck: I always wished someone would T-bone the truck in an intersection or otherwise crash into me. I wanted an excuse to put on an Escalade front clip AND cut the cab and frame to put an EXTENDED CAB section in. That way you have a crew cab but also the extended area so you can put sliding rear seats in, all the stereo gear, AND still have some interior luggage room for rainy trips.

Anyway, I have several other stories of the truck- but that's enough reminiscing for now.