Nice truck. Enjoy that Chevy. Looks like a WT package, judging by the tailgate lettering. Crank windows? Shift on the floor 4WD?
Take Pete's advice above and wit will last you a good long while.
If its 2WD, a couple hundred pounds of sand in the back will help out a lot in the winter.
yes the WT look non locking tailgate is often a sign
also the 99-07 they got rid of the WT on the tailgate that was there in 98
mine are both WT 2wd
I have a 4.3 v6 in the 98 and the 4.8 v8 in the 04
the 98 needs weight she has nothing in the back end to hold those wheels down.
the 04 has a topper and a lot of tools in the bed no issue with needing weight.
if you build a box that fits in the bed you can use a bunch of the solid cement blocks or pavers and not loos much bed use at all and they stack behind the garage easy for the summer the box is just to keep them from sliding around pressure treated 2x4 will last a lot of years.
these blocks are about 30 pound each 4"x8"x16"
7-10 is a good start
I thought about one more weakness of basically all chevy/GM automatics , that clip that holds the shift cable on the transmission
again it is a rust thing
but if you learn where it is you can shut off the truck block the wheels and crawl under it pop it back on and get one more shift out of it to get you into drive and take you home.
if you kept it well oiled it might never fail , it is a rust thing.
plastic that ages , Rust and regular maintenance are the only things keeping most of these trucks from reaching 300K
well every truck out there has sealed wheel hub assemblies to replace , expect those around 150-175 if they haven't already be done , those are like tires they are just going to wear out.
nothing is that hard to work on on the WT.
