So I got wind of an LS up the road from me about an hour away for sale for a great price.
Turns out the motor sounds terrible and the 4L30 needs some love. The interior was in great shape and the truck overall wasn't abused.
My plan was to find another 2.8 and an mua5 or a 3.4 and an mua5 and drive it for a bit and sell it.
Here are a few pics of when I got it.
She looks great actually. All electric windows, seats look great, interior carpet could use a scrub, but over all just some age and minor surface rust here and there.
And it came with 5 snowflakes and four 'asterisk' wheels too!
A few days after I picked up the black one, through some Zu fam grapevine, I heard of another 2.8 '91 LS with an Mua5 for sale for a great price.
Bad thing is that it was almost flipped and the top was cut half off of it. But at least the drivetrain was there!
Mileage was super low and the guy showed me a video of it running before I decided to drive out.
Since this truck was on the Eastern side of NC, I decided to make a trip to OBX out of it and took the fam on an excursion.
The guy was super nice and let me load the truck and leave it there until my return trip from the beach. Super awesome.
This is Larry the guy who sold me the 'half' trooper. He was happy to see his beloved Trooper live on in another Zu and stay within the Zu fam.
So here they are when I finally got them home and unloaded.
I don't know yet how far I am going to take this Resto.
I'm going to sell everything I don't use, so if you need something, go ahead an PM me.
I plan to service the 4L30 completely minus a band replacement job and sell it. I'm sure someone needs a 4L30.
For the 2.8 that feels thrashed, I dunno yet what to salvage off of it but will find out soon.
As for the running half-trooper, I need to get gas to the engine. The video I saw and I also did this in person was puring gas down the TBI and it sounded great actually.
Problem is its not getting fuel from the pump. So last night, I cut a hole in the rear floor to pull the pump out and replace it.
I'm going to put a new filter inline before I fire it up of course.
I want to get the half-trooper running good before I pull it out.
I'll post pics as I go. Any advice, opinions, or criticism from the Zu fam is welcomed.
I may need some 2.8 spec data as I go.
Turns out the motor sounds terrible and the 4L30 needs some love. The interior was in great shape and the truck overall wasn't abused.
My plan was to find another 2.8 and an mua5 or a 3.4 and an mua5 and drive it for a bit and sell it.
Here are a few pics of when I got it.
She looks great actually. All electric windows, seats look great, interior carpet could use a scrub, but over all just some age and minor surface rust here and there.
And it came with 5 snowflakes and four 'asterisk' wheels too!
A few days after I picked up the black one, through some Zu fam grapevine, I heard of another 2.8 '91 LS with an Mua5 for sale for a great price.
Bad thing is that it was almost flipped and the top was cut half off of it. But at least the drivetrain was there!
Mileage was super low and the guy showed me a video of it running before I decided to drive out.
Since this truck was on the Eastern side of NC, I decided to make a trip to OBX out of it and took the fam on an excursion.
The guy was super nice and let me load the truck and leave it there until my return trip from the beach. Super awesome.
This is Larry the guy who sold me the 'half' trooper. He was happy to see his beloved Trooper live on in another Zu and stay within the Zu fam.
So here they are when I finally got them home and unloaded.
I don't know yet how far I am going to take this Resto.
I'm going to sell everything I don't use, so if you need something, go ahead an PM me.
I plan to service the 4L30 completely minus a band replacement job and sell it. I'm sure someone needs a 4L30.
For the 2.8 that feels thrashed, I dunno yet what to salvage off of it but will find out soon.
As for the running half-trooper, I need to get gas to the engine. The video I saw and I also did this in person was puring gas down the TBI and it sounded great actually.
Problem is its not getting fuel from the pump. So last night, I cut a hole in the rear floor to pull the pump out and replace it.
I'm going to put a new filter inline before I fire it up of course.
I want to get the half-trooper running good before I pull it out.
I'll post pics as I go. Any advice, opinions, or criticism from the Zu fam is welcomed.
I may need some 2.8 spec data as I go.