Kyler Pinkley

This is my 14 Silverado 1500 Work Truck. I got it at 105k on the dash with one owner. They took immaculate care of it and I'm trying to do the same. It's my favorite body style and I plan on it being a 12-15 year truck. My wife's SUV crapped out and we bought her a 26 Traverse. WELL. I've been wanting to upgrade my truck since I got it. SO. I took things into my own hands and started doing some upgrades/mods. 

I got a K&N Cold Air Intake and put it in, added a tool box, and then after my wife got her new car I started buying crap left and right. As of now, it has a K&N Oil Catch Can in it, New Led front, 3rd, and rear lights, I upgraded and got nice wheels and tires. Installed a fast charging port. I also replaced the stock chrome bumper with a black one. Next is getting the front grille and bumper gone and blacked out. I have a ton of other stuff I want to do. I use ChatGPT for everything. 

Made a maintenance binder and got to thinking... crap. I need to give it a maintenance overhaul. So ChatGPT put me a list together and I'm in the middle of spending about $1k on maintenance items. AC Compressor snapped three belts. Just replaced it. Has a hole in the radiator now... SO. I'm currently a few hundred miles shy of 130k miles. 

Going to replace the radiator with upgraded tow package, all the hoses, new spark plugs and coils, bleed brakes and put new fluid in, service the transmission. Drain it, drop the pan, replace the filter, fill it back with new fluid. Putting PPE Thermal Bypass Valve in with SS Tube cooling lines in. Going to drain, clean, and refill the front and rear differentials with new fluid. Service the transfer case. Repair a crack in the windshield. Install LED resistors since I'm getting the flash notifications. Also going to replace the belt tensioner and get a new serpentine belt. Anything and everything to make it run like a new truck. And by the time I'm getting to this work, it'll be oil change time so I'll be doing an oil and oil filter change. 

I have a 300,000 mile service and maintenance plan and a binder full of information and tracking logs to get me there! I'm willing to replace the engine and transmission once. I've got a rebuild plan for both built out and parts picked out, shop picked out and all. Going to start buying those parts along the way to make it cheaper when the time comes. I'm doing everything I can to make the current engine and transmission get me to at least 220k miles.