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How Many Miles Do You Have On Your 8.1?

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I just turned over 174k on my 8.1 Sierra HD2500. Has anyone out there had one of these rebuilt yet? What mileage did you have on it when it finally went and what was the cost to rebuild. My truck still runs like a champ, I just want to hear what the experience and cost is like when the my day finally arrives.

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154k on my 2001 . Runs as good as it ever has. It will use a quart of oil between changes . I know of a 2003 delivery truck that has over 200 , still sounds good.

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I have a 02 with 78,000 and she still runs good i go through about a quart in between changes to. I dont have a long commute to and from work about 2 miles each way so they dont add up fast but head up north here and there. how does someone only have 9800 mile on there truck that thing has to be mint

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Just rolled 65,000 miles on our 02. Same as everyone, looks to use a quart each oil change. Is this truck ever fun to drive, just need a front drive shaft as the current weather looks Marks pic above. I doubt I will be pulling the hill up to the house tonight. Wifey will have to come get me in her Jittney.

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I have a 02 with 78,000 and she still runs good i go through about a quart in between changes to. I dont have a long commute to and from work about 2 miles each way so they dont add up fast but head up north here and there. how does someone only have 9800 mile on there truck that thing has to be mint

 

Truck has never been in the rain, snow or on a dirt road.

 

But it does work......Sometimes it works really hard. Only thing it gets used for is to tow my flatbed trailer.

 

And yes, it still looks like it just came from the dealer.

 

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135K on my 03 8.1 yukon XL. Other than it eating batteries(Changing them out every @2yars), i had to put in a fuel pump and a crank pos sensor. Still runs great.

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I just clicked 159,000 yesterday on my 01 and all is good except i think i need a hub bearing.

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korbin hows the tranny holding up? what have you replaced that broke on that truck?

Sorry for the delay in my response. So far the tranny is doing well. Going from reverse to drive gives me a bit of a jolt. I have had to replace the the fuel pump, radiator, a front hub, rear pinion seal and I am getting ready to do the signal/wiper/cruise control switch and the center drive shaft support bearing soon. It has been an awesome truck and I still really enjoy driving it. I am looking forward to many more miles of road before any major problems!

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105K on my 02. Crank position sensor went early on. And last night, after a factory spec Bridgestone tire (two months old) blow out - the thing that holds the spare tire under the truck broke off! Not the cable, the entire winch assembly!

 

Besides being stranded multiple times due to bad crank sensor, fuel senders/pick up, ect. I still like my truck although I'm not sure why sometimes!

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62,000 on mine. Does not use any extra oil, runs great. I just took it to the stealership on Dec. 28 for the gage cluster recall (3 days before the 7 year cut off). They scanned the truck and said they will order the part and replace it for free.

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62,000 on mine. Does not use any extra oil, runs great. I just took it to the stealership on Dec. 28 for the gage cluster recall (3 days before the 7 year cut off). They scanned the truck and said they will order the part and replace it for free.

What is the recall for? Do you know what year truck's the recall applies to?

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