Bought my first Suburban 1500. Few questions

[Stimpy911]

I am happy to say that I bought my first Suburban. I love it so far. I live in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and I have been looking for a replacement for my 04 Explorer.

2000 Chevy Suburban 1500 LT. About 180,000 miles. New tires, alternator, battery and front wheel bearings.

Nice thing is that most of its life until 2014 it has been in Nebraska. There is literally no rust except a little on the rear doors.


Couple questions.

What type of oil should I use? Should I use synthetic?

How do I remove cigarette smoke smell from inside the cab?

Any good places online to repair my instrument cluster. Odometer reading went out.

Thanks

 

[Fosscore]

Welcome. Looks pretty clean.

Try these for the smell.
https://www.amazon.com/Moso-Natural-Purifying-Charcoal-Color/dp/B004BOH6BM

Give that interior a good, serious cleaning. Shampoo or scrub the hell out of the carpet, wipe everything down. If you really want to take care of business, you can always change out the carpet and headliner. Did that to mine and made a big difference. At 180k, I'm sure she has seen her fair share of smells.

This link was recently posted by a member that might be worth checking out. There are other guys out there who do the cluster work, repairs and upgrades. Just do a little searching online and here on the forum.
https://www.gmgaugerepair.com/chevr...-repair/add-a-transmission-temperature-gauge/

 

[Michigan]

I wanna say yes to use Mobil 1 synthetic but my question is should we use Mobil 1 or the high mileage version?

 

[05Single]

Yea just use Mobil 1 synthetic..high mileage is like for 200k+
Fosscore like always has the answers to the rest lol.

Clean truck, looks pretty straight. Any plans for aftermarket parts or modifications ?

 

[Fosscore]

@05Single

Just paying it back for the advice I got, in the areas I know about. Cheers! lol

 

[05Single]

I'm learning and always try to do the same when I can.
But that's why I like this place. Tons of veteran tahoe owners with good and accurate info that help out instead of the rude "search bar" comment like other forums.

 

[Fosscore]

Learn something new every day.

 

[#1taho]

Welcome
Clean truck for upper Michigan.

 

[Stimpy911]

Thanks, I'll post some better pics. I did do one bad thing. I hit the emergency brake trying to remove a trailer brake from previous owner and locked up the left rear brake. Brake was super hot to touch. Had to throw snow on it to cool it down. I am going to get back home and get it up on the jack stand.

 

[Stimpy911]

Yea just use Mobil 1 synthetic..high mileage is like for 200k+
Fosscore like always has the answers to the rest lol.

Clean truck, looks pretty straight. Any plans for aftermarket parts or modifications ?

I would like to update my CD player to a navigation/Bluetooth type system.

Also, I am an EMT and I will be installing emergency lights and siren. I would like to remove the tape deck and put a ham radio or some type of switch box for my equipment.

I also like Plasti Dip so I might do up my rockers and bumper along with my hubs.

Also, I would like to install a backup camera. The screen for that might fit in good where the tape deck is as well.

Have any of you done any of these updates?