Well, I looked for a Tahoe for a while and ended up finding a 2000 5.3 w/ G80 and GT4 gears, which is what I wanted. It has 160k on it and I paid 5k, so I think I did ok. Now I'm trying to sort out some issues. On the way home from the dealership, I was hearing blinker relay noises, but the blinkers weren't on or flashing. If I fully depress the hazard light switch, the relay stops clicking. Started it up the other day and the the high beam indicator was on..... From what I can tell, this is probably a multifunction switch issue.
Next issue is that the fuel gauge takes forever to register, if it's working at all. Put the truck in neutral, and it springs up to the correct level(or so I hope). From what I've been able to find on here, it's either carbon on the float in the tank or a gauge cluster issue.
Biggest problem I've found so far is that the transfer case seems to be stuck in 4wd. I was noticing some hoping with tight turns, so I had someone slowly move the truck, as I watched the front driveshaft, and sure enough it was spinning, along with the front axles(this is in 2wd). The hubs are working, as you can definitely tell the difference when you shift to 4wd high(hear them engauging and disengauging) and can certainly feel the difference. Now I know it's not uncommon to have some rotation in the front driveline, while in 2wd, but I tried to spin the front shaft with the truck in park and no dice, put in in neutral and there she spins. Now, this encoder motor I am reading about, is this the mechanism that actually shifts the transfer case? Is there a mechanical way to put the case in 2wd? Oh and it seems to be working fine in 4wd hi and 4wd low. No noises or anything like that. I need to get this thing over to my buddy's house, get it on the lift and see if the front driveshaft is actually under power in 2wd.
Any suggestions/opinions on any of the above would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Dan
Next issue is that the fuel gauge takes forever to register, if it's working at all. Put the truck in neutral, and it springs up to the correct level(or so I hope). From what I've been able to find on here, it's either carbon on the float in the tank or a gauge cluster issue.
Biggest problem I've found so far is that the transfer case seems to be stuck in 4wd. I was noticing some hoping with tight turns, so I had someone slowly move the truck, as I watched the front driveshaft, and sure enough it was spinning, along with the front axles(this is in 2wd). The hubs are working, as you can definitely tell the difference when you shift to 4wd high(hear them engauging and disengauging) and can certainly feel the difference. Now I know it's not uncommon to have some rotation in the front driveline, while in 2wd, but I tried to spin the front shaft with the truck in park and no dice, put in in neutral and there she spins. Now, this encoder motor I am reading about, is this the mechanism that actually shifts the transfer case? Is there a mechanical way to put the case in 2wd? Oh and it seems to be working fine in 4wd hi and 4wd low. No noises or anything like that. I need to get this thing over to my buddy's house, get it on the lift and see if the front driveshaft is actually under power in 2wd.
Any suggestions/opinions on any of the above would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Dan
