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2013 Chevy 1500 LT 5.3L 4WD with only 31k miles!

What do we all think? Worth a buy?

This may be unanswerable, but I wanted to know if this truck used to be a Super Sport. It seems like a standard S10 but has a few things that don’t make sense.

The front lip looks far too sporty for this truck but maybe I’m wrong. The wheels definitely aren’t original, and are extremely meaty for the platform. The welded SS plates are on both sides of the frame, and the steering wheel did have an original SS badge that had fallen apart.

This may just be a stupid question with an obvious answer, but to me this does not feel like a regular S10, and I don’t know why someone would go through this much effort to fake it (not impossible though)

Full disclosure: I'm a Ford guy for better or worse however; as a kid, I loved this truck (and still sorta do). My question though... does this check out as a 77 Chevy? or even a GMC? Do you concur with the ID its tagged with?

So this isn't a super serious question, but I'm curious nonetheless and so I'm asking you guys, the experts.

PS:

I learned to drive in a '76 F150 at age 13, on my uncle's farm in 1980'sMinnesota. At age 15 I leaned to drive stick shift on a oxidized red 1952 Ford f100 farm truck again, Minnesota. And, my first pickup was a 1974 F250 highboy, so it was only ever gonna be Fords for me. It was sort of predetermined before I was aware.

I have a 2006 Silverado 5.3 Z71 4x4. Bought it in 2018 with 68k miles on it, currently has 109k. Not sure if the transmission fluid has ever been changed. Truck shifts fine, and when I check the fluid and wipe the dipstick on a paper towel, it's still red. Also doesn't have any kind of burnt smell to it. Plan to keep this truck long term, so since hitting 100k, looking to do some maintenance to it.

Not doing a full flush, just want to drop the pan, change fluid and filter, and I'd like to put a new pan (with a drain plug) on it to make doing this in the future much easier. Is my list of parts below good? Anything I'm missing or I should also be checking/replacing while I'm in there?

• Valvoline Maxlife Full Synthetic Dexron VI ATF
• ACDelco #24208576 deep pan filter kit
  • Gasket material is farpak, which is what I want, correct? Stay away from cork?
• Dorman 265-811 pan
  • Anyone have experience with this? Apparently it's a good, direct replacement pan, but the drain plug leaks due to the crappy included washer. Replacing with a nylon washer fixes the problem.

Trans filter kit:

https://www.autozone.com/p/gm-genuine-parts-transmission-filter-kit-24208576/527709

The pan:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002U6ELS4/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

My 01 is still running strong and I want to replace the front bumper with something that looks aggressive, any recommendations? Also looking for any input on what else I should add, thanks!

I have a 2020 RST Silverado with a 6.2 and the 10 speed. Leather, sunroof. 119k mileage. I need to sell my truck because I have a relative that is hard for them to climb into it at the moment. I'm just wondering has anyone else who's tried to sell their truck or trade it in getting low balled. I have it listed for 28,000 but I've been taking offer from dealerships to buy it as well. I'm getting around 22k for offers. It does have some mileage but that seems kind of low for what I seen for sale of comparable trucks.

Rear main area. Does anyone know what this black plastic piece is called & why it might be leaking?

I have 2010 chevy avalanche. Abit of rough idle and smells gas from exhaust on cold start. Took out the plugs today and they look like this. Truck has 150000km with original plugs. I know its time to change them, but would these cause the roigh idle? I cleaned the MAF and throttle body and still the same issue.

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