How many miles you got?

There's a poll in the Silverado forum about how many miles people have on the original motor. Got me wondering about the older ones, so, what's y'all got on 'em?
159,000 on mine.

Old Chevy, gone to a diffrent owner..1990. 175,000 had a case of bade valve seals

New Chevy: 1990, 202,000, and act like a truck fresh off the lot. :)

Just sold my 96 1500W/T with 246,561 miles and it still ran better than my 97 Silvy with 131,xxx.

88 w/151k on 350, 10k on trans

96 w/92k on 350 & trans

Oh yeah, my uncle has an 88 extended cab C1500 w/378k on it!

'94 C1500 W/T 92,436 miles. Still going strong, bought it brand new, ( first new vehicle and probably my last new vehicle, as I'd rather buy used.) Hope to get well over 200,000 on the 4.3 under the hood.

It's all in the way you maintain it. I always said I'd be happy if my truck made it to 250,000 before I needed a new motor and/or tranny. But reading some of these post makes me wonder if I can push it further since I bought my truck w/44K on it and I'm the 2nd owner and religiously maintain it!

97 silvy 4x4 350 139,000 and going strong

'94 C1500 W/T 92,436 miles. Still going strong, bought it brand new, ( first new vehicle and probably my last new vehicle, as I'd rather buy used.) Hope to get well over 200,000 on the 4.3 under the hood.

You shouldn't have any problem doing that. My buddys uncle has over 600,000 on the original 4.3. He's replaced the valve stem seals and that's about it. The 4.3 and 5.7 are the best motors ever made.

my 87 still runs strong at 223,468 miles. and i still take it to the strip every other weekend.

223,000 on 95 z-71 original trans also

my dads old 89 silverado was still runnin strong with the original 350 and the zr700 or whatever tranny in it. when he sold it it was somewhere above 190,000 i dont remember exactly the number and all it did was smoke a little burnt oil if u start if after letting it sit for more than a couple days. the only major work EVER done on the truck was replacing the vavle seals at 30,000 miles b/c apparently those engines are notorious for having the seals go bad. all he ever did other than that was change the oil every so many miles and nothin else other than changing the rear diff fluid one time cause the posi wasn't kickin in or the diff was staying locked up or something. it pulled like a mule too. my current 73 cheyenne has somewhere north of 150 k on the engine and trans and it has the same smoke at startup and also the cam is messed up cause it backfires like a mofo

my 90 half ton has 192,000 on it and still ran well, even tho it had a cracked head, and was used to pull a gooseneck with a race car on it, but i jsut recently bought a 91 chevy 350 from a half ton with about 65k miles on it

My 94 5.7 has 115k had to put on new heads at 112k everything else is oe.My 83 has 170k & is on second motor at 140k.This is a 400 small block & are not known for the long life.But man it runs like a raped ape!!!

Mine is still a baby when it comes to miles, 1987 and it still has 97,000 miles on it, I"m the second owner!!! :smokin:

Mines a 92 model, 350, 700R-4 trans, 132,xxx as of now (nearly 60,000 of that has been put on it over the past 4 years BTW). It gets about 300+ miles a week too, runs fine. I use Valvoline MaxLife oil (10w30), 16oz. of STP Oil Treatment, and a bottle of some kind of fuel treatment at every oil change (3000 miles).

My Dad's is a 91, same engine and tranny, 115,xxx (I think), with the same maintenance (only he uses 10w40). His really has it rough though becusae it barely gets 50 miles a week, lol (and I'm not j/k about that being hard on a vehicle).

My uncle just bought a 92 C3500 dually. It's got 149,xxx showing and has a 454, but it is a crate engine, so I dont really know how many miles are on it. He just got it pretty much in order to pull a 24ft enclosed trailer. He had been towing it with his 03 Z-71 which handled it really well, but you really need atleast a 3/4-ton truck to pull a boxed trailer IMO.

I know another person with a 92 K1500, 4.3 and a 5-spd with over 200,000 miles, still drives it every day, and he puts probably 300+ miles a week on it as well.

My cousin has a 92 K1500, Z-71. It has around 150,000-160,000 showing, but I believe the odometer got rolled back by the original owner (he's the 3rd). It has a GM Crate Engine as well as a different tranny, but again, who knows the actual mileage on this truck (somebody close to the people that had it said probably well over 200,000). Either way, it evidentally is a tough truck, becuase he run it almost dry of oil one time (had to add 4 quarts to it, they only hold 5) and nothing has happend as of yet, and thats been probably 9 months ago, lol. He doesn' take the best of care of it (neither did the original owners), plus its got a 3-inch body lift and 315/75/16s.

But these trucks have a proven track history I would say. Its def. not uncommon to see them with over 200k.

mines 88. 100 000 m (160 k) on truck, 4000 m on engine. 3rd owner, 3rd engine.

My 96 has 114000 on it, I am the second owner. Just bought it about 3 months ago. Traded in a 2000 Silverado, and I already like this truck better than that Silverado!!
Chevy quit building trucks in 99 as far as I am concerned...
JMHO

And I agree with J-ri, the 4.3 and 5.7 are awesome motors!!
I like my 5.7 better than that ticking 5.3 that I had!!
I have also owned a 4.3, very strong for a V-6!!

I have a 98 GMC K1500 w/217,000 miles on it and it runs great.I'm just now starting to have problems with the emissions system(Evap, and O2 sensor circuits).Also I have a code P1810( TFP valve position switch circuit).But up until now it's been a great reliable truck.Most mileage put on it was done pulling a load behind it also.

94 C1500 4.3 5 speed 188K still running strong. just got it out the shop had electrical problems but motor and tranny run like new!

130,000 on my engine. Runs beautifully too. Tranny was replaced 20K ago.

i got a 96 silvy, has 89k miles on 350 and tranny

i also agree 5.7 is the best engine made... chevy really screwed up by gettin rid of it