How many miles you got?

[J-Ri]

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.

[Tall]

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.

[barker23]

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

[broughy84]

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

96 w/92k on 350 & trans

[broughy84]

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

['97ventureowner]

'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.

[Cadillakin'98]

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!

[aaamillertime]

97 silvy 4x4 350 139,000 and going strong

[J-Ri]

Originally Posted by '97ventureowner

'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.

[72 rs]

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

[mike3028]

223,000 on 95 z-71 original trans also

[jveik]

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

[big_blue_chevy2006]

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

[acewelderman]

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!!!

[dieselfumez]

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!!!