90 GMC Sierra - is this a good truck

[Hark]

Husband is looking for a cheap truck to drive 6 miles to work. Guy has a 90 GMC Sierra C1500 350 5.7 ltr EFI with 225,000 miles for sale for very cheap. Seems to be in good shape lots of new parts, new tires & exhaust etc. He's just getting rid of it because he drives about 1.5 hours to work and the gas was killing him. My husband does all the work on our vehicles and since he only drives a few miles to work each day it seems like a good deal. Any input? Anything to really watch for?

[sector95]

At 225K the original motor is probably on borrowed time for a rebuild. Same with the tranny.....those would be the big ticket items. If the truck is in overall good condition cosmetically and shows signs of being well kept, then as long as you can absorb the cost of (worst case) replacing the tranny and/ or the engine then I would say go for it.

At this stage of the game, a lot of what'll be going on with this truck is stuff just flat wearing out.....

Mike
98Sierra

[___Brandon]

Hello,

A friend of mine has a 90 GMC Sierra that was purchase new as a work truck on a cement crew. This truck has been abused since the day it ran off the show room floor. It did need a motor at about 230000 miles and a tranny shortly after that, but the way it has been driven it stands to reason.

The truck now has 400K + on it (the odometer gave up at 247K). It was just painted this summer and is still used as a work truck.

I have a 94 that has 93,000 on it and I've never had a problem with it.

I wouldn't hesistate to buy that truck but I agree that it could end up needing a motor or tranny.

Good Luck!