GMC Yukon SLT 5.7l 4WD, clean / rust free and new engine/trans + flowmaster (1999)
Sale price: US $7,000.00 Make an Offer
| Condition: | Used | Year: | 1999 |
| VIN : | 1GKEK13R2XJ772363 | Mileage: | 140577 |
| Exterior Color: | Two-tone, red with gray | Make: | GMC |
| Interior Color: | Gray | Model: | Yukon |
| Number of Cylinders: | 8 | Trim: | SLT |
| Transmission: | Automatic | Engine: | 5.7L Vortec |
| Vehicle Title: | Clear | Drive Type: | 4WD |
| For Sale By: | Private Seller |
Elk Grove Village, Illinois, United States
Vehicle description
1999 GMC Yukon SLT 4WD, current odometer reading 140,577, VIN 1GKEK13R2XJ772363. Purchased in August 1999 by my father off the showroom floor of Bommarito GMC in St. Louis, MO, with 4,728 miles from dealer use, then purchased by me in November 2015 as a more comfortable family car than my Xterra, shortly after the arrival of our first born. 111,308 miles on the clock at that point. Vehicle is currently driveway parked and is being started and driven around the block and for short errands every few days just to keep fluids and moving parts in motion. It has spent its parked life in a garage. Absolutely no rust, no weatherstripping wear, paint is in exceptional condition and still very deep and rich when it"s clean and polished. This is absolutely ready to continue being a daily driver and for whatever you want to throw at it. Until three weeks ago when I finally caved and bought a new one in order to have a third row (more kids!), it was getting me through a 20 mile commute each way, each day, over Chicago suburban roads and highways. If not for the need for a third row, I would absolutely be keeping this gem and the investment I"ve put into it reflects that long-term interest. My father had put mostly highway miles on the Yukon, and kept it well maintained with all normal scheduled service items. It pulled an 18 foot boat out of a barn and 10 miles to a ramp in the Spring, and then back in the fall, and that was it for the pulling duty. It was mostly for travel back and forth between St. Louis and a little lake cabin an hour north, and for all the stuff we"d bring with us. I"ve had a very light trailer on it a handful of times since I"ve owned the vehicle. I loved this truck, and when I bought it I got it into my head that I would be keeping it for 300K miles and I"m a dealership service kind of guy so I had every service performed on it (and kept that going for the next 3.5 years) and started replacing everything under the sun. And I took opportunities to be proactive with parts as well - when the intake manifold had a leak, for instance, I took it as an opportunity to replace the fuel injectors. Every part that has been put into this Yukon has been AC Delco, proof of which I can provide via my complete/comprehensive service records and parts order confirmations from Rock Auto. The only things that are not EOM are the side mirrors (LMC Truck generics, the old school manual control versions in NICKEL finish - which I think look amazing and function so much better), and the exhaust - the Flowmaster model designed for this truck, purchased from Summit Racing - which I replaced when the gasket between the catalytic converters and the cat-back pipes blew. Nice and throaty by the way, but not overwhelming and so a nice blend of satisfying to me and not annoying to the family. (And no, there is no droning/vibrating noise either.) I also added the cab lights myself, based on many months of research on how. They go on with the main headlights and parking lights, and I personally think they look great and I got compliments often. But they typically wouldn"t come from the factory on the 1500 series trucks. Nearly everything that has been done is your run of the mill 1995-1999 GM truck stuff. Check any forum and you"ll often find in the "sticky" posts all the stuff that usually breaks on these. All of those things have broken, yes, and they"ve all been fixed. I actually think you"re looking at this truck at the perfect time, I"ve addressed all these things that happen just after 100K miles and you should be good for a good long time. The only thing that wasn"t run of the mill, but my addressing it is still to your advantage, is that the engine threw a rod at in September 2016 at 117,690 miles. That shouldn"t have happened with the 5.7 Vortec, they are known to be bullet proof and neither I nor my father ever drove this thing hard, we drove it like a truck. We put the rod failure down to having sat for a while in my father"s garage before I purchased it. Cars don"t like to sit. And the "sitting" theory is consistent with the various seals that I replaced in the first year or so. Anyway, I not only replaced the engine with a stock GM crate replacement (all next except the block which was remanufactured) but also took the opportunity to put a new transmission in - it was doing just fine but I figured I might as well considering the labor I was already having done. I was rewarded for my completeness and honesty with the only other vehicle I"ve sold on eBay, a 2001 Chevy Blazer, and so l will be completely honest with everything about this vehicle. Obviously, it"s a 20 year old truck and anything can happen. But here"s what I know about it: Under heavy load between 35-45 MPH (think trailer, up a hill), if you"re in Overdrive you will get a misfire on cylinder #7. Tiny, and roughly every two seconds until you get out of that speed range or reduce your load. I have spent countless hours and dollars trying to trace the issue, and we believe it is down to a bad fuel injector - which I was not about to replace for $1000 parts and labor. Here"s the solution - drop it into 3rd in those situations! I just wanted to be completely forthcoming with that. There looks to be the very beginning of an A/C refrigerant leak at a point where two sections of line connect near the rear passenger wheel. This is for the rear seat A/C controls (it goes from the compressor under the hood, through to a unit that"s over the wheel well in the cargo area and then back up to the controls, I guess). It"s a few drops, not a gusher. Bad seal I presume, and should be an easy fix, just not one I"ve felt like dealing with. Guessing it doesn"t leak if you don"t use the rear A/C. It had fender flares on it when purchased by my father. When one of them started pulling away from the body, I took them off only to discover they were hiding a dent. They were color matched to the two-tone, so to replace them would have been a big deal. I just lived with the dent. There are two other decently sized dents on that side as well, one each on the passenger side doors. The one of the front passenger door is way low and really not noticeable at first. But the other thing is, those flares left scratches where they rubbed against the paint, and small holes from the mounting. Again, absolutely no rust there at all, amazingly (I really am amazed - it"s not like the truck hasn"t seen any rain). But, you know, a little unsightly. The mirrors have a lot of surface area and again they were aftermarket, and at highway speeds they used to fold in a little. I got tired of it and after trying a few less invasive thing I just screwed the posts into the mounting brackets with a shear screw. This way, they hold but if something hits them the screw will break and you just replace it. Carpet is stained under the sweet WeatherTech cargo mat in the back. Got that way before the cargo mat was purchased. So, my tech tip is: Keep the cargo mat there and you won"t see it. EVERYTHING ELSE THAT YOU SHOULD EXPECT TO WORK, WORKS AS EXPECTED - OR IF NOT, I DIDN"T KNOW ABOUT IT. The stereo is original and works great (yes, even the tape deck, even though it says "clean" every time you put on in, even though it IS clean…), but I replaced the auxiliary CD player with a refurbished one on eBay. AND, I"ve connected a unit to it that allows it to take input from an iPod or iPhone (with adapter, which I have and can give you if you want it). This was great for both music and Google Maps navigation through the speakers. Together with the super heavy duty phone mount that I rigged up using a combination of Ram Mounts parts and a little McGyver action (it is completely solid and vibration free, yet perfectly out of the way of everything!), this setup is ready to reliably service your modern electronics needs through the original GM/Delco goodness that came with it. Despite the picture, all parts of the phone/device mount will be included except the actual part that holds the phone, I"m planning to use that in my new vehicle. It"s for an iPhone 6 size anyway, and most people have gone bigger. The Ram Mounts part number for mine was RAM-HOL-AP18U, and I got it on a few months ago for $9. But you could just as easily use this to mount a tablet, or whatever…any phone, any device, Ram has mounts for all that will work with this. I have the CarFax report from when I first purchased the vehicle, you should obviously feel free to get a fresh one (sorry, that"s up to you) - but I have every receipt from every parts purchased, and every service record from when I"ve owned the vehicle and some from when my father did, and I will happily supply you with all of these. I also have the two relevant Chilton repair manuals, I will throw these in. (1999 was a sort of in-between year with these manuals, for some reason.) The WeatherTech mats will be included of course… I also have the original retractable cargo area privacy cover that is in excellent shape… I also have the GM touch-up paint, I"ll include that… And, I have a full aftermarket body molding kit, I"ll include that as well. Oh, and as a funny little thing I did for my wife when she used to sit in the back with the baby, I"ll also include a little jerry-rigged flower vase that I put together that screws into one of the rear cupholders so it doesn"t move around. It was a nice touch to thank a hard working mother who kept the kiddo occupied on the long trips between St Louis and Chicago, while I had the easy job of driving. Any questions at all, more pictures, etc. - I am more than happy to offer upon request. Cash only, in person at time of transaction. Thank you for looking!