The weatherstripping and seals have outlived their useful designed lives and are in need of replacing. Reasonably priced aftermarket and semi easy to replace with limited previous experiance.
The power door lock switches need replaced as the drivers side works with difficulty and the passenger side no longer works. $40 to replace myself and an hours' time will remedy that.
Normal rust spots around seams and full metal rot in only two areas, one being the entire area of the passenger side tailgate hinge.
I very recently bought this street barge to use as a family hauler, part time poor mans RV, and main use tow vehicle for transporting my show car to and from car shows over the mileage limit I gave myself for the car.
I have had many GM trucks in the past, but this Suburban has to rank as the most versatile one of the lot. It is capable of transporting 8 adults while towing a decent sized trailer. If it were 4 wheel drive (which is within my capabilities) I could install a snowplow and salt spreader.
How did you go about replacing the power locks?
Hi there, I own a 1988 Chevrolet Suburban, the doors are the same.
Its relativly easy. if you unscrew the screws on the bottom on the interior paneling on the door, along with the ones inside the door handle, it will pull partially away.. however, there are little clips at the top (near the window) on the inside, that are hard to unclip. for this, you might need a really long stick or somethng, then push up on the door panel while your pushing up on each of the clips and you will feel the panel follow you up. once this is off, the door locking buttons are held on by blue things and need to be removed. to do this you jsut pull directly out, and they should pop off. the actual peice itsself will have to be pulled the opposote direction. when you have those replaced, backstep and you will have new locks!
Hope this helps.
~james
venomwebb92@hotmail.com.
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