Hey locdoc, I've never been a camera person & even when I carried one I'd forget to use it. My "rare" G10 is being detailed & when I pick it up next week, I'll see if I can find a camera & take a few photos. I still really like & appreciate Astros & Safaris, but my 1st ...

A few days after checking out this Safari, I finally decided I wanted it & headed down to buy it! It wasn't in the driveway when I arrived, but Kevin, the nephew selling it, came out of the house & greeted me! He said another interested party had taken it to their mechanic to look it over &a...

First of all, sorry, no photos! I stopped to look at a 1986 GMC Safari "for sale" yesterday & was quite surprised to find a 305 cid V8 in it. Everything looks factory & even the sticker/emissions tag looks to be correct! I looked under it & thru the open hood & I swear it c...

My neighbor recently bought a 97 Astro AWD with 487,000 original miles! Only one person drove it all those miles & other than a several tuneups & regular maintenance, nothing has failed or been replaced!!! He paid $1500.00 for it & the body & interior look great!!! It even has a new ...

Well... my buddy & I didn't touch his 98 Astro AWD w/ "W" engine for several months. We started it the other day & had to give it a shot of starting fluid to get it to start & run. With the engine cover off, it idled & ran great & we drove it about 50 miles! Got back to...

I bought a "fuel pump repair kit" off Ebay for the Astro for $25.00 + 6.50 ship = $31.50. The name of the place wasn't "Global Auto", so I was a bit concerned, until it arrived... it was from Global Auto!!! Now I need to find an inexpensive ICM "ignition control module"...

How difficult was it to get the old pump out of the holder & put the new one in???
I just ordered a pump kit to give it a try!

We've checked the distributor gear, even though it was replaced about 20,000 miles ago & it looked great. We've also checked the EGR & it is working properly & it is also fairly clean. It was replaced about 10,000 miles ago. Still no codes! After letting it cool down yesterday afternoon...

98 Astro AWD 4.3 "W" Even though we had already changed them, with the possibility that the new ones were bad, we we went ahead & swapped the temp sensor by the thermostat housing & the temp gauge sender in the left head. NOTHING CHANGED... it still runs great when cold & even...

OK... we're using an INNOVA scan tool & some other expensive one that another neighbor loaned us. Both show the same info & ALL parameters etc., etc. show to be within specified limits. Since he changed the O2 sensor that threw a code & said it wasn't working, there have not been anymor...

OK... my buddy & I replaced the fuel pump, fuel filter (though it was new & only had 25 miles on it) & TPS on his 98 Astro AWD 4.3 "W". (See TPS Symptoms post) The new fuel pump, fuel filter & TPS were purchased at the local Chevy dealer. After replacement, the fuel pressu...

OK... here's an update on my buddy's 98 Astro AWD 4.3 "W"... a couple days ago, he changed the oil & filter & discovered a small leak at the adapter the oil cooler lines come off between the block & filter. He changed the fuel filter, which had about 20,000 miles/18 months on ...

If warming the catalytic converter up real well doesn't work, there's a good chance you need a new "cat". Another buddy's 96 Astro AWD's smog test showed HCs were about 25-30 ppm's too high & a new converter cleaned it up so well, that the smog tech was amazed at how low the HCs dropp...