Re: New Alaska Owner - Sy #2227
Hey guys! Haven't looked at the site in a few days and just saw your postings. Aside from Jake (previous owner of #2227) Montana is the only other Syty person I've met here. I have spoken with Tim once on the phone but haven't actually met yet. I did get a call from Scott Foltz in Fairbanks about my old motor & tranny. Scott is military (USAF) and transferred to Eielson AFB from Mountain Home AFB in Idaho. He has a modded Sy.
BTW, mine is running fantastic!!! Very happy with it. Stu at FATS service finished the install and we got it back on Nov 9th. The new motor passed emissions with no trouble though most of the time the employees at the emissions referee station spent time gawking over the truck.
There's been no trouble starting when our weather has been colder and it handles just fine on snow and ice. Oh, did I mention it runs like a "BAT OUT OF HELL"! I used to own a Mercedes ML55 AMG which was no slouch, but this truck would eat it for lunch at least to 100. My truck idles smoothly and seems to be getting pretty good mileage so far. Needless to say it's a keeper and a great DD.
I do eventually want to get the ABS system fixed. The ABS and Ebrake warning lights don't come on when the ignition key is turned on for a system check and the ABS doesn't work when I've tried it on snow and ice. Perhaps the EHCU is bad, don't know for sure yet.