1980 GMC ASTRO

Cab & Chassis

8V92 DETROIT

MANUAL 10 SPEED WITH OVERDRIVE IVE

T49KHAV579783

Clear

Diesel

THIS VEHICLE BELONGED TO FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM FLORENCE, COLORADO AND JUST HAD BEEN TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE WHEN I PURCHASED IT. DRIVEN BACK TO ARKANSAS 900 MILES, AND NOT ONE PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE DURING THE TRIP. ENGINE OIL FULL UPON ARRIVAL AT HOME. MOTOR NOT LEAKING OIL UNDERNEATH, NOR ANY NOTED ON TOP. DID NOT RUN HOT, OIL PRESSURE AROUND 40 TO 60, I CAN REMEMBER EXACTLY BUT IT WAS HIGH. FRONT LIGHTS, REAR LIGHTS, SIDE LIGHTS, AND BRAKE LIGHTS WORK. CLUTCH WORKS, TRANSMISSION CHANGES GEAR PERFECT, REAR END PERFECT, DURING OPERATION. HAS TOOL BOX ON BACK. SPIRE TIRE NEW, BUT NO RIM IN TIRE. REAR 8 TIRES ALMOST NEW. FRONT TIRES STILL HAS GOOD THREAD. DRIVES DOWN THE ROAD PERFECT, NO SIDE TO SIDE MOVEMENT. BRAKES LOOK NEW ON THE VEHICLE. BRAKES WORKED FINE. TAKES 5 MINUTES FOR AIR TO BUILD UP, BUT IF YOU PUMP THE BRAKES A LOT THE LOW AIR LIGHT COMES ON ON DASH, MAYBE THAT WOULD BE NORMAL. NO TROUBLE WITH BRAKES ON THE ROAD, EXCEPT ONE TIME AS I CAME TO A RED LIGHT, I DID NOT GEAR DOWN IN TIME, AND USED FOOT BRAKE, AND PUSHED IT TOO MANY TIMES AND THE LOW AIR LIGHT CAME ON, AND THEN I FOUND IT HARD TO STOP THE TRUCK AT THAT LIGHT. COULD BE A SMALL AIR LEAK BUT I DO NOT HEAR ANYTHING. THE MILEAGE METER WORKS, IT HAS JUST OVER 145000 MILES ON ENGINE, AND THIS IS CORRECT ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNMENT. IT IS AIR FORCE BLUE, MAYBE THEY OWNED IT, BEFORE THE FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM TO CONTROL OF IT. TWO BATTERIES BOTH LOOK NEW. MOTOR STARTS UP IMMEDIATELY WHEN START BUTTON IS PRESSED. WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK, MIRROR ON PASSENGER SIDE BROKEN. SMALL 1/32 HOLES IN METAL ROOF, LOOKS LIKE THEY HAD A RADIO MOUNTED THERE AT ONE TIME. DASH HAS SOME CRACKS IN THE MATERIAL, BLACK PLASTIC COVERING AROUND STEERING WHEEL HAS A FEW CRACKS. HORN I HAVE NOT TRIED, BUT IT IS THERE ON TOP. SALES TAX PAID IN ARKANSAS, AND HAVE ARKANSAS TITLE, NOTHING FILLED IN ON BACK. DASH LIGHTS DO NOT WORK, NOR LIGHTER, I SUSPECT FUSE. THIS VEHICLE WILL BE A GOOD TRUCK FOR SOMEBODY, MANY MORE MILES LEFT TO PUT ON IT, IN THE FUTURE. I ONLY HAD THIS TRUCK FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS, IT WAS MY INTENTION TO GET IT AND MAKE SOME MONEY UNDER THE TABLE SORT OF SPEAK. I WAS VERY TIRED WHEN I GOT HOME, AND DID NOT GET OUT OF MY RECLINER FOR TWO DAYS, IT WAS THEN I KNEW, THAT THE HEART ATTACK I HAD TWO YEARS AGO REALLY DID PUT ME DOWN SOMEWHAT, AND I COULD NOT DRIVE THIS TRUCK, IT WAS JUST A DREAM. IF YOU BUY THIS TRUCK, JUST COME AND GET IT AT MY HOUSE AND DRIVE IT HOME, BUT DO NOT PUMP THE BRAKES AT A RED LIGHT TWO MANY TIMES OR THAT LOW AIR LIGHT WILL COME ON. I COULD NOT SHIFT DOWN PROPERLY, I HAD ALL WAYS DROVE AUTOMATIC ,FOR GARBAGE COMPANY I WORKED FOR YEARS AGO.