X2 on the brake lines. My 2002 Chevy 3500 maybe saw salt ONCE in its life. Blew the brake lines here about 2 weeks ago on the way to get parts for my daily driver.
If this 2002 was out in the salt at all, the OEM brake lines will be shot.
I didn't pay anywhere near $16,000 for mine 3 years ago, with 32K miles on it. Everybody that loaned money said I was crazy to spend that much on such an old truck.
Nobody would loan me money for it then, and I have great credit. I can't imagine anyone will loan you $16K for this one now. They kept telling me it was too old and too much money, even though it was right on book value.
They had absolutely no problem loaning me TWICE as much money for a truck ONE year newer with TWICE the miles on it (2003 2500HD Duramax)