Luckily the rear step pad and wiper cowl is the only plastic not color matched on my TB. I remember seeing pics after you painted your wiper arms, cowl, and all the plastic. I have been wanting to do it ever since. A few coats of paint and clear and I should not have to worry about them again. How is all of the trim, wiper arms, and cowl holding up to the Florida sun?Blckshdw said:Might as well spray your wiper cowl while you've got them off.
Luckily I had enough downtime to pull all my faded plastic parts and shoot them with some gloss black. Have gotten lots of comments from coworkers and people around the office who think my truck is much newer than an 05, since all the plastic parts look brand new.
What did you do to your GMT today?
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Haven't touched mine yet. Garage helps. Not half as bad as the countless others.
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My stock intake at those speeds gets good IAT readings, too. The IAT at 30 above ambient at or near idle speeds actually is about what I see, too. I wonder if part of that isn't because of the nature of the hose? Most dryer hose I've seen, the main element is the spring and the foil itself is actually fairly thin. Is yours thin, or does it have any sort of insulation or anything?gmcman said:I actually did this Saturday but just came back from a short road trip to Williamsburg so the kids could have some fun this weekend. I wanted to try a cheap DIY cold air intake and I have only used a flexible dryer hose but I have a spare airbox cover laying around so I chopped it up some, enlarging the cavity around the filter element and opening a larger round hole in the front.
I simply snaked a flexible dryer hose down to where the bumper meets the grill at the non-Rolls Royce spec body gap.
Just messing around with it right now but at highway speeds my IAT is only 4 deg higher than ambient. Going down Saturday I didn't hit any traffic...128 miles down, 97 at Interstate speeds...70-80 MPH and 30 miles of back roads but 45-55 MPH average, AC off.
The return trip was bad, alot of traffic and I caved a few times and turned on the AC when stopped. Every 5-10 miles I hit traffic for about 5-10 min.
The results were better than expected, I don't know if the direct flow of outside air helped but the mileage was better than I have received on previous road trips.
Granted I understand the fuel gauge is far from a linear response and others even get higher mileage, but again this is better than I have recorded especially with the 4:10 rear and I also have the small tank.
DIC showed 22.3 AVG going down and I ended up with 21.4 at the end. I wish I could have run the whole tank out with no traffic but I'm going to try to clean it up a little and see what happens. DIC is taken with a grain of salt and I generally net .5-1MPG difference in real world calculations to the bad side.
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I used SEM bumper coater, so no clear was needed. I put on 3 medium coats on all the pieces, and they look the same as the day I sprayed them. Really happy with that product, will definitely use it again in the future.
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Yup, sure did. No chips or anything, even with small branches falling out of the oak trees I park under at home when we have strong storms. The selling points for me, was that no primer or adhesion promoter was needed, and it already had a flex additive in it, so it shouldn't crack and peel due to the flex of something large like a bumper.
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dmanns, smacking the post a couple of times with a hammer will help loosen them. I used a battery puller the first time and bent it. Then I smacked the post with a hammer a few times and they broke loose.
I do that when I've had to take them off since and it works like a charm...no puller needed.
I do that when I've had to take them off since and it works like a charm...no puller needed.
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This is from yesterday but...Charged up the battery enough to allow me to start it and run it for 30 min to let the alternator charge the battery the rest of the way and replaced the useless stock GM battery bolts with some 3/8" coarse thread bolts and nuts for increased clamping force on the terminals and giving me something to actually be able to attach charger clamps too lol
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Actually done yesterday...oil, oil filter, plugs, upstream o2 sensor, A.I.R. pump and solenoid, and dropped the spare so I could check the pressure, clean it, and lube the cable, latch and hoist.
Next nice weekend I tackle the stabilizer bar links.
Probably the easiest o2 sensor I've done on a vehicle yet. I was pleasantly surprised.
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Next nice weekend I tackle the stabilizer bar links.
Probably the easiest o2 sensor I've done on a vehicle yet. I was pleasantly surprised.
Cheers-
Chris
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What brand link is that?Aarkon said:
I went to grease the one Moog I got (right rear) and the lower grease nipple faces the stabilizer bar. I need to get a right angle adapter for my grease gun.
Also went to drop the spare to check the secondary and pressure. I lubed the secondary to within an inch of its life 2 or 3 months ago. It would not release. As it was getting dark I'll worry about it next weekend and flip the spare so it doesn't engage anymore.
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Still using them as BU lights I assume? I bet they're amazing at night. Are they wired on an independent switch to blind tailgaters?northcreek said:
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Yeah, Bu only...I did consider the switch though, like you mention. They help me back into the dark pole barn at night and look better than the stockers(imho)...Mike.
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Threw on the hitch step that I bought when I was in Rochester...
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Yeah they look better in my opinion too.northcreek said:Yeah, Bu only...I did consider the switch though, like you mention. They help me back into the dark pole barn at night and look better than the stockers(imho)...Mike.
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Haha I wondered how the heck you'd still have power with your battery disconnected
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I finally got around to checking the transfer case fluid at 63,000 miles. Getting the check/fill plug out was a debacle since I have no hex bits. Luckily a T55 star bit worked, I just needed a lot of PB Blaster to help.
The fluid didn't look bad at all, it was actually still mostly blue. I'll definitely still change it soon. I have a big trip coming up and want all new fluids in where they're overdue.
The fluid didn't look bad at all, it was actually still mostly blue. I'll definitely still change it soon. I have a big trip coming up and want all new fluids in where they're overdue.
Replaced my old bug deflector with a new one I picked up...
Next up: a set of fog lights to replace the winter-beat ones...
Next up: a set of fog lights to replace the winter-beat ones...
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Tried to diagnose a brake squeak but family stuff interrupted and I only narrowed it to rear
Checked out a noise from the front brake (pass side).. One of the caliper braket bolts was missing and the other side (drivers side ) was not tight. Not sure how this happened. Did go for an alignment after I did work on it but I am sure I had all these bolts tight.
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Now that you guys mention it, I did notice a small squeek the other day when pulling into the driveway. Have had my brakes for 2 years now, maybe I'll check them out this weekend to see how the pads look as well as make sure everything's tight as it should be.
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