littleblazer
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Wispered to it softly that if it stalls out on me I will make its life a living hell and then went on my way to work.
What did you do to your GMT today?
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littleblazer
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Got my accumulator swapped out, man has this been a long time coming. Sure hope this cures my AC issues, as we're in the hot stretch of the summer.
Made sure to locate my packet of AC system seals...
But turns out I only needed one of them. New unit came with a seal on it's male connection. The instructions from GMSI said that I'd need to reuse the electrical switch, so I took that off, only to notice the new unit had one... 30 seconds of my life I won't get back, but whatever
I pulled a vacuum on it, and will let that sit for 30 minutes just to make sure it's holding, before I add the oil and refrigerant. So for now, we wait!!
Made sure to locate my packet of AC system seals...
But turns out I only needed one of them. New unit came with a seal on it's male connection. The instructions from GMSI said that I'd need to reuse the electrical switch, so I took that off, only to notice the new unit had one... 30 seconds of my life I won't get back, but whatever
I pulled a vacuum on it, and will let that sit for 30 minutes just to make sure it's holding, before I add the oil and refrigerant. So for now, we wait!!
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littleblazer
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Today was emblem day. Finally weather cleared up and I got back to modding my car 
Also spoke to a guy willing to change the bulbs in my Instrument Cluster, guy wants 150 SR ($39.99) and I would have to buy the bulbs myself. I can't justify spending that much just for someone to solder bulbs on my IC!! I would rather spend that to get my resonator off. Planning that for August which also requires 120 SR ($31.99)..... Have to really fit it all in the budget
Today I am planning on getting my Chevrolet Script Emblem on the car. Weather is looking good so far. Just got to get down to get it done. Update in a while
There! Finally got the emblem on it. Was no big thing. Just peel off the adhesive and stick it on the grill. I was only concerned about one thing. That was whether it will hold or no. But seems to be quite firm so far.
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Also spoke to a guy willing to change the bulbs in my Instrument Cluster, guy wants 150 SR ($39.99) and I would have to buy the bulbs myself. I can't justify spending that much just for someone to solder bulbs on my IC!! I would rather spend that to get my resonator off. Planning that for August which also requires 120 SR ($31.99)..... Have to really fit it all in the budget
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Got my accumulator swapped out, man has this been a long time coming. Sure hope this cures my AC issues, as we're in the hot stretch of the summer.
Made sure to locate my packet of AC system seals...
But turns out I only needed one of them. New unit came with a seal on it's male connection. The instructions from GMSI said that I'd need to reuse the electrical switch, so I took that off, only to notice the new unit had one... 30 seconds of my life I won't get back, but whatever
I pulled a vacuum on it, and will let that sit for 30 minutes just to make sure it's holding, before I add the oil and refrigerant. So for now, we wait!!
Ohh please no AC issues..... Dealt with the actuators..... Don't want anything else
Hope it gets fixed soon Anyho Today I also went caliper hunting. Checked out two GMT 360s. One TB with red caliper covers and an Envoy with yellow spray paint ( LUCKED OUT I GUESS
)It seems that the caliper covers get dirty quickly and somehow the spray painted stands out more
Pictures I will post tomorrow. Internet is acting up
UPDATE:
Got em
Red Caliper Cover on Trailblazer
Yellow Spray Painted Caliper on Envoy
Comments are appreciated
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Changed the upstream o2 sensor, CPS and CPAS. Drives well, no lights and codes. However I then realized I did it with the battery connected... should I diconnect it now for some time? Does any of these parts need a "reset" the same way you do it when cleaning the throttle body? Or will the ECU pick up the changes if any?
Or do you folks disconnect the batt when doing these just as a general safety measure?
Or do you folks disconnect the batt when doing these just as a general safety measure?
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Ohh please no AC issues..... Dealt with the actuators..... Don't want anything else
Anyho Today I also went caliper hunting. Checked out two GMT 360s. One TB with red caliper covers and an Envoy with yellow spray paint ( LUCKED OUT I GUESS
It seems that the caliper covers get dirty quickly and somehow the spray painted stands out more
Pictures I will post tomorrow. Internet is acting up
UPDATE:
Got em
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Red Caliper Cover on Trailblazer
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Yellow Spray Painted Caliper on Envoy
Comments are appreciated
You know they do make caliper paint kits that you can buy and do yourself. You can choose several different colors and it's real easy to do as well.
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Sadly hard to find here. There's regular spray paint easily available, but caliper paint is hard to find or I have not been looking in the right places
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When I changed my O2 sensor, I reset my trims via the Tech 2. i would imagine it would learn the new O2 or probably disconnecting the battery for 30 minutes would reset the whole thing. Don't forget to clean your throttle body.
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Found a new exhaust shop to do the resonator delete for me. The old one I talked to before got a little excited and told me if I want a straight pipe, we will do it for 120 SAR ($32.00) but if I want a side exit exhaust 250 SAR ($66.67). I said Thank You very much! Found another guy willing to do the side exit exhaust for only 100 SAR ($26.67)
Appointment fixed for this week
Appointment fixed for this week
Installed my new Alpine amp. Working on tuning the gain and filters.
littleblazer
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Mounce
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Dont see too many people that know how to do that properly. Nice work.
Mounce
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Ohms law is the next best thing to an oscilloscope, it's how I tuned mine a year ago. If you have a name brand amp like that you can tune it to whatever wattage up to its rated spec and not worry about clipping.
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Finally I did the resonator delete!!!
LOVE the new exhaust sound and appearance. Teaser for you all .........
I will get all the pictures and a few videos together on my Build Thread by tomorrow. So stay tuned
LOVE the new exhaust sound and appearance. Teaser for you all .........
I will get all the pictures and a few videos together on my Build Thread by tomorrow. So stay tuned
Ordered my ACdelco engine mounts to replace those crappy Anchor brand ones. Also ordered some ACdelco spark plugs to replace my NGK iridiums. I haven't had any problems with the NFL but figured I might as well since everyone recommends ACdelco to avoid possible issues...plus all this is in anticipation of my tune since I have a HPtuner VCM suite on the way.
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New shoes and alignment for the Denali.Going with Pirelli's this time ,pretty tires with good reviews.
Made the mistake of going with Continentals the last time and got 28K miles on supposedly 70K tires. Should have known better because Continentals have always had the reputation of being CRAP, kinda like Uniroyal had(s)....Mike.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Pirelli&tireModel=Scorpion+Verde+All+Season+Plus&partnum=46HR8SVASP&vehicleSearch=true&fromCompare1=yes&autoMake=GMC&autoYear=2007&autoModel=Envoy Denali 4wd&autoModClar=
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Made the mistake of going with Continentals the last time and got 28K miles on supposedly 70K tires. Should have known better because Continentals have always had the reputation of being CRAP, kinda like Uniroyal had(s)....Mike.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Pirelli&tireModel=Scorpion+Verde+All+Season+Plus&partnum=46HR8SVASP&vehicleSearch=true&fromCompare1=yes&autoMake=GMC&autoYear=2007&autoModel=Envoy Denali 4wd&autoModClar=
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littleblazer
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Only if you have an rms meter. Other wise make sure you use 50 or 60hz because that's what a normal meter is calibrated at.... just throwing it out there for others not calling you out or anything man.
As for me I drove it.
Mounce
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While tuning the amp, I had a CD playing with a track that is a constant 50hz tone.
SnowBlazer
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Noticed one tire not wearing correctly. Jacked it up by the control arm and used a crowbar to check for movement. Found the lower ball joint on that wheel with up/down movement. Ordered two MOOG K500083's(upper), two MOOG K6664's(lower), and one LISLE 49200(snap ring pliers).
littleblazer
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Silicone so you can scrape it out in a week when you want to put it back on?I deracked it completely. Filled the holes with 100% Silicone from GE.
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You guys know me too well!!! Nah. It wasn't going to fit with the basket in the storage shed and I like the SS look better.
I leave 27 September btw!!!
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Updated the build thread with a lot of pictures and videos before and after the resonator delete. Be sure to check them out at :
http://gmtnation.com/forums/threads/khalid-9130-jha-2009-trailblazer-ls-build.15395/
http://gmtnation.com/forums/threads/khalid-9130-jha-2009-trailblazer-ls-build.15395/
Sparky
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Used it to drag a broke down Hyundai something or other for 3 miles at midnight last night. Think their fuel pump quit.
Mounce
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Drove it to work today. Balanced the tires, checked the brakes, looked over all of the trans work I done yet another time to be sure that it hadn't started leaking or something, greased the upper ball joints and sway bar end links, tried to take the diff plug out to check fluid and was unsuccessful again, checked most of the suspension especially the parts I've replaced.
Left work and drove it home and watched the trans temp, highest was 172 on a hill after it kicked into second around 40mph(ect 208), went back down to 168.8 within a mile which it had been sitting at for a while(ect~200-205). Happy with the cooler, kinda figured it would run cooler than it is but 170 is much better than 200+ that I regularly saw. Looks like normal driving around here it'll sit around 168, takes it over 10 miles to get that hot though where it used to get hot within a couple minutes without the added cooler.
Left work and drove it home and watched the trans temp, highest was 172 on a hill after it kicked into second around 40mph(ect 208), went back down to 168.8 within a mile which it had been sitting at for a while(ect~200-205). Happy with the cooler, kinda figured it would run cooler than it is but 170 is much better than 200+ that I regularly saw. Looks like normal driving around here it'll sit around 168, takes it over 10 miles to get that hot though where it used to get hot within a couple minutes without the added cooler.
Didn't do anything to mine for the day yet but it did just survive Hurricane Earl and it will be put to work this week while I conduct damage inspections since I'm a claims rep.
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