My 5 Alarm Hoe

[Fosscore]

Congrats man. Nice work. My brother has a few years to go for retirement, but I know he gunning for it.

 

[Cattivo]

Congrats man. Nice work. My brother has a few years to go for retirement, but I know he gunning for it.

Thanks brother, the job takes a toll on you but the anticipation leading up to the retirement ceremony is all worth it when I sell the cheesy gold watch for some more Tahoe parts lol

Tell your brother it goes quick, I got on the job at 20 yo, next thing I knew...bam! I'm 43 and feel like I went 10 rounds with Tyson! lol

 

[Fosscore]

Yeah he's a few years behind you in age and starting date, but pretty proud of him. EMT, Fire, Heli-ops and he has been a part of a Type I Wildland Fire Incident Management Team (IMT) for the past few years as well.

This movie called "Only the Brave" coming out is about the Yarnell, Arizona 19 Hot Shots from a few years back. Happened about 30 miles from my parents house. My brother was on the scene after it happened and lost a lot of friends there. Tragic.

Sorry to digress, just good to hear you came out the other side. Now on to the mods!!!

 

[gat0r]

congrats on your retirement

 

[05Single]

That's awesome man, congrats.

Don't think my generation will ever see retirement the way things are going. Or they're gonna raise it to 85

 

[PG01]

Nice, good shit brother...

 

[Cattivo]

Thanks for the kind words brothers!

So I kind of overdid it celebrating with a few friends last night but I managed to push through the pain and gut the Escalades interior today.

Tomorrow if all goes well, I plan on gutting the Hoes interior after a quick stop at a cars and coffee event and reinstalling the Esky interior into the Hoe including the long overdue molded carpet I bought months ago as well as all the RCA/VIDEO/SPEAKER cables under the new carpet rather than struggle to fit them on the perimeter channels

I also installed the Esky cluster in the Hoe...pretty funny, I went from 98k miles on my original cluster to just under 200k miles on the Esky cluster lol

 

[Cattivo]

After I finish the interior...this is the next thing on my list

 

[95escahoe]

After I finish the interior...this is the next thing on my list

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It even has that rare engine cover still


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[Tonyrodz]

You could always get the cluster mileage reprogrammed. But isn't the esky cluster an 02 and your Hoe an 03?

 

[Tonyrodz]

OK correction: the Hoe is an 01. The esky is an 02?

 

[Cattivo]

It even has that rare engine cover still


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I didn't even know they were that rare...the engine bay is spotless

 

[95escahoe]

I didn't even know they were that rare...the engine bay is spotless

All NBS Escalade's have the 3pc cover the 02 is the only year it has the Caddy logo on it the other years just say Vortec 6000


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[Cattivo]

OK correction: the Hoe is an 01. The esky is an 02?

Correct, Esky is an 02...Hoe is an 01

The mileage doesn't really matter to me as long as I stay on top of changing all the fluids. The only problem I'm having now is how to remove and swap both steering wheels

 

[Cattivo]

All NBS Escalade's have the 3pc cover the 02 is the only year it has the Caddy logo on it the other years just say Vortec 6000


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I was unaware of that... I just need to find a place to swap out engines without going broke, just dropped lots of $$$ on new hardwood floors for the house

 

[Tonyrodz]

I was unaware of that... I just need to find a place to swap out engines without going broke, just dropped lots of $$$ on new hardwood floors for the house

I hope you didn't do that Pergo crap, that fake hardwood flooring. That stuff is garbage Imo.

 

[MadDogDelpho]

Correct, Esky is an 02...Hoe is an 01

The mileage doesn't really matter to me as long as I stay on top of changing all the fluids. The only problem I'm having now is how to remove and swap both steering wheels

An auto parts store should have a steering wheel puller for rent. To get the airbag off you need to have the battery disconnected for at least 10 minutes to be safe, then stick a screwdriver or something similar in the two holes in the back of the wheel and push from the inside of the wheel out. It should come off fairly easy. Then the yellow plug on the airbag needs to be removed, pull the little tab off, then the full plug. Then the red wires that run into the hole on the top left of the center needs to be turned clockwise on the little white plastic part and it should come out. Then you remove the big nut on the steering shaft then use the puller to get it off.

 

[Cattivo]

I hope you didn't do that Pergo crap, that fake hardwood flooring. That stuff is garbage Imo.

I sprung for the real hardwood floors

 

[Cattivo]

An auto parts store should have a steering wheel puller for rent. To get the airbag off you need to have the battery disconnected for at least 10 minutes to be safe, then stick a screwdriver or something similar in the two holes in the back of the wheel and push from the inside of the wheel out. It should come off fairly easy. Then the yellow plug on the airbag needs to be removed, pull the little tab off, then the full plug. Then the red wires that run into the hole on the top left of the center needs to be turned clockwise on the little white plastic part and it should come out. Then you remove the big nut on the steering shaft then use the puller to get it off.

Thanks brother, I'll give that a try in the morning

 

[Cattivo]

I spent 9 hours completely gutting the Hoe, installing new black molded carpet and installing the rest of the Escalade interior

I also ran all new RCA/VIDEO/SPEAKER wire under the new carpet along with the new wiring for the front power seats...the power/heated front seat wiring was installed using a wire loom to keep the OEM look

I also have no idea what this hose is under the carpet on the drivers side thats been keeping my carpet/floor mat soaked since the day I bought it