Rocket Man's 02 Denali Build Thread AKA "THE BEAST"

[05Single]

Coming up on page 200 . To celebrate I vote nos system install

 

[Onebad1983]

Coming up on page 200 . To celebrate I vote nos system install

I vote there's nothing wrong at all, and he's secretly fully redoing everything on it to celebrate page 200

 

[Rocket Man]

Hurry up and get your shit fixed Rocket. Them 'Stangs aren't gonna embarrass themselves. Waaaaiiiiiiitttt.....

If only I had someplace inside to work on it! Believe me it’s hard to see it sitting in my driveway every day. Spring is coming.

Coming up on page 200 . To celebrate I vote nos system install

Yeah....no. I don’t need any more power.

I vote there's nothing wrong at all, and he's secretly fully redoing everything on it to celebrate page 200

Stay tuned...

 

[Onebad1983]

If only I had someplace inside to work on it! Believe me it’s hard to see it sitting in my driveway every day. Spring is coming.



Yeah....no. I don’t need any more power.



Stay tuned...

Ol' girl is still a beast though!

 

[Rocket Man]

I’ve been watching Harbor Freights ads all winter waiting for the trans jack to come on sale and finally it happened. From $170 to $120. I ordered one so now if spring ever comes Ill be ready. The last time I rented one and it ended up costing about the same as this one plus it was old and decrepit lol.

 

[Onebad1983]

She Shall Return!

 

[Rocket Man]

The trans jack was delivered and it’s supposed to be nice this weekend so the plan is to pull the trans finally so I can figure out what broke. I’m just having motivation problems, not looking forward to the hard work but I do want to see what the problem is so I can make a plan on fixing it. I really miss driving it.

 

[Tonyrodz]

The trans jack was delivered and it’s supposed to be nice this weekend so the plan is to pull the trans finally so I can figure out what broke. I’m just having motivation problems, not looking forward to the hard work but I do want to see what the problem is so I can make a plan on fixing it. I really miss driving it.

You got the whole crew rooting for ya Mark. Gotta say tho--I don't envy you.

 

[Fosscore]

You got the whole crew rooting for ya Mark. Gotta say tho--I don't envy you.

x2. You got this!!

 

[Onebad1983]

x2. You got this!!

X3

 

[Doubeleive]

doo=it

 

[07Burb]

meh....just sit on your ass. it'll fix itself



Good luck. We'll be looking forward to hearing what you find. Pulling a trans can be a huge pain on multiple levels!! Hopefully the issue is obvious once it's out.

 

[bottomline2000]

I’ve been watching Harbor Freights ads all winter waiting for the trans jack to come on sale and finally it happened. From $170 to $120. I ordered one so now if spring ever comes Ill be ready. The last time I rented one and it ended up costing about the same as this one plus it was old and decrepit lol.
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Damn, that's nice.. I paid $100 for that little awkward red screw one..it worked, but that one is damn nice..

A 4×8 piece of plywood would make that easier to do in the driveway..u got that fun transfer case to deal with..

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[Rocket Man]

Well f me I got it out after 8 1/2 hours today. Everything seemed to be a giant PIA , plus doing it in my driveway sucked. For instance, to pull the flex plate to TC bolts the starter had to come all the way out which meant the passenger header had to come off which meant the fender liner, plugs, wires and dipstick tube had to come off ( it goes between 2 of the header tubes). It was like that all day. Then when it was finally time to drop the trans, it wouldn’t come back at the top. There was one more bolt that I didn’t see ( not the top of bell housing but one space to the left) because you have to get your head up in a hole behind the trans to see it, and use a 4’ extension to remove it. Then it still wouldn’t come loose until finally as I was prying between the flex plate and TC it popped loose and fell off the damn trans jack. It didn’t hurt anything luckily. ****** news is that I see nothing wrong with anything. Torque converter doesn’t have any obvious signs, nor the transfer case. I think it’s the trans. If I put the gear selector in neutral the tail shaft only turns in one direction plus it seems like it makes noise as I turn the shaft although I can’t turn it much. I’m thinking I’ll get a return authorization and send the trans and converter back and see what they come up with. Besides I’m in no hurry to reverse this process. Damn truck tried to kill me today lol.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Well f me I got it out after 8 1/2 hours today. Everything seemed to be a giant PIA , plus doing it in my driveway sucked. For instance, to pull the flex plate to TC bolts the starter had to come all the way out which meant the passenger header had to come off which meant the fender liner, plugs, wires and dipstick tube had to come off ( it goes between 2 of the header tubes). It was like that all day. Then when it was finally time to drop the trans, it wouldn’t come back at the top. There was one more bolt that I didn’t see ( not the top of bell housing but one space to the left) because you have to get your head up in a hole behind the trans to see it, and use a 4’ extension to remove it. Then it still wouldn’t come loose until finally as I was prying between the flex plate and TC it popped loose and fell off the damn trans jack. It didn’t hurt anything luckily. ****** news is that I see nothing wrong with anything. Torque converter doesn’t have any obvious signs, nor the transfer case. I think it’s the trans. If I put the gear selector in neutral the tail shaft only turns in one direction plus it seems like it makes noise as I turn the shaft although I can’t turn it much. I’m thinking I’ll get a return authorization and send the trans and converter back and see what they come up with. Besides I’m in no hurry to reverse this process. Damn truck tried to kill me today lol.

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I sure don't envy you. Good job buddy.

 

[Rocket Man]

I wanted to quit so many times today. My bald head is all raw from rubbing it on the carpet I was laying on lol. I need to get the truck jacked up higher so I can use my creeper when I put it back together. Problem is, half of my driveway has crumbling concrete. Oh well, I’m proud of myself for accomplishing what I set out to do today. Sure was a lot of cussing for the last half a day.

 

[PG01]

Nice mark, good job although im sorry you had to go through it.

 

[Fless]

Likewise, Mark, too bad it had to go this way. However, as usual, even though you felt like quitting you persevered and got this part of the job done.

 

[Tonyrodz]

I wanted to quit so many times today. My bald head is all raw from rubbing it on the carpet I was laying on lol. I need to get the truck jacked up higher so I can use my creeper when I put it back together. Problem is, half of my driveway has crumbling concrete. Oh well, I’m proud of myself for accomplishing what I set out to do today. Sure was a lot of cussing for the last half a day.

Take it from a fellow bald guy--gotta wear a hat to protect that dome piece!

 

[Rocket Man]

Thanks for all the good thoughts guys. As usual, you guys have made me feel better.