1997 GMC Yukon Build Thread

[97YukonNZ]

Another one down! So far so good!
1 to go

yum that bourbon was sooo nice I might get me another for the other side. Anesthetic for shock surgery ha

ha! The shock is the cleanest thing on the beast at the moment.

 

[97YukonNZ]

Have driven a few days on new shocks and am very pleased with the how it has changed the feel of the drive.

It's amazing how you take the word shock absorber for granted because I didnt realise until I put the new ones in that the old shocks absorbed NOTHING!

Lol another job ticked off the list!

 

[97YukonNZ]

Today I finally got around to flushing the powersteer fluid out. Was an easy job to do,just took me a while to get around to.

Did oil and filter after that as After doing a new valley gasket on Her a few weeks ago I was not happy running the oil that was in it as I believe it was contaminated with coolant.

Went for a drive and man!! I cant believe how good the steering feels! No one had done this for ages! Little jobs ayyy,make for a better ride for sure!

 

[97YukonNZ]

Next bit of fun I'm keen to apply is some headers. Looking at these shorties as I can hook them up to my existing exhaust system without having to commit to a whole system until it is in the budget.

I'm also looking at this for the rear end of the system,will look at a pair of hi flow cats at some stage to bring it all together.

just throwing some thoughts out about it, any input appreciated before I hit Send it!

 

[97YukonNZ]

Has been a busy week altogether.
Glad I got some jobs done on the Yukon.
Did oil n filter on the subaru today aswell and cleaned the wires n distributor cap on a mates Jeep. Fixed a miss it had for him but found an air leak in the injector seal on #2 cylinder so could be a good time for him to replace/upgrade them.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Next bit of fun I'm keen to apply is some headers. Looking at these shorties as I can hook them up to my existing exhaust system without having to commit to a whole system until it is in the budget.View attachment 343786I'm also looking at this for the rear end of the system,will look at a pair of hi flow cats at some stage to bring it all together. View attachment 343787 just throwing some thoughts out about it, any input appreciated before I hit Send it!

You guys need cats there? Even on an old vehicle like yours?
Why not long tubes instead of shorties?

 

[97YukonNZ]

You guys need cats there? Even on an old vehicle like yours?
Why not long tubes instead of shorties?

No I can take them out but it will throw the engine light up unless I can find some one who can tune or delete it out.

Yeah that's why I was asking about the shorties. Is what the guy I got the shocks off was trying to sell me. Would rather a long tube myself.
Lol could drive it to the exhaust guy straight outa the caps!!!

 

[97YukonNZ]

Is 4th July here today and Matariki the Maori New Year!
We are out celebrating the morning and helping a local Iwi reclaim some land by planting native medicinal shrubs.
This is the hungy fire
Was lit about 1am to heat the steel and rocks before the meat and vegetables go in to cook in the ground for 5 hours.
The kai will be ready to eat around lunchtime. Am starving already!! Will be soo good!

 

[97YukonNZ]

And here is what it looks like while it is cooking. Doesn't look as flash but wait until the kai comes out of the ground in a few hours

 

[Tonyrodz]

And here is what it looks like while it is cooking. Doesn't look as flash but wait until the kai comes out of the ground in a few hoursView attachment 343842

Is that meat?

 

[97YukonNZ]

Is that meat?

Yes
Whole chickens,pork,lamb.kumura (sweet maori potatoe) pumpkin,cabbages.
All wrapped in large leaves a laid in metal cages.

and in here some smoked eel from Birdlings flat on the edge of Lake Ellesmere and Lake Forsyth. Yummm

 

[Sparksalot]

Yes
Whole chickens,pork,lamb.kumura (sweet maori potatoe) pumpkin,cabbages.
All wrapped in large leaves a laid in metal cages.View attachment 343852and in here some smoked eel from Birdlings flat on the edge of Lake Ellesmere and Lake Forsyth. Yummm

Looks tasty

 

[Tonyrodz]

Looks tasty

X2!

 

[97YukonNZ]

Here we are boys
Kai time

 

[Tonyrodz]

Here we are boys
Kai timeView attachment 343883View attachment 343883View attachment 343884

Looks delicious!!

 

[97YukonNZ]

Looks delicious!!

Oh Yeah!! It was Tu Meke bro (too much) lol
There was pork,chicken,mutton,Tahr,smoked eel and mutton bird for the meats. Stuffing,hungi cooked cabbage,carrot,pumpkin,kumura, potato & maori bread. Had a bit of each
Stuffed full now. Haha

 

[Fosscore]

On the Kai.
Nice updates on the Yukon.

 

[97YukonNZ]

On the Kai.
Nice updates on the Yukon.

Thanks

Was a big day and the 1st time we had been to a Maori New Year celebration.
The Kaimanua (elder/leader) of the group had recently become a client of my wife and wanted to repay here efforts with one of her most favorite feeds, The Hungi!

 

[97YukonNZ]

Loving the new shocks
Although I can now feel everything through the pedal. Need to address a driveline issue that has been there since it was bought.
Transfer is/has been making a rub or worn bearing noise at low speed when cold. Mainly after slow takeoff during coasting.
Have changed oil and it backed off for a minute but has gradually come back as oil thins.
I looked into getting a kit sent over to replace it but the shipping is a killer so I approached a local Chev parts store and they told me for $1000 I could have one off the back of a trans that had come in on a crate motor. They will guarantee anything broken but not worn so if I go down that track I may find myself in the same place.
I reckon on buying one putting it in and then pulling my old one down and seeing what it needs,addressing its issues and keeping it to the side as a ready replacement so I dont end up not being able to drive awaiting parts from the states.

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[Tonyrodz]

Loving the new shocks
Although I can now feel everything through the pedal. Need to address a driveline issue that has been there since it was bought.
Transfer is/has been making a rub or worn bearing noise at low speed when cold. Mainly after slow takeoff during coasting.
Have changed oil and it backed off for a minute but has gradually come back as oil thins.
I looked into getting a kit sent over to replace it but the shipping is a killer so I approached a local Chev parts store and they told me for $1000 I could have one off the back of a trans that had come in on a crate motor. They will guarantee anything broken but not worn so if I go down that track I may find myself in the same place.
I reckon on buying one putting it in and then pulling my old one down and seeing what it needs,addressing its issues and keeping it to the side as a ready replacement so I dont end up not being able to drive awaiting parts from the states.

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Your transfer case is making noise? They offered you a used one for $1000? I wonder what that is in USD.