What did you do to your NNBS GMT900 Tahoe/Yukon Today?

[RooTBeeRthe1st]

Bezos fckd up and sent me two broken manifold bolt "fix kits" when I ordered 1.(BOGO?)
And a grease fitting that hopefully fits my ball joints on my new LCAs... stupid front axles in the way...
Also grabbed a passenger rear broken bolt fix kit arrived even though that bolts not broken yet.

 

[iamdub]

Not today, but over the course of the weekend. Put 567 miles on 'er going to Pasadena for my grandma's 80th birthday party. Bombed around between the hotel, her church (party was in their event hall), restaurants, aunt's house, etc. Averaged 21.1 MPG over the whole trip. I didn't do much city driving since everyone and everything is within a ~10-mile radius. My only complaints about the Tahoe are a possible blown front left door speaker and that growling aspirator fan.

 

[slowride77]

Where ya located?

Kansas City, MO area

 

[iamdub]

Kansas City, MO area

Dammit. I've been tempted to get a spare set of trim pieces to paint or wrap then swap into mine. But shipping costs would make it not worth it unless those trim pieces were cheap. Whatcha looking to get for 'em?

 

[slowride77]

Dammit. I've been tempted to get a spare set of trim pieces to paint or wrap then swap into mine. But shipping costs would make it not worth it unless those trim pieces were cheap. Whatcha looking to get for 'em?

Well….I wouldn’t say cheap. I have the whole set listed online for over $400, but that’s a best offer auction. That’s about what I see them going for, so I figured I would start around there. Shipping is probably $40-$50 for the box they are in. I would throw them on here in the classifieds but I don’t have the 100 posts.

 

[89Suburban]

Nice, which one do you have? I need to get one

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Get a catch can before any mods.

Just ordered one. I too am going down the same path, cam ,trunnion, oil pump etc and noticed oil coming out of intake. Iamdub pointed me to the cc. Your confirmation is all I needed. Thanks

www.tahoeyukonforum.com

 

[RooTBeeRthe1st]

Got my 90° grease gun fittings so I could actually Grease the lower ball joints. Worked like a charm!
And as for that broken manifold bolt fix, there is very little room to get any fingers or anything in there, but I got that stupid thing on there after fighting with it and dropping the bolts and bracket many, many many times.
Apparently the sound that I thought was an exhaust leak has been the injectors the whole time anyway, not that there wasn't a tiny leak on the manifold, just not the noise I thought I was hearing.
Oh well, the bracket is on there now and it will live there until that engine comes out.

 

[the_tool_man]

Dammit. I've been tempted to get a spare set of trim pieces to paint or wrap then swap into mine. But shipping costs would make it not worth it unless those trim pieces were cheap. Whatcha looking to get for 'em?

Keep an eye out at your local pull-a-part. My LKQ has had a couple (literally, two) of GMT900s in the past month. I scored some spare trim pieces and a non-Denali forward bin for about $50.

 

[Bill 1960]

Question for the 900 series brain trust; do any of this series display actual tire pressures from the TPMS? My low spec DICless cluster tells me which tire(s) are low, but not the actual pressures. Actuals would be a valuable feature for me, since half the time I’m driving aired down with the warning light lit.
If that feature exists, where would I find it? Higher trim level cluster; later year model?

Thanks for your expertise!

 

[Sparksalot]

Question for the 900 series brain trust; do any of this series display actual tire pressures from the TPMS? My low spec DICless cluster tells me which tire(s) are low, but not the actual pressures. Actuals would be a valuable feature for me, since half the time I’m driving aired down with the warning light lit.
If that feature exists, where would I find it? Higher trim level cluster; later year model?

Thanks for your expertise!

Using the DIC mine will display the actual pressures. They match a good gauge pretty well.

 

[RooTBeeRthe1st]

Using the DIC mine will display the actual pressures. They match a good gauge pretty well.

Yeah, if you plug in the DIC buttons, you can access that menu without doing anything else. My SSV didn't have any of those fancy menus until I got the buttons and plugged it in.

 

[Bill 1960]

Using the DIC mine will display the actual pressures. They match a good gauge pretty well.

Thanks! One more project for the winter. I suppose it’s too much to expect it to display all four at once… is that right?

I suppose I’m spoiled by my newer vehicles with all the bells and whistles. Of course all that tech is the first thing to give trouble. Nothing like cranking up your new toy with 360 cameras and getting a screen with “camera system unavailable”. First world problems LOL.

 

[Doubeleive]

Thanks! One more project for the winter. I suppose it’s too much to expect it to display all four at once… is that right?

I suppose I’m spoiled by my newer vehicles with all the bells and whistles. Of course all that tech is the first thing to give trouble. Nothing like cranking up your new toy with 360 cameras and getting a screen with “camera system unavailable”. First world problems LOL.

displays 2 at a time, if you get a maestro rr and a good head unit it will show all 4 at once on the headunit.

 

[Sparksalot]

Yeah, if you plug in the DIC buttons, you can access that menu without doing anything else. My SSV didn't have any of those fancy menus until I got the buttons and plugged it in.

Exactly. The harness is there, just add the switch.

For thecopcar I bought a trim piece with DIC on eBay for $60. Of course it was wood grain. No big deal for my Utility vehicle. Flat black fixed that.

For theothertwin I went a different route and bought a new DIC for $25. Then carefully cut the trim to fit it. A bit of gorilla glue secured it.

 

[Bill 1960]

displays 2 at a time, if you get a maestro rr and a good head unit it will show all 4 at once on the headunit.

Woohoo! That’s an option I hadn’t even considered, although I sort of knew it was out there when I did my research for the head unit. And I’ll be going back in there anyway to replace this POS Pioneer, so that’s the plan.

Might as well do the DIC / maestro/ head unit all at once and then I’ll be golden.

 

[iamdub]

Keep an eye out at your local pull-a-part. My LKQ has had a couple (literally, two) of GMT900s in the past month. I scored some spare trim pieces and a non-Denali forward bin for about $50.

My LKQ honey hole/happy place inexplicably closed down about a year ago. Didn't even say "good bye"

There's another decent yard in the next city over, but their prices are kinda high. I do better vulturizing the trucks being parted out on Marketplace. I just haven't found any that the trim pieces weren't trashed by the time I find them. If I find a good interior, I should be able to get all of them for $100, tops.

Once Jenn gets another car, my Tahoe will be off the road, so there's no reason why I couldn't take my time to paint or wrap the original pieces. That'll all happen long before I find time to go browse a salvage yard.

*sigh*
The good ol' days...

 

[RooTBeeRthe1st]

displays 2 at a time, if you get a maestro rr and a good head unit it will show all 4 at once on the headunit.

Yeah, it's pretty handy actually. Especially after I added the steering wheel buttons and programmed the RR to bring that screen up with one of them.

 

[Sparksalot]

Yeah, it's pretty handy actually. Especially after I added the steering wheel buttons and programmed the RR to bring that screen up with one of them.

What is an RR?

 

[the_tool_man]

Yeah, it's pretty handy actually. Especially after I added the steering wheel buttons and programmed the RR to bring that screen up with one of them.

It's also handy to figure out whether or not the tire place reprogrammed the TPMS when they rotated the tires....or not, in my case.

 

[the_tool_man]

My LKQ honey hole/happy place inexplicably closed down about a year ago. Didn't even say "good bye"

There's another decent yard in the next city over, but their prices are kinda high. I do better vulturizing the trucks being parted out on Marketplace. I just haven't found any that the trim pieces weren't trashed by the time I find them. If I find a good interior, I should be able to get all of them for $100, tops.

Once Jenn gets another car, my Tahoe will be off the road, so there's no reason why I couldn't take my time to paint or wrap the original pieces. That'll all happen long before I find time to go browse a salvage yard.

*sigh*
The good ol' days...

That's funny. My closest LKQ used to be a locally owned business. When LKQ bought them, the prices doubled on most things. And they started charging for EVERY LITTLE THING. I can't walk out with so much as a hose clamp. The old guy gave that stuff away. And the old owner offered a $20 annual membership instead of the $2 per trip cover charge (which LKQ raised to $3). So I think LKQ is high.