What did you do to your NBS GMT800 Tahoe/Yukon Today?

[Walchit]

The oil pump is harder plus you pretty much have to pull the pan to do it. You need to remove the balancer, front cover and timing chain. I mean, there’s supposedly a cheat where you loosen the front of the pan and let it hang down a bit and then stuff a rag in so you can’t drop the bolt into it but I have heard getting the pickup tube bolts in is almost impossible. I wouldn’t try replacing the pump with the pan on myself.

The guy in that video modified the pickup tube so he could put the bolt back in the other hole. I'm probably just gonna pull the whole thing out and see how bad it is. It's probably f#@$&d anyway, might as well get it out of there

 

[HansJr]

That sucks laying them al off. We have about 15-20 of those car washes just like that down here. Big business for sure.

 

[mountie]

I may be wrong, but when a business changes ownership, they 'must' lay off current employees to then rehire into new company contract.

 

[Dantheman1540]

When the bussiness model changes from requiring 100 employees to needing just a handful theres not much of the "rehiring to a new company contract" going on.

But, good news I have a wax scheduled for tomorrow! No not a brazilian

 

[TEXCHEVY]

Tomorrow.... rear calipers, brake hoses, brake dust shield

 

[Rocket Man]

Tomorrow.... rear calipers, brake hoses, brake dust shield

Those Dorman 2-piece shields are a great idea, don’t have to pull the axles. Just make sure you have a good pair of snips to remove the old ones.

 

[TEXCHEVY]

yes, easier to replace and thanks for the advice I will prepare all the equipment

 

[corvette744]

Those Dorman 2-piece shields are a great idea, don’t have to pull the axles. Just make sure you have a good pair of snips to remove the old ones.

Never knew their was a 2 piece good to know.

 

[Rocket Man]

Never knew their was a 2 piece good to know.

One of the few Dorman parts I actually used. They actually work real good. Not quite as thick as OEM but still pretty good, and easy to install.

 

[iamdub]

Got a bit of Christmas money that I'm dumping back into the old girl. I ordered a weld together steel bumper kit for a Jeep XJ ($140) that I'll be adapting to the Tahoe, and I bought a few sticks of steel to start building a roof rack. Also going to build a swing out tire carrier and the wife and I are going to start saving towards a roof top tent so we can go camping more this summer.

Y u no haz build thread?!

 

[mountie]

Waiting during today, to go out NYE, I was looking at the tree branch, where the surface is usually the first contact to some low overhead garage door......
So, I did some 'gardening'. Flat black spray paint did the trick.

 

[mountie]

I dusted, wiped & ' 303 ' protectant plastic..... ( Good to do, to discover any issues )..

I found one.... Cheapskates at GM uses cheap "Pep Boys" wire loom covering.
Most was crumbling apart like kellog's corn flakes. Time to get real stuff & re cover!

 

[Rocket Man]

I dusted, wiped & ' 303 ' protectant plastic..... ( Good to do, to discover any issues )..

I found one.... Cheapskates at GM uses cheap "Pep Boys" wire loom covering.
Most was crumbling apart like kellog's corn flakes. Time to get real stuff & re cover!

Well it IS 15 year old thin plastic. It doesn’t last forever.

 

[mountie]

Well it IS 15 year old thin plastic. It doesn’t last forever.

yea... I guess you are right...... I forget how old my Yukon is...... ( still like new )

 

[iddqd]

Well it IS 15 year old thin plastic. It doesn’t last forever.

I use a Tesa tape for re-doing wiring looms. It looks like modern OEMs do.

Amazon Tesa tape 51036

 

[mountie]

I use a Tesa tape for re-doing wiring looms. It looks like modern OEMs do.

Amazon Tesa tape 51036

I found a very good version at Summit website, and it's also heat resistant. ( good price too ), and
nothing like the standard autoparts stuff....

 

[Rocket Man]

I use a Tesa tape for re-doing wiring looms. It looks like modern OEMs do.

Amazon Tesa tape 51036

Pics or it didn’t happen. Personally I like the braided high temp split loom. I use fabric tape at the entries and exits. Makes it look super clean. This place has anything you need in the way of loom, super huge selection.

Cable Sleeving, Braided Sleeve & Wire Loom Cable Management - Cableorganizer.com

www.cableorganizer.com

 

[iddqd]

Pics or it didn’t happen. Personally I like the braided high temp split loom. I use fabric tape at the entries and exits. Makes it look super clean. This place has anything you need in the way of loom, super huge selection.

Cable Sleeving, Braided Sleeve & Wire Loom Cable Management - Cableorganizer.com

www.cableorganizer.com

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[Rocket Man]

I still like braided better. Most of mine is but I still did use a bit of regular plastic split loom, there’s more I need to do with the braided. If you can get to both ends it’s nice to get the type that’s not split, it just slips over the end and then when you pull it tight it constricts until it’s tight, then I put heat shrink ends on it to secure it.

 

[iddqd]

I still like braided better. Most of mine is but I still did use a bit of regular plastic split loom, there’s more I need to do with the braided. If you can get to both ends it’s nice to get the type that’s not split, it just slips over the end and then when you pull it tight it constricts until it’s tight, then I put heat shrink ends on it to secure it.View attachment 359362View attachment 359363

The Whipple alone by itself makes it sick!!!!
I'm still trying to convince my spouse that it's absolutely necessary to spend $8K on a car that's worth $10K to install a SC. But i will do it eventually, I promise!