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

[Doubeleive]

When it's been raining all day, and you give it some throttle from a stop light and hear water slosh through the door... Time to jam something in the drain hole and let it dry out.

I drilled a couple holes in mine no more fish tank

 

[gooffeyguy]

I drilled a couple holes in mine no more fish tank

Why drill when there's holes already there, just plugged with rubber/plastic plugs?

They look like this, and are in both front and back doors. I think the rear doors of the LWBs have 2 each, while the SWBs have 1 each

 

[RooTBeeRthe1st]

Just pull the oval shaped plugs out that are under that plastic flap and keep them out

Ah yes, I forgot about that, thank you.
We never get enough rain to worry about it typically.
I'll do that in the morning when I put the new 1350 u-joint straps on the 14b yoke.
Thankfully, those 155Kmi 10b straps held tight this whole week. Although I did drive a lot nicer than usual...despite wanting to play in the rain.
They still held up through plenty of abuse for the last 200+mi. lol

 

[gooffeyguy]

There is also a small drain hole in the rear most corner of the door where the sheet metal folds meet that is the actual "drain", but it is small and gets clogged easily. I used to take a small zip tie and use it like a pipe cleaner to clear out this hole, then I found the bigger ones that have the plugs.

 

[RooTBeeRthe1st]

I drilled a couple holes in mine no more fish tank

Yeah I remember you posting that a while back.

 

[StrkAliteN]

Why drill when there's holes already there, just plugged with rubber/plastic plugs?

They look like this, and are in both front and back doors. I think the rear doors of the LWBs have 2 each, while the SWBs have 1 eachView attachment 359302

What part of the rear doors in a YUKON ( 2007 ) are these plugs located ? Obviously near the bottom to drain water.
My rear pass side door retain water sometimes. Never knew to look for these plugs.

Thanks in advance

 

[George B]

I noticed today that I put in one more gallon of fuel than my truck said I used. Truck said I used about 9 and I put in 10. Just wanted to top it off.
Probably a fluke.

 

[StrkAliteN]

There is also a small drain hole in the rear most corner of the door where the sheet metal folds meet that is the actual "drain", but it is small and gets clogged easily. I used to take a small zip tie and use it like a pipe cleaner to clear out this hole, then I found the bigger ones that have the plugs.

Kinda answers my previous question. Will be looking to pop out the plug on one of my doors when the snow melts next week

 

[gooffeyguy]

What part of the rear doors in a YUKON ( 2007 ) are these plugs located ? Obviously near the bottom to drain water.
My rear pass side door retain water sometimes. Never knew to look for these plugs.

Thanks in advance

Along the bottom inside edge is a plastic weather strip "flap". These oval plugs are under it.

 

[StrkAliteN]

Along the bottom inside edge is a plastic weather strip "flap". These oval plugs are under it. View attachment 359306

EXCELLENT info ( thank you )

 

[RooTBeeRthe1st]

There is also a small drain hole in the rear most corner of the door where the sheet metal folds meet that is the actual "drain", but it is small and gets clogged easily. I used to take a small zip tie and use it like a pipe cleaner to clear out this hole, then I found the bigger ones that have the plugs.

Yeah, I knew about that one. That's the one that I jammed my Leatherman tool into when I parked at home, and got the door to start draining.
Opened and closed it really quickly a few times to let centrifugal force help get the majority of the water out.


It'll be a dry weekend though. So it shouldn't be an issue. I've done much worse to a lot more important areas of this vehicle anyway. Hahaha

 

[Doubeleive]

Why drill when there's holes already there, just plugged with rubber/plastic plugs?

They look like this, and are in both front and back doors. I think the rear doors of the LWBs have 2 each, while the SWBs have 1 eachView attachment 359302

because I usually back into the driveway with the nose down so I drilled holes on each end of the door so either way it won't be holding any water

 

[gooffeyguy]

I hate sloped driveways. Glad I've never had one.

 

[StrkAliteN]

I hate sloped driveways. Glad I've never had one.

My house is on a hillside ( above a golf course )

My driveway is on at least a 30 degree grade and around 100' long.
Thank goodness there is a ton of room up top that is flat.
Besides the 2 car garage, there is room to park around 4-5 cars and RV / boat parking slot. So plenty of room to work on cars - park flat etc

Not every house on my street is set up like mine and some have short and steep driveways that downslope directly into their garage door.
Others on same side of street as me have a driveway that is steep uphill and leads direct to garage door with zero flat parking ( until they pull into garage.

 

[Just Fishing]

Got the transmission pressure gauge lines routed...
I found the pressure read lines fit perfectly into some 6mm air tubing i have on hand.
That stuff is really tough, should make the perfect shield...

I also found that when routed, i can push and pull on the pressure line and it will slide inside of the tubing.
That's making it nice to make little adjustments!

And i spent probably 3hrs trying to figure out where i wanted to drill a hole in the hoe.

I finally went for a location right below the brake booster.
Nearly put a hole in the back of that booster... lol

 

[Just Fishing]

My house is on a hillside ( above a golf course )

My driveway is on at least a 30 degree grade and around 100' long.
Thank goodness there is a ton of room up top that is flat.
Besides the 2 car garage, there is room to park around 4-5 cars and RV / boat parking slot. So plenty of room to work on cars - park flat etc

Not every house on my street is set up like mine and some have short and steep driveways that downslope directly into their garage door.
Others on same side of street as me have a driveway that is steep uphill and leads direct to garage door with zero flat parking ( until they pull into garage.View attachment 359325

I'm looking at a nice row of those trees here soon.
Might be slightly different, supposed to top out at about 15ft.
I dig the look.

 

[gooffeyguy]

My house is on a hillside ( above a golf course )

My driveway is on at least a 30 degree grade and around 100' long.
Thank goodness there is a ton of room up top that is flat.
Besides the 2 car garage, there is room to park around 4-5 cars and RV / boat parking slot. So plenty of room to work on cars - park flat etc

Not every house on my street is set up like mine and some have short and steep driveways that downslope directly into their garage door.
Others on same side of street as me have a driveway that is steep uphill and leads direct to garage door with zero flat parking ( until they pull into garage.View attachment 359325

At least you have flat area at the top, so not all of it slopes.

Mine is 110' long and is level except for about the first 5-10' at the road where it slightly slopes down to the road.

When I was younger, my friend's driveway was about 30-40' long and sloped upwards to his garage. Not a slight slope, but at least a 45* slope. It sucked, especially if you were parked on it. Royal pain in the ass getting in and out of a vehicle when the door is trying to constantly close on you, lol

 

[iamdub]

My house is on a hillside ( above a golf course )

My driveway is on at least a 30 degree grade and around 100' long.
Thank goodness there is a ton of room up top that is flat.
Besides the 2 car garage, there is room to park around 4-5 cars and RV / boat parking slot. So plenty of room to work on cars - park flat etc

Not every house on my street is set up like mine and some have short and steep driveways that downslope directly into their garage door.
Others on same side of street as me have a driveway that is steep uphill and leads direct to garage door with zero flat parking ( until they pull into garage.View attachment 359325

What are those trees- the three on the left and those in that line on the right? I'm taking notes for some future landscaping and looking for some like those. Also, what climate are you in?

 

[iamdub]

Royal pain in the ass getting in and out of a vehicle when the door is trying to constantly close on you, lol

All you had to do was "toot" or "tilt" or "squat" your cars or trucks and back up the driveway.


On a similar note: Jenn asked me recently why I kept using the emergency brake in her car. I just told her because we were parked was on a slope (almost everywhere we parked was). I wasn't gonna try to explain the reason or process (hold the brake pedal, shift to neutral, pull the brake, etc...). For her, it's best to wait until she puts herself in a situation with the trans locked then explain the whys and hows.

 

[wjburken]

All you had to do was "toot" or "tilt" or "squat" your cars or trucks and back up the driveway.


On a similar note: Jenn asked me recently why I kept using the emergency brake in her car. I just told her because we were parked was on a slope (almost everywhere we parked was). I wasn't gonna try to explain the reason or process (hold the brake pedal, shift to neutral, pull the brake, etc...). For her, it's best to wait until she puts herself in a situation with the trans locked then explain the whys and hows.

That reminds me, I need to fix the parking brake on the wife’s Yukon. It’s bound up somewhere and you can’t push in the pedal. Wife has never used it and I went to use it a while back and discovers it was bound up.