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

[George B]

I'm a bit surprised that modern 2-cycle engines aren't designed with a separate oil reservoir and an oil pump, like my first motorcycle, the old Kawaski 350 twin. Maybe it's lack of space or too many additional parts, but it sure would be more convenient if the pump metered the oil and you didn't have to mix.

My snowmobile and outboard are oil injected.

 

[gooffeyguy]

Trimmers and chain saws operate in different positions, sideways, upside down, etc. Boats and snowmobiles aren't (usually), so an oil reservoir works on those, but not on the others.

I'm thinking of switching to rechargeable yard tools. I'm getting tired of having different mixes and dealing with all that not starting/running crap having to clean out carbs/replace parts/etc with my trimmer, blower, and chain saws.

My mowers are OK. My 2005 John Deere riding mower runs great and has never had any problems.

 

[Geotrash]

Trimmers and chain saws operate in different positions, sideways, upside down, etc. Boats and snowmobiles aren't (usually), so an oil reservoir works on those, but not on the others.

I'm thinking of switching to rechargeable yard tools. I'm getting tired of having different mixes and dealing with all that not starting/running crap having to clean out carbs/replace parts/etc with my trimmer, blower, and chain saws.

My mowers are OK. My 2005 John Deere riding mower runs great and has never had any problems.

For smaller tools, I think battery is the way to go because replacement batteries are relatively inexpensive, but not for the larger, more power-hungry tools. I have a lithium ion powered trimmer and chainsaw, but still have a gas mower and leaf blower. For these, I'm of the opinion that I would need to replace each of them (or at least their batteries) 3-4 times during the lifespan of a single gas-powered unit.

When we moved to Virginia in 2020, I bought a new Honda mower which I anticipate will last the rest of my lifetime's mowing years. We left our previous 20 year old Honda mower for our tenants in Colorado to use, and I figure that it will last at least another 10 years or more. The main benefit I see to battery-powered units is not having to mess with gasoline. For some, avoiding that hassle may be well worth the cost of buying new batteries every 3-5 years.

 

[Doubeleive]

there making us go electric here, claiming a 2cyc engine ran for 30 minutes puts out more smog than a new car traveling 200 miles or some crap, complete and total b.s. they came up with. they can't possibly be factoring in all the intricities involved in that comparison.
God forbid the day the power goes out....if battery's are our only redundancy

 

[Doubeleive]

does anyone have a 07-14 pickup and a 07-14 suv?
I am trying to find out for certain if the hood air inlet grill clips (the one's around the hinge at the edge of the front windows left/right)
can be swapped from pickup to suv, I am reading conflicting information online.

 

[Geotrash]

there making us go electric here, claiming a 2cyc engine ran for 30 minutes puts out more smog than a new car traveling 200 miles or some crap, complete and total b.s. they came up with. they can't possibly be factoring in all the intricities involved in that comparison.
God forbid the day the power goes out....if battery's are our only redundancy

It is true that the emissions from an non-emission controlled small engine emits far more unburned hydrocarbons and other nasties into the atmosphere than a modern ULEV automobile does. But there are now other remedies for that than forcing people to use electric solutions. To my knowledge, the regulators are solving only for emissions as the device level and not looking at it systemically, with the environmental effects of battery manufacture, disposal and shorter equipment lifecycles factored in.

 

[Rocket Man]

Trimmers and chain saws operate in different positions, sideways, upside down, etc. Boats and snowmobiles aren't (usually), so an oil reservoir works on those, but not on the others.

I'm thinking of switching to rechargeable yard tools. I'm getting tired of having different mixes and dealing with all that not starting/running crap having to clean out carbs/replace parts/etc with my trimmer, blower, and chain saws.

My mowers are OK. My 2005 John Deere riding mower runs great and has never had any problems.

Yeah if your boat or snowmobile are upside down it’s probably better they aren’t running. Especially the boat.

 

[Rocket Man]

does anyone have a 07-14 pickup and a 07-14 suv?
I am trying to find out for certain if the hood air inlet grill clips (the one's around the hinge at the edge of the front windows left/right)
can be swapped from pickup to suv, I am reading conflicting information online.

I don’t know how the landscaping companies are going to survive. There isn’t an electric solution that I know of that will run for the number of hours they need.

On another note, any word on how that new law about vehicles with a non-stock tune is affecting people with high performance tunes? Are you able to smog your vehicles or do you need to flash a stock tune in?

 

[pwtr02ss]

Trimmers and chain saws operate in different positions, sideways, upside down, etc. Boats and snowmobiles aren't (usually), so an oil reservoir works on those, but not on the others.

I'm thinking of switching to rechargeable yard tools. I'm getting tired of having different mixes and dealing with all that not starting/running crap having to clean out carbs/replace parts/etc with my trimmer, blower, and chain saws.

My mowers are OK. My 2005 John Deere riding mower runs great and has never had any problems.

I switched to battery and will never go back. Once an affordable rider is available, I'll switch to that as well.

I went with makita on the yard tools. The trimmer and blower I have are awesome. I think the milwaukee are supposed to be a touch better. These work out a little cheaper, especially with the 4 battery deals.

This trimmer

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07X6BQPWV/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

and this blower. I have 8 batteries total so I'm never without...

https://www.amazon.com/Makita-XBU02PT-Lithium-Ion-Brushless-Cordless/dp/B01N7MX7YG/ref=sr_1_1?crid=35G2GEUA7P900&keywords=makita%2B36v%2Bblower&qid=1652803943&s=lawn-garden&sprefix=makita%2B36v%2Bblower%2Clawngarden%2C89&sr=1-1&th=1

 

[swathdiver]

does anyone have a 07-14 pickup and a 07-14 suv?
I am trying to find out for certain if the hood air inlet grill clips (the one's around the hinge at the edge of the front windows left/right)
can be swapped from pickup to suv, I am reading conflicting information online.

I'll look tonight when the kids get home.

 

[Just Fishing]

ya I recently replaced the sd card in the wifes pioneer deck, unfornutely when you do that it has to be factory reset the old card is ***** junk, they fail just like hard drives. her's was not a navigatiion unit so not sure if the gps data would be affected or not, you might be able to replace the software sd card boot up and retrieve gps cordinates before resetting it, if you do not reset it then it's like a frankenstien job
if you carry a android phone you can go into google maps and hit the menu button and look at your location history it may have the gps data as well even if there is no cell service.

Ty for that, I wasn't sure if there was anything else that needed to be done after the sd card.

As for the location,
Yeah, I have them saved in a file...
When I did the location find last time, I used my phone to locate it.
the pita part was it wouldn't give me turn by turn directions, so to find the "way points" I created, I need to look at the screen.

In order to even find the land, I needed to use the county maps then side by side with google maps I located the property using land marks.
Luckly the county maps showed a satellite image view, then I lined up roads and trees to find the 4 corners + the trails that lead to it.



This time around, at least I mostly know the landmarks.
I'm sure there is some way to search gps cords and then save them on the radio beforehand.

 

[Just Fishing]

I switched to battery and will never go back. Once an affordable rider is available, I'll switch to that as well.

I went with makita on the yard tools. The trimmer and blower I have are awesome. I think the milwaukee are supposed to be a touch better. These work out a little cheaper, especially with the 4 battery deals.

This trimmer

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07X6BQPWV/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

and this blower. I have 8 batteries total so I'm never without...

https://www.amazon.com/Makita-XBU02PT-Lithium-Ion-Brushless-Cordless/dp/B01N7MX7YG/ref=sr_1_1?crid=35G2GEUA7P900&keywords=makita%2B36v%2Bblower&qid=1652803943&s=lawn-garden&sprefix=makita%2B36v%2Bblower%2Clawngarden%2C89&sr=1-1&th=1

I like my gas powered tools.
I also modify them for more powar!

Usually, I start with the exhaust since home owner trash is usually pretty restrictive.
Once you have that opened up, then you can start adding fuel.
There is always a limit.
First will be of course how much exhaust can exit, then how much fuel the carb can supply...

Then you run into fun things like nitro methane...
I add just a few ounces to a 2 gallon can, then I also up the amount of two stroke mix.
Lots of heat generated, so there is a limit.

then you get to find the sweet spot.
bad thing is, my mix changes slightly every time.
And over time the NM likes to degrade.

RC car fuel with NM won't quite mix right + you add alcohol with that crap.
So, the fun part is to find somewhere to buy pure NM...

Playing with rc cars,
I can get things like tuned exhaust pipes, I have an old one from my RC car that I'm saving so I can adapt it to my leaf blower.

One of these days, I'm planning to play around with porting.
I'll probably start with the RC car, then do it to the leaf blower...

 

[Geotrash]

Took both Yukon XL's to the GMC dealer today to have the airbag recall performed (finally). First was in the morning and I just swapped them so they can do the 2012 in the afternoon. Seem to have plenty of capacity suggesting to me that they have techs sitting on the bench. Only 5 new vehicles in stock - all of them Buicks.

 

[Just Fishing]

Took both Yukon XL's to the dealer today to have the airbag recall performed (finally). First was in the morning and I just swapped them so they can do the 2012 in the afternoon. Seem to have plenty of capacity suggesting to me that they have techs sitting on the bench. Only 5 news vehicles in stock - all of them Buicks.

How long did it take them to perform the recall?

 

[Geotrash]

How long did it take them to perform the recall?

A couple of hours for each truck.

 

[Fless]

And a lot of those systems had issues and would end up starving the engine and seizing it.

Which is exactly what happened to my bike. Plenty of oil in the reservoir but the pump quit and the engine seized.

 

[gooffeyguy]

I like my gas powered tools.
I also modify them for more powar!
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Usually, I start with the exhaust since home owner trash is usually pretty restrictive.
Once you have that opened up, then you can start adding fuel.
There is always a limit.
First will be of course how much exhaust can exit, then how much fuel the carb can supply...

Then you run into fun things like nitro methane...
I add just a few ounces to a 2 gallon can, then I also up the amount of two stroke mix.
Lots of heat generated, so there is a limit.

then you get to find the sweet spot.
bad thing is, my mix changes slightly every time.
And over time the NM likes to degrade.

RC car fuel with NM won't quite mix right + you add alcohol with that crap.
So, the fun part is to find somewhere to buy pure NM...

Playing with rc cars,
I can get things like tuned exhaust pipes, I have an old one from my RC car that I'm saving so I can adapt it to my leaf blower.

One of these days, I'm planning to play around with porting.
I'll probably start with the RC car, then do it to the leaf blower...

I've never needed more power with my riding mower, it does the job as-is

 

[Doubeleive]

I don’t know how the landscaping companies are going to survive. There isn’t an electric solution that I know of that will run for the number of hours they need.

On another note, any word on how that new law about vehicles with a non-stock tune is affecting people with high performance tunes? Are you able to smog your vehicles or do you need to flash a stock tune in?

I don't have a stock tune file anymore, but i do have a hypertech tune and blackbear tune, balckbear used the hypertech file to make me a tune, so I just put it back to the hypertech and gave the smog guy the hypertech carb number and it smogged fine.

 

[Doubeleive]

How long did it take them to perform the recall?

it only takes maybe 30 minutes to do the work I imagine the rest is paperwork and entering the vin into the system as done.

 

[swathdiver]

I am trying to find out for certain if the hood air inlet grill clips (the one's around the hinge at the edge of the front windows left/right)
can be swapped from pickup to suv, I am reading conflicting information online.

White Sierra and Black Yukon Wes, they are different if this is what you mean.