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

[mikez71]

Doing it again yourself, because you screwed up the first time, would be worse!
I have a feeling they will handle it if it was on their end.

I remember being at a local transmission shop (ATO in Rancho Cordova) and that owner pulled one transmission out more than once to find a problem on a fresh rebuild. It ended up being a pinhole leak in a brand new seal..

 

[89Suburban]

I'll get it figured out. On the plus side she runs beautiful.

 

[j91z28d1]

Doing it again yourself, because you screwed up the first time, would be worse!
I have a feeling they will handle it if it was on their end.

I remember being at a local transmission shop (ATO in Rancho Cordova) and that owner pulled one transmission out more than once to find a problem on a fresh rebuild. It ended up being a pinhole leak in a brand new seal..

I'm the other way around. I'd rather redo my own work 3 times than have to confront and argue with a shop even once.


I knew I should have taken my alignment back and made them put it on the rack in front of me. bit didn't have it in me and then forgot.

till I noticed the outside edge feathering and just broke out the turn plates, strings and did it myself like I should have the first time.
blah.



hope they fix you up without the hassle

 

[mikez71]

Verified passenger mirror defroster does work after tightening wire terminals. Thanks all for the suggestions!

The defrost area on the kool vue is a little different than OEM. The outside couple inches do not have defroster lines.
The defroster pad is circular in shape, so cannot cover the entire mirror. but it works well and defrosts enough to see.

 

[StrkAliteN]

Hi guys, hope everyone’s been doing well. I’ve been away for a few years.

Still have my 2007 GMC Yukon

The beast pulled my 20 foot enclosed trailer 2500 miles from Seattle Washington to Dayton Ohio

I installed an equalizer weight distribution hitch on the trailer with the real nice heavy duty ball Mount hooking it to my truck

I also had a local shop in Seattle installed an auxiliary transmission cooler, which I’m sure really really helped coming over those three mountain passes where my transmission temperature would’ve definitely overheated without it

I’m curious about LED headlight lamp replacements for my 2007 Yukon

I’m wanting to replace all of the bulbs in the headlight assembly with LEDs so that I don’t have to ever mess around with changing them again probably for the life of my vehicle

I’m sure you guys know the best brands where to buy them which ones to stay away from which is why I’m dropping in besides saying hi hello and answer any questions on my trip and how my rig handled pulling that trailer across the country

Happy holidays, everyone

 

[StrkAliteN]

Pics from trip

 

[j91z28d1]

Hi guys, hope everyone’s been doing well. I’ve been away for a few years.

Still have my 2007 GMC Yukon

The beast pulled my 20 foot enclosed trailer 2500 miles from Seattle Washington to Dayton Ohio

I installed an equalizer weight distribution hitch on the trailer with the real nice heavy duty ball Mount hooking it to my truck

I also had a local shop in Seattle installed an auxiliary transmission cooler, which I’m sure really really helped coming over those three mountain passes where my transmission temperature would’ve definitely overheated without it

I’m curious about LED headlight lamp replacements for my 2007 Yukon

I’m wanting to replace all of the bulbs in the headlight assembly with LEDs so that I don’t have to ever mess around with changing them again probably for the life of my vehicle

I’m sure you guys know the best brands where to buy them which ones to stay away from which is why I’m dropping in besides saying hi hello and answer any questions on my trip and how my rig handled pulling that trailer across the country

Happy holidays, everyone

my 2 cents is to start with the diode Dynamics fog lights. bit pricey but good for a drop in. and might be enough you don't worry about the head lights. personally I went with retrofit some bi-led driving lights into my fog lights. but it's a hassle and you don't gain anything on lo beam really, maybe a little filler. and the over priced aftermarket heading housing with led projectors in them. hard to say if I recommed them or not really. you really gotta love them for the price haha.

as for drop in led in the halogen bulb housing, it's had to get a cheap bulb to be good. here's a decent video showing some of what all to consider.

 

[Fubar0715]

I have the same one and love it. I also installed a safe underneath it for the pew pew.

I as well - love having that in there. I retrofit a USB port under neither for ApplyCarPlay.

 

[mikez71]

Noticed the kool vue outside mirror defogs faster than OEM. (It turned to dew already, so maybe not accurate)
Measured a couple old OEM mirror heaters, 7 and 8 ohms. Spare kool vue mirror 14 ohms.

The OEM defogs close to the edges, the koolvue is round and you can see the heating element pattern as it heats up. (in the frost)

 

[89Suburban]

Noticed the kool vue outside mirror defogs faster than OEM. (It turned to dew already, so maybe not accurate)
Measured a couple old OEM mirror heaters, 7 and 8 ohms. Spare kool vue mirror 14 ohms.

The OEM defogs close to the edges, the koolvue is round and you can see the heating element pattern as it heats up. (in the frost)

Do you have a laser thermometer?

 

[mikez71]

Yes I do!
Will take measurements next time..

 

[Scrappycrow]

IR thermometers are unreliable on shiny/mirrored objects.

 

[Grady_Wilson]

IR thermometers are unreliable on shiny/mirrored objects.

 

[mikez71]

You just saved me from blinding myself with the laser!

 

[89Suburban]

It worked when I did it

 

[mikez71]

I'll give it a go anyway.

Seems like if i keep it perpendicular, the temp reading is stable (the mirror was ~5 degrees cooler than ambient in DIC)

If I angle it, the reading can fluctuate quickly. i was seeing about a 40 degrees swing.. thats in the shade too

 

[Scrappycrow]

It'd be a bit more effort, but you could cover the mirror surface in painter's tape and then do readings. The surface would work with the IR thermometer and the tape would be easy to remove.

 

[the_tool_man]

Today I replaced my multifunction switch. What a pain.

I couldn't find a how-to that matched mine (most said the parts just snapped apart). So I had to get creative. The hidden male torx screw holding the top column cover was tricky to find. And performing arthroscopic electrical connector surgery to connect one of the 4 switch plugs (the one on the wire) was a challenge for my fat hands. But the icing on the cake was the screw GM located, seemingly for the sole purpose of forcing everyone to remove their steering wheel to change the switch. Thankfully, I have a mini ratchet that could just fit in there to coax the screw out.

I don't use this little guy often. But when I do it saves the day. GM gets an F. But I won the day.

 

[Grady_Wilson]

Today I replaced my multifunction switch. What a pain.


View attachment 444944I couldn't find a how-to that matched mine (most said the parts just snapped apart). So I had to get creative. The hidden male torx screw holding the top column cover was tricky to find. And performing arthroscopic electrical connector surgery to connect one of the 4 switch plugs (the one on the wire) was a challenge for my fat hands. But the icing on the cake was the screw GM located, seemingly for the sole purpose of forcing everyone to remove their steering wheel to change the switch. Thankfully, I have a mini ratchet that could just fit in there to coax the screw out.

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I don't use this little guy often. But when I do it saves the day. GM gets an F. But I won the day.

What a handy little set, are you missing pieces or was that for optional bits?

 

[Scrappycrow]

After looking at the umpteen threads about installing projectors in the stock housings, seeing all the aftermarket assemblies folks have been using, and going through my usual engineer "paralysis by analysis," I decided to try a different route. These are Hella 90mm (H9 65W) in a sacrificial Depo housing I'm only using for the protyping and testing. I'm only doing one side for now, but this should tell me what I need to know.

At this stage, I designed the mount plates so they could be used for either position, so they're not optimal for either position. There are two adjusters up top and one at the bottom, with the ones at the bottom being towards the middle, allowing individual access from the back side. I haven't figured out what I'm going to do about the lights not filling the existing bezel fully, but it'll likely be some kind of "sclera" in either polished aluminum or black.

We'll see how this works on a long drive I'll be doing soon.