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  1. Douglas Friedberg

    source for plastic body patch panel coverings or steel patch panels.

    Cant seem to locate a source for plastic covering patch panels, badly rusted out from dunking boats in the ocean from ca. To much body work so i just want to cover it up. Thanks
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    Mirror conversion

    Thank you and I see the lodgic in this as well. Being your knowledge here do you know why a major battery draw would occur when the wrong drivers door panel window switch assembly is installed just because vehicle doesn’t have heated mirrors installed and happens while vehicle is not running ...
  3. Douglas Friedberg

    Mirror conversion

    Guess not
  4. Douglas Friedberg

    Rear end tools spreader

    I have done at of rear ends but times have changed and shims are now junk material and can’t be installed with a malet or hammer anymore so to do it better now you need a case spreader to set backlash and preload more accurate. So I finally bought one but not much info on weather it can be used...
  5. Douglas Friedberg

    No oil pressure at start up, 2001 Tahoe

    Great info you make me feel good at 250,000 and rolling. By the way a great check for that oil pump seal is overfill the crankcase oil by 1-2 qts won’t hurt a thing and if that problem goes away you know what you have to do and you’ll be nicer to motor that way
  6. Douglas Friedberg

    Mirror conversion

    2006 Yukon from factory no heated mirrors. But power mirror. Stand size not towing and not power collapsing. Need to replace someone wacked it off. Can I upgrade the mirror to heated mirror ?? Drivers button console has no provision for heated mirror ie the center button. However I tried...
  7. Douglas Friedberg

    2006 GMC Yukon SLT 5.3 flex CHARGING SYSTEM

    Lamps are rated at 12.6 or so and then you have a 15.0 vdc spiking system. Not good for lamp life. Phillips lamps burned out in 30 days headlamps. Not happy about that esp when the dumb heads Engineers and accounts make it near impossible to change a lamp in the headlight systems now. Great for...
  8. Douglas Friedberg

    The Art of Towing

    Towing is a skill not a art. Art can be erased and done over you won’t have a second chance. It’s that important.
  9. Douglas Friedberg

    The Art of Towing

    Buy a tongue weight scale and know you tongue weight there cheap compared to your life. And it’s not a waste as it can be used for so many other uses.
  10. Douglas Friedberg

    The Art of Towing

    Remember the force Luke. Your driving skills will alert you when something is wrong heed them with professionalism untill you get a lot of miles under your belt it’s your friend. Pull over check your load chains or straps. If you use chain binders that hole or slot on the end of the Handel of...
  11. Douglas Friedberg

    The Art of Towing

    Ps. Make sure you check all the lug nuts on every wheel encluding what your towing.
  12. Douglas Friedberg

    The Art of Towing

    First thing you do is take a the vehicle and have the front end aligned and all the steering components checked and tell them your going to be towing a lot. The chamber and caster and toe in can be optimized for towing heavy loads. The more weight you put on the hitch the more the front end will...
  13. Douglas Friedberg

    nomenclature

    Thank You
  14. Douglas Friedberg

    Led ac controller lighting

    You know we all get in a hurry, only 24 hours in a day, everyone wants to be first around you, and i have big fingers little spaces on i phones for your bleeding fingers and hands getting cut up and bad enough we spend time on phones let alone getting xxxx done too. Yea i rarely go back and re...

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