I got a center cap story tell when I find the time on a keyboard.
What did you do to your NNBS GMT900 Tahoe/Yukon Today?
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I only noticed it because I was putting my mail cart back in the truck on the passenger side, otherwise I might not have noticed it for a few days
I have 2 spare's in the big tool box but good used ones run about $40 online
Ok I am doing this on mobile waiting for my pizza uno order in thier parking lot.
When I first acquired my Tahoe driving my old squarebody burby into work i noticed a center cap laying in the street nearby.
After I got the Tahoe I noticed it was missing one.
I went back down to look for it and it was gone.
A few weeks later up the street at another facility we used to own I ran into a forklift operator and stopped to say hi.
He said oh you missing a hubcap. I found one down the street and picked it up.
I knew it was from mine. He gave it to me. And I am still running it to this day.
I replace all the plastic lug nut covers on all of them with Amazon ones.
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It just confirms one of your sayings, "Drive it like you stole it."
Tonyrodz
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Years ago when I worked for the state DOT there was some old railroad tracks that went across a busy highway. Those tracks were no longer used. There was a cement center barrier to separate northbound/southbound lanes. When driving over the tracks on the northbound side it was really raised where the tracks must've been higher then the blacktop. Driving over those tracks at 55-65 mph would cause hubcaps to go flying off. There must've been over 20 laying against that center barrier. My boss called it hub cap alley.
that light turns yellow fast and I was at the beginning of the runway and it was already green so I just floored it lolIt just confirms one of your sayings, "Drive it like you stole it."
I saw heads turn in the car in the next lane over as I whipped the corner, the awd kicking and screaming.
there's a onramp to the freeway right by the house if you hit it just right it has a little bump that makes the front lift off the ground and makes the wheels chirp
for those that do not have awd it's a different game compared to rear wheel drive the front will pull you pretty good in the corners the rear just follows and is way less likely to slide, almost never happens you have to really make the effort and if you have good grippy tires it's not going to happen anyway you just sling shot in the direction you want to go
I'd known for a while that I needed to do something about the deteriorated and flopped away baffles on the sides of my Tahoe's radiator, but it really struck home this past Sunday when my brother and I were doing some serious yard work and it looked as if he was getting heat stroke, so I put him in the Tahoe with it idling and the A/C on full blast. A half hour in, the A/C wasn't cooling well and the transmission temperature was up to 180°F just sitting there, and I knew it was because of the hot air was simply short-circuiting forward around the sides of the radiator.
So, yesterday I pulled the bumper to see about fabricating some new baffles (yes, I have seen all the discussions) and decided to try a temporary fix with some rolled-up 1" thick dense open-cell phone that I'd saved from some shipping box. Yes, I know open-cell foam will absorb water, and I know that "there's nothing so permanent as a temporary fix." I ended up cutting it to 14"x18", with the 18" being the vertical dimension of the gap; for the driver side, I added a 1" square "core" for more squish. They're in there pretty firmly, so I doubt they'll blow out, but since the driver's side is pretty much completely open on the back to the engine compartment, I added some cable ties across the back in case it comes loose.
From the pics, it might look as if they're popping out of the front, but they're squished from a ~6" roll into an oval and are pretty much evenly positioned front-to back.
So, yesterday I pulled the bumper to see about fabricating some new baffles (yes, I have seen all the discussions) and decided to try a temporary fix with some rolled-up 1" thick dense open-cell phone that I'd saved from some shipping box. Yes, I know open-cell foam will absorb water, and I know that "there's nothing so permanent as a temporary fix." I ended up cutting it to 14"x18", with the 18" being the vertical dimension of the gap; for the driver side, I added a 1" square "core" for more squish. They're in there pretty firmly, so I doubt they'll blow out, but since the driver's side is pretty much completely open on the back to the engine compartment, I added some cable ties across the back in case it comes loose.
From the pics, it might look as if they're popping out of the front, but they're squished from a ~6" roll into an oval and are pretty much evenly positioned front-to back.
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nah, hit autozone and buy there in house brand (duralast) map sensor, lifetime warranty
install, clear the codes, drive it 2-3 days, if the code does not return your golden.
5 minute job
already done the basics. swapped a oem one in there. looked for any air leaks cleaned maf and tb. idle relearn. still pops back up as soon as it runs the test. map and baro sensor reads within range of the chart. 5v ground and signal all look normal. book says possible coolent temp out of spec and cause it too, haven't been put meter on it, but looks normal in the scanner.
fuel trims are spot on at - /+3%.
code sets like clock work. blah. I did use it as can excuse to buy a smoke tester. but I don't expect to find anything. I sprayed brake cleaner all around which watching the fuel trims and nothing moved. usually seems to have many other codes with it, to just have the one seems rare
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have a spare throttle body?
yeah, totally different. huh. if I can't find anything deeper dive, I guess I'll try a new one
a ls7 one will fit that's what I have on mine
**might not fit with a stock intake housing though
i'm going to guess since you already swapped a map that it might be the maf instead you have codes for both, I believe one may trigger the other.
the map on the silverado failed with flying colors a month or two ago, luckily that's all it was but while looking into it theoretically it could have been a bad maf also.
