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  1. J

    hybrid battery repair video

    so one of the youtube channels I watch, mainly for restoring old school ev1 content and happened to pick up a hybrid tahoe and does a good job of showing a practical way of rebuilding a hybrid battery pack using newer low mileage cells from a Toyota rav4. it does a good job of showing common...
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    good info in this video about afm delete kits on the hybrid.

    thought I'd share this video. it's long but good info about what I believe might be the reason I've never been about to confirm a afm delete cam works. seen many posts about doing them, and then maybe one more afterwards asking if anyone knows why it's not running right then the threads go...
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    lifter info

    with all the failed lifter threads I thought this well know cam grinder/engine builder had some good insight into ls lifters. my take away was gm changed suppliers around 2008 and nothing is any good these days. gm oem stuff having a high failure rate for many reasons. from bad heat treat...
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    vxnano laptop combo?

    anyone notice they stopped selling the tech 2 at China diag but now sell the nano for about the same price including a laptop with all the software setup. kinda interesting. any info about the vx is always about flashing modules, which is always very hard with the China stuff connecting to gm...
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    review mirror removal? aftermarket mirror?

    I honestly haven't searched much before asking. anyone got a pic of the mount the mirror goes on? thinking of replacing the stock mirror with one of those with built in dash and back up cam recoding. I asked if they had a mount for our trucks not just strap it over the one there now and they ask...
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    was an ls engine ever available in this generation?

    I got a buddy that's looking for a tahoe and asked which ones came with an LS. not the direct injection LT. I guess he had a 2019 work truck, 2500 with an 6.0 LS based and it was bullet proof. the other 10 or so trucks were the LT and they all had engine issues at some point and were in the shop...
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    weak hybrid battery, hood switch mod.

    so I have seen this talked about but never actually done. so I decided to try it for a while and see how it works. I can say it works perfectly. so back story for those they don't know. the main hybrid battery pack runs just about everything and gm designed the air cooling system badly, as in...
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    lowering the rear a bit? what's the best way

    so my rear sits up high as expected but I can not stand leveling kits. they all look horrible driving around higher than the rear as soon as you give it a little throttle. I call them a s s draggers. tx is full of them. plus it's a dialy driven hybrid, zero need to be higher over all. truck...
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    flashing and programming modules for cheap ish

    so this info is buried in a thread about something else. so figured I'd update by starting a stand alone thread. if you need to program or update modules from gm tech line site. I've now tested this on my 2011 yukon (hybrid but shouldn't be any different) and a 2014 volt and it works.. the gm...
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    *sold* 96 2 door tahoe z71 sport

    so the time has come I don't daily it anymore and don't have a indoor place to store it. 325k on it.. runs good, I usually have access to free fluids, so oil and tranny fluid as been changed often. I've had it for a good 20 years at this point and over 100k of that is mine. I went thru the...
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    spare tire kit for the hybrids(with pics)

    so I there's not a lot of these trucks left, and even less of the spare tire kits. but I wanted to post a few pics, since when I was looking there's almost nothing online about it. so the hybrids didn't come with a spare, just a inflator with some fix a flat in it. so they sold an add on kit at...
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    spare tire kit..

    so gm had a old kit to add a spare tire. mine came with nothing spare related besides a air pump haha. long discontinued kit, seems over priced, but I'm getting lazy and thinking about ordering it. but it doesn't quite list my truck. listing I can find show 2008-2010 all, tahoe to caddy. for...
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    No start? check in here.

    some files that might help with no starts, I see threads all over about when these hybrids don't start and there's just so many reasons. nothing about these crank like a normal car. the learning curve is kinda brutal if you haven't been into trouble shooting electronics in newer cars for a...
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    adding a block heater?

    mine doesn't have the K05 rpo code.. does anyone know of the most oem way to add one? figuring the oem would be most reliable but I did see something about the oem one only working below 0. which would work, but seems like a bit of a waste?
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    cheap tool for pulling the rear axle bearings without damaging the speed sensor.

    just got done doing my rear axle bearings and seals, seal was seeping. 155k. eh. not bad. I searched threads here and some sprial out of control because you need a special gm tool to get behind the bearing, but not damage the reluctor wheel for the speed sensor that's like a 1/4in behind it...
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    another oil filter thread. youtube tests.

    I feel like these guys are doing a pretty good job of testing filters with interesting results. in the end the run the oil thru the filters with the madia added, and then send the sample off to be tested for how much was left in the oil. the cleaner the oil, the better the filters. I have had...
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    oil reports for a hybrid

    I'll start a thread over here since I think people only really visit here when their hybrid breaks Googling for answers. but here's an oil and transmission fluid sample results. the engine 140ish k on it, (just about to hit 150k today) afm is not officially deleted, but turned off with hptuners...
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    pod cast from engine builders about gm afm failures.

    I haven't gotten thru it all yet, but I thought it dealt with a lot of the issues I see threads here about. AFM and cheap replacement parts.
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    yukon roof rack cross bar removal?

    so I've searched and pooked around, how on earth do you pull the cross bars off the roof rack? and rather than start a 2nd thread. anyone know the factory ride high at the wheel arch to the ground measurements for a 11 yukon? mainly what the rake is stock, I sware its much higher than it was...
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    ac seats?

    another post about seat covers made me think of it. mine has cooled seats but they don't seem to do much. drivers side maybe a little better than passenger. lots of hot air blow out if the back exhaust vent, so I'm guessing it's cooling. just don't feel any air coming thru the seats. is it...
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    new manual swap kit.

    for anyone that hasn't see it. they just released, or I just saw it was released. it's only for 2wd trucks and suvs. but seems cool, hopefully they get it to hook up to a transfer case at some point...
  22. J

    the add to quarts of oil test? has it worked for anyone?

    only really reading up on this Gen engines now and don't want to hijack another thread. it makes sense and I see it recommended a lot, has anyone done it and it raised oil pressure? if so, how much? I only ask out of curiosity. mine is an 11 with 145k has really high oil pressure, but being a...
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    afterblow option runs more than once?

    so I have the afterblow option set on in a 2011 yukon. it has helped with the smell it had. but randomly I happened to be relaxing in the truck when it came on, seemed to be the rear only, I thought it was the front ac too? anyways it comes on and runs for a while and turns back off.. and then a...
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    limited slip diff type?

    anyone know what the name of this type of limit slip diff is? I'd like to look into rebuild kits, like clutches and stuff. but never seen one like this? any idea who makes it for gm?
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    ac temp setting.

    not sure if this is the correct section, but wondering if anyone knows what the ac temp settings do when the ac is powered off? yesterday changed the battery and noticed you can adjust the temp with the ac off and it doesn't seem to be the same setting as when the ac is on. like you can adjust...

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