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  1. Pandabird

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

    Thanks! Very nice idea with the separate fuel tank with the filling point next to the regular gas cap! We hit -31 Fahrenheit yesterday morning so long story short I didn't even bother to try and start the car (or go outside for that matter). Today is better at -11F but still, cold starts are a...
  2. Pandabird

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

    Dang I miss having a heated steering wheel. Anyhow the kit looks something like this, and is available for a couple hundred since the patent ran out. It's basically a water heater that you connect to cooling lines that draws fuel from your gas tank. Remote controlled and very efficient for...
  3. Pandabird

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

    Been scrounging the net for someone who did a DIY "Webasto" aka "Ebersprächer" or in normal language mounted a fuel based heater on one of these things for easing up cold starts and made the compartment livable. The kits are dirt cheap and would certainly add a lot of value for winter use...
  4. Pandabird

    Heater Core Lines

    Irrelevant but I thought I'd share my current condition with these tees as a comparison or whatever. Got new ones already, will swap once I get to the coolant swap. But yeah these things burn off over time.
  5. Pandabird

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

    Back from my biggest haul so far. This time I lugged around 3.8k lbs on a 1.2k lbs trailer while stacking an extra 500lbs in the trunk. Warehouse dudes were absolutely awesome letting me chop the second box into pieces behind the warehouse (since I knew it was full of smaller boxes and more...
  6. Pandabird

    Friend's Esky throws EVAP related codes.

    Just an acquaintance from whom I've bought some kickass second hand parts having a bit of trouble with his Escalade. Says he's trying to figure out an EVAP problem. Has apparently swapped topcover gaskets, gas cap and one evap hose. Says the computer asks him to "tighten his gas cap" followed by...
  7. Pandabird

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

    My new favourite tool for that is *drumroll* an old toothbrush. Just blasting compressed air didn't seem to do much, especially with a bit of moisture in there.
  8. Pandabird

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

    Solid recommend from me as well, these things solve a lot of headaches
  9. Pandabird

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

    Left turn at a crossroad (without roadlights) sorry This thing picks up speed something fierce, allowing me to slip in between cars going full speed in no time. Anyways today I was casually picking haybales out in the fields with my "luxury SUV", feels right at home in that element as well.
  10. Pandabird

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

    Am I out of line if I say what I enjoy the absolute most about this truck (apart from doing a left crossway turn from standstill) is leaving the house/store/whatever, pressing a button on a remote inside my pocket and the rear hatch opening by itself? It keeps getting more satisfying every time...
  11. Pandabird

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

    I'm going from recommending Temu volume knob replacements into jumping head first into a concrete pool that may or may not be filled with liquid that may or may not be water. Will make a short review of whatever arrives and if it will improve current ride quality and for how long. (yes that...
  12. Pandabird

    How to Make it to 500k Miles?

    Props for taking care of your wife's car. I have a weird mental block for it since it's a Compass and I don't want anything to do with it. I change the engine oil and replace the wipers, waiting for that CVT to just give in. Funny thing is she hates it too, traded a scrappable Avenger for it...
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    How to Make it to 500k Miles?

    There is a famous old philosophical riddle about a captain and his ship, swapping planks one by one as they rot, until one day decades later, every single part of the ship has been replaced. Was it still the same ship or a different one? Answer is up for interpretation but I like to believe any...
  14. Pandabird

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

    That's an interesting blade! There's also a hook type of blade that could work pretty well for this purpose. Or just get a separate roof felt knife; fixed hawkbill style knife that's good for tracing cuts, but those are also getting pretty rare for whatever reason.
  15. Pandabird

    How to Make it to 500k Miles?

    A spare engine and transmission ready to pop in whenever it's time rather than to wait and hope for a potential problem to subside. In other words a donor vehicle. It's usually quite a popular choice for anyone keeping a vehicle alive past 300k miles/20 years regardless of brand. Imagine the...
  16. Pandabird

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

    Better late than never I guess. Already got a Wix cabin filter last year but didn't come with a bracket. Found this kit *with* the bracket on Ali for ~3,60€. I did end up using the Wix filter but they looked absolutely identical. Markings, foam lining, even to the way the foil packaging was...
  17. Pandabird

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

    Trying to source some half decent silicon front wipers. Apparently the non-hook slip on type connection seems to be the norm for 07-14? Had to double check and yes I have hooks on the wiper arms. The type that actually looks compatible specifically states "gen 2 & 4" Edit; Rofl according to my...
  18. Pandabird

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

    I have a slight problem with the availability of hardware at the moment but I have been looking into either importing a donor part vehicle or aiming higher, say importing an early gen 3 6.2 white pony. Might sound irrelevant but currently I need this as the hauler and secondary daily family car...
  19. Pandabird

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

    A small portable diesel heater will work in a pinch until you get a waste oil heater up and running. Still on the finding schematics stage with mine, but those tiny 8kw diesel heaters saved our coops last winter when electric heating made no sense financially.
  20. Pandabird

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

    There's only one way you could make this exhaust bolt bracket installation more fun and that's by wearing a gimp suit while fiddling around looking for those bolt holes. Picked up bolts from below the car almost 50 times in total. Tip; start with the bottom bolt, you can sorta just hang the...
  21. Pandabird

    So how did you install your front spacers?

    Thanks for the info! Had to call it a day but just for the heck of it since bolts were loosened I tried compressing the shock using a prybar using upper control arm as leverage. Thing is it actually compresses at least as far as I dared to try (didn't want to completely undo the bolts since I...
  22. Pandabird

    So how did you install your front spacers?

    Got the kit, 1,2 inch thick aluminum alloy spacers that go under the struts. (for roughly 2,5 inches of lift) Raised left side of the car with a jack and jackstands and started undoing the bolts (those stock clips are absolute garbage btw, snapped off and spun freely right off the bat)...
  23. Pandabird

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

    I pressed a really tiny flathead at the release tab that's on the left side, turned the flathead to pry it open (tried with my fingernail first but to no avail) and sorta held on to the back portion of the tab while lightly pulling the rod part towards me and it swung open.
  24. Pandabird

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

    I remember when doing the left rear door I had to undo that plastic retainer as well, otherwise I wouldn't been able to remove the door handle. (front ones are removable without ever touching that plastic goodness) After installing the new handle I noticed it felt a bit weird to open. Sure...
  25. Pandabird

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

    Today I think I finally did some personal progress. I've borderline hoarded half broken parts I've replaced because of the "what if". Yes it's nice just having a part that likely will last another week or two while you wait for a proper replacement on a sale somewhere. But come on. Into the bin...

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