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    Sudden P0300

    Recent history- I replaced the plugs, plug wires, cap and rotor, and got a couple small holes in the exhaust pipe just before the cat welded about a month or two ago. The truck has been running great. This morning on my way to work, on the freeway, the SES light started blinking, and the...
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    Carnicle

    Check this out: http://thatwillbuffout.com/2010/04/12/funny-car-photos-carnicle/ Ouch.
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    Smoked Headlights/Signals/Corners & Fogs.

    Check it out: Before: After: Switch for the fog lights in the upper control panel: The seller I used doesn't exist on ebay anymore, so I can't give you much in the way of a link to the parts I used. But everything came in one kit. :headbang:
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    EGR Codes Thrown

    Hey all!!! Just wanted to share some recent findings after a couple weeks of weirdness with both my rigs. My wife's '01 Trooper, and my Hoe have been throwing random EGR pressure codes. I've found that warming the rigs up an extra 5 minutes makes the codes not show. Hope that helps someone...
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    99 Hoe Deck/Amp Install Help?

    Hey guys. This is my first venture into interior work, and car audio. This is fun. The prior owners butchered the wiring in my truck. Yesterday, the harness went to the front driver's door, and went to some sort of box with 4 speaker connections. No power, nothing else. Possibly a...
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    Drunk with cash

    This should be a punishable offense. I'm pretty lit, and don't intend to fix any grammar errors I may or may not commit. so forgive me. So I just bought new smoked headlights, turn signals, and parking light thingies for my bish, and now I'm waiting for a response from the vendors who are...
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    Thank you.

    Hey all. I just wanted to give a quick thanks to you all who regularly post, and help the rest of us through our truck problems. I trust you guys, and appreciate the help. I also just bought some parts from 350Vortech, and he totally squared me away with extra parts/pieces, and really...
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    Speed sensor?

    Ok. When I hit a bump, or take a hard corner, the speedometer goes to zero, the tranny shifts, and the ABS kicks in. This is moderately terrifying. I'm going to disco the ABS before I drive it again, because I should've a long time ago anyways with my uber tires. But that won't fix it. I...
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    Rhino Lining paint job?

    My hoe is shaved and popped, but they did a crappy job on the shave (the paint where the door handles were is starting to crack because they didn't fully weld the patches in), and an even crappier job repainting it (dark blue paint over factory white, easily chipped). To fix both will cost...
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    Need help wiring up new sound system...

    Hey all. Now that my Hoe is mechanically sound, more or less, it is high time that I put some boom in it. The douche-nozzle that owned my Hoe before me had an amp under the back seat, so there is a good power line from the engine compartment to the rear seat, and a stereo RCA cable that runs...
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    4L60E - All created equal?

    I need a new tranny and a new t-case. Yay. Craigslist has a bunch of rebuilt ones for a good price. I'm wondering if all 4L60's are built the same, or if the housings were dependent on model year, or body style, or something dumb like that?
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    Ahh!! Crap!! P0758?

    WTF is p0758? "P0758 Generic Shift Solenoid B Electrical" What is this, and how hard is it to replace? Can I do it myself? Do I need to pull the tranny out? Where is it? WTF? Somone beer me!!!! :drunk: ---------- Post added at 11:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:18 PM...
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    Disappearing doors. Holy cow.

    Check this out!!! http://www.disappearing-car-door.com/
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    Buying another hoe.

    I'm looking at buying another hoe, since I'm an expert mechanic on these stupid things now. Lol. I found a '99 that's blowing steam out the pipe, and running really rough. No water in the oil. That's all the info I have. Assuming the head gasket(s) is blown, what does the collective here...
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    How to test steering, front suspension, and brakes

    It seems like everyone eventually has problems with a death wobble, or brake pulsation, or something in the steering linkage. Here's how you check everything. :headbang: Steering: Jack one front wheel off the ground. Pull it side-to-side, trying to rotate it through its arc of steering...
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    How to replace your front disc brakes

    Loosen the lugs, then jack the wheel off the ground, then remove the tire. Use a long handled screw driver at this point to pry between the piston and the back of the inner brake pad to push the piston back into the caliper. You might want to monitor your brake fluid level, as it will probably...
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    How to replace your wheel hub assembly

    Too easy. Loosen the lugs. Jack the wheel off the ground, remove the tire. Put 2 lugs back on to hold the disc on. Jam a wrench in the disc so the wrench binds at the caliper, so the disc can't turn. Remove the hub nut (200lbs!!!). Remove the wrench from the disc, and the 2 lug nuts...
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    How to get your rear windows to roll all the way down

    Welcome to the forum!!! You're probably pretty new here, you're probably pretty new to your tahoe/yukon/escalade/escahoe/???. That's awesome, you're welcome here. Your rear windows won't roll down all the way because the wheel wells push too far into the door to allow the windows to roll...
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    How to replace your fuel pump

    Hey all!! First real post here. I just bought a 1999 4dr, 4wd, shaved, 4" suspension lifted on 33x12.5R15's, custom blue ho for my wife from a guy who really abused it. So far in the couple weeks we've had it, it has left my wife stranded twice, needing a new alternator, and a new fuel pump...
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    How to replace your pitman arm

    Didn't take pictures because it isn't too hard to explain. I can save you a lot of time with what I learned doing this last night. Shop quote: $350, and a couple hours. My total cost: $20, sore back, an evening under the truck cursing Todd from Burien. Hmmmmm..... You need: -Pickle...
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    How to recharge your AC

    We've had two threads on problematic A/C in the last couple days, and it is my belief that most A/C just needs a recharge, or it is an obvious problem, otherwise you need a shop to help you diagnose the problem. Not a whole lot of middle ground. If you want to understand how AC works, PM me...
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    How to buy a new (used) Hoe

    Hey all. I just wanted to start a list of things to check for when buying a new (used) hoe (or any vehicle for that matter). I want to get pretty stupid here, so I'm including things that are common sense to anyone that's ever bought a used car from another individual, or wrenched on a rig...
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    ProComp Sucks.

    Hey. Just got done replacing the rear end in my truck, and I had to remove the 4" ProComp lift during the process. My biggest complaint with the lift kit (it came with the truck, so I have no idea what model it is) is that with a good lift, the U-bolts should loop around the bottom of the...
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    Will a 4wd Silverado rear end fit in my '99 4wd?

    I actually shot a spider gear through the rear diff cover and down the road last night. It was sweet. Pictures coming. So on CL, I found a '99 4wd Silverado rear end with newer gears, correct ratio, a posi (unclear if gov-lock or ?), and disc brakes for $reasonable. I'm wondering if it...

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