Back in an Escalade.

[mattluttrell]

Although the dealership changed the oil 2000 miles ago, I wanted my stuff in there.

With the potential cold start wear on my c as m bearings, I wanted to get a full synthetic 0w30 oil in the engine. I dud a premature oil, filter and air filter swap today. Spark plugs and cables have been ordered.

You'll need a new connector and a new pin to repair from gmc dealership. I have the same issue. That connector is melted beyond repair. You'll need to pull out all the pins that are still in good shape and repair the one that's burnt.
Very common with heated cooled seats.

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Thanks! The connector was $5.48 on Amazon. I get to try it on Saturday.

I'm curious about how that fix will work. I might have to Google the disassembly of the connector and repairing pins.

 

[Goodinblack]

You talk fast lol

 

[mattluttrell]

You talk fast lol

Oh you're talking about the transmission fluid video. Lot's of caffeine and a baby with short attention span off camera. She's ready to require my attention at any second. Have to do things quickly.

 

[mattluttrell]

While breaking apart the old heated seat connector, I ended up just cleaning it and shaping it. AC seats work again. I'll eventually use the new module but the old one works for now.

AC seats are pretty wild. I had only used them once prior in a Mercedes. In the Escalade I had to turn it off. Too cold!

Cleaned and waxed 2 cars this afternoon. We've had a month of straight rain in Oklahoma. It's a mess.

 

[mattluttrell]

Not completely related. I welded together a trailer hitch bike rack for the Escalade. My wife very reluctantly agreed to watch me make sure my welds were strong.

 

[mattluttrell]

Decided to do brakes rotors, pads, fuel filter, spark plugs, cables and rear diff fluid today. (100K maintenance)

Got the new rotors and pads on.

Went drain what I thought would be a small, difficult 10 bolt rear end. It turns out I have a 14 bolt rear end that has a fill and drain plug [emoji2]

Due to the large axle my 2 quarts isn't enough. I have to run to the store to buy 2 more quarts of gear oil...

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[denalianyone]

Fuel filter I thought was in the tank?


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[Leonidas]

Oil catch can, plugs wires and oil. Who knows whats in it now and maybe a tune.

Catch can.
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My lowered beast
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Justin you mind telling me what catch can that is and where you got it from?

 

[justinesky]

It was one like this one
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1L-SQUARE-G...OME-/201369546415?hash=item2ee28f6eaf&vxp=mtr

I did have to modify it to the way i want tho and this one looked like the easiest to modify. I took a peice of wire mesh and bent and cut like a table and put it inside the catch can about an 1 1/2 from bottom. then I drilled the provided vacuum ports as large as i can with a drill bit. I then lenghten the port side on catch can from valve cover with a hose so it reached 1" from bottom of inside of can. I then used green scrubbing pads (the green part on a kitchen sponge) and placed two on top of the mesh. I did all this to filter the air and oil so id only get air to my motor. So far its worked perfectly.

THe mods to date on my expy sense April are: 24" replica wheels, cross drilled/slotted rotors, diablo tune, volt gauge, fuel press gauge, added second battery, re grounded/added grounds through out the whole vehicle, lowered 3/5, added shorter end links, rebuilt air compressor (didnt really need it), tinted windows, tinted part of headlights, and al sorts of other odds and ends, Im doing a remote turbo to in a few months. When i bought this i planned on doing nothing and dumping all my money into my supercharged expy. Its a weird addiction....

 

[mattluttrell]

THe mods to date on my expy sense April are: 24" replica wheels, cross drilled/slotted rotors, diablo tune, volt gauge, fuel press gauge, added second battery, re grounded/added grounds through out the whole vehicle, lowered 3/5, added shorter end links, rebuilt air compressor (didnt really need it), tinted windows, tinted part of headlights, and al sorts of other odds and ends,

What do you think about the Diablo tune? Worth it? Easy?

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[justinesky]

What do you think about the Diablo tune? Worth it? Easy?

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Worth it! the trans tune is the biggest differnce. make sure you get the Intune.

 

[chris08]

Just upgraded from a 2015 Tahoe to a 2007 Escalade.

This thing is fun to drive. It has 98,000 miles. Starts and stops perfect. Appears to have good oil pressure and motor mounts.

I'm going to change the transmission fluid. What else should I do immediately?

I need to figure out if those rear console inputs can play sound throughout the entire truck. I might also look at blue tooth input adapter. Thoughts?

I just added a blue tooth adapter top my 2008 yukon. I used the costar bluestar. Disconnect the on star and uses the plugs from it took about 10 min to put in. But I can't figure out how to answer calls. They show in the dash display and the radio silences and rings. But I need to accept the call on the phone. Anyone have any solution for that?

 

[chris08]

I just added a blue tooth adapter top my 2008 yukon. I used the costar bluestar. Disconnect the on star and uses the plugs from it took about 10 min to put in. But I can't figure out how to answer calls. They show in the dash display and the radio silences and rings. But I need to accept the call on the phone. Anyone have any solution for that?

 

[mattluttrell]

Did plugs, cables and oil last night.

Just ordered a SCT tuner. My brother in law owns a performance shop. He has installed these on a couple of his cars and trucks.

He convinced me. Next week I'll post my review.

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[mattluttrell]

Impressed with the SCT x4 Tuner.

Very easy to use.
Lowered idle in park. Raised it in drive. Did a 91 octane tune.

Also raised transmission shift pressures but lowered WOT shift speeds.

The truck is much more responsive. It is fun to drive.

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[mattluttrell]

The truck is towing like a champ.

Gas mileage is about what I expected.

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[mattluttrell]

On the way to a party my rear air ride compressor was running excessively. I think it's time to order new shocks all the way around.

Can anyone tell me what kind of front shock I have (2007 2WD) based on this picture?

Best suggestions for rear?

Compressor sounds clunky. Replace or wait and see?

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[denalianyone]

Don't replace the compressor until you no longer hear it. The rear shocks may have leaks causing the compressor to run continuously


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[mattluttrell]

I'm having a hard time trying to find out which front shocks to order. My glove box doesn't have the suspension codes. This is the shock:

I have a set of Arnott in the shopping cart ready for the back.

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[07Burb]

@NORCAL SS should be able to assist