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Yes, that's already installed, and was the part i'm kind of disappointed in the output of
Brought a new (to me) Burb home
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Yes, that's already installed, and was the part i'm kind of disappointed in the output of
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But i did get the passenger seat done this weekend
Old seat cushion, had the same red stain.
Looks better blue
Alos, the seat shop recoemnds starting in the front when pressing the hog rings in, and then moving back from there. I did the oppisite on the driver's seat, and this time i listened to them. They are right, start in the front, and then move back from there, it was much easier
This side of the project ook an hour start to finish. Thats popping the trim panels off the front of the seat rails to popping them back on. Really not that bad of a job
Old seat cushion, had the same red stain.
Looks better blue
Alos, the seat shop recoemnds starting in the front when pressing the hog rings in, and then moving back from there. I did the oppisite on the driver's seat, and this time i listened to them. They are right, start in the front, and then move back from there, it was much easier
This side of the project ook an hour start to finish. Thats popping the trim panels off the front of the seat rails to popping them back on. Really not that bad of a job
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But the more importanter project for the weekend was another success story.
Esky tail lights,
They are both Morimoto XB series tail lgiths
With the backup light booster
I will say, if i ever need to pull the trim panels off on the rear hatch again i may consider buying new replacements. I can tell they've been off before and they don't have to many cycles of being removed left in them. But i also don't see a need to to remove them again in the near future. New seats are supremely comfortable. Very happy with the projects this weekend. Also a shout out to the guys over at Dudes Diesel Performance (DDP) and Glacier Diesel Performance (GDP) I realize i got hooked by them due to my other hobby of diesel trucks, but they helped source several of the parts and pieces and can get just about anything i need for the burb too, so i heavily rely on them. Good people, small town Texas family owned business, and i do like to support small family businesses when possible
Although admittedly, when i started buying from GDP they were based less then an hour from my house, but as things change the great customer support remains the same
Esky tail lights,
They are both Morimoto XB series tail lgiths
With the backup light booster
I will say, if i ever need to pull the trim panels off on the rear hatch again i may consider buying new replacements. I can tell they've been off before and they don't have to many cycles of being removed left in them. But i also don't see a need to to remove them again in the near future. New seats are supremely comfortable. Very happy with the projects this weekend. Also a shout out to the guys over at Dudes Diesel Performance (DDP) and Glacier Diesel Performance (GDP) I realize i got hooked by them due to my other hobby of diesel trucks, but they helped source several of the parts and pieces and can get just about anything i need for the burb too, so i heavily rely on them. Good people, small town Texas family owned business, and i do like to support small family businesses when possible
Although admittedly, when i started buying from GDP they were based less then an hour from my house, but as things change the great customer support remains the same
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Also, pretty sure i'm going to buy the Morimoto headlights for the burb at some point in the next couple of months....I have been pleasantly surprised by the stock HIDs, however the driver's side DRL LED is failing, and if i'm going to take it off to fix the circuit board and reseal it....why would i put a factory part back on when there are aftermarket upgrades out there? Which means if i'm pulling the bumper i might as well add on front tow hooks and swap out the tow hook plastics to accept them...and might as well upgrade the fog lights with some LEDs as well. that's the part that has me torn, i love the quality of Diode Dynamics, however i prefer the look of the Morimoto fogs and that crisp LED fog line is just something to be in love with, so i think i'll probably end up getting the XB fog lights as well. But that's a problem for me in a couple of months when i get around to doing that
On the 07 to 14 you can take the inner finder loose and get that nut loose holding the headlight in. Maybe yours the same?
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Are you trying to talk me out of spending money on fancy lights that satisfy my need to endorse chicken lights and chrome as not only a song, but a way of life??? the sheer audacity...i never thought i would run into this kind of aggressive assault on the ideals of forums and making things shiny and blingy for no other reason then wasting money....i am offended......
although sarcasm aside, i haven't looked to deeply into it. My honest thought process is the simple fact that if i need to R&R a headlight to repair a chipset, and reseal it which never works as well as you hope, i might as well just replace it and upgrade it. I have the Morimoto XBs on my truck and love them. So might as well put them on the "beater" as well.
Also, side update on said beater project. Inspected suspension and steering, only issue was an already known about CV boot, so going to replace that and then start making decisions on rubber to go on the rims i picked up. Should make the burb look a little nicer once i get the beat up rims off of her
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Hmmm, so one thing i'm looking into here, anyone have a line on CV axles that are made in America or rather, not made in China? From what i've been finding everything from GM/ AC Delco to the parts store brands to the rock auto and cheap ebay brands are all made in west Taiwan, in an effort to support tank man i try to not buy from there but i am not seeing an option anywhere regardless of where i buy them to avoid it......
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front passenger CV axles was replaced this weekend, old one decided it didn't like it's boots anymore so decided to swap it out rather then rebuild it. Also confirmed the AC does need to actually be investigated. Last years fix was a recharge with UV dye in it. Worked for all of summer but no more, so time to poke around and look for the dye to find my leak. We also found a bad schrader valve last year so we were hoping that was the culprit but i guess i couldn't be that lucky...
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@Geotrash so my AC isn't working. Whats the problem with it???????
(i couldn't resist, based off the convo in the other thread, but if you want i can tell you what the problem ends up being after i diag it and fix it so it looks like you are some kind of savant when it comes to guessing the problem)
(i couldn't resist, based off the convo in the other thread, but if you want i can tell you what the problem ends up being after i diag it and fix it so it looks like you are some kind of savant when it comes to guessing the problem)
Seems like it must be broken somehow.
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Seems like it must be broken somehow.
Good call, i'll check the somewhere box and swap out the whatchmacallit
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I'm disappointed in you @Geotrash ...didn't even mention the service bulletin for the 15-17 trucks for the condenser being a known problem. I had to go out all on my own and stumble onto another thread referencing it to find out about it and know where to redirect my thought process to. Do you know how hard it is to do my own research, especially when i wasn't even looking for that? i swear if it wasn't for the power of grey skull nothing would get done some times...still need to use the eyes of chetahra to give me sight beyond sight later tonight to verify leak location with the UV light. i suppose with 160k miles there is a chance the condesner has been done before, but the only reference i can find in the service history to AC is a refill right before it was sold with 150k miles on it. Burb had 10k with whoever bought it there and then traded in to a dealer 5 months later, even got a new torque converter in that time span, but i don't think it fixed the issue. idk if it was new or used, my gut says at some point i'll be doing a transmission but such is life. At this point i like the darn thing to much to not do the tranny when the time comes. Not that hard, just take out the cutting torch, cut the old one off, and weld a new one on right? that's totally how you do a tranny swap. anyhow. I'm rambling. UV pen light gets delivered today, so i'll probably poke around tonight or tomorrow night on the old girl and confirm issue before replacing parts.
Take it as a measure of my confidence in you. I knew you didn't need to be coddled with easy answers.
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Also, i haven't decided who to blame for the failure of the condenser, but i want them to know. It's their fault that the new rims and fresh tires are not going on the burb this month. So whoever you are, i hope your happy with yourself
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@Geotrash you also failed to tell me to buy the PPE thermal bypass for the tranny since i'll be messing with tranny lines anyways with the AC condenser, now would be a great time to do that too so i can top off once, not twice. Thank goodness i saw that here a week or two ago and suddenly thought of it and quickly managed to use the search function on the forum rather then starting a new thread about it and requiring other forum people to spoon feed me information by hand rather then just using my own knoggin and figure it out myself. Thank the lord baby Behemecoatyl, the one true god as we all know, and was clearly laid out to us with evidence in starship troopers 3. Marauder, which itself was a self evident cinematic masterpiece that i have a nagging suspicion, i may one of the few that actually watched it. Wife still looks at me weird when i make the reference to her.....I'm ready for parts to show up. AC condenser is ordered. PPE valve is ordered. both should be here this week, thinking i may be able to mess with this saturday or sunday, hopefully. I'll grab some R134a tomorrow while i'm in Idaho so i can smuggle it across state lines in defiance of my corrupt overlords.
Also i forget if i mentioned my side project in this thread, but that's moving forward too. It's a super secret side project. totally haven't openly posted about it in the interior section where it belongs or anything like that. but super top secret side project that might just be me wasting $200 is moving forward. Can't wait to destroy something expensive and see if i can put it in something cheap.
Also i forget if i mentioned my side project in this thread, but that's moving forward too. It's a super secret side project. totally haven't openly posted about it in the interior section where it belongs or anything like that. but super top secret side project that might just be me wasting $200 is moving forward. Can't wait to destroy something expensive and see if i can put it in something cheap.
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I didn't have time to do the condenser myself. so i dropped it off at my buddy's place sunday. He used to be a heavy duty diesel mechanic and doesn't like sleeping and has severe issues with idle hands and always needs something to do. So the AC should be back up this weekend, and a fresh PPE thermal bypass shall be on as well. If everything goes well rims and rubber will go on in May
