My Bermuda Blue Hoe

[Tonyrodz]

Is it just me or does that link not work?

Me neither.

 

[Jlaughtr]

Me neither.

Fixed it!

 

[Jlaughtr]

I’ve been MIA for awhile but life gets busy sometimes. I was finally able to get my exhaust fixed. I originally had true duals out the back but they broke off because there’s really not enough room for the driver side exhaust. Had a temporary fix of turn downs but I didn’t like the sound. Finally got the exhaust setup that sounds great and looks good. Still 2 mufflers into a Ypipe then out the stock exhaust spot. The Carven RPTs are still the best

 

[Jlaughtr]

Also just hit the big 250k on the Hoe! Yes all my dash lights are out. She’s getting some TLC this weekend

 

[Jlaughtr]

So in regards to the dash lights being out. I think that happened when the ignition switch was replaced.

here’s the issue....the hoe would not start randomly. But a quick jiggle of the battery and it started right up. The remote unlocked the truck but as soon as I tried to crank it....nothing. No lights or anything. When it cranked after the battery jiggle the clock was reset to 12:00. This leads me to believe there’s a short somewhere.

I took it to the local shop in my ****** little town and left it for a week. They determined it was the ignition switch and replaced it....low and behold it’s not the ignition as it still shorts out. And after they replaced the ignition switch all my dash lights were out ‍

Fast forward to now it rarely starts without jiggling the battery. I’ve been trying to figure out the starting issues and can’t find the short. I was driving on the interstate and hit my high beams and the truck turned off and on real quick and the clock was back at 12:00 all while driving 80mph. This makes me thing the short is somewhere in the steering column. But why does it start after just a slight jiggle to the battery??

It’s out of my mechanical ability so I’m taking it to the shop tomorrow for the issue. Also going to have them do a once over and check things that wear out especially since I just hit 250k.

 

[adventurenali92]

If it starts after a jiggle of the battery cable, maybe you should try and clean up the terminals, and then tighten down the battery cables.

 

[Jlaughtr]

If it starts after a jiggle of the battery cable, maybe you should try and clean up the terminals, and then tighten down the battery cables.

The terminals are clean and tight. It only loses the connection or shorts when you rotate the key to turn it on. Everything works normal up to that point

 

[Fless]

Batteries wear out. Have it tested.

 

[Jlaughtr]

Upgrading the headlights next weekend. New units should arrive this week. Decided to go with these replacements and I got some Amazon special LED lights for low and high beams before I spend the big bucks on high quality LED lights.

Gonna buy some silicone and hit all the seams just to double cover to make sure no water leaks or condensation occurs.

Can’t wait to get them swapped in. Think it will be a big facelift!

 

[Jlaughtr]

So in regards to the dash lights being out. I think that happened when the ignition switch was replaced.

here’s the issue....the hoe would not start randomly. But a quick jiggle of the battery and it started right up. The remote unlocked the truck but as soon as I tried to crank it....nothing. No lights or anything. When it cranked after the battery jiggle the clock was reset to 12:00. This leads me to believe there’s a short somewhere.

I took it to the local shop in my ****** little town and left it for a week. They determined it was the ignition switch and replaced it....low and behold it’s not the ignition as it still shorts out. And after they replaced the ignition switch all my dash lights were out ‍

Fast forward to now it rarely starts without jiggling the battery. I’ve been trying to figure out the starting issues and can’t find the short. I was driving on the interstate and hit my high beams and the truck turned off and on real quick and the clock was back at 12:00 all while driving 80mph. This makes me thing the short is somewhere in the steering column. But why does it start after just a slight jiggle to the battery??

It’s out of my mechanical ability so I’m taking it to the shop tomorrow for the issue. Also going to have them do a once over and check things that wear out especially since I just hit 250k.

The Hoe got a great 250k mile tune up. Mechanic went over everything from sensors, filters, engine, etc. Put new spark plugs and wires in and fixed the starting issue. There was a cut battery cable I didn’t see so it was losing connection. All fixed

she’s ready for another 250k

 

[Tonyrodz]

Upgrading the headlights next weekend. New units should arrive this week. Decided to go with these replacements and I got some Amazon special LED lights for low and high beams before I spend the big bucks on high quality LED lights.

Gonna buy some silicone and hit all the seams just to double cover to make sure no water leaks or condensation occurs.

Can’t wait to get them swapped in. Think it will be a big facelift!

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Also put some dielectric grease on the bulb gaskets. You also MIGHT need to transfer your oem headlight rear adj brackets. Usually the aftermarket brackets are cheap and flimsy.

 

[Jlaughtr]

Got the new headlights I stalled today. They are a little smaller than the OEM headlights so there is some space around the headlights. The bottom LED bars are not program/wired right so I’ll have to call CarID to see if they can swap them out but other than that I love the new look. I’ll see how the LED headlights do tonight when we get the alignment done.

 

[Jlaughtr]

Close up before and after

 

[915_Tahoe]

Close up before and after

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I like the aftermarket lights, but the bad thing is the gap. You can adjust so many times and can never get it right. If I'm not mistaken someone here did something to fill in the gaps, juat can't remember who is was that did it.

 

[Jlaughtr]

I like the aftermarket lights, but the bad thing is the gap. You can adjust so many times and can never get it right. If I'm not mistaken someone here did something to fill in the gaps, juat can't remember who is was that did it.

luckily imperfect gaps don’t bother me all too much. The HD Hood has it’s on gap issues too. I’ll search around and see if I can find that thread too

 

[Jlaughtr]

I like the aftermarket lights, but the bad thing is the gap. You can adjust so many times and can never get it right. If I'm not mistaken someone here did something to fill in the gaps, juat can't remember who is was that did it.

I didn’t measure but I just think the after market lights are just smaller. The adjustment brackets are the same size tho for what I can tell

 

[Jlaughtr]

These are the gaps. I didn’t get a pic of the OEM gaps because who knew.

 

[Tonyrodz]

I like the aftermarket lights, but the bad thing is the gap. You can adjust so many times and can never get it right. If I'm not mistaken someone here did something to fill in the gaps, juat can't remember who is was that did it.

@Rocket Man did it on the beast. Hopefully he'll chime in.

 

[Tonyrodz]

I didn’t measure but I just think the after market lights are just smaller. The adjustment brackets are the same size tho for what I can tell

I transferred over my oem brackets to my new lights. The aftermarket brackets were flimsy. I also have gaps, but it doesn't bother me either.

 

[Jlaughtr]

This was the led light issue on the lower headlights.

the strip on the driver side works but the small side marker doesn’t. The pssenger side strip doesn’t work but the small side marker does. ‍‍