RENAMED!! The adventures of Chase and his 2006 Yukon XL Denali!! Follow along on my travels!
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Tonyrodz
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Put a few.mouse traps in there. That'll get his freeloader ass! 1 little mouse can do hundreds, even thousands in damage. Sooner you get rid of him, the better.
NOTE--U've read mice hate dryer sheets. Stick some under your seats.
NOTE--U've read mice hate dryer sheets. Stick some under your seats.
Sonofa! That’s messed up!So yesterday was frustrating to say in the least....
shop had to keep my truck overnight to finish the valley pan gasket. Only for me to discover that a mouse had gotten into my truck overnight in the shop....
when the tech came to pick me up on his test drive to make sure truck was all good I noticed a pile of insulation on the floor in front of my front passenger seat... I’m like where the hell did that come from it wasn’t there yesterday when i left the truck.... then I notice when we pull back into the shop that my cluster is showing the service stability system warning.... I’m like that definitely wasn’t happening yesterday. And all the tech said wa so don’t know I didn’t do anything electrical.... needless to say I was pretty pissed. I remember reading here in some threads that when the service stability system warning appears it most likely caused by a discrepancy somewhere in the electrical system in the truck...
so after I finished my morning appointment I rolled back here and unbolted my front passenger seat. Found mouse poop and two torn wires coming from the front most electrical plug under the front passenger seat, which I believe is the airbag power harness, but I’m not positive on that.
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adventurenali92
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Yup put some in this morning lol
Little bastard!
Tonyrodz
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Did you get his little ass?
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adventurenali92
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The weird part is that I didn’t see it at all Friday or yesterday. I think he was gone by the time I got back into my truck Friday when the shop handed it back over to me.
Tonyrodz
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Hope so. They like to chew wires too.
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adventurenali92
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So my tailgate handle has been loose for about a month or so now. Kinda annoying went to really annoying on Wednesday when the clip on the backside of the handle that connects to latch mechanism decided to snap.... at the junkyard just after a stop into the paint shop to get some valspar paint for a project on the Nali. DAMMIT!!!! 
Played with some junkyard tail gates to see how the latch mechanism works and how they disassemble. But couldn’t pull a whole handle assembly. Ordered a new textured black plastic handle assembly on amazon yesterday. I think it was like $18. Fortunately it got delivered today, and because I had the paint ready to go I started painting this afternoon. It came out really really good.
Played with some junkyard tail gates to see how the latch mechanism works and how they disassemble. But couldn’t pull a whole handle assembly. Ordered a new textured black plastic handle assembly on amazon yesterday. I think it was like $18. Fortunately it got delivered today, and because I had the paint ready to go I started painting this afternoon. It came out really really good.
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adventurenali92
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Gonna let it sit for two days and then hopefully Sunday I can figure out getting it swapped.
Meanwhile I’m trying to work everyday and I had to leave the interior tailgate panels split so I can reach into the inside of the tailgate and release the latch to be able to work. Quite annoying... lol
Meanwhile I’m trying to work everyday and I had to leave the interior tailgate panels split so I can reach into the inside of the tailgate and release the latch to be able to work. Quite annoying... lol
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adventurenali92
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So here’s what snapped on my tailgate handle:
Getting it out was kinda of a pain but not as difficult as I expected. Got the new one ceramic coated and installed and I think this paint job came out pretty damn good:
Getting it out was kinda of a pain but not as difficult as I expected. Got the new one ceramic coated and installed and I think this paint job came out pretty damn good:
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Tonyrodz
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How's the quality on the new handle? Aftermarket, correct?
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adventurenali92
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Yeah I think it’s aftermarket. So far it’s good.
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Finally got my drivers seat bottom swapped. The leather cushion I put in in 2016 after I bought my truck unfortunately didn’t last. I think partially that’s because it wasn’t actual leather, but probably vinyl. Anyways the new seat cushion came out really good. And I did new foam under the leather in 2016, and the foam cushion has held up really well since and it’s still really comfortable and has good cushion. Here’s the before pics:
and the finished seat back installed in my truck:
and the finished seat back installed in my truck:
Tonyrodz
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Your old seat cover def was vinyl. Only vinyl cracks like that.
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adventurenali92
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Yeah that was my thought on that as well given all the different types of seats I’ve seen over the years detailing and how they all wear.
Tonyrodz
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I see alot of Chryslers with the same exact cracking in the driver seat.
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adventurenali92
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Yeah I’ve seen that too!
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So I finally pulled the trigger on husky x-act contour front liners. I LOVE THEM!!! Lol. I ordered for a 2007 Yukon Denali because I wanted them in black. I know they're not an exact fitted match to my truck but they’re pretty damn close. And they cover SO much floor so I’m good with it. Only thing that didn’t show up was all three of the floor anchors for the mats. Seller only gave me one so I gotta get in touch and tell them they need to send me the two I’m missing lol
Now my front and rear floor liners match! YAY!! Haha
Now my front and rear floor liners match! YAY!! Haha
Wow, those look nice Chase!
