Rocket Man's 2008 Bagged CC Silverado Build AKA "THE MACHINE"
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iamdub
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I see them around me ("around me" as in within a 300 +/- mile radius cuz I drive a lot for work) from $100 and higher. I've been keeping my eye out for one for my Tahoe because the hinge on the small door is broken. Nobody wants to sell me just the snap-in insert, they wanna sell the whole console so I pass on 'em.
Again, this is for the SUV, so I estimated one to run about the same or higher. I can add one for a truck to my search list if you want me to. If it's cheap enough, it may be worth it even with shipping.
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I filled up the tank today and was greeted by a pool of fuel under the truck when I was done. Again. This has happened a few times. The first time was on the way up from SF after I bought it and I diagnosed it as the fuel filler hose got disconnected at the top of the cell. Then it happened again a few weeks ago but I thought it was because I overfilled it, which I did. But today I made sure to not overfill it. So I got home and looked underneath but didn't see a problem, so I pulled the rear panel behind the tailgate so I could see the of of the cell. I figured it was a vent hose with a crack or something. It had leaked a bit on the way home (nothing like leaving a gas trail) and now nothing but I could see a stain around the top of the cell where the fuel pump mounts. The same mechanic that left the front shock bolts loose had replaced the fuel pump just before I bought the truck so I figured it had something to do with that. I added fuel and pretty soon it started leaking around the fuel pump gasket so I pulled the pump and there was the problem. The gasket was torn in a few places where the screws went through it. I tried finding a similar gasket but I'm not sure where they got this one from (it's not a stock one) so I decided to RTV it instead. I left the gasket out and used black RTV. It's a hard place to get my hands in so it doesn't look great but I think it will seal. It couldn't leak worse than before. I even covered the heads of the damn screws. The ring the builders made to hold the pump down had the holes in all different locations, not evenly spaced so it only went one way, and it had to line up with the pump in only I way due to one hole on the pump flange that had to line up so it was like a damn puzzle putting it back together, plus it now had black RTV all around the edges. It was a *****. It had better work or else I'll have to drop the tank. I had to drain about a gallon out of it before I installed the pump so it wouldn't splash into the RTV. Good times.
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I've been doing that ever since buying this truck man!We will have Mark like...
HiHoeSilver
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Hey now... You've got a supercharged denali with Wildwoods on 26 dubs.... Don't you be blaming that poor pickup!
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Oh yeah...duh.
I was just thinking though, I've been getting a CEL with code of P0455, evap system leak. I bet that's because of that damn fuel pump gasket. The tank obviously had an evap leak so hopefully that will be fixed.
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Yep. He left the front shock bolts loose, didn't check the new air bags for clearance so they rubbed a hole in them, left the fuel filler tube loose, and destroyed the fuel pump gasket. The 3 things he worked on he managed to f*ck up 4 ways.
Onebad1983
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That's a good point. Is it going to any shows?
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I don't have any plans for that, maybe just some local gatherings where guys get together to show their rides.
Tonyrodz
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Saw a Silverado center console that would work for you.
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This is under the driver side dash, how it's mounted.
Just something to think about. This was in a cc tho.
Just something to think about. This was in a cc tho.
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Mines black but I'm not doing a console swap anyway. My jump seat keeps my Husky from getting into the front seat. I want him to stay in the back. He'd just jump over a console and it would be trashed in no time. I'm either going to convert the under seat storage in the jump seat into a box or ( more likely) just do an all-in-one under the front seat.
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My friend's 3500 HD Duramax. He went the opposite direction I did- way way up instead of way way down. I'm gonna get a picture of our trucks side by side.
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Omg. That's awesome.
Tonyrodz
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That thing is a monster! Damn cool.
Wouldn’t you like to go meet that mechanic that did that crap on the cc and without even saying anything kick him square in the nuts, and after say ... thats for making me rtv my fuel cell... and walk away
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Lol.
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Washed them both today. Bee poop is gone for a day or two hopefully. I never knew what it was until I looked it up on Google images. Damn stuff is hard to wash off.
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The bees struck hard today. I saw a bit on it this morning so I took a hose and blasted it all off. It helps that I have a good paint sealer on both trucks and maybe because the paint got some dew on it last night, but I went grocery shopping and it was clean, I swear. Now look at it. Crazy. The pollen is heavy too but the bee poop is overwhelming. Hopefully the pollen goes away soon so the bees quit it.
