What did you do to your NBS GMT800 Tahoe/Yukon Today?

[Rocket Man]

Finally sent the oil sample into Blackstone for The Beast. She just gets hard short city trips nowadays, I’m rough on the old girl. It took well over a year to roll 3000 miles though. At 170k she still looks great and no mechanical issues in the last year or two. I don’t think I’ll ever get 100,000 miles on the blower so it will likely never need an oil change in its lifetime with me.

 

[blueinkd]

Not sure, maybe. I've tried 2 or 3. All idiots imo.

That's wild for sure. SUCKS but there are plenty of good ones out there for sure.

 

[Tonyrodz]

That's wild for sure. SUCKS but there are plenty of good ones out there for sure.

My mother uses a really good one. She's maybe 40 minutes from me, but he's VERY expensive. She tells me some of his prices and I tell her she could get it done cheaper, but she likes him and almost never needs to bring it back for something he didn't fix correctly. Get what she pays for.

 

[blueinkd]

My mother uses a really good one. She's maybe 40 minutes from me, but he's VERY expensive. She tells me some of his prices and I tell her she could get it done cheaper, but she likes him and almost never needs to bring it back for something he didn't fix correctly. Get what she pays for.

Well....I didn't want to bring that up earlier but that right there is a lesson to be learned quickly. YOU get what you pay for. I'm all for saving money, hence why I did the labor on my own LM7 rebuild, but I did pay a reputable machine shop to rebuild the shortblock.

 

[Tonyrodz]

This is true, but not always. I've paid a lot of money a few times and they still messed up. I think the best solution is to go by word of mouth. I also try to do as much as I can to save money.

 

[89Suburban]

Finally sent the oil sample into Blackstone for The Beast. She just gets hard short city trips nowadays, I’m rough on the old girl. It took well over a year to roll 3000 miles though. At 170k she still looks great and no mechanical issues in the last year or two. I don’t think I’ll ever get 100,000 miles on the blower so it will likely never need an oil change in its lifetime with me. View attachment 415318

Doggie!!!

 

[Sam Harris]

Have your cluster stepper motors ever been replaced? Not suggesting anything, just curious.

It’s a “rebuilt” cluster, so probably not.

 

[Fless]

It’s a “rebuilt” cluster, so probably not.

Depending on where you got it from, I would think replacing them would be SOP.

 

[Sam Harris]

Wednesday, pulled out of the driveway en route to a cabin in Broken Bow, OK, and the shifter seemed a little wobbly. Grabbed it and it went limp.

I knew what happened before I pulled the clamshell . To properly orient the NNBS shift lever I installed, I followed these instructions and notched the metal and bent in a vice. Perhaps I went too deep with the cut, but the repeated motion of pulling down on the lever combined with soft metal severed it right in two.

Was able to use a small screwdriver to operate the transmission and made the trip to/from. I no longer have the original, so I will order another NNBS chrome/leather like the broken one. I might try to bend it in the vice without the notch. Maybe some heat? Just don't want to be in that situation again but without the bend it hangs so low (too much innuendo for one post) when in "Drive".

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Damn, that’s crazy. I just bent mine in a vice, no notch. Didn’t even need much pressure.

 

[Fless]

Damn, that’s crazy. I just bent mine in a vice, no notch. Didn’t even need much pressure.

We know who you are...

 

[Sam Harris]

We know who you are...

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You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry..

 

[ivin74]

I might try to bend it

That's what I did to mine

 

[ScottyBoy]

Just realized my AC was blowing hot. I looked under the hood and saw a very visible leak in the hose from the compressor to the condenser. Last time I charged it I put a bunch of dye in it. I'm not sure what caused the puncture, maybe road debris or something, but there's a nick in the hose almost like an awl or screwdriver punctured it. Oh well, new hose is on order From RockAuto, and I'll swap it out as soon as it arrives. Thankfully the weather isn't too hot right now. It's just a little warm during the day and in the 50's in the evenings, so it's quite tolerable right now with no AC at least.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Just for the hell of it I started it--all gauges worked. So I'd say it's an intermittent issue.

 

[mattbta]

Put an OEM rubber transmission mount in replacing the Energy Suspension poly. Need to drive it a bit and see if any effect on my squeak.

Daughter came over to craft shop with wife/mom so I got her car's oil changed and a wash then cleaned the inside windows.

 

[Scottydoggs]

being sat was likely the last nice day i'll see for a while, i helped out a friend with his oil change on gis hellcat. my quick jacks are a life saver. just to easy.

then i took the time to change my d/s blend door actuator. jobs a pita really theres two screws that gm clearly never wanted you to remove..... but it is nice to have full control of the hot and cold again.

still got two window regs to swap out, clean the master window switch inside due to a sticky d/s front window button, then the new module for the seats pedals, ect, the cover plate turns out to be pretty worn and when lit up the whole buttons glow, so ill swap on my old cover thats like mint. lastly solder up the rear view mirror so the temp shows up again. im off all winter, so little by little i hope to get em all knocked out.

 

[Dantheman1540]

Hey girls, I’m gonna pull my old thang into the shop Tuesday for a few minor mods. One of which is actually removing the column shifter thingy and installing the Manual trans column trim. Anyone know how to remove the thing the column shifter plugs into? It blocks the man trans trim from fitting.

 

[05Single]

So I’m confused.
It was my understanding, from this forum, that 00-02 had steel hatches and then gm swapped to aluminum in 03 because struts were giving out prematurely with steel hatches.
Now I hear it’s random depending on production plant?

Also I didn’t do anything to my gmt800 today because it’s in storage in AZ while I’m in AK :,(

 

[Aquamania001]

Just got baby out of the shop Driver side steering, and other bushing replaced. Tracks straight as an arrow now. No more clunking.

 

[Tonyrodz]

So I’m confused.
It was my understanding, from this forum, that 00-02 had steel hatches and then gm swapped to aluminum in 03 because struts were giving out prematurely with steel hatches.
Now I hear it’s random depending on production plant?

Also I didn’t do anything to my gmt800 today because it’s in storage in AZ while I’m in AK :,(

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