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

[kwOH]

Long post...

Oil change with Mobil 1 high mileage synthetic and Mobil 1 filter. Tire rotation. Emptied the catch can. Gross. So glad this is not in my intake.
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Then a little plasti dip...
Okay, boys. Which one for the center caps? Or should there be white somewhere? I know they're not perfect, I was just testing my method.
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Keep in mind my front end is this way (pardon the dirt, been raining like hell)...
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Color matched this bowtie for the hitch.
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Gonna put red and/or black dip, but not sure of the scheme yet. Ideas or suggestions, please.

The back hatch logo is like this...
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Thanks for your thoughts here, guys.

I think all of them white would be cool. But if your going red & black id do the red with black outline for all.


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[Rocket Man]

Divining rods. Lol.

Well actually they're so my lifters don't fall into the block when I swap my cam but I figure I'll need to start looking for gold after I'm done with my truck in order to replenish my cash reserves so yeah divining rods. Multipurpose tools.

 

[HiHoeSilver]

Well actually they're so my lifters don't fall into the block when I swap my cam but I figure I'll need to start looking for gold after I'm done with my truck in order to replenish my cash reserves so yeah divining rods. Multipurpose tools.

J/K.. I read your build thread before I posted that, lol.

 

[Chubbs]

Yea I made a mess when I did mine too. No way to do it clean unless you had one of those large transmission drain pans. I didn't touch my old filter seal either; my new filter popped in place and was snug so I didn't see the point.

If you don't want to get a $10 HF 1/4" drive torque wrench, do it by feel with a shorter ratchet. Can't get any feel when using a long one. I did 13 ft-lbs for my gasket. From my experience at a shop, 13 ft-lbs is tightening with the head of the ratchet until it stops, and then giving it a tug on the handle after.

I couldn't make it to the store in time so when I went to reinstall the newly gasketed pan, I used a 1/4 drive ratchet... carefully. Same thing happened: the gasket was protruding from the back, passenger side with sharpest corner so I loosened the bolts & started over. Same $hit but less dramatic so I rolled with it. About 3-quarts in I got a small drip @ front of pan so I hit them all 1- more time and stemmed the leak. Started engine & ratchet thru all selections a couple times after adding quart #4. Checked level 20-mins later; low on stick. Added 5th qrt as some random dude lingering around began asking me for $$$ so I killed it & went inside before he came back with a gang to beat & rob me. Will have to drive & recheck fill tomorrow. Hopefully get the power steering flushed too.

 

[Cattivo]

Installed the new power stop drilled and slotted rotors kit I bought a few months ago along with the stainless steel brake hoses...stops on a dime now

 

[MadDogDelpho]

Long post...

Oil change with Mobil 1 high mileage synthetic and Mobil 1 filter. Tire rotation. Emptied the catch can. Gross. So glad this is not in my intake.
View attachment 179155

Then a little plasti dip...
Okay, boys. Which one for the center caps? Or should there be white somewhere? I know they're not perfect, I was just testing my method.
View attachment 179156

Keep in mind my front end is this way (pardon the dirt, been raining like hell)...
View attachment 179157

Color matched this bowtie for the hitch.
View attachment 179158

Gonna put red and/or black dip, but not sure of the scheme yet. Ideas or suggestions, please.

The back hatch logo is like this...
View attachment 179159

Thanks for your thoughts here, guys.

I think you should match your front bow tie with the caps, personally

 

[mdnitedrftr]

Installed the new power stop drilled and slotted rotors kit I bought a few months ago along with the stainless steel brake hoses...stops on a dime now

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My next upgrade for sure. Did you do the '07+ calipers too?

 

[mdnitedrftr]

Oil change with Mobil 1 high mileage synthetic and Mobil 1 filter. Tire rotation. Emptied the catch can. Gross. So glad this is not in my intake.
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Ok, I need to do this.

 

[PG01]

I put the K&N stickers on my truck:
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What do you think @MadDogDelpho ?
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They're crooc, crooke, crookd......not straight ..........lol...jk

 

[mdnitedrftr]

I threw my intake back on my truck. I can't decide if I like it or not.

 

[PG01]

Yeah I'm not feeling the black. I want something different. I'm probably going to stop by the powder coater tomorrow and look at some color samples.


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Was gonna say black.......but......

 

[PG01]

Last night I finally dropped the trans' pan to replace the filter & add 5-fresh quarts of AC Delco Dex6 fully synthetic. I had to do it after dark because it's so damn hot down here in TX; it was no walk in the park. I got most of the old oil on myself & the ground. While laying in oil-soaked cardboard I had to remove the shifter linkage so that the pan would come out and those 2-torx bolts are tucked away with no reasonable space to reach them.... I almost removed the front DS but persistence & attacking at ridiculous angles with my hands while shimmying every which a'way on my back finally paid off with their removal & the pan coming free. The old gasket could only be removed via razor blade and took probably 1-hour+ of clean/prep.

I didn't bother removing the old filter seal due to circumstance, and the new filter popped in nicely. I got the pan back in place, shifter linkage arranged and torqued the bolts up with my 1/2-in drive @ 18-lbs or so. I got to the last bolt in the corner & noticed the cork gasket was broken & protruding something awful. Great! Take it all back apart @ 2:00am

Left 2 bolts snugged up on the pan & rinsed the drive off. Picked up a neoprene type gasket today so that I can try again without the 18-in long, 140 lb torque wrench. Maybe go to harbor freight & get a smaller 1, or is it that big of a deal? Can I get away with hand tighten by feel? If I didn't have so much auto repair going on I would have paid the garage $50 for their labor & avoided all of this work but $50 can go a long way for what I need.

Learned my lesson on overtightening and/or not thoroughly checking my work as I go. I did use some permatex copper spray on the pan to hold my cork gasket which could also have created the problem. Now I get to remove all of that shit tonight & prep it again. And use the proper 9ft-lb torque instead of double that LoL.

On my 01 hoe i just bent the shifter linkage out of the way and bent it back after....easier than trying to get to those bolts.... idea for next time

 

[Da90]

Was gonna say black.......but......

Haha... well I had black on my last truck and currently on the 06. Trying to do something different.


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[PG01]

Haha... well I had black on my last truck and currently on the 06. Trying to do something different.


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I get it... my kids ask if my favorite color is black..... lol

 

[Da90]

I finished the passenger side. After I took this picture I took off the running board brackets. I also got the driver door handles installed. Need to round up some more clips for the fender flares.

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[PG01]

^^^^ gotta tell ya, for being so old, stolen and sitting in a field, that thing looks great... hows it run? Everything works , 4x4 windows locks etc?


****NY sucks.... rusty POS's here

 

[Da90]

Yeah so far everything works! I had to fix some gremlins. They cut the mirror harness and auto light harness.

I was really impressed yesterday when I drove it. I was expecting it to drive sideways! Lol

The brakes pull a little under heavy braking but hopefully turning the rotors and pad will fix that. Don't really want to get into brake lines etc.


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[Da90]

Only thing not tested is the windows. I'm waiting on my Denali switches to come.


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[W8TVI]

They're crooc, crooke, crookd......not straight ..........lol...jk

The one on the window has bubbles.
I tried to get them out, but it was going to rip.
Didn't have a pin or anything at the time to fix it.

 

[Rocket Man]

I couldn't make it to the store in time so when I went to reinstall the newly gasketed pan, I used a 1/4 drive ratchet... carefully. Same thing happened: the gasket was protruding from the back, passenger side with sharpest corner so I loosened the bolts & started over. Same $hit but less dramatic so I rolled with it. About 3-quarts in I got a small drip @ front of pan so I hit them all 1- more time and stemmed the leak. Started engine & ratchet thru all selections a couple times after adding quart #4. Checked level 20-mins later; low on stick. Added 5th qrt as some random dude lingering around began asking me for $$$ so I killed it & went inside before he came back with a gang to beat & rob me. Will have to drive & recheck fill tomorrow. Hopefully get the power steering flushed too.

WTF? Are you working on it in a bad hood in the middle of the night? Damn bro that sounds like a *****! Hope you got it.