What did you do to your NNBS GMT900 Tahoe/Yukon Today?

[89Suburban]

SO,

a few days ago I noticed a dark spot on the floor carpet driver's side bottom of the seat near the floor mat. Looked like some kind of a stain. I pulled the floor mat out and the left half of the floor area of that carpet is wet to the touch. It hasn't rained here since last week and I have not washed it. WTF? I am assuming it is water because it has no smell.

 

[Doubeleive]

SO,

a few days ago I noticed a dark spot on the floor carpet driver's side bottom of the seat near the floor mat. Looked like some kind of a stain. I pulled the floor mat out and the left half of the floor area of that carpet is wet to the touch. It hasn't rained here since last week and I have not washed it. WTF? I am assuming it is water because it has no smell.

could be a front window seal, mine was leaking on the passenger side, new window fixed that, mine had a big o'l chip in it anyway.

 

[Rocket Man]

SO,

a few days ago I noticed a dark spot on the floor carpet driver's side bottom of the seat near the floor mat. Looked like some kind of a stain. I pulled the floor mat out and the left half of the floor area of that carpet is wet to the touch. It hasn't rained here since last week and I have not washed it. WTF? I am assuming it is water because it has no smell.

Water can hide under the carpet for awhile before it’s noticeable so it probably leaked in last week.

 

[89Suburban]

Water can hide under the carpet for awhile before it’s noticeable so it probably leaked in last week.

We had that hurricane Ida remnants kick our ass last week with rain I guess it may be from that. Hopefully it's not an actual leak just a fluke. I'm gonna dry it out this weekend and keep an eye on it. I just never noticed this before and she has seen plenty of weather. I am sure the floor mat is keeping it from drying out.

 

[Fubar0715]

Idiots.

Its like providing a shopping list for the thieves...Know exactly what you will be "picking up"

 

[Rocket Man]

Its like providing a shopping list for the thieves...Know exactly what you will be "picking up"

I’ve always hated stickers anyway. I figure they belong on toolboxes and such, not on vehicles..

 

[alpha_omega]

Man I got boxes of stuff delivered weeks ago and can’t get the down time to install everything

I feel your pain! Same problem here.

In San Francisco it didn’t matter what stickers you had on, they threw a rock through the window of every parked car and tossed everything inside, taking whatever they fancied.

I lived in Oakland for a few years. People would just tape signs to their windows saying the doors were unlocked, and leave the glovebox open. Wild place.

Thank god for off-street parking, but my car was broken into once. They stole my battery jump-pack, Gerber multi-tool, and all the spare change.

Might have been nice to see them get "cut just below the chin" and find their rotting carcass laying next to the vehicle-all bled out! Oh, the Karma would have been sweet tasting!!

In some of the 39 countries I’ve had the pleasure of passing through, we didn’t have to worry about locking doors or even leaving windows rolled down with expensive electronics sitting on the seat. Nobody dared to steal from us. Not because we had diplomat plates or because we were Americans, but because they didn’t dare to steal from anyone. You get your hands cut off for doing that $h!t in some places. Don’t get caught twice or someone other than your feet will be writing your letters and feeding you soup for the rest of your life.

 

[alpha_omega]

Usually the spot light, bars in the windows, and antenna on the roof scare those scum away... That's if they're even smart enough to know what Magpul is. Lol

And even though those kind of people are everywhere, I typically don't go into the areas where it's a very high probability to happen.

If they don’t know what magpul is, they will soon find out.

I have added so much alarm stuff to mine it's more secure than my home, it won't stop a smash and dash but I don't keep anything in it that you could take before I could get to it so......good luck, windows are tinted 5% in the back so you can't see anything inside anyway.

It’s stupid things have come to that. Like you, the way I see it is if theres anything those scumbags “think” they want more than I do, they had better hope they can beat my .308 to the end of the driveway. If not, the .338 will catch you before you make it down the road faster than my dog will.

 

[alpha_omega]

First drive all smooth. Not counting any chickens yet… but hopeful.

Wouldn’t be the fuel pump giving up the ghost would it? Have you checked the wires down at the pedal? I had that issue and I believe the purple/white wire down there was all kinked.

We had that hurricane Ida remnants kick our ass last week with rain I guess it may be from that. Hopefully it's not an actual leak just a fluke. I'm gonna dry it out this weekend and keep an eye on it. I just never noticed this before and she has seen plenty of weather. I am sure the floor mat is keeping it from drying out.

Rare - I’ve also seen cabin air filters so clogged that it soaked not only the passenger side, but also over to the drivers.
As @Doubeleive mentioned, I would check the trim out first.

 

[the_tool_man]

Long ago I knew people that had big stereo systems in their cars and had big decals of "Alpine" or "Rockford Fosgate" on their back window. They'd come rolling into a parking lot with it booming, then come out to a busted window and their system ripped out and taken.

I told them all they're doing is advertising for someone to break in

My college roommate drove an old Skylark convertible. He didn't bother locking the doors because it was cheaper to replace a stereo than a sliced convertible top. His head unit was in one of those removable housings that he'd lock in the glovebox whenever he left the car. Nevertheless, someone smashed his custom speaker enclosure and took the speakers and amp one night. I hate thieves.

 

[RooTBeeRthe1st]

Corn has been hovering around 60-65% here for a while... Filled up this morning, apparently it was only 25%ish...wtf

Drove all the way to work like that and then back home and literally backing into my parking spot check engine light came on, lean code.
I know it's hot, but I thought it seemed a little more sluggish than usual.
Still need to dig in there and figure out why the driver side is always leaner than the passenger side.

 

[gooffeyguy]

Corn has been hovering around 60-65% here for a while... Filled up this morning, apparently it was only 25%ish...wtf

Drove all the way to work like that and then back home and literally backing into my parking spot check engine light came on, lean code.
I know it's hot, but I thought it seemed a little more sluggish than usual.
Still need to dig in there and figure out why the driver side is always leaner than the passenger side.

What fuel was in there before filling up and how much was still in there?

I've been running premium 93 octane and the alcohol % has been at 5%. I filled up with E85 last week but there was still about 7 gallons in the tank and my alcohol % settled at 59%

 

[RooTBeeRthe1st]

What fuel was in there before filling up and how much was still in there?

E85- 64% i think
About 4 gallons left.
It's never supposed to be under 50% out of the pump.
The fuel delivery truck was there this morning, but he wasn't hooked up to anything.

 

[89Suburban]

could be a front window seal, mine was leaking on the passenger side, new window fixed that, mine had a big o'l chip in it anyway.

I hope not. Is that something I can just re-seal without replacing the window? How did you track it down?

 

[mikeyss]

It's time I run my trans cooler lines correctly using tubing instead of rubber. I know how to bend and make flares on lines, but what I don't know is what metal and what size tubing is used for trans cooler lines.

Long story short, when I replaced my engine, installed a trucool 40k cooler, and torque converter.... But I had to temporarily use rubber hosing to get from the radiator to the cooler. The rubber leaks badly at the clamps so I'm going to redo that all in what ever tubing trans cooler lines are.

 

[George B]

It's time I run my trans cooler lines correctly using tubing instead of rubber. I know how to bend and make flares on lines, but what I don't know is what metal and what size tubing is used for trans cooler lines.

Long story short, when I replaced my engine, installed a trucool 40k cooler, and torque converter.... But I had to temporarily use rubber hosing to get from the radiator to the cooler. The rubber leaks badly at the clamps so I'm going to redo that all in what ever tubing trans cooler lines are.

Just use the proper size coated steel line.

 

[CaptainAmerica1]

An6

 

[RooTBeeRthe1st]

An6

=1/²”

I was thinking about getting that DIY "AN" stuff from summit and getting rid of my rubber hose when I relocate my cooler also.
The Hardline idea isn't too bad either.
When I added the cooler the first time and then cut the engine radiator out of the loop altogether, I ended up hacking the factory metal lines anyway and put a flare on there just to keep the rubber hose on and from leaking.

 

[RooTBeeRthe1st]

Nearly all the RA parts are here.
FedEx updated my LCA and steam port hose-rad to be delivered on Tuesday instead of tomorrow.
And I should be getting some Lucas oil stabilizer dropped off tomorrow also, for future oil changes.

Pep boys has been my go-to auto parts store for the last 10 years because they always had the oil and filters and whatnot that I use. Well they decided to keep their service departments, but get rid of their in-store parts departments. All of that drama started a few months back. And now all of the parts departments that used to be pep boys are going to be advance Auto parts.
My autozone's, napa, O'Reilly don't carry any of the stuff I like to use unfortunately so I ended up buying stuff from Amazon this last time. Figured I'd buy in bulk because of that.
Hopefully advanced will carry all the stuff I prefer and open up soon.
/Rant/Ramble


After the radiator blew up and I put the new one in, using the old hoses I was having leaking issues. I decided to change those hoses out obviously, and then after I did all that, thought I should probably just change all of the hoses to be safe, so I finally ordered that stuff and just got it in.

Ordered the hoses between the radiator and overflow reservoir, the heater hoses to the firewall, the plastic fittings for that as well.

Goodridge stainless braided brake lines-I'll probably wait to put those on, might just order for calipers and replace them all for s's and g's and then bleed the whole system with the tech2.

Just trying to freshen up the old girl to make sure she won't leave me stranded in the middle of nowhere.

 

[Just Fishing]

got the thrust bearing fully installed today.
Managed to seat that baby from under the truck, pan off and with a dead blow.

endplay successfully checked 3x, and a 4th after final torque.
Final check was just shy of .003 (probably like .0028).

now i need to unbolt the converter, double check the converter install depth, and see if i can't see how far that baby seats into the end of the crank.

Pretty much chasing my tail to figure out wtf i did wrong.


Only thing i can think of right now, the harmonic balancer was seated a bit too far.
meaning the belts were pulling on the crank a little, against the thrust bearing.

I doubt it was enough to matter, but I'm going try fixing that again.
I'm Glad i got the ARP balancer bolt when i built the engine.