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  1. PatDTN

    How often do you go WOT aka "Italian tune up"?

    For me it's a self control issue. Since I swapped in the cammed and tuned 6.2 I love seeing the traction control light up at 30 mph or so.
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    Drive with lift glass open?

    These vehicles mostly have a tow hitch. Lowes and Home Depot have trailers. Around the places I've been some pl especially even have a truck you can rent by the hour.
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    IS AFM DISABLEMENT NECESSARY??

    If these things were a constant problem GM's beancounters wouldn't let GM continue adding an expensive piece of equipment when they'll fight over a 10 cent increase for a better part for any piece of a car. When you make enough of anything you're going to have some failures.
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    IS AFM DISABLEMENT NECESSARY??

    Here's my opinion (all of these responses are opinions.) I had a problem with my stock 5.3 when it suddenly started guzzling oil and got the same list of responses. I bought a junkyard 6.2 from a newer Yukon and went through the physical process of blocking off the oil passages to the odd...
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    09 tahoe ltz hood open, stabilitrack, traction control, et al

    I left the sensor on the new ground wire. If I detect a problem that might be caused by it I can disconnect it and connect the one that isn't on the ground.
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    09 tahoe ltz hood open, stabilitrack, traction control, et al

    Despite the fact that the ground cable resembling an octopus with too numerous connections it cured the stream of error messages. I haven't even finished connecting the ground lead to the frame. I twisted the frame end of the old cable to one of the leads on the new cable. Plans to finish that...
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    09 tahoe ltz hood open, stabilitrack, traction control, et al

    Yesterday I read about bad battery cables causing a host of issues just like mine. I opened the hood and started tugging on the battery cables. Someone before I bought the truck had cut the ground to remove the inductive sensor. They apparently pushed the cut ends together and wrapped tape...
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    2013 Tahoe Gear Shift Lever loose and will not go into gear.

    I did pull the lever, ground off the rivet and punched it out. Tried to tap it to 1/4-20 but didn't get the tap to bite. I drilled it to accept the same bolt slid through from the back side. My bolt had a lower profile head and the shaft had just a slight flare at the head that let me tap it...
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    2013 Tahoe Gear Shift Lever loose and will not go into gear.

    I'm finally back to working on this after being out of town for a couple weeks and then having the Tahoe in the body shop to repair damage from being rear ended. I bought the nylon bushing and it doesn't seem to click on and give any support. After putting an unholy amount of pressure on it to...
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    Denali in the OBX NC dunes?

    I once drove my full size Bronco up to the oceanfront lot my parents had at Carova Beach. I didn't air down for it and struggled through the sand. When I got into the little city up there I was surprised at the number of 2 wheel drive sedans and station wagons there. They all came and went on...
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    2013 Tahoe Gear Shift Lever loose and will not go into gear.

    Thank you for posting this along with the fix. Mine just did this to me luckily in my own front yard.
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    On vacation need help

    The rear ABS tone ring complicates pulling the bearing and putting it back together. Also when the bearing fails it *can* but doesn't always take out the bearing area of the axle. Once upon a time you could get something called a green bearing that offsets the spot it hits the axle but I believe...
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    09 tahoe ltz hood open, stabilitrack, traction control, et al

    I'm starting to think it might be smart to check behind my new radio. Yesterday it decided I really wanted my tire pressures to show on said radio...
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    09 tahoe ltz hood open, stabilitrack, traction control, et al

    My dash is looking like a blinking beeping Christmas tree. It started with a series of beeps but I couldn't see anything in the DIC. Eventually it happened often enough to see hood open in the DIC but it cleared quickly. Now today I have warnings flashing and dinging like crazy. To me this...
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    Yet another Yukon with engine tick and low oil pressure

    I'm of the same opinion BUT I started working on things when I was about 9. Today's much more complex machinery would be hard to pick up without a long background and a lifetime of curated tools.
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    Yet another Yukon with engine tick and low oil pressure

    Oh and my oil pressure rarely gets below 40 since I blocked off the AFM oil galleries.
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    Yet another Yukon with engine tick and low oil pressure

    I'm fairly sure there were 3 different o-rings to choose from when I went through my junkyard 6.2 before I installed it. The existing was in tatters but I bought the same color.
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    Broken Motor Mounts

    Funny, I have a 2009 4wd tahoe and somehow dodged that whole nightmare TWICE having replaced a broken mount on my 5.3 then swapped the engine to a 6.2. It's much simpler with the wheel off and the fender liner removed.
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    Rear wheel bearing, replace axle?

    Make sure to examine the axle carefully. If it's damaged look into something called a "green" bearing that moves the load point on the axle.
  20. PatDTN

    2008 Suburban Engine Swap - 6.0 to 6.2

    Well congrats on getting rid of the practice wife. Now you can start fresh and do more planning knowing what you're up against.
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    OEM backup camera wiring

    I don't know. I just ordered a rear view camera mirror that mounts like OEM on the windshield. It's an inch smaller than stock but gives me dash cam functionality as well as better rear view. The descriptions I found are a little sparse so this is going to be a trial. I think it changes the zoom...
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    OEM backup camera wiring

    Cameras not mirrors above.
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    OEM backup camera wiring

    Having driven a number of vehicles with backup cameras I wouldn't bother with the stock camera. There are so many aftermarket mirrors with much better resolution and more features including zoom.
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    Yet another Yukon with engine tick and low oil pressure

    The O-ring in question is on the oil pump pickup tube. When it leaks it lets air into the oil pump which makes your oil pressure unstable at best. If the o-ring fails completely I think (someone check me on this) it can go into the oil pump with its close tolerances. At the very least I think...
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    In what situations have you used 4L/4Low?

    Used 4lo today pulling 2 1/2 tons of gravel around my hilly yard.

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