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  1. OneofFew

    Greetings from NE GA

    I live in beautiful Talullah Falls, Ga, am a truck driver and mechanic by trade but haven't been in the mechanic trade in years. ASE certified and worked for GM for years, now I just work on my own cars and do some automotive A/C work on the side. I have been wanting a Tahoe or suburban for...
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    Georgia Mountain Rough duty Tahoe. The struggle is real.

    I managed to fix my mode door for the a/c- It was not switching from defrost. I found that the mechanism was sticking. with a little help it overcame its predicament and decided to cooperate again. If I run across a mode actuator, Ill put it on my shelf just in case.
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    Georgia Mountain Rough duty Tahoe. The struggle is real.

    Some things I am going to have to figure out is the mess that is the driver door.... Hinges are shot, the small straight piece that goes between the hinges and slides into the door is missing and the interior lights only come on sometimes when you open the door... Also there is an un-fused hot...
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    Georgia Mountain Rough duty Tahoe. The struggle is real.

    Thanks for the recommendations.
  5. OneofFew

    How to: Front hub, cv axle replacement

    Removing the hubs: With the wheel off- Remove the brake caliper with a torx bit, the caliper mount, remove cap on the hub with a chisel (you may have to start with a scraper), remove 36mm axle nut, remove axle bolts on the diff (15mm), remove lower shock mount bolt (you will need to jack up the...
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    Georgia Mountain Rough duty Tahoe. The struggle is real.

    I went ahead and put it in my 'shop' and jacked up the driver side so I could take a look at what I will be facing when the brake line comes in. It will not be fun to replace that brake line, but I did figure out how far it goes.... It turns out the ABS is mounted next to the fuel filter about...
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    Georgia Mountain Rough duty Tahoe. The struggle is real.

    Thanks, will try for pics soon. Oh, if an admin reads this, this thread could probably be moved to 'General'.
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    Georgia Mountain Rough duty Tahoe. The struggle is real.

    As usual I buy a vehicle past its prime with one foot in the junk yard. I must be nuts. My neighbors seem to think I am and they are suspicious that I am running a mechanic shop out of my residence. The lucky patient has 237k miles, nothing looks new except the battery. The PO said it needed...
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    Georgia Mountain Rough duty Tahoe. The struggle is real.

    I recently bought an 01 Tahoe 4x4 to accommodate big dogs better and be able to tow a few k lbs in the mountains. The roads around here are pretty gnarly. I have not found very many how-tos on this forum and I do ALL my own work, so I will be documenting as much as I can stand for the community...
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    01 Tahoe overheating- stumped

    Update: I ran the engine, burped bubbles, capped it and sat it idling for a good while. Temp needle sat pretty firmly around 215. Turned on A/C and and saw no change really. As to the fan clutch- I think it may be frozen in the partially engaged position because it neither spins freely, nor is...
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    01 Tahoe overheating- stumped

    True, the lack of a T-stat can't be the cause for the overheating, but interesting no less. I do not buy new, always buy old stuff and do all my own work, so I am often amazed by the shoddy crap I find.
  12. OneofFew

    01 Tahoe overheating- stumped

    I did a bit of investigating and if this turns out to be resolved, I will feel stupid, but I have to wait out the stormy weather right now. I tested the coolant and found it to have a boiling point of 220 :/ It looks green enough, but evidently looks are deceiving. Evidently someone had...
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    01 Tahoe overheating- stumped

    I haven't checked for debris obstruction, but from the engine side it looks pretty good. Will check, thanks.
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    01 Tahoe overheating- stumped

    quiet at idle and WOOO at 2k.
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    01 Tahoe overheating- stumped

    Engine overheated, so I had it towed home. Today, idling quite a while the temp hung around 210 for a while, then the hotter it got, the faster the temp rose. I turned off the a/c at about 230 degrees a raised the idle, the cooling fan was audible. Temp kept rising. Things I have checked-...
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