2008 Yukon Denali, 135k miles, part 2!!

[tgui]

I had a few min to get a strut out. Man life has been busy. :-/

I also cracked loose the upper control arm.

Also my oil pan leak is looking like I should just fix it while everything is apart. Sigh...





Also this dewaDe xr impact has been a godsend. Get one! I have air tools. Its nice though not waking everyone up to fill the tank.

 

[randeez]

Hell ya, bought my pops same impact for fathers day last year....and stole it about a month later

 

[tgui]

I got some tools coming. Deep sockets, ratchets and pass through sockets. My current tools are piece meal from looong ago. I'm old enough to get proper sets now! At least this is what I tell my wife who spends more $$ on hair than I do tools.. ok she has a PHD & MBA... OK she didn't complain when I got my 6.2 Denali... shes also former UVA cheerleader that settled for me...

What am I complaining about?

 

[tgui]

More toys!!!! Pass through socket set. These are all staying in their cases. Not pro quality but better than what I collected through my 20s working on cars in parking lots.

I'll use this set for my strut spring removal.

 

[tgui]

Great. Looks like we might have to deal with flooding. Time to slap the Yukon back together and worry about shit later. Thankfully we live on a hill.



Started last night. Suspension back together except for 1 strut. I'm waiting on a spring isolator to show up from amazon. I'll get the headers back in tonight.

God damnit.

 

[swathdiver]

Great. Looks like we might have to deal with flooding. Time to slap the Yukon back together...

Yep, that truck is mighty handy during and after inclement weather.

 

[tgui]

Headers and exhaust in. Final torquing tomorrow with fasteners. Then plugs and wires. Then steering shaft. I hope tomorrow night I can at least start it. I'd like to feel the mounts.

Regarding mounts, headers fit nicely with plenty of O2 clearance on both sides. OEM mounts blow, man. /Cheech and Chong

Yaaaay, dirty...

 

[tgui]

2nd take on the post collector cat. It appears I welded on the connection further back on the headers. At least it made room for me to add s flex joint I had lying around!

This slots into the muffler.

A couple beers in, not sure how much further I'll get tonight. :-D

 

[tgui]

Got it running late last night. I couldn't sleep. I was far more careful with alignment and clamps. It's very quiet.

Also at idle the poly engine mounts seem to pass vibration no worse than worn and broken oem mounts. Maybe I felt a little more vibration in the steering wheel. No driving impressions yet.


Nothing shakes in the test video.

 

[tgui]

Spring compressed.


In!