Intro - First Offical Post (Recent replaced 98 Yukon with a 17)

[Art Contoni]

Bought the new tow hooks and the center trim for accommodating them. Had a friend power coat them as close as possible to Victory Red and installed them over the weekend.

It was about 55 degrees so don't know if temp was a factor but it was a real bugger trying to remove the old trim piece and in the process I snapped off an important retainer piece on both fog light bezels so they will have to be replaced. I'll purchase new ones and look into wrapping or plasti-dipping them as close as possible to matte textured black as possible.

Hated having to remount the front license plate bracket but Illinois is not friendly about missing front plates.

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After:

 

[Art Contoni]

Upgrade two:

Factory DL8 to 2017 Escalade DL3 Power Fold, Puddle, Turn Signal Mirror Upgrade.

100% Plug-N-Play (no harness modifications required)

I have a write up of diagnosis to finish here: https://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/threads/escalade-mirror-upgrade-question.138739

 

[Miami-Dade]

Excellent work Art on your 2017 Yukon!!

 

[Art Contoni]

Going to be looking into the Off Road Light Switch upgrade next...need to check connector brands and order up a harness.

 

[Sam Harris]

Very belated welcome from Texas!

Thank you for your service!!

Great looking family! Looking forward to more updates.

 

[Art Contoni]

So the 17 Yukon has 116K on the clock and the Mrs 13 Tahoe LTZ just turned over 100K. Thinking I should change the trans fluid and filter in both. Luckily they both have the same 6L80 trans so I can get two filters.

Is there a reason why a lot of the kits do not include a pan gasket?

Is there a recommended brand filter and oil or just stay with Delco on both?

Full Synthetic or Blended Dexron VI?

Anything else I should know to prep?

 

[Art Contoni]

Surfing around tonight I saw a few posts about an updated Thermal Control Valve. Is this something I should look at changing out at the same time?

What are some obvious reasons to swap this out?

 

[Art Contoni]

8 mos into driving my 2017 Yukon. Love the vehicle but I'm very disappointed in the radio reception. Local stations that were strong in every vehicle I've owned barley come in at times.

I see some engineer that's smarter than me moved the antenna to the back side glass...why?

Anyone know a cure for this or do I need to source a factory external antenna?

 

[Coltzfan1963]

Same here

 

[Art Contoni]

Just did about 4000 mile trip between the end of Feb and Mid March24. Yukon performed well and got about 20Mpg. With so much seat time I do think I need to consider a replacement driver seat cushion (purchased with about 110K highway miles) so i think its broke down on the left side a bit. Still despise the radio reception - might look into installing a truck passenger side antenna. Just do not see anyone posting a fix.