Rocket Man's 02 Denali Build Thread AKA "THE BEAST"

[89Suburban]

Installed the new coolant overflow tank. Oh so THATS the cooking level?
Love my spring clamp pliers, they make this so easy. View attachment 373382View attachment 373383View attachment 373384View attachment 373385

Stop spending my money on tools!!!!!

 

[Rocket Man]

Stop spending my money on tools!!!!!

Those are some of my favorite tools. I always hated spring clamps until I bought a couple pairs of pliers specifically for them. Now it’s ridiculously easy to remove hoses.

 

[89Suburban]

Those are some of my favorite tools. I always hated spring clamps until I bought a couple pairs of pliers specifically for them. Now it’s ridiculously easy to remove hoses.

What brand is yours?

 

[Rocket Man]

What brand is yours?

Sorry I’m late replying. I just bought a generic set on Amazon.

 

[89Suburban]

Sorry I’m late replying. I just bought a generic set on Amazon.

Me too !

 

[Rocket Man]

Well I’m in the process of replacing the AC components since it quit working. Im doing the compressor, accumulator and condenser. I started today and discovered the high pressure switch was blown off the back of the compressor and there’s metal fragments throughout the system. There’s not even any oil in the compressor. So it looks like I’ll be doing a complete system flush front to back. Not looking forward to it. The orifice tube is packed with metal. This sucks. Seems like it’s always worst case scenario lately.

 

[89Suburban]

Well I’m in the process of replacing the AC components since it quit working. Im doing the compressor, accumulator and condenser. I started today and discovered the high pressure switch was blown off the back of the compressor and there’s metal fragments throughout the system. There’s not even any oil in the compressor. So it looks like I’ll be doing a complete system flush front to back. Not looking forward to it. The orifice tube is packed with metal. This sucks. Seems like it’s always worst case scenario lately.

Holy f'n shiite that blows.

 

[Rocket Man]

I ordered a flush kit from Amazon and 2 quarts of flush fluid.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Worse case scenario, but at least you know what you're facing now and not going in blindly. Just imagine all the money your saving by doing it yourself--and you know it's being done correctly, to your standards.

 

[RAMurphy]

Really sucks, sorry man.