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[HiHoeSilver]

The long terms are simply a function of the short terms. Think of the short terms as what your truck is doing as an immediate response the the data, and the long terms as a large scale compensation. Watch the short terms at idle. What do they do when you hit the gas?

 

[swathdiver]

My girls were at dinner tonight with friends when one of their friends received a call for help. One of their buddies and his friend had gotten their trucks stuck in the mud and had been waiting 4 hours for a tow truck to arrive. They pull up to the trail head and watch a tow truck arrive and leave. They head down onto the trail and come across a Dodge Ram and an 800 Yukon stuck in the mud. Two teenage boys, one with a newly minted license decided to take their two wheel drive trucks off-roading and promptly got stuck.

Jaime and Julia get out the tow gear and with two pulls each, got them onto dry ground so they could proceed home. Their father forced my kids to accept $400 for them to have fun; the tow truck guy was going to charge them $1500.

Coincidentally, when this picture was taken, the Dodge and Yukon were already stuck in the mud about 2,000 feet away, under the orange sun. I positioned myself nearby to help but there was nothing for me to do, they had it covered. Julia turns 21 today, Jaime turns 18 next month. They grew up too fast!

 

[swathdiver]

From the mountains of northern Georgia last month.

 

[swathdiver]

Blackstone Labs report came back yesterday. Time wise the fluid has been in there about 2 and a half years, mileage was, about 24k miles and it was a little dark. They said they detected a tiny amount of ferrous metals which I read as iron, but it is less than last time. It's bothering me that the original filter is still in there. I'd like to change it out as soon as the weather cools.

 

[swathdiver]

The gasket in the photo is the rear hood seal. It is no longer available from GM. Seems that mine shrank a little and didn't go all the way across the cowl anymore. The part number for it is 15200240. I popped the hood of the Sierra and noticed that its seal had collapsed and looked shorter too. It uses part number 25865605. I found one on GMPartsGiant and promptly ordered it up.

Went out to the truck today and the one for the Sierra was a little bit longer than my original so we put it on and it fits with enough room to adjust it and keep it in the track. Then we popped the hood of the Sierra and swapped it out for my old one!

Now we have two Sierras in the driveway the All-Terrain's was collapsed as well. My daughter surmised that we could put some 3/8" or 5/16" clear vinyl tubing inside to restore the shape and keep it from collapsing since I bought the last one from GMPartsGiant even.

She's going to get some keys cut at Ace Hardware later and I'll ask her to get some tubing and see if it works.

Cleaned the mass airflow sensors in the trucks today after church. Going to a mudhole to see how the Michelin Defenders do off-roading in a few minutes. Of course the kids are bringing their trucks in case Dad gets stuck!

 

[iamdub]

Went out to the truck today and the one for the Sierra was a little bit longer than my original so we put it on and it fits with enough room to adjust it and keep it in the track. Then we popped the hood of the Sierra and swapped it out for my old one!

The original/stock one for the Sierra or the new one (25865605) was a little bit longer than your original is now or before it shrank?

 

[swathdiver]

The original/stock one for the Sierra or the new one (25865605) was a little bit longer than your original is now or before it shrank?

The new one (for a Sierra) is longer than the old original one (on the Yukon).

 

[swathdiver]

We recently purchased a 2013 Sierra with this Rugged Liner bed liner installed. It is the type that fits over the bed rails and is secured to the truck with 4 fastener clips. Apparently the thing moves around in the wind as it took the paint off the top of the bed rails at each end.

We're going to do paint correction and then cover the rails with the GM Accessory covers like the ones on the white Sierra. With clear skies we went after those fastener clips and had to break each one to remove the bed liner from the truck. Once done, it was obvious that it had not been removed in years, probably since at least 2015. There was a ton of Oklahoma dirt and leaves underneath. Once cleaned out the it was apparent that the liner had wore away the paint across the entire bed. The GM liner in the white Sierra has not done this. If the previous owners had done nothing, the paint would be in better condition. The bed and liner appear as if nothing was ever hauled back there, not a scratch in the plastic. Arghhh!

My daughter is washing the truck right now and I'll post up some photos of the paint later.

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Anyone else experience this? Any recommendations on paint correcting these areas? I purchased an ACDelco paint pen and rattle can and also have clear on hand in rattle cans.

 

[Tonyrodz]

We recently purchased a 2013 Sierra with this Rugged Liner bed liner installed. It is the type that fits over the bed rails and is secured to the truck with 4 fastener clips. Apparently the thing moves around in the wind as it took the paint off the top of the bed rails at each end.

We're going to do paint correction and then cover the rails with the GM Accessory covers like the ones on the white Sierra. With clear skies we went after those fastener clips and had to break each one to remove the bed liner from the truck. Once done, it was obvious that it had not been removed in years, probably since at least 2015. There was a ton of Oklahoma dirt and leaves underneath. Once cleaned out the it was apparent that the liner had wore away the paint across the entire bed. The GM liner in the white Sierra has not done this. If the previous owners had done nothing, the paint would be in better condition. The bed and liner appear as if nothing was ever hauled back there, not a scratch in the plastic. Arghhh!

My daughter is washing the truck right now and I'll post up some photos of the paint later.

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Anyone else experience this? Any recommendations on paint correcting these areas? I purchased an ACDelco paint pen and rattle can and also have clear on hand in rattle cans.

I understand the concept of bed liners--to protect the body and paint in the bed, but it seems they cause more damage then protection most times. I always thought they'd move around back there--scratching up the paint in the bed. If I had a pickup, I'd get a spray in liner.
Maybe you can feather out those scratches and dust in the new paint using the spray can.

 

[George B]

I understand the concept of bed liners--to protect the body and paint in the bed, but it seems they cause more damage then protection most times. I always thought they'd move around back there--scratching up the paint in the bed. If I had a pickup, I'd get a spray in liner.
Maybe you can feather out those scratches and dust in the new paint using the spray can.

They rub the paint right off down to the bare steel. I repainted several beds in my day.