What did you do to your NBS GMT800 Tahoe/Yukon Today?

[PG01]

Yeah I'm not feeling the black. I want something different. I'm probably going to stop by the powder coater tomorrow and look at some color samples.


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Was gonna say black.......but......

 

[PG01]

Last night I finally dropped the trans' pan to replace the filter & add 5-fresh quarts of AC Delco Dex6 fully synthetic. I had to do it after dark because it's so damn hot down here in TX; it was no walk in the park. I got most of the old oil on myself & the ground. While laying in oil-soaked cardboard I had to remove the shifter linkage so that the pan would come out and those 2-torx bolts are tucked away with no reasonable space to reach them.... I almost removed the front DS but persistence & attacking at ridiculous angles with my hands while shimmying every which a'way on my back finally paid off with their removal & the pan coming free. The old gasket could only be removed via razor blade and took probably 1-hour+ of clean/prep.

I didn't bother removing the old filter seal due to circumstance, and the new filter popped in nicely. I got the pan back in place, shifter linkage arranged and torqued the bolts up with my 1/2-in drive @ 18-lbs or so. I got to the last bolt in the corner & noticed the cork gasket was broken & protruding something awful. Great! Take it all back apart @ 2:00am

Left 2 bolts snugged up on the pan & rinsed the drive off. Picked up a neoprene type gasket today so that I can try again without the 18-in long, 140 lb torque wrench. Maybe go to harbor freight & get a smaller 1, or is it that big of a deal? Can I get away with hand tighten by feel? If I didn't have so much auto repair going on I would have paid the garage $50 for their labor & avoided all of this work but $50 can go a long way for what I need.

Learned my lesson on overtightening and/or not thoroughly checking my work as I go. I did use some permatex copper spray on the pan to hold my cork gasket which could also have created the problem. Now I get to remove all of that shit tonight & prep it again. And use the proper 9ft-lb torque instead of double that LoL.

On my 01 hoe i just bent the shifter linkage out of the way and bent it back after....easier than trying to get to those bolts.... idea for next time

 

[Da90]

Was gonna say black.......but......

Haha... well I had black on my last truck and currently on the 06. Trying to do something different.


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[PG01]

Haha... well I had black on my last truck and currently on the 06. Trying to do something different.


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I get it... my kids ask if my favorite color is black..... lol

 

[Da90]

I finished the passenger side. After I took this picture I took off the running board brackets. I also got the driver door handles installed. Need to round up some more clips for the fender flares.

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[PG01]

^^^^ gotta tell ya, for being so old, stolen and sitting in a field, that thing looks great... hows it run? Everything works , 4x4 windows locks etc?


****NY sucks.... rusty POS's here

 

[Da90]

Yeah so far everything works! I had to fix some gremlins. They cut the mirror harness and auto light harness.

I was really impressed yesterday when I drove it. I was expecting it to drive sideways! Lol

The brakes pull a little under heavy braking but hopefully turning the rotors and pad will fix that. Don't really want to get into brake lines etc.


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[Da90]

Only thing not tested is the windows. I'm waiting on my Denali switches to come.


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[W8TVI]

They're crooc, crooke, crookd......not straight ..........lol...jk

The one on the window has bubbles.
I tried to get them out, but it was going to rip.
Didn't have a pin or anything at the time to fix it.

 

[Rocket Man]

I couldn't make it to the store in time so when I went to reinstall the newly gasketed pan, I used a 1/4 drive ratchet... carefully. Same thing happened: the gasket was protruding from the back, passenger side with sharpest corner so I loosened the bolts & started over. Same $hit but less dramatic so I rolled with it. About 3-quarts in I got a small drip @ front of pan so I hit them all 1- more time and stemmed the leak. Started engine & ratchet thru all selections a couple times after adding quart #4. Checked level 20-mins later; low on stick. Added 5th qrt as some random dude lingering around began asking me for $$$ so I killed it & went inside before he came back with a gang to beat & rob me. Will have to drive & recheck fill tomorrow. Hopefully get the power steering flushed too.

WTF? Are you working on it in a bad hood in the middle of the night? Damn bro that sounds like a *****! Hope you got it.