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

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Sam Harris

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That's the damn truth! Bought one at Sears a few years back paid like $200-$300 it was a really big one. Put something in it and was giving it hell with a mini sledge for about a dozen blows until the jaw broke right off and nearly took out my flip flop clad toes lol.

I have scrounged some garage sale vices since then that say USA made on them instead of dang chineseium.
Yup! For sure. I bought a Craftsman a couple years ago, a decent 6”.. I was using the “anvil” on it, and just barely caught the edge of the “anvil”, which promptly broke off a huge chunk of steel. Obviously the “anvil” is only supposed to be for looks...!
 

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Yup! For sure. I bought a Craftsman a couple years ago, a decent 6”.. I was using the “anvil” on it, and just barely caught the edge of the “anvil”, which promptly broke off a huge chunk of steel. Obviously the “anvil” is only supposed to be for looks...!
I've realized years ago that Craftsman anything is subpar in quality. Imo anything after late 80's early 90's is garbage.
 

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You post hurts me!!! I'm over here thinking I can do without changing the interior bulbs!! The blue looks so nice!! How difficult was it to switch everything over?? Which bulbs did u use??
Thanks! Appreciate it! I kinda wish I had done green to be honest. Lol. Anyway, bought the bulbs from a guy on Ebay. He makes kits. It’s a bit tedious, but worth it. I still need to finish the passenger door..
I’ll update with the seller once my eBay app decides to work...

Seller: https://ebay.com/usr/gm-gauge-repair

Example: https://www.ebay.com/itm/283341850680
 
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And I finally decided to replace the standard NNBS shifter with the new one that @Adverturedenali92 suggested (maple or amber or something..?) Thanks Chase!! - anyway, color is pretty good. Not exact, but a lot nicer than black. And I bent the shifter arm enough so it’s closer to stock. Much better!

Now, I’ll have to do it all over again, when my replacement shifter boot arrives Wednesday.. [emoji3525]
I left the original in for now because mine’s pretty trashed and suspect it would have ended up in two pieces anyway, had I put it on the new shifter...


Before, with the stock NNBS shifter:

In park:
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In drive:

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After I bent the arm in the vice, I needed to clean up the shaft a bit since it was a little torn up / rough from the vice jaws:

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Now the new park position:

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And drive:

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Hard to show, but a significant difference after bending the arm, compared with the other NNBS shifter:

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Then I started pulling off the shrink tubing I did last time, and desoldered the wires. These are really short, so didn’t want to cut any off if I didn’t have to:

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Soldered to the original plug:

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And 3 layers of shrink tubing, because I love that shit.. :

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Factory plastic keepers hold the wire in perfect:

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New park position:

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Tow / Haul (BBP “Sport” mode) activates just fine, and the drive position:

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Looks good , love the two tone. Did you mention if you had plans for the ^ v buttons on the shifter ?
 

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Looks good , love the two tone. Did you mention if you had plans for the ^ v buttons on the shifter ?
No plans. I cut the wires pretty short. I can always take it out and do something with them, but as of now, no plans.

What did you have in mind.... [emoji16][emoji631]
 

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