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

[Bombsquad85]

I bought an 05 Escalade esv a little over a month ago
82k miles on it


Had the cluster redone
Had a deck put in it for Bluetooth/ CarPlay
In the process of changing all the bulbs to led and I ran into an issue with the door light
Bulb is too big
Light casing seems to be glued together

Any advice on this one?
Thanks!

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Dremel.... this what I did

 

[Bombsquad85]

Da fuq?! Do y'all salt your oil to keep it from freezing? I thought those were all the same, from the same Chinese factory. Apparently, someone made their baffle out of regular steel instead of the stainless the others and/or original ones are.

Haha idk man. But it's ****** that this fell apart

 

[iamdub]

Haha idk man. But it's ****** that this fell apart

Indeed. I'm glad you found this and posted up cuz that's the same type I've referred others to based on my experience with them. But, the few I've used, they all had stainless steel and aluminum guts. Maybe one manufacturer makes the main body and other companies stuff 'em with their baffles, etc. and some use mild steel.

 

[Sam Harris]

The other day, I found one of my tag lights had a broken tab, so was loose and rattling around... replaced both with OEM parts. Damn snow got us again.. another 6” or so on the ground here, and hardly anywhere else got much at all. So dirty truck.. Tough install. [emoji23]




And, recently, I posted, looking for the seat frame plastic cover part number, since mine is warped.



As @Fless suspected, the last tab was not properly secured.. all I needed to do, was shine a light in there to see the bent plastic tab, and the metal clip not attached:



Popped those into their correct locations, and it’s made a significant difference. Unfortunately, the piece is still warped, from being that way for some time, but much better than it was.. I’d still like to replace it if I can locate a better piece:

 

[Fless]

The other day, I found one of my tag lights had a broken tab, so was loose and rattling around... replaced both with OEM parts. Damn snow got us again.. another 6” or so on the ground here, and hardly anywhere else got much at all. So dirty truck.. Tough install. [emoji23]




And, recently, I posted, looking for the seat frame plastic cover part number, since mine is warped.



As @Fless suspected, the last tab was not properly secured.. all I needed to do, was shine a light in there to see the bent plastic tab, and the metal clip not attached:



Popped those into their correct locations, and it’s made a significant difference. Unfortunately, the piece is still warped, from being that way for some time, but much better than it was.. I’d still like to replace it if I can locate a better piece:

I'll keep watching at the UPulls.... in the meantime how about a little light heat gun work?

 

[Fless]

Not on this one. It's the neighbors' Hoe that needs a tranny they can't afford so they're not driving it. They're not sure what they'll do with it, they owe a pile of money on it and I offered to clean up the cluster. It's good practice for me and I'm doing it for free just to see what it takes.

Some crummy pics of the aftermath, stepper motors, backlighting, PRND321 was barely lit. I couldn't power it all up at once since the connector pins are too close together. Everything seems to work okay and I'll get with the neighbor and reinstall this weekend.

 

[Rocket Man]

I'll keep watching at the UPulls.... in the meantime how about a little light heat gun work?

That might work, just make sure not to heat it too much. Plastic tends to have a “memory” and the right amount of heat can make it regain its original shape.

 

[Sam Harris]

I'll keep watching at the UPulls.... in the meantime how about a little light heat gun work?

That might work, just make sure not to heat it too much. Plastic tends to have a “memory” and the right amount of heat can make it regain its original shape.

Yup, I was thinking the same.. don’t want to do too much, but I’ll give it a little heat, and see if I can get it to flatten a little more. It’s already much better.

 

[Sam Harris]

Some crummy pics of the aftermath, stepper motors, backlighting, PRND321 was barely lit. I couldn't power it all up at once since the connector pins are too close together. Everything seems to work okay and I'll get with the neighbor and reinstall this weekend.

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Great work Steve! Way to go.

 

[SinfulSpeed]

i know its not a huge fan, but you got a relay wired in? they put far less of a strain on the battery when you use one. i did twin 16 inch fans, and removed my clutch fan years ago. i put them on a switch and a relay for each fan.

Yes, there's a dedicated relay for it. I'd like to do the electric fans too sometime in the future. =)