What did you do to your NNBS GMT900 Tahoe/Yukon Today?

[iamdub]

Depends on how much I can get her to drink that night.

I've seen the ingenuity employed with a Sawzall and silicone toys. I imagine a half inch cordless impact and some carefully selected extensions could make for a good night in the cargo hold of the Tahoe as well.

 

[Hi-psi]

Changed the oil today. Fumoto valve makes it SO much easier. This is my 3rd change since installing.

Still trying to come up with a better/easier/cleaner approach to the oil filter. Current approach is punching the bottom and midway up the side with an icepick and draining into a funneled jug. Works decent, but I'm still intrigued by the strong magnetic piercing drain valve thing I found a video of. Maybe I'll get motivated to try to make my own.

 

[iamdub]

Changed the oil today. Fumoto valve makes it SO much easier. This is my 3rd change since installing.

Still trying to come up with a better/easier/cleaner approach to the oil filter. Current approach is punching the bottom and midway up the side with an icepick and draining into a funneled jug. Works decent, but I'm still intrigued by the strong magnetic piercing drain valve thing I found a video of. Maybe I'll get motivated to try to make my own.

Crack the filter loose, then put two or three grocery bags inside another so you have extra layers (they all have a hole somewhere), put them over the filter and twist it the rest of the way off. Keep the filter in the bags and tie them off. No oil on your hands and none to spill out when you trash the filter.

 

[Derick]

Changed the oil today. Fumoto valve makes it SO much easier. This is my 3rd change since installing.

Still trying to come up with a better/easier/cleaner approach to the oil filter. Current approach is punching the bottom and midway up the side with an icepick and draining into a funneled jug. Works decent, but I'm still intrigued by the strong magnetic piercing drain valve thing I found a video of. Maybe I'll get motivated to try to make my own.

Which fumoto did you get?

 

[Hi-psi]

Which fumoto did you get?

p/n F107N

On my 6.2 (and I would assume the same on the 5.3) you don't need the extra little extension fitting. Just thread right in in place of the drain plug. For piece of mind, add in the little lock clip.



Attach some clear 3/8 ID tube to the end when it's time to drain, remove the lock clip, open, drain into an empty jug.

 

[Hi-psi]

Crack the filter loose, then put two or three grocery bags inside another so you have extra layers (they all have a hole somewhere), put them over the filter and twist it the rest of the way off. Keep the filter in the bags and tie them off. No oil on your hands and none to spill out when you trash the filter.

My current approach works fairly good.

However ever since I came across this video, I've been determined to find something like it. So far, no luck. Probably have to make my own.

The poster of that video was apparently making them and selling them on eBay, but has since disappeared.

 

[gooffeyguy]

My current approach works fairly good.

However ever since I came across this video, I've been determined to find something like it. So far, no luck. Probably have to make my own.

The poster of that video was apparently making them and selling them on eBay, but has since disappeared.

I basically do the same thing, but use a punch that's pointy on the end. I use a hammer and tap it into the center of the bottom of the filter. The punch is about 1/4"-3/8" diameter and doesn't get messy/leak oil until I wiggle it to pull it out. If I do it swift enough it just has a small run of oil down it that a paper towel in hand while doing it takes care of. I then go inside and let it drain for 5-10 minutes. When removing the filter, no oil runs over the edges and down the sides, very clean proceedure.

The punch is like this, about 6" long, and I put it in all the way to the start of the knurled part, so about 2" into the filter

2001 Yukon SLT
2012 Yukon Denali XL
2011 Yukon Denali RIP 5/20/18

 

[kbuskill]

Head bolts or exhaust manifold bolts?

I was talking about the bolts that hold the manifolds to the heads... sorry for the confusion.

 

[kbuskill]

Double post.

 

[Hi-psi]

I basically do the same thing, but use a punch that's pointy on the end. I use a hammer and tap it into the center of the bottom of the filter. The punch is about 1/4"-3/8" diameter and doesn't get messy/leak oil until I wiggle it to pull it out. If I do it swift enough it just has a small run of oil down it that a paper towel in hand while doing it takes care of. I then go inside and let it drain for 5-10 minutes. When removing the filter, no oil runs over the edges and down the sides, very clean proceedure.

The punch is like this, about 6" long, and I put it in all the way to the start of the knurled part, so about 2" into the filter

Essentially the same as what I'm currently doing. Just looking for an approach that allows the attachment of a hose to simplify draining into an empty jug.

The punch & drain method works good, just when the oil stream gets thin, any kind of wind will risk blowing it around making a small mess. Currently to reduce that I try to get a jug & funnel up as close as I can to the punched filter.