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

[Sam Harris]

Installed the remote transmission filter. Mounted it to the front passenger frame rail just in front of the AC compressor. There is about a 1" hole punched in the frame in this area and I mounted it over the top half of this hole.

I just cut about 2" out of the rubber line that connects the two hard lines and connected the lines to the filter mount barbs. I was going to use 90* hose barbs, but I wouldn't have been able to screw the second one in because the first would've been in the way, so I just used the straight hose barbs that came with the kit and used 3/8" npt street 90* to get the angles I wanted.

Filter is a WIX 51269 Hydraulic filter, no drain back valve, which is used to keep oil in the passages in the block above the filter when the motor is shut off (hence why there's a big mess when we loosen the oil filters on these motors). The trans doesn't need this and most of the fluid drains back to the trans when shut off. The filter also has a 10 micron filter rating.

I plan on doing the first filter change in a few months when I do an engine oil change, but then after that about once a year, or every other engine oil change.

I filled the filter with fluid before installing, just so I'd have an idea about how much the filter holds. It took about 8oz. The fluid cooler I installed the other day holds about 12oz. When done, I pulled down the driveway and back up into the garage and left it idling to warm up a bit. I checked for leaks and the fluid level was a little low. The trans temp only got to 135* but I added fluid until it reached the bottom of the crosshatch "Full Hot" area. It took 20oz. I'll check it again after the next time I drive it and get it warmer.

EDIT: Fixed pic order

Pretty cool. So you just remove the factory filter in the pan?

 

[gooffeyguy]

Pretty cool. So you just remove the factory filter in the pan?

Nope, the factory filter acts as the fluid pickup also so it has to stay. I did change that out a couple weeks ago along with all the fluid, so I probably won't have to drop the pan again for quite some time, maybe not ever again. There still is a magnet in the pan that will collect metal contaminants. I've seen some people with the remote filters use a filter magnet that wraps around the filter to help collect metal contaminants in the filter.

 

[Sam Harris]

Nope, the factory filter acts as the fluid pickup also so it has to stay. I did change that out a couple weeks ago along with all the fluid, so I probably won't have to drop the pan again for quite some time, maybe not ever again. There still is a magnet in the pan that will collect metal contaminants. I've seen some people with the remote filters use a filter magnet that wraps around the filter to help collect metal contaminants in the filter.

So you should still regularly replace the factory filter, since fluid is passing through, right?

 

[1BADI5]

Are you planning on putting the leather seats in from the z71?

No, since they are from a 2007. Mine is 2010 and has the airbags in the seats.........not wanting to deal with SRS lights

I currently have them on Marketplace for sale.

 

[1BADI5]

Do you have pictures of the console apart and what it looks like under there?

I can grab some pictures of it later today

 

[gooffeyguy]

So you should still regularly replace the factory filter, since fluid is passing through, right?

Really no need to, as all the fluid will get pumped through the external filter, which filters much better than the pan filter anyway. The pan filter is mostly to keep bigger contaminants from going through the trans.

If I ever need to drop the pan, I'll probably replace it for good measure, even if not needed.

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[1BADI5]

This made me laugh

I guess the DIC thread was popular lol

 

[kylers2k]

No, since they are from a 2007. Mine is 2010 and has the airbags in the seats.........not wanting to deal with SRS lights

I currently have them on Marketplace for sale.

Link? I need seats

 

[iamdub]

This made me laugh

I guess the DIC thread was popular lol

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lol
I saw that this morning, too. Phallically suggestive/********** threads are obviously enticing to our sophomoric minds.

 

[1BADI5]

Link? I need seats

I can get that for you later