flyboyron

I had to pull off the road and take a picture. 100,000 miles. It only took 10 years, 9 months, and 12 days. 2009 Silverado Ext. Cab LT 5.3L.

Must have been the last so called "mechanic" that worked on the truck. I think they have a box in their shop, when they take bolts off, they throw them in the box, and when they put things back together they just grab a handful of bolts and put in whatever fits.

On my 09 Silverado, the first thing I have to do is remove the corner brace from the truck. When I do that I find 4 different length bolts! Are you serious?

Well, this thread is done..... I had the battery on the charger for at least 15 hours. I went to start the truck and it is dead.....won't crank over the engine. Time for a new battery. Thanks anyways.

November 2015 I installed a new battery in my truck. It is an AC Delco battery, I don't remember the model number. When I am not driving it much, and riding my motorcycle, I put it on a battery tender. I also have a Garmin Dash Camera GPS that plugs into the cigarette lighter/power port on the dash. About 2 weeks go I parked the truck and haven't driven it. I went to start the truck this morning and the battery was dead. I put it on a charger all day, and this evening I went to start it up and noticed I had left the GPS on and plugged in. That is what ran the battery dead. What are my chances this battery will last much longer and do you think it will give me any signs it is on its way out? Or should I just replace it.

I dreamed that I was down at a local GM dealer, and there was a lot of activity and talking about something new GM was doing. I asked a salesman what was going on and he told me. He said that GM was making brand new 1968 Chevy Trucks and selling them for $17,500.00. I was thinking, I don't know what those trucks are selling for now, but I am sure one in excellent shape would go for more than that. Then I thought, I got to go home and tell my wife so I can see if I want to order one. Then of course there is the delima of giving up all the options I have on my current Silverado, and trading it in for one, where the options were limited to A/C or maybe the size of the engine. Yes, it was only a dream. I was looking just now at a 1968 Chevy truck brochure online and realized, I had seen one of these brochures several months ago. I think it stuck in my mind, they say dreams happen like that.

I upgraded my front end to match the 2012 -13 LTZ style like yours except mine is all white. I have an LT. I have the Range which disables the AFM system and leaves it in V8 mode all the time. You didn't say what engine you have in it, I have the 5.3L and I don't lose any mileage with the Range either. Mine is the 2009 and I don't have any dash cracking issues with it yet. I hope you don't either. Looks like a nice truck. Drive safe.

Actually it has the 4 speed with overdrive and the rear end is the 3.73. I also have the Range installed where it stays in V8 mode all the time, and I had the A/C on. I know if I did not have the towing rear end in it, I would be getting better gas mileage all the time.

Usually I drive my truck down the freeway doing 70 - 75 trying to keep up with the traffic so I don't get run over. My commute is about 24 miles. Doing that, I am lucky to get 16 mpg. Yesterday, I decided to get in the right lane and follow a slow truck doing 55 - 60 mph. I also did that driving home. I averaged 20 mpg. Of course everyone knows you get better mileage when you drive slower, but you can't do that on California freeways without getting a lot of people pissed off at you.

But for some reason my truck hasn't faded. The stock color of the fender and the new grille matched. If he would have painted the truck the stock factory color there would have been no problem. The paint color they used had a yellow tint to it and I think it is because they figured the truck had faded and purposely painted it as if it had faded. So their solution in fixing that was instead of trying to feather in the edges of the parts they painted with the correct color paint, (which would have cost them more money to mix more paint) they just painted more parts with the left over faded color paint to make it match. If this guy is too cheap to paint the front section of the hood to make it match the grille, he is definitely not going to spend $400.00 on replacing that grille that he half ass painted and ruined. Now I am wondering if I spend the money and buy another grille and install it, will it be more noticeable that it doesn't match because now both fenders and the hood are a different color.

I recently had my truck repaired from an accident and finally got the upgraded grille and front of the truck painted all white that I have been wanting for many years. The grille alone was over $400.00 and took 3 weeks to get it from Michigan. I wanted that LTZ grille more than anything. When I got the truck back, I noticed the hood color did not match the drivers side fender that hadn't been damaged and the new grille. Those were the factory color Summit White. I discussed this with the owner and even explained to him and showed him with actual pictures of the truck of what I thought would be the easiest and cheapest way to fix this. They worked on the truck a few days and I got it back. The paint still does not match. I talked to the owner again, and he said he painted the grille and the drivers fender to match the hood. I went out and looked real close at the truck just now and I can see paint runs and tape marks on my new $400 grille. I am so upset. He ruined a perfectly good grille. He just painted more of the wrong color on more parts so it would match better. OOOOOOOHHHHHH. I am so mad I could scream!

That dipstick is not correct. I looked in my manual and it shows the same one you put here, but my truck has a different one. I took a picture of it and attached it to this reply. Mine only has 4 dots and not 5. Years ago they used to be like the one showing in the manual but mine has one less dot. I guess they removed it to save money. I could never figure out where exactly 1/4 qt is, or even half quart low, but made general assumptions. So now maybe they went to 1/3 quart low at the second dot from the top, and then 2/3, and then 1 Qt at the last dot. Or maybe its in ounces. The first dot 10oz, the second 20oz, and the bottom dot 30oz, close to 1 quart. Who is going to argue over a couple of ounces here or there. Yes the top dot is full. Thanks for posting the video. I had heard about that procedure and knew if the oil pressure did not come up with an oil change, I would have to look into having that done. Everything is fine now, the oil pressure is where it has been in the past.

I am not sure! I see that I have the 5.3J (LY5) with the 4L60E transmission.

My 2009 Silverado with the 5.3L V8 has always run well, and I am always driving it easy. This is the normal oil pressures I read on the gauge whether or not how accurate it is. Cold Idle 35psi Before the engine is fully warmed up at 2,000 rpms the oil pressure is at 60psi. Engine warmed up at 65 mph the rpm is at 2,000 oil pressure settles down about 40psi. I noticed this week the following... Cold Idle 30psi Before the engine is fully warmed up at 2,000 rpms the oil pressure is at 35psi. Engine warmed up at 65 mph the rpm is at 2,000 indicating about 30psi. The oil pressure indicator never got over 40psi no matter rpm I was at. I checked the oil level on the dipstick and it read at the 1st dot. I guess that is ¼ of a quart low. This oil pressure seemed low to me. I thought maybe the oil viscosity was compromised because the oil has about 7,000 miles on it, showing 30% oil life remaining and I usually change it when it gets down to about 10 – 15% remaining. So I went and had the oil changed to see if that had any effect on the oil pressure and yes, it did. The oil pressure is now back to normal. I would have never thought the oil viscosity would change as the oil gets older. I had the last oil change done at the dealer, and was wondering if this is because the dealer used a cheap oil. Before these Oil Life Remaining gadgets, I changed the oil in my vehicles every 5,000 miles. The truck is supposed to use 5w-30, and I never thought the oil pressure would drop when the oil gets more than 5,000 miles on it. Any ideas?

Thanks, the left rear adjuster was froze, the right one was ok. I got it freed and cleaned everything up and the brake pedal is solid now. Thanks again.