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Picked it up today.

Less arguing over wheel size and put up more pics.

Rebadged after debadging her... Vinyl graphics...

Garbage In, Garbage Out Filling station pumps and accuracy. Stopped at a station where a gentlemen was doing the State checks so took the opportunity to ask some. 3 cubic inches under and 6 cubic inches over on a 5 gallon fill is the allowance. They are checked every two years unless someone files a complaint. (There are 231 cubic inches in a gallon) My average fill is 15 gallons. Half a tank. A legal under fill then is .039 gallons. A legal over fill .078 gallons. .118 gallons possible variance from pump to pump. (.447 liters). On a 15 gallon fill and 30 mpg I travel 450 miles. If those 450 miles a legal over fill would read only 14.921 or 30.16 mpg. The under fill would read 15.039 thus 29.92 mpg. A spread of 0.24 mpg or 0.79% high to low. Livable but not within 0.1 mpg which some claim as the accuracy of GM’s on board fuel reporting. If my average were say 15 mpg then that error is double percentage wise. My DIC is 7.6% happy. This is only the first problem with such a claim. The second would be the sample size the claim is based on, a tank or two. The work around is, it was the same pump at the same station. Certainly improves the odds but does not solidify the claim. Most stations have a master pump that feeds multiple dispensing pumps. How many were running at each fill? The issue is line pressure and line pressure goes to fill rate and that to agitation, froth and the effects that has on the auto shut off. Don’t tell me you don’t notice the delivery rate change when the guy on the other side of your pump is topping off. The real wild card is the frequency of the inspections and how quickly that certification can be out of spec and how long it can go unnoticed by anyone that would complain. The approach and load. Allot of stations have some pretty steep run off grades. The same pump addressed from opposite sides yields and different possible end point. Some tanks have odd shapes and even fill volume may trap some vapor in one direction it does not in another. Point is there are allot of variables and yet with careful records, some data mining and statistical analysis over thousands of miles and dozens of tanks and using a single pump of very recent calibration as a touch stone you have a tool to gauge accuracy of every other pump you might use. If I’m careful and I am I can find the standard deviation of a single pumps delivery and calibrate my OBDII tool to, in my case, that deviation of but .05 gallons. (Use to be a quart before I adopted the 3 click fill) I can add to that the standard legal variance and know that if a fill reads more than .168 gallons different than the OBDII device it is suspect. If I get one that reads 3 to 5 tenths over or under….that’s a pump I don’t use again until I see a new certification sticker. I have a list of such pumps within 100 miles of my home. There are quite a few. A recent investigative reporter found the percentage of pumps in one state at 16% of all pumps were out of calibration. So when I hit a pump today that showed a shortage of a half-gallon in 10, the store manager and I had a talk. One that got me some money back and a bag on the pump. It’s not hard to win that argument when there isn’t an unbroken State seal on the pump.

Just got my truck back with 6in BDS Lift, 20in Fuel Vandels 20 X 9 +1, 35 in Nitto Ridge Grapplers 12.5

The Peckish Synapse The truth is a hard thing to find and why, I suppose, it intrigues me. Often confused with facts. Considered opinion by some. Rarely defended and often criticized. But truth, it has power. I find truth in three areas fairly easy to find; God, math and physics. That is if you go to the source and not the person manipulating them. As the last two are the result of the first….I find ‘it’ reliable. Who can question God? Isaac Newton is sitting under a tree one day and an apple falls to the ground. He ponders this event and today we see the result of the meditation as the three laws of motion. Does that mean Newton invented Motion Law? No. It had always existed. Isaac was just the first to understand it well enough to explain it. How? Was God ignorant of that law? Hardly. He created it. So the source is faithful. Albert Einstein is contemplating a train and the perspectives of various observers. That meditation produced several Theories of Relativity. Theories solid enough to be used to send men to the moon. How? Galilei Galileo drops two dissimilar balls off a famous leaning tower. Gravity calculations results from his meditation. Did he invent gravity? We still use those equations. Your ECU/PCM can’t operate without them. How? The thing that connects God’s physical laws to the study of Physics is Math. That is how! That is in explaining the workings of the natural world. Data is our friend. But only if you understand its significance and, and it’s a big AND, you don’t bend the math to suit your will. Back to Galileo and scientific method. This the case the first thing people who hate the truth attack is the math. More precisely the measurement. Then the method and then….they just don’t want an answer. Well I do and am quite content not to use the abstract to muddy the definite to irrelevance. That said I’m not oblivious to it either. What does that mean? Means I’m not going to apply a rule of measurement intended for measurements in the field of quantum mechanics to cast a doubt about the accuracy of a GPS measured mile in calibrating my odometer. But I also see the need for a large enough sample size to relegate any unintended error in measurement to a decimal so small that it matters not. All I’m looking for is a ‘process capable’ value that can be used to compare one apple to another. Data will tell the story, not the story teller.

I have had 2 minor but annoying issues : 2109 sierra 1500 denali 1. The front window defogger leaks by and causes a wet spot on the drivers side / I have to get this fixed / have not reported to the dealership yet. 2. The rear view camera gives me the blue screen after is it washed / something is not waterproofed / it comes back, but once again, this should not happen. The 6.2 at idol is not a pleasant sound but it does run like a beast. Why does the front cup holder not come out easily for cleaning ? The cover over the phone charger comes out like a champ .... The heads up display should show the blinker direction in my opinion. Im use to seeing it in the side mirrors but that doesnt happen on this truck. Minor stuff .... so far......600 miles ... owned for 3 weeks.

Pulled the running boards w in hrs of owning mine...

Send me a copy of that link where you found that price and I’m buying it right now. Lol.

YES!! thank you so much!!! Your past post have made my day... not sure if it will lead to repair but I now know what is causing that Noise it was driving me crazy!. This is exactly what is happening to mine since day one.. Now if they can figure out what causes the dash rattle life will be perfect!! "So I crawled under there today and I think I found the source of the noise. The drivers side CV shaft has a lot of play where it plugs into the front diff. I’m guessing I can move it in and out about 1/8 inch or more. When I do this quickly I can here the bell/jingle metal on metal sound. The passenger side CV is tight with really zero play or movement. I guess when the CV driveshaft is engaged in auto 4wd or 4wd the slop is somehow tightened up by the torque transfer, I dunno. Anybody care to check theirs? Show them this video. I think it’s the sound. If you listen closely beyond the louder click sound you can hear the metal ringing like a bell. https://imgur.com/gallery/8GuHi5t Edited May 12 by Limelight"

Brought it in for its 15K mile maintenance, 14,131 on it, now. It’s being washed, now. Then I’m going to go get some food for tomorrow’s dinner party. Making Kalua Pig, rice, Mac salad, and serving it with Hawaiian King dinner rolls or buns.

I've got that anxious feeling, as well. I compare it to being a kid and waiting on Christmas morning and summer vacation all mixed into one. Out of curiosity, who are you going to finance with? I think I am going to omit GM Financial and go with a local credit union

Can you at least find her a bike on Craigslist?

Ok Zane and Josh, I watched very close to the video. Regardless on the operator and his skills, I'm glad he knew his limits on trailer movements NOW my questions as I am planning on a 2020 Denali. 1) Do you have a video with a gooseneck trailer (I have a 48 footer). What or how does the camera view change? 2) is there extension cables for the cameras as I understand the cameras are approx 28 feet of cable? 3) I noted on other videos that the camera has a RCA jack / cable and was plugged into the back of the bumper? What side is it on? 4) The MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION, when viewing on the center stack the rear trailer view, coming to a stop. You place the shift to reverse. WILL the center stack keep the rear trailer view OR will the rear tail gate camera activate causing additional distraction to reset your view out the back of the trailer each time you perform a pull up? 5) I noticed a view while rolling thru a serpentine movement, I noted the camera view shifts for a better trailer view. I heard clunks was that the trailer hitch assembly or was that audio from the stack video? Please respond to the above questions. Chuck

I've been running 275/65R18's with no lift or level. I think it's the perfect size tire. I would stay FAR away from an E load tire. My Ko2's were E load and wow.... loved them towing and off-road but for daily driving it beats the truck and you up. I dumped them last weekend for P275/65R18 Nitto G2's. No looking back. I have been looking for new tires and wheels for my K5 project and seems like tires are now all E load and heavy. Going with the OEM KO2's from a JL Rubicon Jeep. MUCH lighter and C rated. Again, stay away from E load unless you tow or haul a lot.

So the driver can now see in 15 different views how he STILL can’t back up a trailer.

I’m not sure if I’ve EVER seen a more detailed, thorough, and helpful, thread for any project! Thank you so much for putting all of this together! I have a 2018 1500 LTZ 4wd with heated and folding mirrors, and I would like to install the same with towing mirrors (heated and folding). RC Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

I bought it. Leather will be added in a couple weeks (was hard to find one with leather and all the other packages I wanted). Tint is scheduled too, along with a Bakflip folding tonneau that was already ordered.

@pgamboa do you have a post with all the harnesses you offer and their prices?

Hellwig rear sway bar installed. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Well nothing new, but I did clean her up, then proceeded to find a dirt road just to take some pictures! lol.. Man, I love this truck!

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I found out the issue y’all! The connector between the lift gate and the vehicle had some corrosion in the connectors. Took it apart, cleaned it, and it’s back to new. Thanks everyone for the feedback. Hopefully this helps someone out in the future

Show them this video. I think it’s the sound. If you listen closely beyond the louder click sound you can hear the metal ringing like a bell. https://imgur.com/gallery/8GuHi5t