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$4.00 a gallon here now. Diesel nearly $5.00 again.

The 8 speed isn't a bad transmission at all. They just have common issues like any transmission. Ideally you'd like to find a low mileage truck or find a truck with good service history or maybe even a factory rebuilt transmission already in it.

I mean either way works. My transmission temps stay in the 130-150's just cruising around in the summer, pushes into the 160-180's if I tow but they settle lower on longer drives.

Hit mid 90's today. Even at the boarder of Canada and up by Duluth it was in the 90's. Going to be like this all week. Sure it's nothing like the south seeing 100's but they do say it's a different kind of heat here with all the lakes/water and humid days.

Pill flip on the transmission cooler lines is a 100% must do thing too.

Pushing $4.00 a gallon in most places, still $3.75 in town but it's going to spike tomorrow for sure. Diesel back up to $4.60-5.00.

Either there was a minor casting defect in the rotor from the factory and it took 60,000+ miles of wear to make it surface as the rotor got thinner. Or something got picked up and it fused to the rotor by the heat from braking. Likely the first one in my eyes. GM will do nothing for you. It's a 6 year old vehicle and brakes are not covered on any sort of warranty at this time. I've worked in the repair industry as well as selling parts for over 15 years now. Even the highest end factory rotors or aftermarket rotors can have defects that come to light over a period of time. Buy yourself some new rotors/pads and all will be good. If you don't go back with GM parts I suggest new Platinum Rotors and Adaptive One pads from Napa. Never had any real issues running their parts.

Paid $2.72 for E85 today.

87 octane for $3.56 today. Diesel at one place hit $3.99 today too.

$3.69 for 87. $4.09 for Diesel. Same thing though, a few cities away or even into Wisconsin it's $5.00 a gallon still and they all get it from the same damn place.

They will fit with a spacer to clear but I know many people don't like that.

It varies a ton around me. Some places are still at $5.00 or higher and others are way down into the $4's. Offroad diesel was $4.02 at the one station I passed today.

$3.69 for 87 octane. $4.24 for Diesel in town.

$3.84 in town for 87 octane. Diesel swings wildly, it's $4.39 in town but saw prices of $5.00 still other places.

Can I ask if you are having issues with the current coils? With all of my years around LS engines, the stock coils are the best hands down. If they aren't giving you any problems, do no change them. They can go 200-300k miles easy without a hiccup.

$3.93 for 87 octane. $4.73 for 93 octane. $4.70ish for diesel. But a short drive can see prices swings as high as $5.30's still.

Sounds like a nice deal in the end.

Contact a different shop and get a quote. That dealership must have really really high hourly labor rates.

$4.07 for 87 octane. $4.78 for diesel. I've heard of a station with $1.99 E85 but it's 20min from me, too far out of my way.

87 still around $4.25 a gallon. Diesel down to $5.19.

Went from $4.14ish to $4.60 today. Talk about a huge jump for one day.

Any fuel tax suspension is just stupid because they will complain about it in every single legislative session moving forward, saying we don't have as much money anymore. Then they will dream up new ways to tax you more while also asking for pay raises for themselves because it's a tough job and hard to make ends meet.

Rear diff is 75W90 synthetic. I believe the 80W90 was an earlier spec they no longer use, maybe for open diffs. Your truck has a G80 mechanical locker.

I have a dynomax cat-back on my truck, been on it for probably 7 years now. You can barely hear it on the freeway and when I tow my 20ft car trailer. This is on a 2016 Silverado though, newer trucks to me are quieter on the inside compared to mine.

Either have someone tune it with HP Tuners or just buy the Range plug in dongle thing for the AFM. Either option will work for you. I charge people like $150 to do it with HP Tuners if they are local, costs me $100 just to unlock the computer anyway.