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What makes you think everyone reads it and believes it? I've lived my life without it and same with everyone else in my family, we're doing alright.

I've got better things to do with my time than read it, have people tell me to read it, preach it on the internet or attend a service.

Why does the bible always get dragged into things? Never understood that but it's probably because I've never read it.

The front is only being lowering by the lowering strut or lowering coil over setup, the knuckle itself is not changing place. You just have to make sure that there clearance between the bottom of the strut and the CV axle if you went down the full 3 inches in the front. I would assume there is plenty of room. I have the front of my truck lowered 1.5 inches along with the rear is lowered 3in and I have plenty of room on the CV axles still. I didn't want a flip kit so I only went with 3in in the back. You'll need smaller tires with a 3in front drop as they are likely to rub a lot.

I'm all for more testing and having tests available when you need one but that only means so much in the situation we are in now. You could test Billy Bob on a Monday and it's negative so he's all clear and good, then on Friday he gets the virus and shows no symptoms. Now that Monday test still says he's good and he feels completely fine for the next two weeks while possibly infecting others. So his Monday test was kinda pointless. This is kinda just the way it's going to have to be while they re-open the country.

To me there is still a possible problem. I would at least check the plug wire and pull the spark plug to check the condition. A scan tool is what I'd use to look into it more, logging the live data of misfires to watch and see what it's doing.

The GM fluid is for the 8 speeds. The 6 speed should only use Dexron 6 fluid only.

I use my park brake about 98% of the time, no matter where I park. It's a habit.

He's not really wrong though. Lots of people do own a truck just because they can and not because they need it for the trucks capabilities.

No, nobody wants a truck to leak oil. You still have to look at it from was it is in real life. The truck hasn't blown up and it's not crashed, so why would a dealership just turn around and give you a new vehicle?? It could be as simple as a loose oil filter but without them looking at it, we don't know. I've dealt with more oil leaks on cars than I can remember when I worked in a shop. Small leaks spread oil around like crazy. Clean up is very simple with the right products, if done right you would never know something happened.

It still has oil in and so it hasn't been run out of oil yet. Stop driving and call the dealership in the morning. They should come and pick it up on a tow truck because further driving could harm it. They won't just give you a new truck, things don't work like that. You don't even know what's wrong yet so why would you question that there is a huge problem already?

There is nothing else to change for the AFM on the transmission side of the calibration. It's a master enable/disable table that gets change on the PCM half of the calibration, once changed that is all that needs to be done. The 100rpm up or down sounds like it's trying to decide if it needs to keep the torque converter locked or unlocked. Things like that could be changed with the tune if someone knew what they were doing with a computer. There are many shift settings and torque converter settings that someone can do. Though it is entirely possible that even with a tune that the torque converter still has an internal problem.

The AFM is not active at idle or at low speeds, so it's not in V4 mode. Some things may or may not help but are worth trying. You could try cleaning the MAF, the throttle body. If spark plugs have never been changed, maybe consider that. Try some fuel system cleaner for the injectors. Hard to say what it may be but 2-3 of those things are basically free to do. Toss some premium fuel in the tank and go give it the business for a little while. I'll put a vehicle through the ringer sometimes just to get things cleared out and nice and toasty.

15-20psi hot idle would be completely normal. I think the dealer would just send you on your way.

The 8 speed transmission changes things compared to the older 4 speeds and 6 speeds. 33's would do good with 4.10's and 35's with 4.56's on the older 4 speeds. 33's would do pretty good with 3.73's in a 6 speed and 35's with 4.10's. I'd do 3.73's at the minimum with 33's or 34's in a 8 speed. Remember that the advertised height of the tire will be a little less in real life and with weight on the wheels. 34.1in probably loses a half inch. The 8L90e has a final gear ratio of .65, so plug that into a calculator and you get these results. 33's with 3.23's at 70mph is 1,500rpm. 33's with 3.73's at 70mph is 1,700rpm. 34's with 3.73's at 70mph is 1,670rpm. Add 200rpm to 3.73's results if you went with 4.10's. It'll be up to you if you think you need new gears. To gain back all mechanical advantage a gear change would be required. I'd say the vast majority don't spend the money and keep it as is. The 6.2 at least puts down more than power the 5.3, so that is very helpful.

Based on the description of the dorman parts and how I understand most vehicles, the mounts go in order from front to back. Mount one is the below the A pillar, Mount two is below the B pillar and Mount three at the back of the cab on extended cab and crew cabs. The dorman part 924-335 is only for extended cabs and crew cabs so that is the easy one to figure out because it has a longer frame than a single cab truck. So if you want to replace them all, you will need 2 of each mount.

Does this help at all? https://www.gmpartsdirect.com/auto-parts/2004/chevrolet/silverado-1500/lt-trim/5-3l-v8-gas-engine/body-cat/cab-assembly-scat/?part_number=15018263

Beats me. I only tend to see copper plugs and maybe nickel plugs do it that bad. I always run Iridium plugs in these trucks.

Why don't engineers and GM themselves think about this though.. If the tank is smaller, sure the weight is less but it will also pollute more because if you have to stop for fuel more often you are using more fuel to reach the station, sit at stop lights and merge back into traffic. Some of the stuff the EPA and CAFE do is just stupid because all the stuff they do doesn't exactly make things better. It costs more to produce these vehicles, the environmental impact greater when it comes to mining for materials. Diesel engines require that low sulfur fuel which takes more time/chemicals to make, they use DEF fluid which is another thing going into the air and when a regen happens guess what it uses even more fuel.. But yeah, whatever EPA. Keep doing you, keep being a bunch of hypocrites.

If things haven't changed from previous trucks, the rear could be like 2.5-3in taller in the rear than the front depending on the vehicle and what it came equipped with. So only lowering the rear 2 inches means it won't match the front exactly.

Weird, that's all I did on my 2016 because I hate the horn honking.

The confirmed data is only part of it. What about all the people that went to a doctors office or hospital but were turned away because they didn't have the "required" symptoms for a test. They very well could have have it but we will never know. They just tell them to self quarantine as a precaution. So to me the numbers are partly a lie because we all know the real numbers are way higher but we'll never truly know this data. The people that have it and don't show it are not going to be listed there. Same with the people that got it, were turn away and died suddenly, those people aren't going to be tested and reported as deaths on the chart.

Anyone that believes the China numbers is being a fool if you ask me. You have multiple countries that question their numbers from all the data reports. There were even articles out of China about a huge surge in urn deliveries around Wuhan, China just last week.

My point was that it doesn't toss a check engine code. All it's going to do it ****** the ignition timing to reduce the knock. Most people won't hear it or even know what to listen for. That soccer mom that fills it up with 87 isn't going to have a clue what it going on.

Go 70mph in the right lane I bet you pick up 5+ miles per gallon. When I saw that you lived in Texas the first thought that popped into my head was that he travels over the speed limit if 13 mpg is the best he's seen so far. Driving faster doesn't do any more good for the emissions systems than driving slow. It's just going to burn more fuel and DEF going faster.