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Thanks IGG! I had no idea about the recall and didn't think to check. I will give Cooper a call and see what can be done.

Well.....Replaced all 4 today with a fresh new set of Cooper Discoverer AT3 4S. Drives like a whole new ride. Love the smell of brand new tires! Great service from a local shop and even get a $70 rebate from Cooper.

So this guy has an "Easy pan removal! 6L08E transmission..." video on a Suburban. At around 8:58 he takes off the gasket and then around 10:00 mark he takes off the filter and that allows him to pivot the pan around and slide it out without jacking the exhaust down. Shouldn't this work for our trucks?

spotted this egg on the inner sidewall. Not sure what inspired me to do the tire rotation last night, but grateful that my guardian angel kept me safe for however long I was rolling on that. These tires have 3 years and 30k mi on them. I have been pretty pleased with the tires and did a lot of reading and research when I bought them. My initial reaction last night was, I'm getting a new set of tires and switching brands. However, in going back to my research from before the reason I chose these were because they had good on road performance, relatively quiet for an AT, lighter than most (44lbs each), aggressive enough tread for the limited off-roading I do, and plenty of load capacity for the hauling/towing I do. I went ahead and scheduled an appointment tomorrow for 4 new AT3 4S's Change my mind. Should I consider another brand like Falken? Go back to the noisy/heavy BFG's? Something else? Thanks!

Doh! Heat must be getting to me. Yeah, fuse #17 was blown. Thank you Mr Weller. I appreciate your post and the reminder. Saved me some $ and I owe you a frosty beverage.

My 2017 Sierra 1500 has had an issue with no Right turn signal or brake light on trailers. This is on both the 7 pin and the 4 pin connectors on different boat and utility trailers. Running lights are fine on both sides of the trailer. I would really like to have the Right side working as it's the most important signal in my opinion. When I need to slow down and get to the right, that's when it counts in towing. I put the voltmeter on both the 7 pin and the 4 pin connectors and there is no voltage on the Right (green to trailer) contacts. My thought is to change out the 7/4 connector on the truck with a new one and see if that remedies the problem. Has anyone else had this or a similar issue? What connector did you go with? OEM or aftermarket like Curt, Reese, etc? Thanks!

Just got that email this morning.....after I spent Sunday under and around my wife's super husky Landy LR4 doing brake pads and bleeding fluid. My son was helping out and I told him a few times not to get under the vehicle. The "6 ton" stands I was using were HF and on the "eligible for refund" list. Felt a lil upset after seeing that. I cheaped out when buying those because I was cash strapped at the time and have used them for years without issue. Now, I want to return them and get new ones. SO, my apologies for the thread hijack - but which Jack Stands are y'all using that you would recommend? I would prefer to stay away from anything made in China at this point. Thanks!

The fuzz shown here in the thread are from the Transfer Case drain plug. My understanding is that the transmission pans also have a magnet (Shown by Bob2C with some sludge) in the pan and there should not be anywhere near the amount of shavings as the transfer case has/had.

I'm now curious to see what the magnet looks like in the transmission pan....but not to excited about dropping the pan. Looks like a PITA with the exhaust pipe running across it. I've seen the helpful videos from Dustin T and Sundae Drive on the ratchet strap technique to lower the pipe and that looks like the way to go. Anyone else got some tips or tricks on that? Going to do the fluid change on the front and rear diff's next. Another lesson I learned from doing the t-case was to pressure wash the underneath first. I probably spent more time cleaning off the plugs before I unscrewed them to make sure none of that Alabama red dirt got in there. ?

at ~55k miles. Totally normal they said. Fuzzy is fine. It means the magnet is working. ?? Sidenote: my garage floor looks like an Amsoil ATF murder scene. I think I made more of a mess with the pump than without. I will try the squeeze packs next time. ?

Thanks. It did not occur to me to check and see if the battery was still under warranty as it was original from the factory. I just assumed that it needed a new one and didn't want to risk not having a new one. More on the story: When I got to the AutoZone after driving approximately 15 minutes, a guy from the store hooked up the tester and it read 100% good battery. In retrospect, we probably should have let it sit for several minutes before attempting the test. I was initially relieved and was just going to purchase one of those jumpstarter packs with the Lithium battery. Their inventory showed that they had one in stock but after about 10 minutes of searching the shelves and not finding it, he said they could have one delivered from a nearby store in a couple of hours. That sounded good enough and at this point I was still thinking that the battery had just gotten low but was now charged enough to not have to get a new one. Well, that changed when I walked out to the truck and tried to crank it again. It was super low and barely turned over. The wife looked at me from the passenger seat with that look and I said "Let me go buy a new battery." :-)

On vacation up in the NW GA mountains and it got pretty hot on the 4th. Yesterday, in the 5th we went to leave and I used the key fob to lower the windows and let the heat out. Got in and tried to crank. Click click click. Dang. Called AAA (thankful that I had just renewed after some consideration) and the tow truck driver was able to jump it off after getting his dually up a 14 degree incline to where we are staying. I drove to the nearest town that had an Autozone and got their Duralast Platinum AGM. I didn't pack any tools for the trip, so I was glad to have someone else change out the battery. It was way harder than swapping out batteries used to be. Fortunately, they had it in stock and were open, etc etc. To my surprise, I only had to reset time and date and all of my radio presets were saved. I did not leave a light on or door open or anything like that. Only thing I can think is that the heat zapped this 2.5 year old battery.