Black02Silverado

Rotate them and go from there. Keep an eye on how they are wearing. Keeping tires rotated as stated before is the key to long tire life, along with proper inflation and alignment.

It's my understanding that you can't get the transport wheels. They are not DOT certified. Just used for transportation for GM.

Same here since they use more in personal vehicles than we do.

The best option for diesel fuel is to find a station that has a high turn around and large volume seller. That way the fuel is always fresh. Here in eastern NC I have never seen a Top Tier Diesel pump. The Costco here doesn't sell diesel just gasoline. Same goes true for DEF, get it at a local truck stop at the pump, it is always fresh and stored in underground tanks so it isn't subject to high temps in the summer time. Plus no containers to have to deal with.

Not a duramax but is a GM diesel. I use AMSOIL's Diesel Injector Clean + Cetane Boost in my 2014 Cruze diesel. It adds lubricity and the extra cetane is good for better flame front burn in the cylinder and cleaner burn.

If it was mine, I would do a fluid exchange along with a pan drop and filter change. No problem. I have done several on GM vehicles with over 100k and they all were fine. Like stated above. If it is running fine and the fluid is not in bad shape then the transmission is as well. I had our 2016 Suburban changed out completely shortly after we purchased it with AMSOIL's ATL. I did a pan drop at 50k and added a drain plug to the pan that I got from Summit Racing. So now I can just drain and fill when ever I want with no mess of sucking out the dipstick. If you are interested in AMSOIL ATF PM me your address and I can send a quote delivered to your door.

If you plan on keeping it I would change out the fluid. There are Youtube video's out there for you to do it yourself or you can take it to the dealer. The dealer charged me $90 to change out the fluid. I provided them the AMSOIL ATL. I took in 16qts to make sure it all got changed out. If you are interested, let me know and PM me your address and I can send a quote of the cost delivered to your door.

AMSOIL Signature Series ATL for your transmission. One has to consider how often they want to do a drain and fill their transmission and how it will handle the heat. Yes dexron VI is the specification but you have to remember that each brand out there that has the specification pretty much just "meets" the spec. Going with a full synthetic, you have the benefit of the fluid being able to keep the inside cleaner, cooler and resist oxidation at higher temps. Again, keep in mind that most don't mess with their transmissions until they start to have issues. If you keep the fluid changed out every 30k miles then you will have a long lasting transmission over the ones that never change it until it hits 100k and feel like it needs to be serviced. I've had AMSOIL ATF and now ATL in my 2002 silverado's transmission since 10k miles. I purchased it new and switched it over at 10k. Since then I changed it back out with a pan drop at 77k and then a full swap over to ATL at 89k. Then ran it to just recently at 189k and had the fluid sampled. It came back just fine. This is with towing a 4k lbs 10'x 20' box trailer. Transmission temp gets to 197° F when I tow. I also pulled the pan and replaced the filter and the pan looked just like it did back at 77k and very little on the magnet. This is just me but why go with a lesser cost fluid that is not full synthetic on something that you normally don't worry about until it breaks. That is for the most part what the average person does. You paid big money with your hard earned cash for a vehicle, treat it well and it will treat you well. Anyone interested in AMSOIL transmission fluid. PM me what you want and how much you need and I can send a quote delivered to your door. All GM-Truck members get a discount. If you are a preferred customer than you already get the best price and from now until the end of the month PC members get free shipping on orders over $50.

How many miles are on your truck? If you are at 30k or more, it wouldn't hurt to do a transmission fluid change especially if you plan on keeping the truck. Then you will know for sure if that was or wasn't the issue and know that you are good for a while on the transmission. Using a quality synthetic in the transmission will help on heat transfer and keeping it clean. As well as being able to tolerate higher temperatures than a standard ATF fluid. It is good to hear that one found their issue with the shaking. Could it be the same for everyone? Who knows, but like I said, if you have miles on your ATF fluid it doesn't hurt to change it out and that will eliminate one other item that could be causing the shake.

Yes the fluid can make a difference. Using a quality fluid like AMSOIL will protect better than other fluids that "meet" dexron's specifications. Several individuals I have talked to have stated that they noticed a nice difference in the shift on their 6 and 8 speed transmissions. I'm going to switch over my 10sp here some time this summer. I did our 2016 Suburban when it had 15k on it as well as my 2014 Cruze diesel, daughters 2012 Cruze 1.4l and my 2002 back in 2002 when I purchased it.

No pictures but I did install my powder coated exhaust tips. I went with semi gloss black. Looks good.

Agree. This is something that I think would sell well. This is a great idea. It is very generous of you to offer the file and let others print them. I know that some libraries have 3D printers, at least in the larger cities as well as schools.

Those squeeze packs sure make it a whole lot easier!

Welcome! Also you are lucky to live close to a distribution center and get fast shipping.

What is funny is my 2002 Silverado had a cassette player down in the center console. I took it out for a storage box there. I still have it and the factory radio which has a CD player in it. I just like my Alpine head unit better than the factory system.

With a ten qt sump and you only driving 8 miles to work. The oil isn't any where near up to temp. Hopefully you take it out on the interstate once a week to get it all warmed up and put a few miles on it. From what I have read and experienced short miles is the hardest on oil no matter what brand you put in there. I'm not one for short oil changes but if you don't do more than 8 miles to work and 8 miles back and don't put much more on it over time, no more than 3 to 5k miles an oil change would be wise. If in doubt take a sample and send it off to get analyzed.

That looks great!. I like the work bench, where did you get that? We are going to be moving and I'm losing a ton of storage and that will help consolidate my tools.

No need to add anything to today's oils. Back 40 years ago maybe, but as stated above the oil of today is way more robust than years past.

One question. I have a HC and use my blind spot monitoring on my side mirrors. Do the tow mirrors have the blind spot and does it work? Thanks for taking the time to research this and get it out to us.

I put one in our 2016 Suburban. Got it from Summit Racing.

Thanks!!!!! I try the best I can. Like anyone else, when I order stuff I want it yesterday.

The only downfall to some of these units that I have found at least when I installed one in my daughters Cruze is you loose the outside temperature reading.

Glad it was something simple. Some times those are the hardest to figure out. I also had a 68 Impala Custom. Here is a picture of it on Daytona Beach back in the late 80's.

Eating while using chemicals? Nice!

So you went in through the bumper steps? I have an extra set of tips, just need to get them powder coated. I see you didn't go with a gloss black.