What did you do with your truck/shop today

[Ravenkeeper]

23 hours ago, RyanbabZ71 said:

Preliminary order submitted. We will see if it is accepted tomorrow




Ryan B.

Did you do like I did?  While I was laid up with my broken foot from my head-on collision, I was ordering new parts, so I could do the same mods, that I had on my '15, to my new truck after getting it.  I clicked "order again" on Amazon for most of them, CB Antenna Mount Bracket, Antenna Cable, Rear Stake Hole Plugs/Caps, Rear Frame Plugs, AM/FM Hidden Antenna (found the one that I was going to put in my '15 after it arrived), etc.  Wife and I went to lunch one day, and swung by "the last Radio Shack" in our area, and grabbed some diodes.  I left my '18 alone for 1 week, before I started K.O.-ing some of the mods.  Ordered my Driver's Assist Handle about a month after we bought the truck, Amazon, was worth the $57, compared to trips back/forth to/from dealership.

[RyanbabZ71]

Did you do like I did?  While I was laid up with my broken foot from my head-on collision, I was ordering new parts, so I could do the same mods, that I had on my '15, to my new truck after getting it.  I clicked "order again" on Amazon for most of them, CB Antenna Mount Bracket, Antenna Cable, Rear Stake Hole Plugs/Caps, Rear Frame Plugs, AM/FM Hidden Antenna (found the one that I was going to put in my '15 after it arrived), etc.  Wife and I went to lunch one day, and swung by "the last Radio Shack" in our area, and grabbed some diodes.  I left my '18 alone for 1 week, before I started K.O.-ing some of the mods.  Ordered my Driver's Assist Handle about a month after we bought the truck, Amazon, was worth the $57, compared to trips back/forth to/from dealership.

Don’t really have any major mods planned. Having the front clear filmed and the window trim wrapped right away. Also adding the Black bow tie and maybe a toolbox again? It really has everything I need. Performance wise maybe a CAI?


Ryan B.

[Jsdirt]

Yet another failure of my sub-100k-mile Silverado! 

 

Went to do a spill-n-fill of the rear differential, and spotted chunks of metal in the magnet, and all over the bottom of the case. Shined the flashlight up into the carrier, and spotted damaged spider gears, presumably from the piece of crap G80, nicknamed the "grenade-lock" differential for a reason ...

 

So, I decided to go with a Eaton E-Locker as a replacement. I almost went with the ARB Air Locker, since I already have a compressor, but the added complexity of the internals, plus the air solenoid, air lines, and electrical that just opens the door for more things to fail. The E-Locker might not be the strongest out there, but its perfect for what I do, and installation will be super simple. One wire, a relay, and a dash mounted switch. DONE.

 

Parts ordered, truck on lift for the foreseeable future ... 

 

 

Edited March 15, 2019 by Jsdirt

[Colossus]

It seems that G80 hasn't been improved much in the durability/reliability department since the one on my old 99 blew up at 80,000 miles.  Yeah yeah yeah I know there are plenty of trucks out there that see 200,000+ miles with the G80 not causing an issue.  But there are plenty where there are issues.  When it went out on mine, the axle shop suggested going with the previous gen G80 (on the 98 and prior models) as they seemed to hold up stronger, so I did.  $1600 replacement.  (Back in 2004ish)

 

 

[Jsdirt]

Things only get worse with every passing year. I'll bet in 5 years, drivelines and engines will be 100k mile items, if not less ... unless there's a huge shakeup in the auto industry. I won't hold my breath on that one.

 

Yeah, differential work isn't cheap. My buddy had his entire rear axle rebuilt on his '02 Ram 1500 - cost him $2,200.

[StinkyCheese]

Yep had my rear diff rebuilt, everything but the ring gear I think. 84ishk on it. That was just a couple months ago, along with all the other repairs done during the 2 months the dealer had my truck.

Today drove to Gainesville, supposed to be 2 hour trip but the turnpike and I75 wanted me to take over 3 hours instead. I have 1k or more in wheel weights sitting right at the tailgate, truck rode smooth minus that dang shimmy/shake that only I can feel. Leaf pack is making a little bit of noise, probably one of the few times they've been worked. DIC is saying I got 17 mpg, probably could have hit 18 w/o traffic. Not too shabby for over 9k lbs and 10 year old truck. I guess I lose more mpg doing 80-95mph than I thought vs 69 mph.

Also my buddy forgot his tent so my bed has his air mattress and some tarps for a tent, can't do that with these new tiny cars.

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[SnakeEyeSS]

On 3/15/2019 at 12:05 PM, Jsdirt said:

Things only get worse with every passing year. I'll bet in 5 years, drivelines and engines will be 100k mile items, if not less ... unless there's a huge shakeup in the auto industry. I won't hold my breath on that one.

 

Yeah, differential work isn't cheap. My buddy had his entire rear axle rebuilt on his '02 Ram 1500 - cost him $2,200.

I'm pretty sure your truck was the last one built on a Friday of mandatory overtime.

[Jsdirt]

Which also happened to be New Year's Eve ... 

[SnakeEyeSS]

So a few months ago my dad bought a wrecked F-150 to flip(actually his seconded F-150)because the frames/ front end are easy to rebuild) While he was getting the frame straightened the guy mentioned the Ford frames were well done, but they had been seeing brand new GM Trucks being sent to them with crooked frames straight from the factory/dealer. Don't know if he was referring to the T1.

 

I saw a guy in the T1 talking about noticing his brand new truck had a crooked bed that needed to be adjusted(and others saying some of the T1s still have the shake). Wonder if the bed was actually fine. What the heck is going on at GM?

 

 

Edited March 21, 2019 by SnakeEyeSS

[Colossus]

1 hour ago, SnakeEyeSS said:

What the heck is going on at GM?

 

 

This surprises you?

[SnakeEyeSS]

19 minutes ago, Colossus said:

This surprises you?

Oh, no, of course not, I'm one of the ones that angers people because I point out how crappy their QC is. But TWO generations of trucks in a row with frame issues. That would be like if Honda or Chrysler re made their bad transmissions with the same bad design, or if Ford  kept making that 90s Cobra with the same manifold error that cost 30HP after they fixed the recalled ones, or Mazda started selling the same RX-8 with the same overrated engine after completing the buybacks. Even stupid errors are learned from.

[RyanbabZ71]

New truck TPW 4/22 [emoji16]


Ryan B.

[SnakeEyeSS]

5 hours ago, RyanbabZ71 said:

New truck TPW 4/22


Ryan B.

What's with the face?

[RyanbabZ71]

Happy face


Ryan B.

[SnakeEyeSS]

21 hours ago, RyanbabZ71 said:

Happy face


Ryan B.

That's more......

constipated face.