What did you do with your truck/shop today

[Chris]

OK thanks. It was a serious pain with the drain bolt stripped and the gear linkage in the way of the drain pan.

Did you replace the plug?

[4.8guy]

Yes I did.

[Chris]

You will be fine in 30k. It will only take 2.5 hrs then

[4.8guy]

Sounds about right also never did it on a Silverado before. Now I got this job down.

[white1500]

I washed her this morning and also vacuumed/cleaned the interior. Also done was a super amateur wax by hand just to get some protection from the sun, along with the usual rubber/plastic treatments. Not a bad way to celebrate 230k!

 

[LongrangeLauber]

Yeah the 4l60e is sort of a pain to pull the pan do to shift linkage bracket and the Y pipe. Wanna do my '14's fluid and filter before my trip in May. Get all the break in shavings and such out. I don't trust the GM recommended interval of 100k for the 6l80e

[BigBadSierra]

Hand washed the underside.

 

I also painted over all of the rust starting under it.

 

I also basically repainted the entire rear diferential.

 

What did gm color it black with crayons.

[SnakeEyeSS]

Our Toyota AT has a "never need maintenance.....but check it at 100k just in case" claim. Some people on. BITOG checked theirs at 80k and were told it was almost gone. Had purs flushed at 70k.

 

On the other hand Toyota Coolant is fantastic.

Edited April 21, 2015 by SnakeEyes

[Black02Silverado]

This is my yearly oil change.

2002 Silverado
AMSOIL AZO 0w-30
Ea064 filter
11,403 miles
11% OLM, but this was it's second time, I reset it once already.
154,901 total miles on truck

Edited April 21, 2015 by Black02Silverado

[Jsdirt]

I did the full Amsoil treatment back 5 years ago at 40k miles. Front and rear diffs got Severe Gear 75w-110, transfer case and tranny got the Fuel Efficient ATF (way before it was Sig.Series).

 

No drain plug on my pan. Was flushing the trans anyway to make sure it was 100% Amsoil - disconnected a cooler line and had it in a 6 gallon bucket. All told I used about 4.5 gallons to complete the flush, then let the pan empty, & shut the truck off - that made dropping the pan MUCH more pleasant ... since I had to fight with the Y pipe and that damn Torx bolt on top of the shift linkage. Got rid of the Torx and put a normal bolt in for next time. Since I tow, I'll probably dump it at somewhere between 50k-70k miles on the fluid.

 

At 40k with a few tows under my belt, there was not a single flake of anything at the bottom of the pan. Clean as can be. Transfer case had the most metal on the magnet. Lots of shavings.

Edited April 21, 2015 by Jsdirt

[SlavO]

 

[LongrangeLauber]

Installed trailer tongue box and spare tire carrier on my trailer

 

 

Had to do some "modifications" in order to make the box sturdy (piece of pressure treated board under the rear of it). Seems to be pretty solid. Guess I'll find out next time I take it out lol

[NEFisher11]

I did the full Amsoil treatment back 5 years ago at 40k miles. Front and rear diffs got Severe Gear 75w-110, transfer case and tranny got the Fuel Efficient ATF (way before it was Sig.Series).

 

No drain plug on my pan. Was flushing the trans anyway to make sure it was 100% Amsoil - disconnected a cooler line and had it in a 6 gallon bucket. All told I used about 4.5 gallons to complete the flush, then let the pan empty, & shut the truck off - that made dropping the pan MUCH more pleasant ... since I had to fight with the Y pipe and that damn Torx bolt on top of the shift linkage. Got rid of the Torx and put a normal bolt in for next time. Since I tow, I'll probably dump it at somewhere between 50k-70k miles on the fluid.

 

At 40k with a few tows under my belt, there was not a single flake of anything at the bottom of the pan. Clean as can be. Transfer case had the most metal on the magnet. Lots of shavings.

Thats what my tcase looked like when i did it at 50k.

[NEFisher11]

Had my front shocks replaced today now i have Bilstiens 4600's on all four corners of the truck. So far it drives much better but the OEM where crappy from day one.

[white1500]

I also love my 4600's! And I don't doubt that the ride would improve even more with a complete front end refresh since everything but the shocks and one tie rod end is original.