What did you do to your GMT today?
Got the first load out for our move!
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- jonbo2002
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Transmission ate 3rd and 4th gear. Back to the shop it goes..
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drburke - Off-Roader
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Compiling a new wants vs needs list. Right now I have more wants on my list than needs. But there are a number of small fixes I want to take care on the TB, and I need to go over her carefully and inspect all the serviceable items and get those taken care of first. Probably going to do a good inspection this weekend. I already noticed my upper ball joints are shot.
My sunroof repair kit came in today, so might try to tackle that this week too.
My sunroof repair kit came in today, so might try to tackle that this week too.
Once lifted 03 Trailblazer on 35's, gave it up to travel the USA with my family.
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mikekey - Lifer
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Mike, I just went through the same thing with my truck. Fixing all the small stuff and taking care of the sunroof. It's amazing how so many little things crop up.
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All things in moderation, including moderation.
Some people never go crazy... what truly horrible lives they must lead
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Bought 3 quarts of gear lube and 2 quarts of AutoTrak II so I can change those fluids. Received new gas springs for the rear glass. The springs for the hatch will be here tomorrow. Should have time to start on it all tomorrow.
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New tire mounted this morning. Thanks to TECORE.
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Trail X - Founder
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I thought yours had a bunch of miles, did you get a brand new one?
they've always worked for me.
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I've probably got 40k on these. Roughly half tread life.
No, I had a matching spare spare from my previous set. Just about the right wear on that one too.
No, I had a matching spare spare from my previous set. Just about the right wear on that one too.
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Trail X - Founder
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JamesDowning wrote:New tire mounted this morning. Thanks to TECORE.
I'm going tomorrow morning to get a pair mounted. Than making the used BFG my spare.
That rock formation is becoming an infamous killer around here.
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dvanbramer88 - Lifer
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Luckily tires are a lot easier than a grenaded rear end, but yeah, it is becoming notorious.
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Trail X - Founder
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Yea. absolutely.
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dvanbramer88 - Lifer
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That being said though, If i got lucky at the junkyard, I could upgrade to 6 lug 14 bolt for about the cost of 1 truck tire. And I can get the 8.6 10 bolt all day for $100 bucks.
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dvanbramer88 - Lifer
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I just got 2 new Cooper Discoverer AT3 installed. LT265/75/R16 C. I went to the local family owned tire distributor. I paid $206 each installed, new valve stems, bead surface on the rim polished, balanced, and old tires disposed of. He mounted/balanced my BFG on the spare rim for free. I was in and out in 30 minutes.
A little more than what I wanted to spend, but it is what it is. I don't exactly have anywhere to get tires shipped to living at school and it was urgent. My spare tire and it's popped cord(s) was 100% of my wobble issue.
funny thing, I almost had those same tires put on back in June for $186 each at home. I would have been really pissed if I cut a brand new $190 tire on TECORE instead of a $10 used tire I was just trying to squeeze some life out of.
So now I have a better spare that holds air and isn't 10+ years old, and I have 2 brand new truck tires that almost match the Cooper discoverer A/Ts I have on the rear that are basically brand new themselves.
Such is life.
Also bought a circuit board for my left rear tail light.
I got a hyper flash for my left turn signal. All 3 front bulbs are flashing, the rear isn't. The bulb was burnt and black in the tail light housing. Replace bulb, still wont flash. I take the RH board (working) and plug it into the LH wire and it works fine. Plug the LH board into the RH wire and it still won't work. Safe to say bad board.
A little more than what I wanted to spend, but it is what it is. I don't exactly have anywhere to get tires shipped to living at school and it was urgent. My spare tire and it's popped cord(s) was 100% of my wobble issue.
funny thing, I almost had those same tires put on back in June for $186 each at home. I would have been really pissed if I cut a brand new $190 tire on TECORE instead of a $10 used tire I was just trying to squeeze some life out of.
So now I have a better spare that holds air and isn't 10+ years old, and I have 2 brand new truck tires that almost match the Cooper discoverer A/Ts I have on the rear that are basically brand new themselves.
Such is life.
Also bought a circuit board for my left rear tail light.
I got a hyper flash for my left turn signal. All 3 front bulbs are flashing, the rear isn't. The bulb was burnt and black in the tail light housing. Replace bulb, still wont flash. I take the RH board (working) and plug it into the LH wire and it works fine. Plug the LH board into the RH wire and it still won't work. Safe to say bad board.
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dvanbramer88 - Lifer
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Keep us posted on how they perform next time you wheel. My guess is the age of the tire is why it failed, but you did hit that rock pretty hard. 
2008 TB Radflo coil overs, Z71 rear springs, 2" spacer, skyjacker N8030 shocks, LT285/75R16E Goodyear MTR
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TBYODA - Moderator
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Cleaned my throttle body, put my intake resonator back on, and put on a Volant intake. Kinda miss the sound from the resonator not being there but I like the look plus the look of the volant better. Looks more complete.
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- Blazintrails03
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You now also have more low range torque than you did without that TB resonator. GM engineers are not stupid.
Once lifted 03 Trailblazer on 35's, gave it up to travel the USA with my family.
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mikekey - Lifer
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mikekey wrote: GM engineers are not stupid.
I call Bullshit....look at where the front diff mounts
they've always worked for me.
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HARDTRAILZ - Moderator
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HARDTRAILZ wrote:mikekey wrote: GM engineers are not stupid.
I call Bullshit....look at where the front diff mounts
Ok, got me there!
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mikekey - Lifer
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We've been over that. That was pretty genius for what they were trying to accomplish... which was a low center of gravity and excellent vision out of the front of the truck.
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Trail X - Founder
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Yup, but stupid as hell for what I want out of my truck.
They got the roll-over BS, but they kill lifting them.
They got the roll-over BS, but they kill lifting them.
they've always worked for me.
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HARDTRAILZ - Moderator
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