Offroad Trailblazers and Envoys

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by ErikSS » Sun Sep 29, 2013 8:03 pm

Mr. Barton. They're picking on your oil pan skid!!! hahahaha
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by HARDTRAILZ » Sun Sep 29, 2013 8:45 pm

I washed mine...























Well it rained, close enough.
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by RyansTBLS » Sun Sep 29, 2013 8:48 pm

In which case I washed my truck too! :cheers:
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by Cable810 » Mon Sep 30, 2013 9:32 am

Washed mine too lastnight
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by dvanbramer88 » Thu Oct 03, 2013 2:44 pm

Fixed my broken tailgate hinge and cleaned the interior. Got all the dust and dirt out from TECORE. I sprayed cleaner on my dash and it literally made mud... Alsoo hand cleaned all the windows.

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by jrSS » Thu Oct 03, 2013 3:26 pm

Bought the rubber inserts for the cup holders today from ebay. Paid $30 for all 6. Can't find a better deal.
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by dvanbramer88 » Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:57 pm

I hit 268,000 miles going to TECORE. Tonight I hit 269,000 miles. Lot of long highway trips are adding up.

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by Cable810 » Mon Oct 07, 2013 10:12 am

Drained and cleaned the Rear diff. Found water and dirt in it.....
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by boog2006 » Mon Oct 07, 2013 10:08 pm

P0128...changed thermostat...it sucked...twice
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by DirtyBacon04 » Tue Oct 08, 2013 6:32 am

I keep getting that code on an irregular basis. I have had parts in hand for months, but lack the effort to replace. Also, not really seeing the immediate need, as my temps are acting normal.
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by boog2006 » Tue Oct 08, 2013 10:57 am

Yeah I've been fluctuating between top dead center and two clicks left. Figured it was time.
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by v7guy » Wed Oct 09, 2013 1:25 am

I've gotten that code in the last couple weeks, temp showed a few clicks to the left for a couple days and then started acting normal again. Kinda strange. It's irritating cause I just replaced it a year ago or so.
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by KE7WOX » Wed Oct 09, 2013 7:48 pm

Finally had a headlight die on me sometime this week (I'm guessing yesterday, but US-33 has lights so I didn't notice until I got home), replaced both low beam bulbs with Sylvania Ultras.
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by Regulator1175 » Sun Oct 13, 2013 2:53 am

Today I got most of my truck back together. Thank you Eric for contributing your day to helping me with the re-assembly.

The list of new parts:

Front upper and lower heavy duty control arms
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Alignment set up for tomorrow pending successful assembly of my new brake lines.

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by Trail X » Sun Oct 13, 2013 4:32 pm

Heavy duty control arms? Do tell us more about these. I haven't heard of HD versions before.
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by Opeth » Sun Oct 13, 2013 5:12 pm

Hacked off that hideous anal wart of a resonator.
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by HARDTRAILZ » Sun Oct 13, 2013 10:12 pm

Took some junk out and dropped it in barn at land for winter storage.

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by Sugar16 » Mon Oct 14, 2013 9:14 am

Built a light bar this weekend for the top, im still waiting on my switches to come in the mail so this week i will have some better pictures of the finished product, its raining out now so i only have a couple of pictures from when i was building it

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by Trail X » Mon Oct 14, 2013 4:32 pm

I like the LED lights, but your flat bar leaves a lot of rigidity on the table. I would highly recommend switching to a square tube.
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by Sugar16 » Mon Oct 14, 2013 4:44 pm

JamesDowning wrote:I like the LED lights, but your flat bar leaves a lot of rigidity on the table. I would highly recommend switching to a square tube.


Yeah, I found that out this weekend when I drove it, I heard something that sounded like my hatch was not closed all the way. When I went to get the square tubing I was having a hard time finding it but i found the flat bar and I didn't think there would be an issue but that was probably because I was just excited about getting it done. :facepalm:

The LED's are real bright, once I get the switches I will get some pics of them on and off
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