JamesDowning wrote:I'm pretty sure this is Mike Key's true identity:
Nope
What did you do to your GMT today?
Nope
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mikekey - Lifer
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I might have a lead on an axle to pick up this week. Fingers crossed.
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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Teach wrote:Well it wasn't today but Monday rather. I bought my first GMT
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That's always a good start.
Once the mod bug bites, the vehicle cost is the cheap part...
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mikekey wrote:I might have a lead on an axle to pick up this week. Fingers crossed.
Anything happen with this?
It's not how fast you go. It's how quick you get there. Lifted TBSS Build
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ErikSS wrote:mikekey wrote:I might have a lead on an axle to pick up this week. Fingers crossed.
Anything happen with this?
Turned out to not be an EXT axle!!!!
Quite a few yards don't realize their is a difference and will just BS you on the phone.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:ErikSS wrote:mikekey wrote:I might have a lead on an axle to pick up this week. Fingers crossed.
Anything happen with this?
Turned out to not be an EXT axle!!!!
I have had the same problem here. I bet I've called 30 junk/parts yards and very few actually know what they are tying to sell you, just "what the computer shows". I guess there is no "test" to see how much you actually know before you start taking calls at a junk/parts yard.
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I made the yard leave the axle in the truck til I got there to verify it was a 06 EXT.
Ended up getting my 8.6 for $75 but drove almost to Canada to get it.
Just be glad you have a wider year range to look through, Mike.
Chango, you've got the same problem I had. Has to be a 06+ 8.6...
That leaves us only 1 year of EXT's and the few years of V8 SWB's. Otherwise its a 9.5 out of an SS which are common, but aren't cheap in our area
Ended up getting my 8.6 for $75 but drove almost to Canada to get it.
Just be glad you have a wider year range to look through, Mike.
Chango, you've got the same problem I had. Has to be a 06+ 8.6...
That leaves us only 1 year of EXT's and the few years of V8 SWB's. Otherwise its a 9.5 out of an SS which are common, but aren't cheap in our area
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mikekey wrote:ErikSS wrote:mikekey wrote:I might have a lead on an axle to pick up this week. Fingers crossed.
Anything happen with this?
Turned out to not be an EXT axle!!!!
thats why you need to email me the VIN and I'll check it out to save you time
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mikekey wrote:ErikSS wrote:mikekey wrote:I might have a lead on an axle to pick up this week. Fingers crossed.
Anything happen with this?
Turned out to not be an EXT axle!!!!
What I've found with the TB VIN is that the 7th digit is a 3 for short wheel base or a 6 for EXT
MikeKey here's one in Tallahassee 4.5 hours from Clearwater http://row52.com/Vehicle/Index/1GNES16S026135033 send a massage to one or both of the parts pullers and see if they could help up out and check if the rears still in it
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My front suspension fell off. So I can't go get any axles till I finish this.
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Once lifted 03 Trailblazer on 35's, gave it up to travel the USA with my family.
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mikekey wrote:My front suspension fell off. So I can't go get any axles till I finish this.
it'll be back together in 30 minutes.
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I found a garage to see tomorrow for my radflo install.
they've always worked for me.
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HARDTRAILZ wrote:I found a garage to see tomorrow for my radflo install.
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Moots1288 wrote:mikekey wrote:My front suspension fell off. So I can't go get any axles till I finish this.
it'll be back together in 30 minutes.
Ran out of beer, might not be back together till Sunday.
Once lifted 03 Trailblazer on 35's, gave it up to travel the USA with my family.
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mikekey wrote:Moots1288 wrote:mikekey wrote:My front suspension fell off. So I can't go get any axles till I finish this.
it'll be back together in 30 minutes.
Ran out of beer, might not be back together till Sunday.
OH NO!
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Thinking of picking this guy up: https://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/tls/4277754623.html but not sure if a good deal for my needs....
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Chango wrote:I have had the same problem here. I bet I've called 30 junk/parts yards and very few actually know what they are tying to sell you, just "what the computer shows". I guess there is no "test" to see how much you actually know before you start taking calls at a junk/parts yard.
Check out
Morris Rose Auto Parts
2129 East Michigan Avenue
Kalamazoo, MI 49048
Toll-Free: 800-345-0123
Phone: 269-345-0123
Fax: 269-345-0002
Not sure what your looking for, but they have an SS rear end with 70k on it for $330. That is where I got mine.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
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So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
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So tonight on the way to a Cub Scout den meeting my TB started & ran a little rough and I thought to myself sounds like it is misfiring. As I was driving the CEL came on & flashed. Once I got to the meeting I whipped out my ELM27 scanner. Sure enough p0304. Thanks this site and GMTNATION I knew to try and swap with nearby coil pack. So after I got back home I pulled the TB in the garage and got to work. I think I may have dodged a bullet. Upon inspection the wire to the pack seemed a little loose, also there was some water droplets on the end of the pack more then I would think should be if any. The electronic service tech in me smelled the end for the coil, yup burnt electronics. But I swapped the pack anyway and cleared the code and went for about a 10-12 min drive no codes and ran fine the whole time. With my luck it will come back at some point might as well pick one up as spare. Looking on rockauto I see six different models for my 08, any real difference between the others and the ACdelco D1935E?
2008 TB Radflo coil overs, Z71 rear springs, 2" spacer, skyjacker N8030 shocks, LT285/75R16E Goodyear MTR
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