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Ryan
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Scott
The wheels are Amercian Racing Pythons 16x8, tires Cooper Discover AT 265/75/r16 load range D (they make it in E load range, but I didn't really need anything that heavy, only tow a 6,000lbs. travel trailer and a enclosed snowmobile trailer which weights less). Really nice tire, has good traction and runs pretty quiet on the pavement.
PS. I believe there's only two coats of wax on the pickup when I took this photo.
My driveway is about 350 feet long, with a few dips and twists, a right angle 100 feet from the end, and a 20+ degree incline.
Imagine a frozen lake. Now tilt it 20-30 degrees. I don't care who you are: man or woman, you're going to need all the traction you can get. With 700# of sandbags in the back and 700# of plow on the front, 4wd and a locker, I've nearly been stuck on my own driveway a few times. Without chains or a locker, there wouldn't be a prayer -- and a locking differential is much easier to use.
I sure wasn't going to ask my wife to use her car to pull my 4x4 truck back onto the driveway! The locker was $245 well spent.
Dave did you reprogram your speedo and such for the larger tires? How did you know the locker went out?
Ryan
as for the spare.....who cares..leave it a 265...like Oby said...cars had them dinky spares for years.....if you were to spin the tires a lot with a locker and different tires..yeah a problem...but take it easy...
I got 1 flat in 11 years with the old truck...fixed it with a can of fix a flat until I got it repaired next day
I did take out the spare from underneith day one and tossed it in the bed though.....never did chain it up....and I went everywhere....nobody is going to take a steel wheel.....
Once again.....ditch the lockers boys......
hehe
- Tim
I have about 1 1/2 inches of clearance on each side - more than enough for the larger tire.
As for the size difference, if its only a few miles till the closest station, you won't have any problem..
If the distance is longer, then the best suggestion is in the case of a rear flat, move a front tire to the rear, and put the spare on the front..Although that is a pain..
Ryan, why don't you call Eaton and see if they have a customer service department willing to talk about it. I think many folks here would be interested.
1) Fold out drink holder. (bench seats only)
WD-40 all metal hinges. Lube the plastic on the SIDES of the drink holder and of the hole in the dash that receives it.
2) Fold down arm rest with note pad holder. (same)
This one was really bad.
-WD-40 or silicone the main hinge and the note pad holder hinge points.
-The inside of the top door (map strap area) is a big plastic piece that snaps off. Start at the bottom and work it off carefully. It's got 2 strong clips at the top but they will pull out. Cover all touching surfaces with PJ.
-Use a thin tool to spread the halves of the pad holder around the edge and shoot lube spray inside. Repeat around the edge.
3) Rear cowl.
The large plastic trim panel that runs under the width of the rear window has metal clips that rub and squeak, and also click with temperature changes. Pop that panel off and apply grease to all the metal clips. Apply PJ to all contact areas.
4) Put PJ on the rear slider window seals.
5) Doors. I don't know how many trucks have this problem, mine is an early 2000. The door panel rubs on a plastic piece inside. It creaks quite loudly when you push the panel or use the arm rest. This didn't show up for about 1 year. I used an Exacto knife to trim away the material. See the photo.
The effort was well worth it. I can now go over bumps without hearing a chorus.
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Ryan
Ken
ryan
Its not a limited slip
Go to that site and read up on the factory installed option
Ryan
1) Tranny hesitant to downshift. Tran guy reprogrammed, so far, so good. (Thanks Oby for TSB info)
2) Overspray - Paint guy said it's actually rail dust and dealer was currently out of some special gel used to remove it. I'm supposed to check back in 10 days.
3) impure radio reception - I was told that antenna needed tuning (high C, e flat, what?
4) I mentioned that a driver side rear door speaker vibrated under higher volume loads, probably needed to be tightened. They replaced the speaker, because as the service writer said, "we don't get paid to tighten speakers".
5) I had to defend my choice of having my oil changed at 1000 miles. Someone here said, and I remember some people agreeing that changing the oil after the first 1000 miles would help flush out the shavings, etc. By the end of our discussion, I wanted to ask if the service writer if he understood what customer service is all about.
All in all, I can sum up this first experience as one of feet dragging on service dept's behalf. I felt I had to 'motivate' them more than needed.
Ken
If "I" don't go that route, I might take a hack saw to the 2 tubes that hold that little seat in place. It makes me crazy!
If none of these ideas are for you a cooler with your favorite beverage in it could be used as good "arm rest"..
Allen-
Ryan
Here is the website from the place i got my programmer from
http://www.vansenusauto.com/performa.htm
Ryan
Mark
Glad i didnt get the bench. Only downside is there is alot of room between the center console and the passenger seat and when i take my gf hom its a reach to give her a good night kiss.
(Tim ill have new pics soon maybe as early as tonight)
Ryan
I looked into a wrecking yard seat, but the cost ($1000) turned me off. Maybe they are more common now.
Mike L
seems like it wants to stay in overdrive down to
around 40-45 mph. Is this the same problem for
this TSB
Thanks,
Mike
Check it out for tsb's
See post #607. I took it with me when I had the truck serviced. The service writer told me that the tranny tech may have a more recently dated fix. I was told when I picked it up yesterday that they had indeed reprogrammed it. When I got to my 'trouble' spot a couple miles from home, it indeed shifted down at a little over 40mph.
-smikes
None at K-mart, Target, Schucks, Action Auto, etc.
PepBoys wants $6 each, too much money.
Has anyone found a good web site to order the PF59's at a decent price?
-David
When i had to do my first oil change i couldnt find one. Then after that all the sudden they popped up all over the place. I will be getting mine at kmart when i need them from now on (10% discount)
Or you could try your dealership but they will want more than $6. Id say spend the $6 now you will find them by your next change and will get them cheaper
Ryan
- Tim
One for the 1000 mile change and one for the 3000 mile change.
Haven't tried Walmart yet, but you'd think if K-mart has them in Indiana they'd have them in Washington. Not even a place on the shelf for them at the one I looked at.
Just thought there might be a good place on the web to buy AC Delco oil filters, and also air filters for both the engine and interior.
2001 Z-71, 700 miles and still absolutely flawless!!!
-David
funny, quadcab4x4, if this thread is so worthless for help, what the hell are you doing here? seems to me you're rich enough to "golf and waste time on your pc"...you're rich enough to afford a freakin' seat with an armrest in a $20+k truck.
bco
can you tell i hate it when people say you won't find help here? grrrrr
The whole story just hits me wrong. I don't see where is an opportunity for an Easton distributor to make "lots of money" off the problem. Plus if this problem was so wide spread, surely at least one owner would post to Edmund's or PUTC.
Reading a earlier post (few days ago) concerning the radio display coming on after a few minutes after start-up, reminded me of what happened to me not too long after I first got mine.
One morning on my way to work, I reached down to turn the radio on and noticed that the time wasn't displayed. However the radio did work eventhough the display didn't. I thought "Oh well, the dealer gonna replace it". After a few minutes the display lit up as if nothing was wrong. "What the?!" A little ways down the road, I entered a section with over hanging trees and the headlights came on and the radio display went off. "What the?!" Looked over to the knob for the instrument panel and saw that it was turn all the way to it's dimmest position. Cranked it back up and never had an radio display problem again.
M.
'00 GMC Sierra Ext cab SLE Z71 w/5.3
However, do you think it is a good idea to trade every 3 or 4 years, do you get a better trade-in with vehicle still under warranty, or do you lose too much? A lease is not an option for myself due to miles driven.
My problem is I fall in love too easy with women and trucks, not necessarily in that order. I end up keeping them too long which can cause problems.
Personal vehicles are leased cause I found that my tolerance for vehicles average 2 to 3 years...getting bored with it after that.
tex6
That's dangerous....falling in love with women too easily. You'll get used and abused by the vamps...LOL!!
Nick
Hope this helps
Hunter
I have tried to lay the ground work for this by sending them an email today part of which layed on the F250SD delivery in 6 weeks senerio which is sooner than the HD would be here if they gave me a TPW tomorrow (will be 7 months if March delivery).
sf0383 (ref post 267 over on New Sierra/Silv----Topic)-- The 'ado sales planner just acknowledged my email request for real world production update today and was very appologetic as I took a chance and sent him a second request after no response initially. Long story short he made a verbal "pledge to help make all this come together" and wanted my 6 degit order no and dealer name etc. so we'll see what happens.
(pretty good considering he don't know me from Adam and his involvement is certainly 'beyond the call of duty' for him)
Interesting also is that with a little phone work I have wrangled the name and phone # of the HD scheduler at the Pontiac Plant so once I get a TPW she promised to keep me posted their also.
Most of my problem is probably due to the 8100 engine/xc so your cc/6.0 shouldn't be this much pain I hope, but I'll let you know if I get anything worth while.
cowboyjohn3 and I think someone else has posted January build dates for 8100's so I'll be interested to see if that holds for them - sure hope so--
75v