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Chevy Silverado - Continued XVIII
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It's the fact that 4WD and snow makes people idiots!.....who think they can stop just as good..
I was the same way with my first 4WD.....
oh well
- Tim
Click Here for the Firestone letter.
bco
The wait begins....
Jim
Ryan
1. take your caps off.
2. remove any excess double-sided tape from the caps and the rails.
3. use a rubbing compound (or something similar to strip any wax on your bed-rails).
4. use a dish detergent(i think i used palmolive) to wash any rubbing compound residue off your bedrails.
5. use the same dish wash solution to wash the backs of your rail caps.
6. dry everything completely.
7. reapply double-sided tape to your caps - i used more than what came on 'em. got 'em real good near each end.
8. reapply caps to rails.
9. walk up and down on top of 'em to smash 'em down real good.
10. don't let 'em get wet for 48 hours.
do all that in moderate weather or in a decently heated garage and i think it'll work just fine for you. mine have not budged at all. all told, you'll spend about an hour on it.
bco
Thanks
RYan
-smikes
all i want for xmas
Ryan
Ryan
- Tim
Thanks David for the tire info
The BFG's are 32.X inches in diameter
So ill gain appx 1 inch in height woohoo
Ryan
- Tim
Ryan
285 rp (reindeer power) hmmmmm.
How can I work that into personalized plates?
285 RP
285RNDR
285DEER
Speaking of deer, I didn't get anything in that late muzzleloader hunt in northeastern Washington last weekend. Saw about 6 deer in two days, but no bucks. One came up to within 100' of me as I was hiding behind a tree taking a crap in 1' of snow.
Thank God it wasn't a buck, I'd hate to shoot one with my pants around my ankles.
-David
Rubberride axles anybody?
Nick
LOL
(Ryan is getting mad at old Timmy.....probably why he don't post on my site no more)
.....darn....How will I make it thru the weekend knowing he is mad?....)
BTW.......while men never dance....if you do...AT LEAST YA DON'T ANNOUCE YOU ARE GOING BEFORE!
LOL
Enjoy......even you too Ryan
- Tim
www.PictureTrail.com/nicknewb
Nick
most of the mud and cow poo is gone from wet snow...
Ryan....sure......cash it in and give me the $100!
- Tim
Nick
I am supposed to take delivery on a 2001
Silverado LS Ext Cab 2WD 5.3L in about 2 weeks. I
understand that all new motors have a certain
amount of contaminants and pieces of metal which
get trapped in the oil filter. I am planning to
switch to 0W-30 Amsoil and the technician there
recommended that I run the factory oil and filter
to catch these contaminants and metal pieces and
then change out the oil. A friend of mine
suggested that maybe I should run the truck for a
1000 miles with the factory oil and filter and then
change it with regular oil and filter and go
another 1000 miles before going to the Amsoil.
What do any of you think?
Thanks,
Chet Kulus
some say it takes 10,000 for the rings to set....then go to synthetic..?...but cars like Vettes come with Mobil 1 from the factory...who knows..
?
I went 1000.....then to regular mobil for a few thousand...and then Mobil 1 5/30 after that
Good luck
- Tim
Nick nice truck. You call that dirty? Tomorrow morning ill take a pic before i wash mine and show you dirty. I actually washed the nerf bars (to get salt off) rims and lights. If i didnt clean the lights off they wouldnt have worked tonight they were black. My tires are white from the salt. Its disgusting
Ryan
ckulus
I changed mine at 300 on both trucks and again at 1000. Went with Royal Purple at the 1000 mile mark. Some say that GM puts in a special break in oil...it's true, if you believe.
Nick
FSTONES = 31.65"
BFGS = 32.9"
1.25" diff
.625 of a 5/8" increase in height
Ryan
- Tim
I run 35 PSI all around on my truck
I checked them 2 wks ago they were fine. I checked them today and they all were at 32-33 psi. They went down quite a bit. Probably the cold weather. Anyhow i suggest you check your tires often.
Ryan
As to oil changes, I have been running Mobil One with the AC PF59 in the last two changes, about 5000 miles ... about what I used to run in my S-10 with regular oil. I wanted to go farther, but couldn't bring myself to doing it.
Now if we could just get someone to NEVER change their oil and see how things go. My dad used to do that, but he doesn't drive much any more.
Richard
ya gotta put in that winter air Ryan!
- Tim
(i did the automatic carwash today) big mistake i got out to dry afterwards damn truck was a block of ice drove home and put the torpedo heater on in the garage dethawed it then dried for 2.5 hrs. F THAT it might just stay dirty from now on
Ryan
I almost always use drive thrus any more.....year round...I got better things to do than spend 2 hours or more washing a vehicle.......unless it's the Olds.....nothing but hand washing for that....I didn't spend $6000 on a paint job for nuttin'
- Tim
Tim you get any snow up by you yet?
Ryan
Ryan
matthew
Yes, you should get the dealer to put it in writting that they can not fix your truck. Best to get it done on your copy of the R.O. I doubt that you will get anyone there to put their signature to it though. This has severe ramifications with the terms of their franchise with GM.
Be patient and loose the emotion when you are dealing with them. OK to vent here, though most of us have very little to complain about, I know I truely have sympathy for your predicament.
matthew
I think that people buy something that says Antilock Brakes and think it means something else. The dealer should hose down an area in the parking lot and demonstrate every vehicle at the time of customer delivery to insure the customer understands what ABS will and will not do. There would be less "brake failure" complaints...but then I'm glad that they don't, as it means more business for me...I teach this stuff...hehe
Seriously though it is good that you did what you did and I would encourage more to do it.
matthew
bco
I just gotta take a picture of the truck. Zaino'd today and looks pretty good.
Temp: 83
15-20 mph NE winds
Sunny all day long....you could get a great tan today.....