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Try calling rainx and asking a technition there.
Ryan
One trick I've heard of to dampen the effects of a broken chain recoil is to place a heavy blanket or coat over the chain - if it breaks, the blanket will help dampen the movement of the chain.
Good luck.
John
Oh, you should be able to find the stump remover in the lawn and garden section at Menards...LOL
Dean
and as far as towin equipment with the front of a tractor......tractors have adapters for "tractor weights" on the front end so they can pull from the rear, keeping the front end down for steering. and actually you have a better chance of "the pull putting more wight on the tires" if you use the shortest chain possible, increasing the angle of attack.
the blanket is a GREAT idea if you only have a chain!!
acetone huh? sounds good! is there a coating on the inside of the window that could be damaged by this??? thank gooness i statrted on the widshield instead of the side windows(window tint there!!)
i really dont know why i was using rain-x in the first place........havent seen any rain in about 70 days!!!!!!
John
i used it in my post to say "i dont mean any disrespect and im not trying to be an a**hole, but..."
(now what do I say to close instead of lol? - ha ha, I guess)
lol, roflmao, nbl, ffl, xyz......yada yada yada!
Also, the tranny shift cable on the driver's side looks like it might have to be disconnected to get at the 2 pan bolts underneath it.
Anybody tried this yet or seen it done?
John
I know there is someone else who post here with the same problem as me, so I'll keep my chin up, misery likes company!!
:-)
Chris
BTW, whenever winching a vehicle or pulling a stump, always put a blanket or something over the cable or chain. The chain is heavy enough it probably won't whip like the cable, but if you've ever seen a winch cable snap, it's a scary thing.
Of course I'll never vouch for the validity of anything any salesperson says, but there it is....
In any case, it's worth the wait.
By the way, I thought I saw in a post somewhere that you live in San Antone. Is that right? I'm in Houston.
perhaps yawl have been speading love?....I've been laughing...
- Tim
John
Silverado 2500HD LT 8100 extcab 4x4 SB indigo blu graphite msrp37255-
gona hafta last a long time-
local GMC dealer orderd duplicate sierra in case I change my mind I guess-
maybe by 1st of Jan.!!?? (:(
75v
lots of love
lots of luck
lots of losers
lots of lurds....I like the last one best....of course it's only my opinion....
Dean
manufacturers would put a drain plug and an
external filter on the tranny? Would make service
much simpler.<
I seem to recall Saturn having that.
LOL = lurds of love
takes for a truck to go through the assembly line." If memory serves me correctly when I worked at Buick assembly in Flint in '69, it took about 7 hours to actually assemble a vehicle from the time the frame came to the line 'till it was driven off the end. Of course we "spit" them off the end about 1 a minute! With more modern assembly techniques, I am sure it may be less. Now I know that this might not be exactly what you wanted to know, but it is an interesting fact.
The info you got about order, TPW, build and delivery times is very accurate. Of course Ryan could have driven over to the assembly plant and gotten his faster if they had let him! ha But some of us had to wait the excrutiating pain of a week or more. I even had to go out of town on business the day mine arrived at the dealer. So I rented one at National for the week to appease myself! Hang in there, buddy it will be worth it.
v75 I had asked some friends of mine in Detroit if Pontiac East assembly held tours. They don't. Bummer. Have heard that during assembly the whole damn truck is turned upside down! Would like to see that!
Just got back from using my Silverado on a business trip. At $0.33 per mile I won't do that too many more times. But did 1200 miles across NY, PA, Conneticut, and Mass. I am ready to do 1200 more. The seats are more comfortable than a passenger car. As the owners know, and those waiting will find out, when you get in and start driving it is hard to put it away!
obyone, having been to HI myself, how do find enough space to really enjoy the personal creature comforts of your truck, much less the Denali...oh yeah sorry, I forgot you have been without it for a while. hehe Seriously, how did you make out with the dealer?
dealers HA! Got 4 free oil changes with deal...took it up for 2nd one before I left...2 HOURS LATER it was done...and he really wants my service business? I'd do it myself, but oil disposal is a problem in this miserable little state with all the "Save The Bay" freaks (DEM) running around! I'll take the UPF-59 to the corner gas station and get it done quicker. May even take my own oil...found source for Royal Purple close at a warehouse.
matthew
I think what I enjoy most about the truck being in the shop is the opportunity to drive Fords and Dodges. You realize the differences in the trucks and can appreciate the 'rado a little bit more. Took the truck up to 115 this past week. Solid as a rock...now if I can only convince my service manager that a supercharger shouldn't void the warranty on the engine...
Dean
wah aow...ah..ah..wowwwooo....
oooh ooohaa....like a rock....THE TRUCK
pat
gotta go back to work
matthew
Dean
John
Took about 15 min at the dealer.
Was advised that Pontiac plant no longer was giving public tours also.
"Talk to GM" e-mail response advised to talk to Ft. Wayne and gave name and ph no.
She advised that they too are operating so 'lean' they had discontinued the public tours --
--- but she suggested I try to find a friend of someone who worked their and try to arrange a personal tour thru them.
(She actually gave me the ph no. for the Union Office & said to see if I could get someone their that would be willing to give my wife and I the tour.)
(She certainly is trying to be very helpful and felt badly that the public tours had been discontinued).
Anyway - Trying to find someway to make that connection as my wife and would really like to go thru espcially now that we have the HD on order.
--Went thru Janesville back in '81 when my PU was being built.
By the way, which plant, Pontiac or Ft. Wayne would be the best to visit if I can get it done?
Hey!! Thanks for your response---
75v
Also 75V let me know if your gonna go or need help going to the fort wayne plant my salesman that i bought my truck from might be able to give me some info he lives not to far from there im sure he knows people who work there
Ryan
Ryan
Home is central Iowa. Work for major control valve manufacture here.
(side note - was chief investigator for our company on the Ford Rouge Power House Explosiion Detroit year ago)
We'll be coming home from Vermont Oct. 16 thru Port Huron down thru MI so could make either Pontiac or Ft Wayne but would prefer probably Ft Wayne just cause smaller town area eaiser to get around etc.
(Also might plan to fly over to Ft W if don't work out on this vacation trip -
possibly when truck was actually being built - pending on good flying weather etc.)
So really appreciate any help to make tour thru either facility.
Thanks in advance --
75V (loren.bovee@frco.com)
Ryan
Ryan
http://www.oddball.co.jp/vin/vin.html
Thanks
Ryan
Ryan
Ryan
RIchard
Yeh! Blue's lost two guys in two-seater F-18 landing approach eairly spring. Touch deal, Don't think known why--
Thanks for e-mail adr also. going to be out of town for week end- try to e-mail late sunday evening when we get back
thanks - 75v // llb