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Well, at least its not a scrawny 1500. ;/)
Itll eat up any 2500 anyday
Rand only thing i would change on your truck would be bigger tires. What size is on there now 245's?
Ryan
Scott
Ryan
Yep scrawny. lol
Damn that thing would be huge
Ryan
Yes, my new pickup is the 2500HD, 8.1 with Allison. Hope you can get your dealer straightened out. I think you ordered yours a couple of weeks before I did (Oct. 10th).
Trip was good except the clutch on the F250 gave me a problem the night before I left. I thought I was going to have to spend a day pulling the transmission and replace the slave cylinder, but I managed to work around it and left the next morning anyway. F250 ran good the whole trip - up to about 90+ mph once when I was passing someone - I didn't know that gutless thing would go that fast. An uneventful trip - the kind I like. Love that So. Calif. freeway traffic.
George W. hasn't sent me an invitation to the inaugural ball yet, but expecting it any day......
I will be there during the time, but probably won't even see any of the traffic jams it will probably cause. Hope not anyway. I have enough traffic for a while.
I will post a note if I learn anything more about the arrival of the 2500HD. Will probably get it after I get back from DC.
Cowboyjohn
- Tim
....Give the boy a new set of tires and he thinks he is God!
By the way, Ryan. What ever happened with your steering shaft. Get it replaced? On order?....
just
Scott
I dont have roof lights
Ryan
Babs,
gotcha with the spare. Thats kind of weard that it isn't the same size as the rest. Roof lights... you'll get out of that fast. I used to think the roof lights looked cool too, but they look odd to me now unless you have dullys.
BCO,
I was checking your maintainance pics; what lube do you put in the front diff and transfer case?
Nick
Ryan
First visit to Chef resulted in "normal" on the doors. Then 4 more trips with a no fix answer. Call Chef customer line 3 times and got the "never heard of that problem" response. Then the dealer called Chef egg and got a big "Dub!!!"
Now I get a call from the dealer and low and behold Chef has a repair kit for the doors. It has 3 parts. Upper and lower latches and some rubber part. Funny just one month ago when I started on this campaign Chef had no knowledge of any complaints, and now 30 days later a miracle cure. They are sure fast and responsive at Chev. What I am saying is don't ever take no for an answer from Chev or the dealer. I beleive they will stonewall you to save the few bucks unless you become the biggest pain in their [non-permissible content removed] on the problem.
Also there is a fix for wind noise in the 4 doors. They have found out the the cabin pressure is to tight and when the fan is on the rear quarter windows push open a bit and make a wind noise. This is another "we don't have a problem" deal I uncovered.
Good Luck!!!
(cabin noise is no problem for me doesnt bother me one bit)
later,
dallas
I got the hypertech at a local place called van senus
Heres their website
http://www.vansenusauto.com/performa.htm
Ryan
dallas
Salesrep,
That the first time I ever heard of a fix for hard to close doors. I always attributed it to the cold; thickening lube, cold-hardened rubber seals.
Ryan,
The clunky rattle in the steering won't go away. It'll be back with a vengence and getting meaner every day (seems like).
Enjoy,
M.
'00 GMC Sierra Ext cab SLE Z71 w/ 5.3
dallas
Dammit why is everyone getting blue trucks GRRRRRRRRRR hahaha
Ryan
Vince also had a display problem, and as I recall dealer replaced radio.
PS how many coats of wax you got on that thing?
Hunter
although I'm too rough on one so my truck is white, what I've found to be the most forgiving color when you get in the backwoods
jake, great pictures! I like the matched flairs too. It seems we all are 100% in the color-matched, or must-be-black camp, but never in between.
My friend ended up with the SnugTop with the inner carpet liner and it's pretty nice. It also has a single center handle, and when it's not in use it pushes in and has a rubber cover. They also have a "feature" where you can lock yourself inside for security while sleeping in there.
has anyone else had a problem with the flares getting wax on them and not being able to get them off...my black textured flares got wax on them and i have wiped and scrubbed and they still have white spots..that exactly why i wanted the smooth type flares..
You asked about my tire size. Only tire size available so far on that truck: LT245-75R16 load range E. I went with the optional on/off road tires which turned out to be the Firestone Steeltex AT. The tire dealers I talked to said that is about the only decent Stone out there. So far in snow and 400lbs of sand bags in the bed, they are not too bad. I will probably go to Goodyear Wrangler ATS next time since they do make a load range E for that line of tire. My past experience with Goodyear has been great. I might look at BFG, too. I agree, I would have prefered 265's like on my old truck, but not worth the hassle to me and it doesn't look that bad. Unfortunately, the only 265 E load range I have found is the Firestone Steeltex AT. They put those on the Excusion, oops, I meant Excursion. And since my truck is a 2500 series, will stay with black walls.
The black flares on my truck don't bother me, but the blue flares looked mighty sharp on the truck pictured above. Hhmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Maybe down the road, a trip to the paint/body shop.
Indigo blue rules? That color first came out in 93 and Chevy dropped it in 96 or 97, but everybody wanted it back apparently. The partners in my company agreed for some reason that they like Indigo Blue on all our land surveying trucks which are 2500 ext. cab 4wd stripper trucks. Regardless, I have gotten a lot of positive feedback on choice of color and overall looks of my truck from people.
Ryan
They also showed a F150 flippin in the air. Man, I didn't want to see what the driver looked like after that one....Maybe I should consider lowering the truck?
Must have been an idiot who said that you don't need a car in Hawaii....cause how else are you going to protect yourself around those flippin F150's...LOL!!
Finally a Blue Truck with the right color flares..blue!
LOL
Matching is better on some colors....and others look better black....although I still say Blue with pewter bottom and flares is the tops for Indigo..
rollovers and chicks.....whoduthunkit?
back to lockers....hehehehe...I think if a Woman is getting a 4x4...prehaps it should have one...
hmm....does that mean a 4x4 with a locker is a girls truck??
I gotta go
Good Luck on this one now!
- Tim
I almost rolled my old 87 blazer a few yrs back. After a blizzard in 98 i hit a patch of black ice and went sideways and did a knight rider i only had 2 wheels (same side) on the ground. Scared the heck outta me. Luckily i was able to keep control and get the truck back on the ground.
Ryan
Also should i get another BFG tire or a cheap 285 for the spare? Any suggestions?
Ryan
bco
Ryan
This morning it was 14 degrees
Its warming up though probably hit 25 today
Ryan
why is it sooooo important to get a 285 as a spare? Do you plan on running the spare for a couple of thousand miles?
If I were you I'd just leave it alone. Remember all those cars with the puny little space saver tires.....well?
Ryan
Maybe you should run it by a couple of tire guys or the dealer. I run 275/70R16's and a 255/70R16 for a spare. On the Denali, due to the dealers mistake, I had all 5 tires changed.
Or you could throw on the spare (good time to learn how to dismount the spare) and drive it around for awhile. Don't think you're going to see much difference.
Ryan
I would stick with the spare that came on the truck.
My old S-10 i had 3 flats
The blazer i had 2
All within a 2 yr span
Ryan
I will have to see what all becomes of this. Maybe it is just so much hot wind to quite me down a bit. I was really yanking the chains of Chev and the dealer.
I am having the rear-quarter windows replaced at the same time to reduce the cabin wind noise.
Good luck
Salesrep
Planning on meeting with Dealer to see what they propose to get a TPW assigned on Monday -- FOLLOWING INFORMATION WOULD HELP ALOT -- THANKS
Tim - Could you give me little more detail on how GM issues that certificate (Is it called a certificate?) You wouldn't have a copy of it you could Fax to me?? Fax 641-754-2731 Loren Bovee if possible.
Did the Dealer know about it ahead of truck delivery and notify you or did it come to you in the mail direct from GM without dealer knowing about it?? or did the dealer iniciate the request?
Is it a paper certificate etc or come thru to the dealer from GM with the PU invoice billing etc.?
Do you think there was any SPECIFIC long delivery parameters before GM would issue this?
This would give me a better understanding on who to request this thru.
Thanks - 75v
I'm having a lot of trouble finding them and I know they are out already. Thanks Elaine
Ours has been on order since early December and we are hoping to see it by the end of February.