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slidebite posted:Just got an email from my folks saying the transfer case on there 2003 2500HD Duramax has a crack in it. As Powershift said, this is extremely common. As i understand it's not a huge job to pull that casing, and there are repair kits for the clip that causes the issue. Also, depending on the case's material (aluminium/magnesium) you could have it welded up by a good welder. If it is cracked, usually where repairable the fix is to drill a hole at the end(s) of the crack, which stops the crack speading, and then the crack is ground into a groove and filled with weld.
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I ran out of red pinstriping so I improvised.  http://www.imgur.com/qHlMSz5.jpeg
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Sounds like they already got it fixed. I'm assuming they went new, and possibly at the dealer. Guesses on how much? I'll send a prize to the closest but not over winner. They had a diesel guy already do the injectors on it last year. Any other common issues with the GMT800 that could be a ticking time bombs?
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I'll make 10,000 guesses: $1-10,000 Please message me for instructions on where to send the prize.
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Aug 25, 2015 01:19
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i'd bet about $3,800. $3,000 for the case, $800 in labor
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slidebite posted:Any other common issues with the GMT800 that could be a ticking time bombs? The ABS module and front sensors (the latter will cause random ABS engagement, thus intermittently disabling the brakes, and IIRC the former was mostly fixed with the '03 facelift), front ends are weak and eat control arm bushings and ball joints- the joints should be greasable though and most of the ball joint issues are because people run them dry, there's a breakout box above the dead pedal that likes to collect water and short/corrode to hell if you pressure wash the floor or otherwise get that area wet, and the fuel pumps are poo poo (not sure if the dmax has an in-tank transfer pump or if it just relies on the HPFP to pull the fuel? if it doesn't have the in-tank pump you're cool). Turbo Fondant fucked around with this message at 02:03 on Aug 25, 2015 |
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A coworker asked me to list some of his stuff on Kijiji, and I just wanted to run some prices past you guys to see how reasonable they are. They're OEM takeoffs from his 2009 Audi S5. He drove it about 12k km's and then had a Stasis suspension and brakes (and almost everything else) put on. He still had the springs, shocks and front brakes in his garage, so I'm putting them on the internet and we'll split the proceeds. I was thinking about $250 for the springs/shocks (all 4 corners) and $200 for the brakes on Kijiji. Too much? Too little?
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Aug 25, 2015 04:38
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I would recommend he keep all that in case he has a problem with the new parts or sells the car or something. Having to buy new oem suspension in a few months because he decides he doesn't like the ride would cost a lot more than $250.
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Aug 25, 2015 04:44
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$250 is more than reasonable for the suspension, I'd probably price them a bit higher if he's not in a rush just to see what you can get. If you can just stuff them into a run of the mill A5 I'd be tempted to go higher and play up that angle. What do the brakes include? Rotors? Calipers?
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I don't know what the Audi market is like but I'd ask for 300 for the suspension to leave a bit more negotiating room. Really no idea about the brakes though, I had to drop my pants the last time I sold brake components on Kijiji and they were new in box.
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Aug 25, 2015 04:50
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jamal posted:I would recommend he keep all that in case he has a problem with the new parts or sells the car or something. Having to buy new oem suspension in a few months because he decides he doesn't like the ride would cost a lot more than $250. Definitely good advice but he changed them five years ago and loves the ride, haha. They've just been sitting in a box in his garage since then and he just wants to clear up the space. 1500quidporsche posted:$250 is more than reasonable for the suspension, I'd probably price them a bit higher if he's not in a rush just to see what you can get. If you can just stuff them into a run of the mill A5 I'd be tempted to go higher and play up that angle. Yeah, rotors and calipers. I'm not sure if you can interchange them with other models. The A5 is probably a safe bet. It would be awesome if they'd bolt onto an A4 because then the market would be huge but I'm not an Audi guy so I'm not sure.
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 All conditions removed! All financing in order! House passed it's inspection with flying colours. October 2nd will be a good day. Now to start packing...  Anyone have any spare boxes?
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Aug 26, 2015 02:21
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Yeah come clean out my garage. Or hit a liquor store.
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Aug 26, 2015 02:25
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McTinkerson posted:Anyone have any spare boxes? If you need really good moving boxes, Home Depots, albeit not cheap, are fantastic. Solid as gently caress, and uniform in size. We still have all the ones we bought, and they'll make it through another move easily.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Or hit a liquor store. I drove from Seba Beach (80km west of Edmonton, just off hwy 16) to Saskatoon four times in June and July, and every trip I hit up liquor stores for boxes along the way. Hat tip to Solo Liquor on the western edge of Lloydminster, they always had a dozen or so for me to take. Some places only had 2-3, others had a couple of dozen (but sometimes smaller boxes, like for mickeys of vodka or whatever). If you or anyone you know works at a university or college, the cardboard recycle bin near the loading dock at the back of the largest building on campus - science departments are better than humanities, but even the Library will recieve more cardboard than they can use - will be full of collapsed boxes. A lab that's just bought a new toy / mid-level equipment will unload a dozen big, sturdy boxes in a day. Sometimes the door nearest the bin is locked, but an employee / grad student will have a key to the building, typically.
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Aug 26, 2015 04:13
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Yep, come by my office as many as you need
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Aug 26, 2015 05:25
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Just find the cheapest thing you can find on rockauto and order 30 of them each in seperate orders. They will ship you a whole bunch of huge boxes filled with giant bubble wrap. 
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Aug 26, 2015 05:25
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Keep it classy, Stoneys http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/detour-fees-at-stoney-nakoda-first-nation-after-highway-accident-justified-says-elder-1.3204233 quote:Elder Roland Rollinmud was reacting to the anger of some motorists who either faced blockades, or were charged toll money after the collision between a semi-trailer and a minivan Monday afternoon killed an 86-year-old woman and injured several other people.
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Aug 26, 2015 16:50
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God bless them. They're probably going to turn around and complain that they don't get much sympathy from the general public six months from now. I mean really this is on about the same level as the poo poo I see people trying to pull in Forest lawn, only on a larger scale.
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slidebite posted:Keep it classy, Stoneys It's their land, I say good on them for telling whitey to gently caress off or pay.
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It's their land sure, but we're not talking about building a casino. Profiteering off a road that was built with public funds as a detour from due to an emergency which closed a highway for a couple hours is slimy as gently caress and will certainly not help relations for those that forked over some arbitrary $20 "toll" The elder was also incorrect. Parks Canada does not charge you to go through a national park. Only if its your destination or that's the terminus of the road. If Parks Canada started charging everyone going through Banff or Jasper on a Trans-Canada there would be a revolt.
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They do charge everybody who goes through jasper national park. Even if you're just using the little bit from Banff park to nordegg. Just got some winter tires for the f250. Narrow tires on 16 inch steelies for summer and fat winter tires on shiny 20s is the way to do it , right? 
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Powershift posted:They do charge everybody who goes through jasper national park. Even if you're just using the little bit from Banff park to nordegg. Going through Banff they even have a dedicated lane for through traffic. If they stopped everyone to pay traffic would be backed up to Calaway Park. Tire chat though, digging that tread. What is it? Has anyone here price compared at booking a car rental through Costco? We're going to N.S. -> PEI in a couple of weeks and need to rent a 1-way rental from Halifax to Charlottetown. Rate through Costco seems OK but 
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The last time I went through, they charged 10 bucks a head to get from the park border to nordegg. I remember that clearly because I called the guy a oval office and he completely lost his poo poo. Since then I've just gone through Banff and Cochrane. The tires are the same as I had on my f150, only 275/65r20 instead of 275/55r20. Avalanche x-treme. Got the full set for $400. 2 are 90% 2 are 70%. And the rims are factory 20s without a whole bunch of extraneous bolts and rivets that every aftermarket 8 bolt wheel has.the finish is rough but they are actual aluminum, not a plastic cap like modern wheels, so I'll be able to strip the clear and polish them to perfection. 
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Including the rims for $400? Score. You must have gave the parks guy the stink eye or made him think you were stopping in the park, because if you say you are driving straight through there is no pass required for Jasper via 16 or Banff via #1. To my knowledge there never has been and I've been driving them all off and on since the early 90s. Technically, even if you stop for gas or use a campground shitter you are supposed to get a pass but nobody ever does.
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The only park in AB that charges a transit fee is the Icefields Parkway, which runs south from Jasper. Highway 93. So I you were headed to Nordegg, that's probably the one you were taking and there are big signs everywhere sayin that all users even in transit must pay. So the guy wasn't being a oval office.  I agree that it's lovely opportunism on the Stoney Reserve. They didn't build those roads and they don't maintain them. That money isn't going into the roads at all. Whatever complaints the native people have, they won't be resolved by screwing over the commuters on the highway.
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Good news: our lovely air quality ratings as of late are because a spider was stuck in the machine. Bad news: all those burnouts I did actually hurt the environment after all. Worse news: they can't get the spider out. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-air-quality-reading-affected-by-spider-in-monitoring-station-1.3206200?cmp=rss
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Good news: our lovely air quality ratings as of late are because a spider was stuck in the machine. I'm surprised it was working at all with an Alfa stuck inside it.
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Mostly all from washington. Bad here too, I have pretty much not gone outside all week. Here's satellite imagery, you can go back to any day to see how it changes http://1.usa.gov/1Enk5Ic
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I dunno man, airborne spiders seems like it would pose a pretty extreme breathing hazard.
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recently moved to a new neighbourhood in town, liking it for the most part, but was out walking the dog and saw a horrific site, someone has a Buick Grand National in poor condition; driver's side tires are flat, clear coat is peeling, and the front bumper is hanging off  next time I take dog for a walk I'll take a pic and post it in the terrible thread
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neckbeard posted:recently moved to a new neighbourhood in town, liking it for the most part, but was out walking the dog and saw a horrific site, someone has a Buick Grand National in poor condition; driver's side tires are flat, clear coat is peeling, and the front bumper is hanging off probably one of those $25,000 no lowballers i know what i got kind of people. almost as bad as the $3000 or it's going to the scrappers people
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Powershift posted:
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I (accidentally) bypassed some backed up highway 1 traffic via a Stoney reserve road last week. I was getting stinkeyes like mad and was honestly nervous a blockade of 1996 Intrepids would be waiting for me below the crest of each hill.
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I love GN's. Anyone remember the Kenny Duttweiler built promod GN that Jay Leno did the burnout competition with ?
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Between the two car shows I visited this year there were some seriously badass GN's Also lots of street rods with like 700+hp out of crazy race-built engines 
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There was a cruise in red deer a couple weeks back, and there was a guy with a t-bucket, with a blower as big as the engine block and a cam so lumpy it was drat near lifting a wheel off the ground with every idle surge. Also, it's smokey as all hell out there.
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With how Chrysler is making Hellcat variants of everything now, sure would be nice if Buick were to make a Regal coupe on the GM Alpha platform and chuck in the LF3 engine crank it up to 550HP or so and call it the new Grand National/GNX. no pics of the lovely GN today - too hot to take puppy dog for a walk
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neckbeard posted:With how Chrysler is making Hellcat variants of everything now, sure would be nice if Buick were to make a Regal coupe on the GM Alpha platform and chuck in the LF3 engine crank it up to 550HP or so and call it the new Grand National/GNX. but you can basically get that as an ats-v. badge engineering with "muh heritage" tacked on wouldn't make it any better than an M3 or alfa giulia. Buick is obviously the wrong brand to do it with, but i would be more interested in a stripped out alpha platform chevy nova, 2 door or 4 door, i4 base, lt1 as a box to tick on the base model.
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I'm tempted to mosey up to Lacombe today to look at the state of their hail sale mustangs; with Costco membership they're being sold for $11k under invoice, iirc. Do I really want to buy a new car after just paying off the old one...
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El Scotch posted:I'm tempted to mosey up to Lacombe today to look at the state of their hail sale mustangs; with Costco membership they're being sold for $11k under invoice, iirc. Whoa. That's pretty good.
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