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Hughmoris posted:Thanks for the info. I hadn't considered the Yukon but I'll give them a look. I realize this is a vague question but should I be scared off by high-mileages on these vehicles? Are the 5.3L, 6.0L, and 6.2L pretty solid engines? The 5.3's with displacement on demand are all garbage. It's not a matter of if, but when, the lifters gently caress up. The 6.0 and 6.2 engines are fine. By the time they got DoD (2011+ iirc), they'd figured it out.
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What year did the 5.3s start getting DoD? Friend of mine has an older 5.3 Yukon that he's trying to learn how to wrench on. Pretty sure his is too old for that, but it'd be nice to be able to warn him of potential issues. He has really low miles on it (<100k), at least....
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Feb 23, 2017 09:24
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:What year did the 5.3s start getting DoD? My dad's 07 Sierra has it, so that far back at least.
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Feb 23, 2017 19:47
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:What year did the 5.3s start getting DoD? I believe it showed up with the Gen IVs in 2005.
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Feb 23, 2017 20:27
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Ah cool. He's safe then (his is a 2001). He's about to tackle spark plugs for his first time ever. I thought it would be pretty easy (barring the typical #7/#8 clearance issue on a RWD V8), but a few videos makes it look like clearance is a bit of an issue on all of the plugs. At least compared to my old truck (80 F-150 w/351M).
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Feb 23, 2017 21:14
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:Ah cool. He's safe then (his is a 2001). Getting the plug wires off is way harder than doing the plugs themselves.
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Feb 23, 2017 21:28
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Yup. When I did them on my LS1 most of the originals ripped apart in my hands.
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Hughmoris posted:Thanks for this. I'm relatively new to living in a snowy state but I know corrosion is always a concern up here. I might start scouting out vehicles in Florida and since I have family down there, do a fly-n-drive. Thanks again! 1) If you're new to Colorado I'm obliged to hate you a little. But I'm a transplant too, so I can't hate you as much as natives will. 2) Don't worry about snow or corrosion. Denver metro is not snowy, and this is not a "snowy state" with the corrosion concerns of the northeast US. You don't even need a snow capable vehicle to live here, I have a FWD open diff Volvo and I've missed maybe 2 days of work due to snow in 17 years. Had a couple 2 hour commutes but the metro snow is surprisingly rare and easily navigated. Although I do swear by snow tires, I'm not insane. My ex wife drives a RWD open diff Volvo and runs all seasons year round. She's never been stuck either. I feel like I know more people who drive 2wd cars all year than 4wd or AWD.
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Feb 23, 2017 22:41
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:What year did the 5.3s start getting DoD? The knock sensors sit under the intake manifold in recessed holes in the valley pan. They will rust out and die. Replace both at the same time along with the section of harness leading to them, dorman makes a decent replacement. Also put a ridge of rtv around the holes to extend the life of the new ones. The evap purge valve and solenoid also love to poo poo the bed. Other than that and possible piston slap issues due to it being an '01, its just regular maintenance poo poo.
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Cop Porn Popper posted:The knock sensors sit under the intake manifold in recessed holes in the valley pan. They will rust out and die. Replace both at the same time along with the section of harness leading to them, dorman makes a decent replacement. Also put a ridge of rtv around the holes to extend the life of the new ones. Slung Blade and I just did this on his 6.0. It's not that bad of a job.
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Feb 24, 2017 14:41
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Its not bad, just irritating and almost assuredly going to happen.
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New strut morning! I got two boxes from Detroit Axle yesterday. Opened them up and yep... struts. Didn't look bad, smelled exactly like a Harbor Freight store. I got the cars moved around and the Toyota into the garage, then proceeded to remove the left front. I went to grab on of the new Detroit Axle struts and grabbed two identical ones marked "R"... uh-oh. Then I looked further and found the other two marked "L". :phew: But wait, they are all identical. And far longer than what I took out. Motherfuckers sent me 4 rear struts. Bra-loving-vo. So, I slapped the strut back in and we'll see what kind of "service" I get from Detroit Axle's fuckup. I'll throw out my guess right now -- none.
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Mar 25, 2017 13:50
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Ouch. I had heard decent things about them price wise but sounds like they have the same chinesium poo poo for most of their stuff. They're even local to me and I decided to go with something more trusted. Hopefully they make it right because I'm sure shipping something that heavy isn't cheap.
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Seminal Flu posted:So, I slapped the strut back in and we'll see what kind of "service" I get from Detroit Axle's fuckup. I'll throw out my guess right now -- none. I ordered the wrong poo poo from them once, was super easy to correct even being my fault.
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RIP Paul Walker posted:I ordered the wrong poo poo from them once, was super easy to correct even being my fault. Not super easy, even being their fault. They sent me a UPS label and said that they'd send out the fronts "once they confirm the rears are in the UPS system." Meaning I can't do it today or tomorrow, the earliest I can get them to UPS is Wednesday, so it won't show in the system until later in the day. That means they won't send the fronts that I have loving paid for already until Thursday. That's some '90s era lovely customer service. So I paid for another set that they're sending me today, and they'll refund once they get the mis-shipped rears back. loving garbage company.
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Yeah, that's a hosed up way to handle a non-customer-caused failure. I could see maybe asking for the cross ship if you'd ordered the wrong parts, but it wasn't your fault.
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Mar 27, 2017 23:26
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As some of you saw on Facebook... the parts showed up and, while they did improve the ride a ton, they made the car sit like a 1972 Nova with air shocks pumped all the way up. The company is such a pain in the rear end to work with, I doubt if they care. Options? Sandbags in the trunk or spring clamps... is there anything reasonable?
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Apr 8, 2017 01:24
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Torch the springs and sell it on, lol. Sorry, that does look ridiculous.
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I see you've found the dog in heat suspension. How many miles have you put on it since the suspension swap? randomidiot fucked around with this message at 02:00 on Apr 8, 2017 |
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Apr 8, 2017 01:56
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Hahaha, that's fantastic. I hope you rev at people at every red light.
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Apr 8, 2017 01:57
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Needs glasspacks first! 
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Apr 8, 2017 02:01
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Holy poo poo man!
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Seminal Flu posted:As some of you saw on Facebook... the parts showed up and, while they did improve the ride a ton, they made the car sit like a 1972 Nova with air shocks pumped all the way up. The company is such a pain in the rear end to work with, I doubt if they care. This is perfect. Now rattlecan the entire car with grey primer and put a ton of crappy 6x9 speakers in the rear window deck. That's my childhood on 4 wheels.
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When I got loaded struts for my Camry it did that a little but nowhere near that bad, Jesus. I would cut the springs and sell it, no way it will sell for a reasonable price looking like that. Cutting off one coil won't hurt and should lower it enough.
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Apr 8, 2017 03:23
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Release the nitrogen from them
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Are you sure you didn't put the front springs on the back?
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When I had to install loaded struts in the 99 civic, it did that because I undid all the suspension fasteners to get em in and in the process lost all the clocking of the bushings when reassembling it all. I suspect that's what's going on. Or you put struts from a highlander. I guess this is a lesson in 'you get what you pay for'
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Front struts are completely different, no issues there. No clocking changes, they went from box into the car. It was my only concern going with this set... About 15% of the Amazon reviews said it jacks the back. I'll see what they say. The fronts are fine, i can just throw regular struts in the back, the only reason I got the loaded set was that the front bearings were shot, too.
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Now I kind of want to put Highlander struts on a Camry.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Now I kind of want to put Highlander struts on a Camry. I've always wanted an awd Camry wagon for this. Slap a big old turbo have my trans rebuilder upgrade the trans a little and go anywhere in my Camry wagon.
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meatpimp, trawling the depths of eBay stainless steel. I'm looking for an exhaust for the Escalade. It's been 6 months of looking for a used Corsa system, but nothing has turned up. I've been working on a guy on CL that wants too much for a Magnaflow system. As that's been happening, I've been watching eBay. OBX has a system for the 6.0 that looks identical, part-for-part, to the system Borla makes for the 5.3 (the muffler inlets are obv. different): eBay:  Borla  And on vehicle, it looks like:  But NOBODY that sells it shows/tells where the exhausts exit. I don't want rear exits. I would be perfectly fine, though, with side outlets like the Borla picture shows. What are your thoughts, AI? If I throw $250 at the eBay exhaust, do you think it'll come out on the sides, or straight out the back? I'm not super-concerned with the sound, if it sounds like a bag of poo poo, I can always have a muffler shop weld a Magnaflow or Flowmaster into the same place... I just really don't want outlets straight out the back...
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That obx setup should have it coming out just like the borla so long as it matches the pic youbposted. Granted, Its now been almost 9 months since I've looked at the exhaust of a gm suv/truck that closely.
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I have no idea. I can only chuckle that you aren't learning your lesson with buying cheap parts and not being satisfied at the outcome.
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Larrymer posted:I have no idea. I can only chuckle that you aren't learning your lesson with buying cheap parts and not being satisfied at the outcome. You have no sense of adventure... what's the worst that happens? I don't like it and take it off... $250 lost. Not something I'd sweat either way. With these trucks, there's a gamble no matter what you pick, since they are prone to drone. The only system that is completely drone-free from all reports is the Corsa. I'm just past the point where I'll pay $1k for a cat-back.
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Which begs the question of why you're doing it in the first place? Alas,Seminal Flu posted:You have no sense of adventure... Yeah, I'm done ruining cars with mods that are cheap or lovely in some way that make me want to drive them less. It's happened to me too many times.
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I know it's possible to stick the struts from a Highlander under similar year camries, I wonder if they shipped you Highlander rear struts. I know it's an Avalon but knowing Toyota I bet it's all the same bits.
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Larrymer posted:Which begs the question of why you're doing it in the first place? Let me direct you to Automotive Sanity... Terrible Robot posted:I know it's possible to stick the struts from a Highlander under similar year camries, I wonder if they shipped you Highlander rear struts. I know it's an Avalon but knowing Toyota I bet it's all the same bits. Possible, from what I've seen in doing some research, there's two versions... one 3" longer than the other. I bet I need the short version and they sent me the long one. My options at this point are: a) swap the stock spring onto one of the Detroit Axle struts to see if that takes care of the problem or b) Get a set of KYB from Amazon and send the Detroit Axle stuff back. The shame of this is that, other than the ridiculous look, the struts really brought the handling right into check. Good ride compliance, no boucy-bouncy, just semi-firm control. And in the weird vehicle triumvirate, I just ordered a case of fluid to flush the CVT in the Juke. I've never done anything with a CVT before, but this looks like a straight drain-and-fill. I'm kinda interested to see if fresh fluid changes anything with its operation. meatpimp fucked around with this message at 15:34 on Apr 10, 2017 |
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Seminal Flu posted:What are your thoughts, AI? If I throw $250 at the eBay exhaust, do you think it'll come out on the sides, or straight out the back? I'm not super-concerned with the sound, if it sounds like a bag of poo poo, I can always have a muffler shop weld a Magnaflow or Flowmaster into the same place... I just really don't want outlets straight out the back... Just have a muffler shop fix whatever you don't like with it basically. I highly doubt they will come straight out the back, but if they do it's an easy fix.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Just have a muffler shop fix whatever you don't like with it basically. I highly doubt they will come straight out the back, but if they do it's an easy fix. Based on SA Forums user "leica"'s advice, I have purchased the cheap-o exhaust system. I'm just kinda interested at what shows up for $250. (The "normal" price has been almost $500, but within the past couple months, the bottom fell out. I think they probably made way more of them than there was demand... either way, we'll see!) BTW, leica, you work on west coast, right? Anywhere near sarasota? Edit: I have heard back from three eBay vendors of the same exhaust. One of them says the exhausts exit out the back, two of them say it exits out the passenger side only, just like OEM. I don't think either answer is correct. We'll see! meatpimp fucked around with this message at 00:33 on Apr 11, 2017 |
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