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BrianF
Hobbyist From West central Sask.
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BIMO, the last quality GM years were the 2000 thru 2006 GMT800 series. I own my last vehicle, 2005 Tahoe Z71. If it needs an engine or transmission, it will get it. No rust and no wrecks. The...
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BTHAT is the truth! I remember when a car was done at 100k miles, then late 80's going into the 90's, stuff started lasting a whole lot more, into the 200-300k miles. Now it's going back in the...
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BSpeaking as a X-GM Mechanic, and a Chief Safety Officer for a trucking company that employs 10 mechanics, I would not tell anyone to be a mechanic. Yes there is a mechanic shortage, brought on by...
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BMechanics/technicians are treated like independent contractors, who would own their own tools. When a shop/dealer treats them that way, as far as the tools cost, then they should be paid...
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BOur son had done an apprenticeship at a GM dealer while he was in HS auto shop. All the techs were telling him to NOT get into this line of work for all the reasons mentioned in the video. He's...
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BBrianF replied to the thread Vehicle mechanics shortage explained.Exactly. This has been echoed on some other sites I frequent. I think the complexity is a big thing coupled with that flat rate. I had visited with an old retired Toyota master tech some...
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BThe slowness of the site, I suspect, are AI scraper bots. Had the same problem on the Caprice site so it has been locked down and available only to registered members after manual vetting, no...
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BBrianF replied to the thread What are you doing today? [Part II].While my wife and oldest daughter are at the horse show, my youngest and I made home made smash burgers and fries. Now I hate that term as it's overused by all those clowns on the internet but...
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BBrianF reacted to Blckshdw's post in the thread What did you do to your GMT today? [Part II] with
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Did some more work on the front suspension. Driver's side upper ball joint wouldn't take grease, always had to lube it from the boot, which was shot. Passenger side upper control arm had play... -
BBrianF reacted to sashainwy's post in the thread What did you do to your GMT today? [Part II] with Like.
First Tune-up... new plugs, new coil boots, new tbi gasket, cleaned tbi, cleaned MAF. 2008 TB LT 4.2 2WD 128k miles
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BBrianF reacted to Mooseman's post in the thread What did you do to your GMT today? [Part II] with Like.
Just came back from a trip to Montreal with the RV trailer pulled by the Sierra. I had modified the active grill shutters to allow air to flow through the tranny cooler more and I am a little...
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BBrianF reacted to azswiss's post in the thread What did you do to your GMT today? [Part II] with Like.
After some deliberation I decided to go with Valvoline Restore & Protect for this oil change. Cost was about $10-$12 more than the Castrol GTX High Mileage I have been using for many years...
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Got the trailer lined up to the -X- no problem.... And thats when the fun started of "where did I put the keys to the trailer I have not touched in years".Pulled it out onto the driveway, Found...
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BWhat am I doing today? Sweating my arse off, our 2 year old heat pump compressor died yesterday afternoon in a heat wave that's hot even for Arizona. Just had a whole new system installed 2 years...
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BBrianF replied to the thread What did you do to your GMT today? [Part II].@Blckshdw classic staged pics. Seen those coming a mile a way! @Mooseman those stupid seal transmissions are horrible. I will be doing some drain and fills on our 2020 Ram 1500 DT 5.7 this...
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Took some staged pics, and figured I might as well flush and bleed my brakes while I was at it. Hadn't bled them in years, so the bleeder screws were pretty feisty. Kinda rounded off the rear...
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*ugly reinforcement for hatch license plate pocket hack* 😊 On my pocket, the stud behind the handle is gone, and one of the side studs base is cracking. (example pic from ebay) Reinforcing...
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Going to be hooking up the trailer to the Envoy this weekend. Not going anywhere, just need to move the ATV's out of the trailer one by one, and hopefully get them running. Been about 10 years I...
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BBrianF reacted to Mooseman's post in the thread What did you do to your GMT today? [Part II] with Like.
The Sierra is at 107K km. Yesterday, I did an oil change. It's early at 65% OLM and just 4K km on the oil but watching The Motor Oil Geek on YT, found out that the ACDelco 0w20 DexosD (group 3...
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BBrianF reacted to Mike534x's post in the thread What did you do to your GMT today? [Part II] with Like.
Dropped Envoy off Tuesday morning, got the call last night that the leak was pinpointed to the rear main seal. Because of the time, and oversight they're going to drop the trans and replace both...
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BBrianF replied to the thread What are you doing today? [Part II].Woke up feeling like garbage yesterday, aches, pains and low energy. Had a late power nap and felt better. In the evening I was chucking some square bales. Today, worked on the 2017 Ford Flex...
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BJust came back from a 6 day RV trailer trip to North Bay to visit with the grandchildren. The prep and drive up on Sunday was brutal as my body decided to remind me that I was a mortal being...
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BBrianF reacted to Mike534x's post in the thread What did you do to your GMT today? [Part II] with
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Well that didn't take long, went to move the Envoy at work and saw a fresh spot of oil. Sure enough I get home, and see little droplets as it's running in the driveway. :Banghead: -
BBrianF reacted to Mike534x's post in the thread What did you do to your GMT today? [Part II] with Like.
Got the call this afternoon the Envoy was ready, headed down to the shop and yeah. The tech who reinstalled the pick up tube, indeed pinched the o-ring causing it to not seal. So they replaced it...
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