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General Auto Tech / Re: New to me Truck 2005 GMC Sierra

« on: February 07 2024, 06:14:38 PM »

It's been setting for about a month so far.
Yeah Steve - that's how I broke the two pullers.
I cut a relief it and split it with a chisel - then it pulled off nicely....

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General Auto Tech / Re: New to me Truck 2005 GMC Sierra

« on: February 07 2024, 04:11:24 PM »

The one kick in the nuts so far is, the pitman arm won’t come off the steering box.
The pitman arm has to be removed to drop the front diff - I had to pull the steering box.
I broke 2 pitman arm pullers and my big 2 jaw puller doesn’t seem to want to budge it.
I’m thinking a relief cut in the pitman arm might help, here hasn’t done much. It’s moved maybe 1/4”

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General Auto Tech / Re: New to me Truck 2005 GMC Sierra

« on: February 07 2024, 01:58:46 PM »

Picked up the trans yesterday.
Pulled the oil pan and valve covers today. I'm extremely pleased with how everything looks inside, the cylinders still have visible crosshatch.
This engine is an odd ball - it was late enough 05 build that it's still a 24x crank but has the Gen 4 rods in it. I'll take it 

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General Auto Tech / Re: New to me Truck 2005 GMC Sierra

« on: January 28 2024, 04:59:32 PM »

So the outer rocker skins have some rust and somehow the floor has a hole in it.
I'll be patching the floor - don't know about the rockers yet.
Found a local guy who'll build my trans for a reasonable price - hopefully in a couple of weeks it'll be back together

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General Auto Tech / Re: New to me Truck 2005 GMC Sierra

« on: January 28 2024, 04:56:13 PM »

Been busy

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General Auto Tech / Re: New to me Truck 2005 GMC Sierra

« on: January 23 2024, 07:02:17 PM »

Yeah it’s got the 5’8” box on it.

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General Auto Tech / New to me Truck 2005 GMC Sierra

« on: January 19 2024, 01:41:53 PM »

Last night my friend Travis and I embarked on a 6 hour round trip to go get this 05 GMC Sierra z71. It's extremely clean, and was owned by another friend but has high miles 234K. It has a blown trans and will need a few things, but overall I felt like I stole this truck.
Should be a good replacement for the regular cab.

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Merry Christmas, Everyone!

« on: December 25 2023, 05:41:19 PM »

Anyone get anything cool?
I got a set of SAE/Metric standard/deepwell 3/8 drive Milwaukee 6 point impact sockets and a Knipex cobra 10" pliers.

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Merry Christmas, Everyone!

« on: December 24 2023, 09:38:19 PM »

Merry Christmas Everyone!

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General Buick Tech / Re: Jeremy-Start Doing More Side Work

« on: December 12 2023, 02:21:18 PM »

https://www.garrettmotion.com/racing-and-performance/performance-catalog/turbo/g-series-g45-1500/
https://turbo4less.com/product/7689-billet-gen3-dbb-t4-options-copy-2/

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General Buick Tech / Re: Jeremy-Start Doing More Side Work

« on: December 12 2023, 02:19:43 PM »

I’m more excited to see how the Chinese Garrett g45 clones perform.
$800 - 1500hp rating on the 76mm
They are smaller than the s400 frame but bigger than a 7875.

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General Buick Tech / Re: Jeremy-Start Doing More Side Work

« on: December 09 2023, 09:23:33 PM »

So many cool toys to play with and not enough time or money

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General Auto Tech / Re: 08 honda civic - wifes car

« on: December 03 2023, 05:48:15 PM »

crash parts lol

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General Auto Tech / 08 honda civic - wifes car

« on: December 03 2023, 01:23:10 PM »

This deserved a post imo - new headlight lenses and muffler.
Of coarse the entire frontend had to come off.
My wife accepted a job at a local bank. They made a hybrid position for her and head-hunted her. It will be a good move for our family but she'll be driving 30miles a day instead of 10 so I figured it was time for some new head lights

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General Auto Tech / Re: 04 Silverado - rusty parts hauler

« on: December 01 2023, 09:34:45 PM »

Tomorrow - new headlights and a muffler for the wife’s civic. Sunday an old friend would like me to help look at his wife’s car it has an exhaust leak.