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What did you do with your GMT400 today...or yesterday....

dbrannon79 said:
Make sure it's right and feels good (no slop) reman boxes are from A-1 Cardone and they are known for just slapping in a seal kit or mix-matching internals. not saying your's is bad out of the box, just the history the market has on reman stuff for the past few years.
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Thanks for the heads up on that.I sure hope it works out when its all said and done.Not much pride in the work so it seems nowadays.The pump is supposed to be a new unit as there was no core to be returned for that one but I sure hope the box works out.Mine didn’t leak anyplace but sure had some play.
 
MrMarty51 said:
Years ago, I installed a reman pump and steering gear box from NAPA.
It all worked very well for about 100,000 miles. I sold the K1500 to a guy that pit quite a few miles in it, before He literally destroyed the truck.
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Yes I know what you mean.I had a very clean 93 K1500 with 97 6.5TD.The 93 was 4.3 TBI equipped when I first bought it and then went with a 1981 5.7 olds diesel that mostly everyone hates…lol and then to the 97 6.5 engine.I sold the truck over a year ago.I probably should have kept it but I have two other trucks to keep up along with two cars and a Pontiac Montana for the kids so I just got rid of the 93.I pumped a lot of money into it and there was no getting back what I invested into it.
 
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davo727.b said:
Tesla seem to have a problem where after a wreck the doors (electric controlled and actuated) wont open and the battery catches fire and occupants cant get out.
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There is manual releases for the doors- they are not just electric. That’s misinformed people spreading that.
Btw, I was anti- electric until after riding and driving them a decent amount.

Post 4-5 examples. Then I could post triple that of gas/diesel cars and trucks dying same way. Like the people that died in that semi truck accident where the guy was sentenced to 110 years.
I posted before Elon Musk laughing at the idea Tesla is dangerous because a couple caught fire yet people acting like internal COMBUSTION engine vehicles are not a bigger fire risk.
You don’t even have to consider things like the pinto or the gm cars that were included in the Ivey memo. Even Dont include the square body gm trucks that caused the laws of fuel tank NEVER allowed outside the frame - but then semi trucks got excluded and there are people burning to death in those, about one every couple years. There is still tons of people that die that way. Oh, I am a Raiders fan. That hybrid that Ruggs hit and killed the girl and her dog in- it was a gasoline fire, not electrical. A friend of mine was one of the fireman on scene. Same thing though- hit so hard the doors couldn’t have been opened and the fuel tank was smashed throwing gasoline all over the car and it went up in flames instantly.

Go look at how the battery packs ignite. They don’t burst into flames like a diesel or gas fire, it starts at one cell, then goes to the next. The most famous tesla that burned down, the guy stopped the car, took out his stuff from in the car and set it on the curb, opened the frunk, grabbed out that stuff and set it on the side.

So don’t believe the b.s. being put out there by the haters, research it yourself and truth it becomes apparent.
 
dieselolds said:
Thanks for the heads up on that.I sure hope it works out when its all said and done.Not much pride in the work so it seems nowadays.The pump is supposed to be a new unit as there was no core to be returned for that one but I sure hope the box works out.Mine didn’t leak anyplace but sure had some play.
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look at your old pump and compare the pressure fitting orifice to the new one. make sure there the same size! if the new one has a smaller orifice (hole through the middle) swap them out. that is your flow control. if the pump is OE on your rig. it was sized my GM at the factory
 
Will L. said:
There is manual releases for the doors- they are not just electric. That’s misinformed people spreading that.
Btw, I was anti- electric until after riding and driving them a decent amount.

Post 4-5 examples. Then I could post triple that of gas/diesel cars and trucks dying same way. Like the people that died in that semi truck accident where the guy was sentenced to 110 years.
I posted before Elon Musk laughing at the idea Tesla is dangerous because a couple caught fire yet people acting like internal COMBUSTION engine vehicles are not a bigger fire risk.
You don’t even have to consider things like the pinto or the gm cars that were included in the Ivey memo. Even Dont include the square body gm trucks that caused the laws of fuel tank NEVER allowed outside the frame - but then semi trucks got excluded and there are people burning to death in those, about one every couple years. There is still tons of people that die that way. Oh, I am a Raiders fan. That hybrid that Ruggs hit and killed the girl and her dog in- it was a gasoline fire, not electrical. A friend of mine was one of the fireman on scene. Same thing though- hit so hard the doors couldn’t have been opened and the fuel tank was smashed throwing gasoline all over the car and it went up in flames instantly.

Go look at how the battery packs ignite. They don’t burst into flames like a diesel or gas fire, it starts at one cell, then goes to the next. The most famous tesla that burned down, the guy stopped the car, took out his stuff from in the car and set it on the curb, opened the frunk, grabbed out that stuff and set it on the side.

So don’t believe the b.s. being put out there by the haters, research it yourself and truth it becomes apparent.
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I'm not anti-EV, but the places that they would seem to be most beneficial (cities) have no way of charging them if everyone has them. How do people living in apartments charge them (can you imagine the cost of installing 240 or 480v chargers at every parking meter, or a parking garage doing the same for every spot?)? Local recharge stations aren't going to cut it with thousands of cars waiting on a 30 min charge. Suburban and rural owners who have the ability to install their own charger (240v) would make out better I would think- if they wanted one.

I also feel that if the demand for diesel goes down, the supply will as well- driving up the cost of fuel.
 
Here in Texas, our electric grid wouldn't support the chargers! not sure how true it is but I have heard that a single tesla fast charger consumes as much power as a city residential block consumes. if that is true, I can't even imagine what the electric bill would be for us with average rates at 10 cents per kilowatt!
 
dbrannon79 said:
Here in Texas, our electric grid wouldn't support the chargers! not sure how true it is but I have heard that a single tesla fast charger consumes as much power as a city residential block consumes. if that is true, I can't even imagine what the electric bill would be for us with average rates at 10 cents per kilowatt!
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Imagine plugging in the block heater of your diesel Daily. That is the worst case scenario.
except your block heater pulls MORE power than the 120v basic unit.

Want the next level up- it is like a welder plug in inside your garage. A little more power than a clothing dryer. Not as much as a 4 ton hvac unit.

As to people living in apartments- yeah that is a challenge for sure. If it is planned from the original construction it is easy. It would cost more to build, but as it becomes more normal- better apartments have more amenities like washer and dryer in each apartment vs the older low cost units like the place I lived in when I first got married: one building at the end or the row that had 2 washers and 2 dryers that 6 of the 2bedroom units had to share and you paid with quarters. And the cops are all to familiar with fights from one person taking out the clothes of someone else before they are done so they can wash theirs. Or sometimes stolen clothes. So you can have one pedestal where say 4 cars can plug into it- but if someone unplugs yours to do theirs during the night- would be equal to siphoning gas tank except you wouldn’t pay for the electricity, just wouldn’t have a full tank in the morning.

In Europe they are putting chargers in ground, like how you can just rest your phone on a wireless charger. Thats really the long term way for any commercial place. When you park it just pops up on your dash screen - “charging available for $x.xx” and you click yes/no.

Yes when they do the super charger locations that use 480v and can give equal to half tank of fuel in 15 minutes- they are like having any other industrial complex there. Like a water pumping station, or a fabrication shop that has 10 welders making stuff.

As to the cost to the car owner for that amount of power- NOTHING is as efficient as electrical. Imagine going to a machine shop and each lathe had its own diesel engine powering it. Why don’t they do that? MONEY. At home you might choose a gas powered pressure washer- but go to the drive through car wash where it has like 20 of those nozzles spraying at the same time- do you see a bunch of little honda engines or one big caterpillar engine driving them all? Nopers.. electric because they want lowest cost of use and lowest cost of long term maintenance.

Buying the electric car is the expensive part you have to do the math on and see if it’s worth it to you. As to the cost of electricity vs gas or diesel- the electrical price is way lower. We don’t see it as easy here because we talk about truck/car engine in terms of horsepower but the 6.5 that is 215 hp is 160 kw. So that is the max power draw- 160kw. Now figure hours- 4 hours drive means 160 kwh. A 12 year old kid in france can do the math how much each different car would need charging for daily or weekly commute because they use a more common sense system. We estimate how strong an animal was 100 years ago if it was as tall as the average man hand is times a certain amount of hands...
 
Will L. said:
evry time i go play in the snow i miss my suburban...
You might add those to your gmt400...
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Would like to but......the kits say you can't install if the upholstery material is glued to the foam. I've already replaced the bottom seat foam on the driver's side and the upholstery material was glued to it. So currently the material just floats around. I guess it's now prepped for the warmers?

The Toyota seats were cloth upholstered, but they have what they call "lists" in the foam. Basically they are troughs in the foam with a metal rod in the bottom that you attach the upholstery to with hog rings (I used zip ties on the re-install) and it sucks the upholstery down into the list. The warmer mats have a blank (of heating elements) section that you cut out so you can do the list attachment. I did not see this arrangement on the Suburban upholstery.

I'm actually getting better with this upholstery stuff.
 
My daughters jetta has those seat warmers. one day I was riding with her and didn't know it had them or that they were on. we took off down the road, in a very short time I sat there feeling my rear getting warm. with me thinking umm did I just piss my pants lol
 
Personally. I don't want a electric vehicle..to much relying on the grid , to much cost involved..and so far I haven't seen one with the towing power and distance per tank a diesel does . I'd love to be able to do conversation so the tru can run on corn oil, or whatever else I decide to dump in it ... They can run fuel prices up all they want and you'd still be able to dump something else in and keep going..with electric, if power goes your screwed..so all they have to do is shut the grid down and your out of luck.... Not saying ev don't have there place..my feeling is, let the people that want them have them.. alot of people do.. probably great for a grocery getter, or daily commute driver...but let those of us that want our gassers and diesels keep them... Probably over half the population would buy the EV vehicles so you just cut the footprint in half....
 
And from what I've seen to build them to have any distance they have to build them light that tells me they're building with a lot cheaper material... And that goes back to the earlier discussion.. I understand Will's point about the vehicles crushing around you but you're fineina accident... Personally I'd rather take a couple broken bones... If I get enough accident with my dually yes I'm going to be in some pain but 9 out of 10 times the truck's going to drive away unless I get hit by a dump truck or 18 wheeler or something... Had to pick apart buy some parts put her back together... Compared to 90% of the vehicles I see on the road if I got in an accident with just about any one of them their vehicle is leaving on a roll bed... I'll take good old American steel protecting me any day..
 
I actually wouldn't mind owning an EV, it would be good for the work my wife does (doordash and favor food and grocery delivery) but they will never "replace" our tried and true trucks. even for semi's transporting goods across the US, I see ads all the time on what those EV rigs can do as far as safety, but just how many times would the long haul trucker have to pull over to charge up just to make a loaded trip from say California to New York?
 
the problem with Tesla is "we" can't do anything under the hood without voiding warranty plus even out of warranty and you have a custom modification, they flat out refuse to work on them. it's just as bad as the "Right to repair" thing going on with Apple and other phone / pc repair shops. tesla has the ability to remotely turn your car off too when they detect something not factory and what not!
 
dbrannon79 said:
look at your old pump and compare the pressure fitting orifice to the new one. make sure there the same size! if the new one has a smaller orifice (hole through the middle) swap them out. that is your flow control. if the pump is OE on your rig. it was sized my GM at the factory
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I’ll definitely check on that👍Thanks for letting me know.Come think of it the pump I have on the truck is a reman acdelco unit I got from rockauto back in 2014.It definitely whines some when it’s hot and the steering is sometimes hard to turn so I just figured I’d replace a couple things.It also has new acdelco lines from the box to the hydro boost unit as well as I did a full rebuild of the truck several years ago.
 
dieselolds said:
I’ll definitely check on that👍Thanks for letting me know.Come think of it the pump I have on the truck is a reman acdelco unit I got from rockauto back in 2014.It definitely whines some when it’s hot and the steering is sometimes hard to turn so I just figured I’d replace a couple things.It also has new acdelco lines from the box to the hydro boost unit as well as I did a full rebuild of the truck several years ago.
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With a hydroboost in the system the orifice size should be a larger size for added flow and set for a line pressure around 1200-1400 psi max. I had this issue with mine a while back finding that the one I had was the wrong one plus ordering a new pump came with the smaller size. I ended up doing a load of research finding out how to attempt to fix it. ended up drilling out the orifice to iirc a 11/32. Don't quote me on that size, I will have to do some digging around to find where I got the info. these saginaw pumps are rated for 1 - 3 gpm if im not mistaken, the size orifice is what sets the flow rate. pressure is adjusted my the valve and spring, but you shouldn't have to mess with that.
 
Will L. said:
There is manual releases for the doors- they are not just electric. That’s misinformed people spreading that.
Btw, I was anti- electric until after riding and driving them a decent amount.

Post 4-5 examples. Then I could post triple that of gas/diesel cars and trucks dying same way. Like the people that died in that semi truck accident where the guy was sentenced to 110 years.
I posted before Elon Musk laughing at the idea Tesla is dangerous because a couple caught fire yet people acting like internal COMBUSTION engine vehicles are not a bigger fire risk.
You don’t even have to consider things like the pinto or the gm cars that were included in the Ivey memo. Even Dont include the square body gm trucks that caused the laws of fuel tank NEVER allowed outside the frame - but then semi trucks got excluded and there are people burning to death in those, about one every couple years. There is still tons of people that die that way. Oh, I am a Raiders fan. That hybrid that Ruggs hit and killed the girl and her dog in- it was a gasoline fire, not electrical. A friend of mine was one of the fireman on scene. Same thing though- hit so hard the doors couldn’t have been opened and the fuel tank was smashed throwing gasoline all over the car and it went up in flames instantly.

Go look at how the battery packs ignite. They don’t burst into flames like a diesel or gas fire, it starts at one cell, then goes to the next. The most famous tesla that burned down, the guy stopped the car, took out his stuff from in the car and set it on the curb, opened the frunk, grabbed out that stuff and set it on the side.

So don’t believe the b.s. being put out there by the haters, research it yourself and truth it becomes apparent.
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losangeles.cbslocal.com

Driver Killed After Fiery Tesla Crash In Redondo Beach Amid Heavy Fog

Conditions were very foggy at the time of the crash.
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Cooked well done by Tesla ^^^^
 
GM heralded this plant as a model for its electric car future. Then its batteries started exploding. (yahoo.com)

Late this summer, Chevy Bolt owners received a notice from GM: They were not to park their cars within 50 feet of other vehicles. They shouldn't charge their cars overnight. Fully charged vehicles, GM said, should not be kept in garages.

"Battery fires can take up to 24 hours to extinguish," according to an emergency response guide for the Model S on Tesla's website. "Consider allowing the battery to burn while protecting exposures."

That ^^^ ought to do wonders for the auto and home insurance. BTW have you checked on the insurance rates for a Tesla? They run $2K to $4K per year, which is a far cry from my $300 per vehicle. So much for all that savings on a car that you pay a ridiculous price for in the first place. Then have to buy and install a 240w home charge, only to put your entire home at increased risk of a disastrous fire. No thanks.
 
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