Huck's daily - 2005 Z71 crewcab

[TotalyHucked]

Well, ran into a little hiccup yesterday. Walked by it at work and noticed a drip from under the core support. I knew exactly what it was. I'd reused the original trans cooler lines and just re-bent them. They were already weeping and I knew full well they wouldn't last forever, though I thought they'd last more than 250mi lol.

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Yep, that's what I'd been smelling all weekend.

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Also, my RR window motor died on Monday and the window falls 4-5". So yesterday I ordered a new Dorman motor/regulator, an AN line kit with the conversion fittings and some AC Delco spark plug wires cuz I've been getting an intermittent misfire. These things are finicky with plug wires and I knew better but took a chance on some aftermarket wires

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[TotalyHucked]

Also, on Sunday I'd attempted to install the ventshades and tailgate assist I'd had laying around for a few months. Opened the box to find the ventshades had already been opened, the vacuum sealing was cut and they'd banged around enough to scratch the crap out of each other

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And one front one is missing the 3m tape. WTF. These are also the tape-on that install on the outside of the door. I'd ordered the in-channel versions. So this was just all wrong. But unfortunately it's been a few months so I'm far past my return time with Amazon. Called AVS and they couldn't help me since I ordered through Amazon. I normally always open whatever I order, even if it won't be installed for a while (since I work in the industry, I know how this goes) but I'd bought several sets of these off Amazon over the years and never had an issue. Oh well.

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So then I tried to install my tailgate assist. It broke on the first attempt to close the gate. Same story here, had it too long to return.

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[Chevrolado]

Sheesh.. what a string of unfortunate events.. Bummer man. Also, cant believe the tailgate assist snapped like that too. Wild! Definitely try and get a new one of those. That is one of those add ons that is sooo simple and yet such an incredible benefit. Love it.

 

[Drauka99]

I believe that tailgate assist rod was made from the mineral chineseium

Glad you're getting to enjoy the truck. Sounds like it will be solid once you work out a few hiccups

 

[TotalyHucked]

Sheesh.. what a string of unfortunate events.. Bummer man. Also, cant believe the tailgate assist snapped like that too. Wild! Definitely try and get a new one of those. That is one of those add ons that is sooo simple and yet such an incredible benefit. Love it.

Yeah, I'm just thankful I caught the leak before it dumped all my fluid and either burned the truck down or burned up the trans.

I cheaped out on the tailgate assist. It had good reviews, but I'll get the DeeZee one next time. My Ram had one and my GF's F150 has one so I've gotten used to it, I can't tell you how many times I've dropped this 'gate hard cuz I forget it doesn't have one lol

 

[TotalyHucked]

I believe that tailgate assist rod was made from the mineral chineseium

Glad you're getting to enjoy the truck. Sounds like it will be solid once you work out a few hiccups

I couldn't believe how easily it snapped! Didn't even feel like a snap, it just suddenly got easier to close lol.

It's definitely going to be a solid setup once the bugs are worked out. Every fresh new build has a few, if this is all I run into, we'll be doing good

 

[JamesSam]

Awesome truck! Looking really nice the way you set it up. Great work bringing it back in to daily reliably driving. You will have all that little stuff dialed in soon.

 

[CountKrunk]

Which cheap ones did you get? I found a pair for my era truck on lsfab.

 

[TotalyHucked]

Which cheap ones did you get? I found a pair for my era truck on lsfab.

Which part are you referring to?

 

[CountKrunk]

Which part are you referring to?

Oh sorry, the tail gate assist.

 

[TotalyHucked]

Oh sorry, the tail gate assist.

Ahh, gotcha. Orion Motor Tech on Amazon. Looked identical to the DeeZee version and was half the price. I knew it was a gamble

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[Chevrolado]

That can't be.. that one says its Heavy Duty.

 

[TotalyHucked]

Sunday I came up to the shop to get some more work done. Started by pulled out the original transmission lines. They fought a good fight, 2.5hrs later I finally had them wrestled out. Made a huge mess lol

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Made the new lines out of -6 AN nylon braided line and slipped some Lava Shield I had left over from the C10 over them to protect from the exhaust.

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Kinda ran them the same way as the OE, I'm not super happy with it cuz they're real close to the idler arm. I think I'm gonna order another -6 line kit and some magnetic tie plates and re-run them along the frame rail over the front diff bracket and idler arm bracket. It'll make me feel better anyway

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And some inverted flare adaptors for the China-Kool. They bottomed out a little too early I felt so I put some thread tape on them. We'll see how that does.

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[TotalyHucked]

So that took over 4hrs total. After that I moved onto repairing the RR window. This was easy as pie, took less than 30min

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2 bolts on the RH track

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2 bolts on the LH track and 1 on the motor bracket

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That little clamp you see here with the 10mm nut is the clamp that holds onto the window. It's a little set of jaws with some foam on them. SUPER easy system.

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It's all cable operated so you just collapse everything on itself, pull it out the big hole on the right side and replace with the new one. Wham bam thank ya ma'am and I now have a working window again

 

[Chevrolado]

Yeah.. I love the ease of these window regulators. Found the same excitement when I did my rear drivers side window last summer.
New lines look good! Nice work