I cut that out of this ad.. which they obviously cut from GM somewhere.
http://www.gibsontruckworld.com/cert...448e392907.htm
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02-03-2010 01:28 PM
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02-03-2010 01:40 PM
Good call Sean. Thanks.
I called my guy and when I told him it was more like 7,000 (which was my guess when I dropped it off) he decided that it is now the 167 inch wheelbase that's the problem... so I think that he is just scared of the truck. I told him that if it's 11,400... then I had better not get a flat because the jack from GMC won't lift it.
I'll take it someplace else.
Thanks again Sean.Warning: This post may contain language unsuitable for minors or math not suitable for liberal-arts majors.
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02-03-2010 07:01 PM
So... let's talk about fluid colors. The stuff that fell into my pan was sort of a light orange. At first, I thought it was coolant, because it was not all that slippery. Sort of more viscous than tranny fluid. Less slippery than I remember tranny fluid. The coolant looks similar in color. I know that old school ATF is red. But the tranny fluid in the mercedes was not. Could it be the tranny fluid that Bill warned about?
(The lower radiator hose is still shot)Warning: This post may contain language unsuitable for minors or math not suitable for liberal-arts majors.
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02-03-2010 08:36 PMIt doesn't weigh 11K plus. More like 8500. Drive it on a scale.
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02-04-2010 07:14 AMWarning: This post may contain language unsuitable for minors or math not suitable for liberal-arts majors.
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02-04-2010 09:26 AM
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02-04-2010 11:30 AM
I guess I will find out tomorrow one way or another. I just would have expected a tranny fluid to be slicker to the touch, and it's sort of orange.
I found a local guy who is not scared to lift the truck. Referral from a friend. Whatever it is... it will be fixed tomorrow.
I did my last set of tranny lines myself, but I don't feel like laying under this sob on my ice covered driveway, and I can't get much of it inside the garage.Warning: This post may contain language unsuitable for minors or math not suitable for liberal-arts majors.
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02-04-2010 08:41 PM
No doubt Bill. No doubt.
Anyway.... thanks for all the input and the time that you put into this. I really appreciate it. And also the other guys who took an interest. It worked out like a bunch of older brothers with the same truck. It's the best of what these forums are for.
Cheers.Warning: This post may contain language unsuitable for minors or math not suitable for liberal-arts majors.
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02-05-2010 11:18 AM
So nobody guessed the water pump to block gasket?
Just got a call from my new mechanic who lifted the truck up, took the skid plate off and diagnosed the water pump gasket leak.
And then said "And it's out of my league."
So he knows a good duramax tech that he is referring me to, and I only owe him a case of Mich light.
So Monday, I meet my new, new mechanic.
So far... they all love the truck... and none of them will touch it.Warning: This post may contain language unsuitable for minors or math not suitable for liberal-arts majors.