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  1. someotherguy

    2005 Sierra all gauges suddenly dead

    Those two would be good friends, dude with the ZZ Top shirt is his buddy the parts truck came from. The tow truck driver is me, not pictured. :) Richard
  2. someotherguy

    2005 Sierra all gauges suddenly dead

    OK, so apparently the situation is he was taking it to a friend's shop to get lowered a bit. I'm guessing the gauges went out on the way to the shop. So it's not getting any attention there for that issue. Hoping at some point soon it'll be back at his place and I might be able to pay a visit...
  3. someotherguy

    My girl says, "A/C on and heard a rumble vibrate and stuff blowing out of vents"!

    I mean they look like a hamster wheel, so can you blame the poor thing? :) Richard
  4. someotherguy

    2005 Sierra all gauges suddenly dead

    Wellllll kinda dead in the water on this one. His truck is at someone's shop, also on the other side of the planet, and I don't know the status. I think it's just sitting there, not getting worked on. I don't imagine I'll be getting out there anytime soon to put hands on it. I really feel...
  5. someotherguy

    2005 Sierra all gauges suddenly dead

    I do indeed have a scanner. As mentioned I'm nowhere near him to provide immediate help in person. :( Says he checked the fuses. Seems to be a discrepancy on which one he was looking at but he says the truck is at his buddy's place at the moment, not in front of him. I thought for a 2005 it...
  6. someotherguy

    2005 Sierra all gauges suddenly dead

    He's retired so buying a cluster would be a bit of a financial hardship, as well as sending it out for repair. If it turns out to be steppers or just some bad solder joints inside, I can take care of it for him, it's just a logistical hassle. Hell I even have a box of new steppers here for a 7...
  7. someotherguy

    2005 Sierra all gauges suddenly dead

    I'm helping him from a pretty good distance (he's about 70 miles from me, so during regular traffic times that could mean 2hrs one-way), so I'm not able to easily lay hands on the truck. He's a pretty sharp guy mechanically but generally with older stuff - muscle cars, street rod type builder...
  8. someotherguy

    2005 Sierra all gauges suddenly dead

    Trying to help a buddy of mine with his truck - his gauges all quit. Warning lights and such still work, so the gauge cluster has power, but no activity on the gauges themselves. I feel like I've heard of this but can't seem to find anything definitive with some searching. I've replaced...
  9. someotherguy

    Ol' Drippy has left the driveway..

    Thanks, and she does.. she used to drive my '94 C2500LD years ago before I sold it like a dummy. She always commented how comfortable the seats were, and that she felt like it was easy to see down the hood to judge where the front of the truck was. At that point it was probably the "biggest"...
  10. someotherguy

    Ol' Drippy has left the driveway..

    I guess I didn't make a thread here about Ol' Drippy, our silver birch metallic '06 Silverado SS. It was my wife's daily driver for the past 9 years and 100K miles. Not a bad truck, I'm just way more comfortable with GMT400's so we replaced it with a clean low-mile '94 ECSB C1500. Y'all...
  11. someotherguy

    Features deleted by GM (gmt800 life cycle)

    I question the years on this, based 100% on my experience -towing- these vehicles, particularly when many of them were still new. 1999-2000 pickups had locking columns. 2001-up pickups do not - unless equipped w/manual transmission None of the GMT800 SUV's I've towed had locking steering...
  12. someotherguy

    Problem with steering wheel controls

    I had a clockspring total failure in a nearly-new 2016 F450SD, only 26K miles on it. Airbag light, none of the steering wheel control buttons worked, and a nice ratchety-clicking noise when you turned the wheel. Sure sounds like yours is going bad. Richard
  13. someotherguy

    Ash tray doesn't stay

    Could be a little tricky and take some trial-and-error to come up with a suitable material to make it from, but maybe a workable replica of that clip could be 3D printed? Richard
  14. someotherguy

    Welcome To Our New Moderator - 4silverado!

    Keeping a bunch of adult children in line, might be tougher than herding cats. ;) Richard
  15. someotherguy

    Welcome To Our New Moderator - Tonimus

    It's just the nature of some folk to lurk. Doesn't necessarily mean they're bots/spammers. Welcome to an often thankless, but necessary, role! Richard
  16. someotherguy

    Work out of my garage/driveway

    I'd not be excited about working on that disposable POS, either. Reminds me of when my wife had her Explorer. The only redeeming quality it had was the 5.0 V8. Otherwise, although it was apparently well-cared for by the previous owner, everything went wrong with it and was a nightmare to work...
  17. someotherguy

    Work out of my garage/driveway

    Those 88-93 grilles are easier to deal with (IMO) if you just remove it complete with that lower filler strip attached; it screws to the core support with 4 or 5 screws. You can reach the middle one through that slot at the center, and the others once the park lamps are out of the way. I've...
  18. someotherguy

    Work out of my garage/driveway

    Maybe on the Tahoe since that's the article you're looking at, but definitely not on the pickups. Both our 06's we've had are vacuum boost brakes. Richard
  19. someotherguy

    Work out of my garage/driveway

    How common is it to see hydroboost on those trucks? I'm used to seeing vacuum on practically all light duty gas trucks. Richard
  20. someotherguy

    SOLVED: Brake rotor run-out and hub run-out

    The hubs on the SS's probably wear quicker due to the weight of 20" wheels/tires (and on my truck I ran 22's most of the time I had it) as compared to a 1500 that might have 16" factory wheels on it. There's also a whole range of part #'s you have to wade through when choosing replacements...

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