ORVietVet 2005 Tahoe Z71 Build Thread from T/Y Forum

[ORVietVet]

So much of what I have done to my 2005 Tahoe Z71, transfers over to pickup trucks. I have gone thru this Tahoe with 90% Genuine GM parts. The latest posting on it is the driver's seat cushion removal for my retired upholstery shop owner friend to recover with a new cover from The Seat Shop in Texas. Removing the seat cushion was actually very easily done.

I think someone told me, at one time, that they could not access a link from that forum. You can be there and look at that link or actual "Build Thread" "Under Construction" thread as a visitor. That forum is owned by the same owners here.

OR VietVet Is Still Throwing $$$ at 2005 Z71

I have been reminded that I should do all this here so I guess I should start a thread about it. I am not going to be doing anything radical but will get this rig to a baseline maintenance wise and repair ANYTHING that is needed over time and get the body back to primo shape. This is what it...

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[ORVietVet]

Finished it up and back together.

 

[stutaeng]

Wow, that turned out great!

 

[99Sierra2500]

Yup, looks awesome.

 

[ORVietVet]

All works great. Removing the seat was easier than I thought. Reinstall was easy too.

Trick. When you remove the two nuts that bolt the bottom front of seat, tilt the front up and I used a bungee attached at front edge and stretched back to post of head rest. Gives you room to reach in to unplug all connections. Where the hook body rubs front of seat, I used a folded rag for protection.

 

[Cadillacmak]

Very nice!

 

[ORVietVet]

For a whole other reason, I recorded my oil pressure readings, on my 2005 Tahoe Z71 5.3, on my Foxwell NT710 GM Only scanner.

Tahoe oil pressure readings

Oil pressure readings

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[ORVietVet]

I was surprised that the scanner gave me actual pressures. I was expecting voltage readings that would change with RPM and those would represent pressures.