Recent content by The LandShark

Damn, when I brought my 03 home back in 2005 I pulled in the garage and got out, my wife went into the house, I grabbed some tools and dropped those suckers off the truck 20 minutes after getting it home. Never thought of selling them, didn't think anyone would want them. I threw them out in...

Looks good. Looks nice. I'm looking to hide each amp under each front seat and if I remove the back seats then I will build a box for a couple of 8's or a 10 on one side where the passenger foot well is. I use the truck in two seat mode 99.99% of the time hauling the dogs, mountain bikes and...

There are 8" subs on the market that can hit 151 db, 15's are fun but those being under powered and running with the stock non-jbl equipment is going to sound either mushy and bad at low levels or when you go to turn it up the amp will start to clip and those subs will be fed square waves and...

Now I look at my dash each day for cracks. Reading that they will appear all of the sudden/overnight has me hawkeyeing my dash pad now. Great, something else for me to be ocd about. I ordered a cover that glued over the dash on my old Suburban but that ain't gonna be an option on these I...

My "tests" were done running my usual routes to work and back and I generally don't speed so I can get somewhat decent mpg's and I got tired of going to court dates to fight speeding tickets to get turned into non-moving violations so my insurance would not go up. I only horse around here and...

In my 2003 owners manual it says it will run on 87 but for top performance to run 91 or higher octane fuel. I think when 87 is put in and as soon as the knock sensor hears a knock it rolls back ignition timing and I believe it changes the fuel injection timing. I ran my truck down to vapors...

I'm probably cursing myself but after reading these posts about cracked dashes I went and looked at ours and there ain't a single crack anywhere on it. It sits outside 99.99% of the time and I don't park under any kind of shade. I would not worry about the airbag going off because of cracks...

Good to know, I found some small drips and a build up of gunk on the upper passenger side corner of the radiator. Guess I'll just swap a factory piece in along with new fluids and hoses. Am I the only one around here that does not believe in all of these "lifetime" spark plugs and fluids? I...

Sorry about the novel, I just had my foot rebuilt and I'm on some real nice pain meds. 4:56's sounds like what I'll be looking at doing. I've already gotten some small parts from east coast gear and I already have them in mind for that when the time comes. Swapped out a noisy idler pulley...

I have had my 2003 4.0 V6 Sport for about 7-8 years now and have only accumulated, at this point just under 83k on the clock, it has already had all new ball joints up front, CV axles, front brake calipers due to the stuck piston phenomenon and this morning I will be swapping out an upper idler...

I thought the four speed behind the early V6's was supposed to be a robust unit? Damn, I need to stop reading all these forums for my different rides, I guess every vehicle I own or want to own is a pile of **** waiting to break down and suck all of my money out of my wallet. Seriously, I have...

Now that's what I'm talking about. Where is this #14 pin and what voltage would I need to hit it with or remove from it to shut that **** off? It would be nice to have a switch to initiate just what you have going on. I also don't want to have to shut my truck off and restart to go back to...

Sorry for drifting off topic as well OP , one last thing though, you could not give me an IFS Chevy after 1991. JUNK. I have wired in the VSC off mod into my Runner, I think I will email that guy and see if he could maybe include shutting off the traction control when I hit my VSC off button...

I'm not sure what was going on under there when I pulled that lever back and forth as I never had a problem with it but what I liked about that versus the rotary switch in my Runner and similar switches in all of these newer 4x4's was that it was instantaneous, no lag or waiting for the actuator...

Just keep in mind that when you have your center diff locked, taking tight turns on dry ground or even slightly slippery snow you can bind up the center diff which can lead to parts coming out when you don't want them to. It will feel like some lurching when its binding. When your turning the...