Recent content by 02FailBlazer

I've gone through the parts manual posted here and several online diagrams and can't make heads or tails of what I'm supposed to buy for the passenger side axle shaft seal and bearing. Also, given that my 4WD disconnect is flinging grease, does that have another serviceable seal and if so, is...

Cooler line method it is, just needed some fears assuaged. Thanks everyone.

The first video is the cooler line method I mentioned - am I overestimating the risk involved in doing that? Just makes me nervous that I could accidentally run it dry for too long and blow something up. If it is fairly safe to do it that way then that's probably what I'll do.

I've put about 35K miles on it since I've owned it and have no idea what the previous owner did. Never done a fluid/filter change on it myself.

Want to replace my transmission fluid, looking for an optimal method. If I bought a transmission pan with a drain plug, could I just do the following - Drop pan, replace filter, bolt on new pan with drain plug Top up fluid, idle engine in gear for a few minutes to circulate fluid, drain via...

Yeah, something like that. Listening to videos of other engines timing chain noise is the closest sound I've found. I swear it was quieter in the past but maybe I'm just being paranoid or noticing things I haven't paid much attention to before now that I'm really going through the whole vehicle...

Guess I should have specified which noise I was referring to. My bad. I meant the persistent noise heard throughout the video that in retrospect is better described as a "rattle" than a "tick". It's a bit more noticeable IRL, phone camera doesn't do a great job picking it up. The sound I'm...

An engine tick, to be exact. Hoping this is just the timing chain telling me it's tired or some other relatively non-destructive issue. Looked for 4.2L engine noise videos on YouTube and didn't find anything similar. It produced this sound before and after a drive, so being warmed up or not...

So, not much to go on yet, but I did a basic drain test - pulled off negative cable, held negative multimeter lead to negative cable, positive lead to negative post on battery, and read the amp draw. It would start out around 2 amps and then drop after about ~25 seconds to .02 amps. Did this...

Minor complication - this gasket is no longer available. I tried ordering from that site and GM Parts Center, neither could get one. Guess I'm making one. Are these just a rubber sheet? 1/16" thickness probably?

Anchor it is, thanks.

Grabbed some original GM motor mounts, but the OE transmission mount appears to be unobtainable now. Part number is 15119302, can't even find a NOS one on eBay. Pic is all the available mounts on RockAuto. Are any of these brands better than the others, or are they all pretty much the same?

I'm 99% sure the aftermarket Pioneer radio in my TB, installed by the previous owner, is the source of a parasitic drain the vehicle has had since I got it. Batteries can die in a week, two weeks tops if the vehicle isn't driven. Why I think it's the radio - For one, it's aftermarket, and...

It's a 24 year old vehicle with 198K miles on it that I wasn't particularly nice to in the past. At this point, I see it as preventative maintenance. This is more of an aspirational, far flung future project, not something I plan to tackle soon but I'd like to assemble a parts list in the mean...

I've decided that at some point in the future, I'm going to attempt the massive PIA job of dropping the oil pan to replace my oil pickup tube o-ring. Given that this requires taking apart the entire front differential/axle assembly, is there anything else I should do while I've got all that...