LML Duramax build part 6

[oklawall]

This guy, who someone (not me) named Chester, is always hanging around or sitting on top of you (literally!)

Is he an Australian shepherd?

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[dave945]

This guy, who someone (not me) named Chester, is always hanging around or sitting on top of you (literally!)

Is he an Australian shepherd?

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I think they are Bernese Mountain Dogs.  Beautiful dogs, we had a Greater Swiss Mountain dog, same coloring and temperament except short haired.


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[JR]

Why can't they ride in the back. Now I love dogs but,,,,,,,,,,

[Flyin6]

This guy, who someone (not me) named Chester, is always hanging around or sitting on top of you (literally!)

Is he an Australian shepherd?

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Bernese  Mountain Dog (Mountain mutt variety of the dumb-butt class of lazy mountain mutts)

[Flyin6]

Why can't they ride in the back. Now I love dogs but,,,,,,,,,,

Winter time, Afrim!

Anytime when it might get warm, no ventilation back there so I don't take a chance of them overheating.

[Flyin6]

This guy, who someone (not me) named Chester, is always hanging around or sitting on top of you (literally!)

Is he an Australian shepherd?

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I think they are Bernese Mountain Dogs.  Beautiful dogs, we had a Greater Swiss Mountain dog, same coloring and temperament except short haired.


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Right after grooming and a bath, did yours head out for the nearest pond and then mud hole?

Wondering if the breeds had that trait in common.

[rpar86]

Do I get a gold star for paying attention and following instructions?


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And speaking up before the deed has been done, nonetheless!

[TexasRedNeck]

Do I get a gold star for paying attention and following instructions?


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Awe Tex, do you need to feel validated? You haven't been hanging out in Austin too much now have ya?

^^^ funny right there ;-)


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[Bigdave_185]

Do I get a gold star for paying attention and following instructions?


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And speaking up before the deed has been done, nonetheless!

Now I think that does. Usually we all backseat cowboy dons things. Lol

Or is it he does things and posts pictures knowing that he wouldn’t listen to what any of us suggest anyway and asks for advise After the fact lol

I’ll go back to my time out now


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[Flyin6]

^^^^^^^^^^^Agitator^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

;-)

[Sammconn]

I’m with Charles. Put all of the seats back.

Now mine fold the other way but regardless good to keep where they’re supposed to be.
Otherwise you’re storing in the way somewhere else.

[Bigdave_185]

I’m with Charles. Put all of the seats back.

Now mine fold the other way but regardless good to keep where they’re supposed to be.
Otherwise you’re storing in the way somewhere else.

I think this logic makes good sense from my time out corner.  Storing them stupid bench seats would be a pain. Can’t set anything in it, can stack em on a bottom shelf and lifting them on the top would cause a back injury or worse an ol man broken Hip falling off a ladder.


Still say keep them mitts out of the truk.

Did you pull your cabin air filter?


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[Flyin6]

I’m with Charles. Put all of the seats back.

Now mine fold the other way but regardless good to keep where they’re supposed to be.
Otherwise you’re storing in the way somewhere else.

I think this logic makes good sense from my time out corner.  Storing them stupid bench seats would be a pain. Can’t set anything in it, can stack em on a bottom shelf and lifting them on the top would cause a back injury or worse an ol man broken Hip falling off a ladder.


Still say keep them mitts out of the truk.

Did you pull your cabin air filter?


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Copy that Dave and gents

I'll reinstall the seats, all of them. I'm hearing sound advice and listening to it, I concur.

I pulled the cabin air filter and it was Nastee!

New one is taped into place.

Plan to visit the upholstery shop today to see how things are coming along.

Have the new dog hammock thing in hand. Well build and sturdy looking. Now it's just awaiting the finished interior to reinstall and get moving.

[Flyin6]

It's Thursday and the seats and headrests and everything else has been upholstered. I couldn't pick the stuff up because I need a pick-up. Good having my son home with his GMC Canyon...That will get them!

Here are the front buckets

[Flyin6]

The console lid was recovered as well

[Flyin6]

Here's the small part of the rear seat

[Flyin6]

And the remaining seat section:

[Flyin6]

The cup holder thing was recovered as well as all headrests. The only part remaining stock is the seat backs. LS.Com provided sections of vinyl for them, but Tony felt they would look best if they remained stock. I agree.

[JR]

Those look great! I hate to see the cost though, north of 2?

[Flyin6]

Those look great! I hate to see the cost though, north of 2?

The seat covers alone were close to $1100. I think it will cost around $500 for the labor, so $1600 for everything.

[JR]

Ok, so the covers from LS1 were 1100 for all? Not bad really.

[TexasRedNeck]

Looking good chief


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[Bigdave_185]

Looks good. Imagine that roof black now


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[Flyin6]

Looks good. Imagine that roof black now


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Sorry, missed that one...Roof black?

[Flyin6]

Day 1 of the interior re-installation. I picked them up around 1100, and I would have had it all done today, but with my warrior back home on leave, I am not pulling all-dayers in the garage. Plus, tonight the remaining pre-ranger has a football game, their homecoming. He, BTW has amassed an impressive number of tackles and is rated in the top five in this area. Now that he plays both sides of the ball, he is having one great last year of HS football. I played that kid from the fourth grade all the way to now, eight years in a row.

Anyway, here is the start:

The console lid is leather

[Flyin6]

Next up I installed the pifreral interior plastic trim after cleaning it thoroughly. I gave each push clip a dab of grease and put all that back together. It fit well even with the "Thicker" carpet

After that, I slid the driver's seat in. I wiped the underside of that down and regreased all the jack screw mechanisms

[Flyin6]

Next up, the other front seat:

[Flyin6]

The contrasting double stitching is subtle but at the same time is noticeable.

The dog looked saddened by all this. Maybe that's because the female is in heat, and he is missing a vital necessary part...

[Bigdave_185]

Have you seen these typ of deals that mount to the side of your console?

https://greymantactical.com/products/11x6rmp-console-door-dash

There may be other brands that might fit better but this is one I was looking at


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[Flyin6]

Have you seen these typ of deals that mount to the side of your console?

https://greymantactical.com/products/11x6rmp-console-door-dash

There may be other brands that might fit better but this is one I was looking at


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So, is that some sort of metal MOLLE? If so, that would be pretty useful and allow for a bunch of customizations.

[Bigdave_185]

Have you seen these typ of deals that mount to the side of your console?

https://greymantactical.com/products/11x6rmp-console-door-dash

There may be other brands that might fit better but this is one I was looking at


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So, is that some sort of metal MOLLE? If so, that would be pretty useful and allow for a bunch of customizations.

Look at their website. They have tons of options for everything.


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[Flyin6]

Have you seen these typ of deals that mount to the side of your console?

https://greymantactical.com/products/11x6rmp-console-door-dash

There may be other brands that might fit better but this is one I was looking at


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So, is that some sort of metal MOLLE? If so, that would be pretty useful and allow for a bunch of customizations.

Look at their website. They have tons of options for everything.


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I did
That stuff is SUPER EXPENSIVE!!!!!
Man, all they do is to laser or water jet some steel plate, then powder coat it...I'd think it would be inexpensive.
on the flip side, ought to be durable and looks pretty good.

[Bigdave_185]

Have you seen these typ of deals that mount to the side of your console?

https://greymantactical.com/products/11x6rmp-console-door-dash

There may be other brands that might fit better but this is one I was looking at


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So, is that some sort of metal MOLLE? If so, that would be pretty useful and allow for a bunch of customizations.

Look at their website. They have tons of options for everything.


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I did
That stuff is SUPER EXPENSIVE!!!!!
Man, all they do is to laser or water jet some steel plate, then powder coat it...I'd think it would be inexpensive.
on the flip side, ought to be durable and looks pretty good.

If the last few years has shown us anything.  Nothing is cheap $$$! There might be other brands out there. 


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[Flyin6]

Sort of finished up the installation of the seats. I still have to clean up and install the smallish floor plastic covers, but the seat install is complete to the point of being able to use the truck once again.

[Flyin6]

Fit and finish is very good here

I'll get some leather conditioner rubbed in before setting the glutes in place.

Next, clean up the floor mats, clean and reinstall the plastic escunsions, and perhaps toss in the dog hammock

[JR]

Very nice

[stlaser]

Very nice 

[TexasRedNeck]

Pretty sharp.


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[Bigdave_185]

There ya have it!!!


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[Flyin6]

The dog hammock/isolation device works pretty well so far.

Beneath it I retained the weather tech floormat

[Flyin6]

It mounts very simply by strapping around the base of the front and rear headrests. It has a center mesh panel that you can unzip if wanted

[Flyin6]

The fold-out flap acts like a doormat of sorts

Mesh is a good idea. Keeps you in sight of the dogs so that they do not get anxious and decide to start chewing up your new seats and door panels

[JR]

Almost seems confining once you're used to the whole back seat. Should keep the hair down.

[Flyin6]

Almost seems confining once you're used to the whole back seat. Should keep the hair down.

Hopefully keep the hair down!

[Flyin6]

After running through the truck wash today to wash off all the mud it collected, I noticed the hood had become hazy looking.

On closer examination, I noticed it was like a haze to the clear coat!

I decided there is no better time than the present, so I took some Maguire's mirror glaze and got after it. Well, it turned out so shiny, I gave it a coat of ceramic wax stuff as well. That made the hood so shiny that it showed off just how hazy the rest of the truck had gotten. So, after a couple of hours of polishing and applying a ceramic coating, it ended up looking really good.

This truck is 11 + years old now and still has only 140,000 on the odometer. It has a more or less, renewed leather interior, so bringing up the exterior makes so much sense. It is a great/powerful/reliable truck that has served me well over the years. Perhaps it will outlive me!

[JR]

Dang that looks good!

[Flyin6]

Dang that looks good!

It's really holding up! Isn't yours about the same?

[JR]

I need to do some fine tuning after the smog reflash. Speedo is off and that gives me the anti lock warning.

Got over 20mpg getting that bucket setup, but runs great. 250k

[Flyin6]

I need to do some fine tuning after the smog reflash. Speedo is off and that gives me the anti lock warning.

Got over 20mpg getting that bucket setup, but runs great. 250k

Mine is running around 17.5-18 mpg most of the time.

These days I only drive it maybe once every week to ten days. Same-same with the Suburban.

[Bigdave_185]

That bronze color wheel looks really good.   
Did you ever reattach your spear tire after the dogs chewed it off?


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