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  4. What's going on?

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    On 11/5/2018 at 10:33 PM, Rholston said:

    Had a similar problem a while back.  Had a sound of like a pebble in the exhaust or something.  A week later my cel came on and my gas mileage went to crap.  Scanned it and it said bank 1 lean.  Forgot what the code was.  Ran it like that for a few months. Just did a complete exhaust including cats and my cel went away. 

    So your power came back? Was thinking of doing the whole exhaust as well since previous owner did magnaflows but the pipes and tips are all rusted, did you go with any particular cats like magnaflow or just any cats? Kind of tougher for me since I live in California and they've got the whole CARB legal thing going on..

     

     

    George

  7. What's going on?

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    2 hours ago, Downeast Johnny said:

    Before you start replacing parts because you think they might be bad;  Find a GOOD professional mechanic / shop and pay them to figure out what is really wrong with the truck.  I can't believe that there aren't any competent mechanics in the Oakland area.

     

    It could easily save you money and aggravation in the long run.

    I did, they could not find what was wrong with it.. it's one of those instances where an outside person comes in an tests the truck but only you as the owner know the truck and know that it's just not running right

  8. What's going on?

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    So here's an update: went under the truck and banged the cats and they didn't really rattle much, but when the truck is on and in drive at a stoplight I hear a rattle coming from under the truck when I have my window down.. next thing that I did was I disconnected the o2 sensor before the cat on the drivers side and connected an exhaust pressure gauge and got 0 PSI ?‍♂️ haven't gotten to the passenger side cat yet. I also notice that on a cold start in the morning when I drive the truck and press the throttle lightly it tends to buck and like hesitate.. gonna try hitting it with the thermal gun but I think that the truck also has the original cats on it, they say Delphi, hmm just putting that out there but what do you guys think, should I go through and just replace the cats? I just want my trucks power back ☹️

     

     

     

     

    George 

  9. What's going on?

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    11 hours ago, SS-GTP said:

    When I lost my passenger side cat, it was breaking into chunks and sounded like rocks being tumbled in a can and still wasn't throwing any codes.

    Yeah it's pretty tricky I guess, gonna check the cats tomorrow to figure it out but imo that is most likely the cause as everything else on the truck seems fine

     

  10. What's going on?

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    2 hours ago, someotherguy said:

    Uh.. replace that plug wire bro you're running a V7 right now.

    Richard

    do you think that's the cause of the power loss or was mike right on the spot when he said that it was one of my cats starting to go bad?

  11. What's going on?

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    21 hours ago, Rholston said:

    Did you find out what the problem is?

    Haven't had time to check but Mike from the forum here says it's most likely a clogged cat, my initial thought would be that it would most likely trigger a code or a pending code but I guess maybe the problem hasn't gotten that serious where the computer would set off a code, I agreed with Mike but what do you guys think? Other possibilities that I would have thought that came to mind would be an exhaust leak and this wire that was getting cut by the steering shaft bolt, I've wrapped some electrical tape around it since( 2nd time doing it, don't know what happened to tape first time) and used a ziptie to get it away from the bolt 

     

     

    George

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  12. What's going on?

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    16 hours ago, Downeast Johnny said:

    You didn't get a "check engine light" when the problem showed up?

    I'd take her to a reputable shop and have it scanned.

    nope just underperforming, I  scanned it and everything seemed normal no  codes whatsoever 

  14. What's going on?

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    I am having a problem with the old SS but here's the story first on how I got her, I had been looking for 2 years for the right SS at the right price even out of state but could not find a rust free one until I finally saw one on Craiglists about 1 hour away from me with 32k on the odometer, I just couldn't believe it so I went and saw it, guy was the 2nd owner and had it garaged but rarely drove it, I just couldn't believe it. The only mods he had done to it was: JBA shorty headers, Throttle body spacer, S & B CAI, MSD Wires, and Magnaflows, truck ran immaculate as he said he had serviced it from the basic stuff regularly even tranny fluid change and differential service( I checked the tranny fluid so he wasn't lying). Closed the deal for the truck, have put about 7k miles on her since (39k right now) I got her in March, noticed right away that the truck was a monster when you mashed the throttle, tested it's limits to  see and brought it up to 110 a couple of different times. Just out of nowhere though a few weeks back I noticed that something changed and I noticed right away a loss of power from the startup, the exhaust tone even sounded much less loud and toned down, it was easy for me to bring her up to 70 on the freeway but now I noticed that it takes double the effort on the throttle to get her up to that speed.. These engines are strong as can be so I don't think it's a compression problem especially not at that low of mileage, the tranny did have low fluid and I do not know for how long since I owned it had it been like that since I didn't properly check the level, any thoughts? 

  16. Problems

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    On 10/3/2018 at 5:48 AM, 8hnpSS said:

    Your truck is now 14 years old. Its not longer new with its 40k sticker lol. With a Vehicle of this age it is expected to have some issues. There is no car in this world that will be 14 years old and not have some issues. I had mine from 2006-2014, about 300 low 12 second passes on stock diff. great vehicle never had anything go wrong with it besides one stepper motor.

    Wow that's great to hear man! Not knocking the truck at all, it is my dream vehicle as I pursued one for 2 years before I stumbled on mine ? just stating the issues not because of age I meant like the known issues or things that I thought that GM could have made better but it is still a fast truck nevertheless

     

     

     

    George 

  17. Problems

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    Hey guys I was just starting this topic not as means to bash the truck obviously but just as a means of pointing out the problems that I noticed since I've owned it that these trucks have and that GM could have done due to the fact that they cost people 40k when they were brand new.  Some of the problems listed here affect MOST and some of them affect and apply to ALL and others are generic Silverado and GM issues. Feel free to add any if I've missed some 

    1. Famous Steering clunking when turning or going over rough terrain

    2. Front Differential 

    3. Cheap Leather that frays and cracks after only a little bit

    4. Stepper Motors in Instrument cluster being non-functional 

    5. Transmission Slipping ( Happens every now and then to mine and I am only at 38k miles).

    6. Didn't put a sunroof on all the trucks, should have done this since the SS trim was the highest and most exclusive trim you could go with back then, should have fully loaded all of them

    7. Brakes are not very good considering that they are in charge of stopping a 5,300 pound pickup truck

    8. Tailgate latch issue

    9.Rusting brake lines issue  

     

  18. Hello to everyone from Illinois

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    7 hours ago, meistro57 said:

    Ok pre introduction before I introduce myself lol. I've had an 04 for a couple years now. I almost fell for an LTZ for almost twice the $$.. glad I didn't because I love this truck. I was pretty much sold on the AWD and how quick the damn thing is while being discrete.  I'm north of Chicago in Antioch. I have 128,000 on mine. How many does yours have? 

    Mine had about 32,000 when I bought her i'm currently at 38,000 ?, pretty low still, also had the option of getting a newer LTZ or Sierra but ultimately opted for this truck because the body style and design is timeless and will always look good in my opinion 

     

     

    George

  19. LED Interior

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    13 hours ago, UNA_06SS said:

    I’ve attach the links to the common once I’ve gotten, but I looked around for the brightness and gotten those. So far I haven’t had any problems

    Hmm you think these lasfits will work? I've had pretty good luck with their headlight bulbs..

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/LASFIT-T10-LED-License-Plate-Light-Bulbs-6000K-Bright-White-168-2825-194-2PCS/302811483330?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

     

     

     

    George

  22. LED Interior

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    for the door lights you would have to get T10 LED lights https://www.ebay.com/itm/10Pcs-T10-194-168-W5W-CANBUS-Xenon-White-Interior-Reading-Marker-LED-Light-Bulbs/153124626540?hash=item23a6f0606c:g:2oQAAOSwAllbYsZA(these are really small and are also compatible with 194) you can copy the link to your browser, but those are for the doors.The regular 194 LED Bulb won't fit the door. For the Map Dome Light I got 12-SMD 1.72" 42mm 578 211-2 LED Bulbs on ebay as well

     

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/4-White-12-SMD-1-72-42mm-578-211-2-LED-Bulbs-For-Car-Interior-Map-Dome-Lights/141838931489?hash=item2106425621:g:nw8AAOSwG9Zbgh9f

     

    The puddle lights on the mirror I have not replaced because I tried to remove the cover and I feel like I'm going to break it, so don't want to mess with it. Hope this helps.

     

    any chance I can find the door 194 LED bulbs at autozone? I did try putting one of the regular LED's that I had for the map lights in the doors and the bulb was too big, more so too round for the housing, the bulb that I pulled out looked just like a regular 194 bulb at first glance, then I realized it is way smaller :sleep:

     

     

     

     

    George

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