Got this thread from my F#£€ forum but I really injoyed the ideas and this folks do with/to there vehicles so here it is

 

I'll start, i hooked up the small cargo trailer and hauled inventory for my music store to a different store location around 90 miles round trip and burned through about 1/3tank of fuel because of a 29mph head wind

 

pulled a 8x16 box trailer full of tools and mowers, cutting yards.

 

Backed it out of the garage, checked the oil, added battery post felt insulators , pulled it back into the garage (have the day off today so not much driving around to do)

 

Drove to school, work and the took out the drive shaft to get new u-joints for the little pig, lifted truck and mpg don't go together at all ow well

 

How big a lift ?

 

3inch body 6 inch suspension 37 tire

 

So since the last couple of days i have been busy working on the truck. it all started with the drive shaft u-joints long story i ran around and no shop had time to remove them so i went about doing it myself. the we had to measure and order the same aftermarket u-joints. since i couldnt drive the truck anyways i fiquered i could swap out the rad, which i had gotten a almost new one from my buddys truck which he had blown the trans, got new hoses the when i went out to change the thermostat snap a bolt of in the intake manifold,long story short can get the snapped bolt out so here i am replacing the intake. TBI Intake which are expensive , but the drive shaft is in know with new u-joints

 

Need to fix mine; a pretensioner code set for the r/f seat. Good timing as I only have 1 more week to access the sir load tools. Leaving gm at the end of the week. Its been a great place to work. I will miss it.

 

made my own SIR load tool for under $1. disconnected the r/f seat pretentioner connector and plugged in the load tool. Air bag light went off so the pretentioner is bad Quote for a new pretentioner; $210 plus tax new...went to picknpull..$6.85
plugged it in...all good.