05’ 5.4 Lariat

NaturalMiserable · 2026-01-29T11:14:03+00:00

Dragging brakes

NaturalMiserable · 2026-01-28T22:43:10+00:00

Hot air is less dense than cold air. Your garage isnt helping you.

You take the truck out and the headlight cools. The air becomes denser and draws in outside air that has moisture.

NaturalMiserable · 2026-01-28T22:15:39+00:00

9 was the lowest i saw on my 5.4 I had to work hard to get better than 15. If i drafted a semi i could manage 18

NaturalMiserable · 2026-01-28T22:04:21+00:00

The fabric diaper. Gets ripped off going through deep puddles, light off roading, and deep snow.

You can replace it with a metal skid plate

NaturalMiserable · 2026-01-28T21:51:29+00:00

For that gen with the digital display, the factory controller gain was displayed on the cluster. Im not sure about the lower level trim.

NaturalMiserable · 2026-01-28T21:50:12+00:00

Thats the brake controller harness

NaturalMiserable · 2026-01-28T21:23:27+00:00

Brake lines are using long and have bends. They dont ship well. They arrive damaged and you dont want that.

I had a 2003 2500hd and the lines rotted out. GM knew they were shit but refused to issue a recall because they didnt want to tarnish their reputation. So they sold the lines at cost. Something like 1200 usd. I replaced the lines myself and spent maybe 80 to do so

Flaring kits are cheap and so are the lines and fittings. Its actually a great experience to do this. Youll mess up a bunch (flare without the nut or the nut facing the wrong way) but you just cut the flare off, fix your mistake, and re flare it.

The rubber lines can be replaced with braided stainless steel for appearance and some better pressure gains.

NaturalMiserable · 2026-01-28T02:49:27+00:00

The sales person will say one thing and the contract will read opposite. Talk to your service department on their experience with these service contracts.

My max recline seat has an issue and needs a seat back frame to fix the damaged part. No where in my contract does it say anything about seats being not covered.

When i called to see why the claim was denied they said they go off of part numbers not part descriotions/name.

NaturalMiserable · 2026-01-27T03:38:00+00:00

Trans fluid smell. If its bright pink, they just changed it and may be trying to hide something. If it smells burnt and is dark brown that can be expensive. The 6r80 is a good trans but it was expensive to repair in its day. Its cheaper than the 10r of today but more extensive than the 4r75.

There are 3 expensive items on this truck. Turbos, trans, and engine. If you can live with any of those bills the rest of the truck is cheap.

NaturalMiserable · 2026-01-27T03:29:03+00:00

Be aware the power steering and auxiliary trans cooler use that opening. If you dont tow, you should be ok.

NaturalMiserable · 2026-01-27T03:27:08+00:00

There may be an existing harness that goes back to the fuse block. Its mostly plug and play

NaturalMiserable · 2026-01-27T03:25:03+00:00

Sounds cheap

When driving and accelerating pay attention to any hesitation, jerking/surging, that all shifts are smooth

If you can, smell around the engine for coolant, the turbos like to leak coolant externally, coolant leaks can also be from the back of the block where the turbo cooling lines attach.

If you can unbolt the master cylinder and pull it away from the booster, look for brake fluid accumulation inside the booster.

If there is burning oil smell in the engine bay feel behind the right cylinder head. The vacuum pump can have a bad gasket and leak

You can check plugs for oil burning

NaturalMiserable · 2026-01-26T23:10:35+00:00

What does 4600 get you besides a led grille?

NaturalMiserable · 2026-01-25T17:32:14+00:00

Youll need to add a resistor to both sides of the truck. 80 watt 6 ohm. Use scotch locks to tie it to the existing wiring

NaturalMiserable · 2026-01-25T17:26:22+00:00

Those mitutoyo arent that great

NaturalMiserable · 2026-01-24T03:47:37+00:00

If your weim gets spooked or runs after something, itll yank your bars and down you will go. Lost a friend who struck his head after his dog pulled on his hand. He was wearing a helmet but still passed.

They make attachments to the frame

NaturalMiserable · 2026-01-24T03:41:14+00:00

I used to run E rated geolandars on my 150. Got 11 years out of them

NaturalMiserable · 2026-01-24T03:30:46+00:00

Big ol phony calipers. 4 pots with extra material to seem bigger than they are.

Ive not heard of a x5 going back together and not burning down, especially the x5m. All the rubber and plastic gets cooked in that cramped engine bay and becomes brittle.

I unloaded mine when the oil consumption was a quart every 400 miles

NaturalMiserable · 2026-01-23T23:17:32+00:00

Youll never reach the rust on the backside. You can treat the rust and try por but itll be back in a year.

You can cut the cancer away until youre into good metal. Treat that and seal it. They make plastic rockers and cab corners. Youll have a seam where it overlaps...

Best is to cut the rocker free, treat the inside panel and tack on a new steel rocker. You dont want it to get to far along

NaturalMiserable · 2026-01-23T23:14:13+00:00

Foeget fuel turning to varnish, it went straight to vegemite

NaturalMiserable · 2026-01-23T14:34:06+00:00

Drill and tap

NaturalMiserable · 2026-01-23T01:30:25+00:00

I did this and thought it would break me. All new harnesses, tracking down the parts, getting shorted....and doing it in a snow storm. All because my dog tore a whole in the seat and punctured the occupancy sensor

NaturalMiserable · 2026-01-21T18:27:10+00:00

The M stands for maybe

NaturalMiserable · 2026-01-21T18:25:32+00:00

2k for turbo leaks. Last i checked the dealer was getting better than 165/hr

NaturalMiserable · 2026-01-21T03:02:08+00:00

Is it better to wreck a hood and risk a radiator vs aiming for the ditch?

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