I take delivery of mine in less than a week!


I am getting excited!! Any one have pick of an 05 for me to drool at?


Mine will be Drk Grey crewcab long bed Duramax/Alison 4x4 LT. Man I can't wait....


I know nothing about thease rigs but I'm sure I will in time.


As for right now do you all have any advice for me as a new owner of a "Cowboy Cadilac"?


Breaking in the truck? Oil changes? any comments would be great!!


Thanks


Burt

Good idea to change the rear diff and front diff at 500 miles. also change the allison spin on filter and dont forget the doughnut magnet. Change the oil and chage it again at 3k. I'd use regular dino oil in the motor and do a few changes at 3k and then switch to what ever oil you may want to use and what ever interval you plan to use. I got some miles on my truck before I changed the transfercase fluid and used synthetic ATF. Use synthetic in the rear and front diff. Also hit all the grease zerks.....seems the factory misses em every now and then. Spray in bedliners rule, stock tires suck(might be able to sell em for some $ if you ditch em right away) Side steps rock too. I would tell the dealer to not do any washing or detailing as a part of thier prep. I actualy made it a conditon of the sale. I would drive it fairly easy and not to or work it right away. The motor is pretty much broke in but the diffs and such arnt. And you might as well call Steve Cole at TTS now and get a program for it, you know you want to so why waithttp://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/smiley2.gif Exhasut aint a bad idea regardless though even if you dont start bombing it. JMO

TTS? whats that?


I told you I am totaly green on this truck, hahahahaa


Thanks for all the tips


Burt

My 05 had 3 miles on it when I got it. Elaine left on a parts run today with 30 miles on it. When she returns, the oil will be dumped, and again at around 250 miles. I'd like to get 2-3 oil changes in the first 2-3k so as to help flush out any assembly dirt.





The Diablo Predator will be loaded into the ECM shortly...

Burt - first of all, welcome to the forum....and congrats on the new truck.....


Here's a simple, friendly warning:


The members here will make sure that your checkbook is always completely empty...We will suggest power adders and accessories that you didn't even know about or have any desire to have....Peer pressure is a wonderful thing, you seehttp://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/smiley17.gif

hahaha Thanks, well I have a money sucking rig already, my 72K5/Blazer. I bought this siverado to tow my blazer. I probly won't change much to start with. After the drive train is broke in then I will tow with it and go from there. I will be hanging out here trying to learn about all the mods. I welcome all comments and sugestions. That way when it comes time to change whatever I may already have the answer in my head. hehee


Thanks for the advice


Burt

TTS is a power widget company. Go take a gander at ttspowersytems.com iirc and some other vendors that hang out here sites and take a look at all the nifty toys available.


Ooooo full converthttp://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/smiley16.gif Always wanted one on 38's with a mild lift.


For some reason I seem to be dumping more $ into my daily driver PU than either of my Chevelles.http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/smiley5.gif Its a sickness and there is a mass infection herehttp://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/hihi.gif


Power is stupidly easy to get outa these things, a plug in box or a reflash tuner or the like and you have close to 100hp depending on what you buy. It will take you longer to open the box than to unleash the power. Some prefer stock though so to each his own if your not interested in getting more power outa it.


The stainless steal door sill protectors and in chanell(not the stick on kindhttp://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/smiley11.gif) vent visors, Chrome over SS side steps and a spray in bed liner go on my trucks right away. Those are must haves IMO and then I go onto adding toys. Tool box is nice to have also but you may want to look into the whole deal of the bedrails and bracing em

Cool Thanks, I have been reading here and does seam like a lot of different ways to go for adding power. The 05 is suppose to have 610ftlbs of torque already so I don't know if I will need to boost that up or not.


I am leaning toward getting a Weather Guard box for the bed. I am getting the long bed so i should still have pleanty of room with a tool box back there..I guess I will wait and see..


Thanks for the warm welcome fellas, I hope to learn alot here.


Burt

There is a pic of an 05 grey Crewcab on the top of this page.


http://dieselplace.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=184&PN= (http://dieselplace.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=184&PN=1&TPN=60) 1&TPN=60

Ya!!!!! buy the GMC extended warrante before you take delivery of the truck, and add an additional 50gal fuel tank, better than any other add on.


good luck

Burt


Congrats on the new truck. There's a lot of info here on the site, everyone is great about sharing their ideas. They will tell you that you need this and that and so on. There's a thread somewhere about maintenance, it's pretty good.


My Dad has a Weatherguard box on his truck, extra wide with a single lid. Five years old now and works like new, well worth the money.


You're from Modesto California. Tell Scott Peterson I said hello, and if he's guilty, I hope he burns in hell. Edited by: Buckeye03

If you want some better pictures taken during the day with the wrapper off, just ask and I will go out and take them. It is a really cool color and you will be glad that you got it. Welcome to the site! Loads of info can be found here.

Welcome to the 'place Burt.



You may know me from "another" (cough, ck5, cough) forum..



Anywho, congrats again on the truck.. Everyone here is very
friendly and will help with anything. If you want shoot me a PM
with any ?'s too.



Regards,

John

If you want some better pictures taken during the day with the wrapper off, just ask and I will go out and take them. It is a really cool color and you will be glad that you got it. Welcome to the site! Loads of info can be found here.


Heck ya that would be cool.

Thanks again everyone


And If Scott is guilty I too hope he burns in hell for eternity.


For the record I do not know him.


Thanks


I will post up a pic of my truck when I get it, man I am getting excited.. Gitty as a school boy infront of a bunch of Playboys


YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!

Thanks again everyone


And If Scott is guilty I too hope he burns in hell for eternity.


For the record I do not know him.


Thanks


I will post up a pic of my truck when I get it, man I am getting excited.. Gitty as a school boy infront of a bunch of <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Playboys</span>


YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!



I know you're excited, but hopefully you mean Playboy Playmates!http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/hihi.gif

hahahahah Ya I ment Playboy Magazines hahahhaah, or the actual playmates would do too hahahaa

Just keepin' you honest. Wouldn't want anyone talkin' bad about you. . . http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/hihi.gif

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Here you go, good luck getting to sleep tonight.. http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/smiley17.gif


If you want any more, let me know, and of where. I have the bucket seats and the dark charcol interior if you want some interior shots. Enjoy!Edited by: Reineke

Right on! Sweeeeet!!! Thanks for the new background on my computer hehehehee


I just got off the phone with my wife and I might beable to get my truck TOMORROW!!! YYYYYEEEEEEHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! Man i hope so! My birthday is Sunday so that would be WAY cool to have a new truck for my B-dayhttp://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/smiley4.gif


Thanks again for you time getting me a pic. Mine looks the same except long bed and no roof lights oh and I got the medum grey leather.

Glad you got some good news. I can't wait to see pics of your new beast. We need some more 05 Silvy's to represent around here. I saw a guy get out of an 03-04 and kept turning around to look at my new hood and grille. I am almost starting to like it better than the 01-02's, but I miss the grille bar...Good luck getting your new toy tomorrow.

Is the grill plastic "mesh" part a bunch of little bowties? Kinda looks like it. Man that would be sweet

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Just got a call by GM and my Truck is ready to be picked up!!!!


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Happy B day to ME!!!


Thanks, I am just a tad excited...


YYYYYYYEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEd ited by: Burt4x4

You're not excited at all, are you? Congrats.

Is the grill plastic "mesh" part a bunch of little bowties? Kinda looks like it. Man that would be sweet





They look like bow ties, and they should be, but they are not, they are just wide hexagons.