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I would recommend against cutting into any factory wiring for the radio. The 2 front speakers should be wired together on each channel, so if ALL your front speakers aren't working they are very likely not hooked up. Check and double check your connections and I am guessing you will find a loose con...

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Lots of manufacturers make shallow mount subs. lots of them I would pick over pioneer subs. Pioneer makes some really nice head units though. As far as amps go, RF was the stuff back in the day, then went through a long down period. They seem to be back to their old ways now though. The RF amp I hav...

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glad to hear it man. That was my sneaking suspicion but it is always good to make sure everything else is working too.

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He means add a second grounding wire to your battery under your hood. Although my guess is still on it being a h/u problem.

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just go get a cheap pair from walmart or radio shack. they will work well enough to tell you if your other pair is bad.

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It could very well be the radio, it is usually just easier to check other things before swapping out a h/u.

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To make a new ground for your h/u, do it the same way you did for your amp. Find a good metal spot that you know is part of the chassis (test with a DMM) and ground it there. Unhook the ground from the harness and just use the new ground. This may not fix the problem, but it is something that should...

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do you just have a single amp? mids and highs running off the radio power?

Did you make a new ground for your radio or simply use the ground on the wiring harness?

Does it do it no matter what source your are using? (ie. radio, CD, AUX input)

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What kind of radio do you have?

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Sounds like you have some grounding issues somewhere. Unhook all RCA cables from all amps and see if you still have those problems.

EDIT: Make sure you have everything turned OFF when you unhook stuff!!!

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No problem. My Scion is bone stock on the outside, it's the inside where it gets fun. So far the loudest I have gotten is a 142.7db, but with some tweaking in the future that should go up too. My system consists of the following: Headunit-stock navi unit Sound Processor-Rockford Fosgate 3sixty.2 Mid...

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I kinda up and left this place when I sold my truck in '08, and had TONS of help from some great people in here while dealing with issues my truck had. Anyway, I came across the site again and it reminded me of how helpful this place was so I figure I can lurk here and help out when I can. I sold my...

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I've always liked Rockford Fosgate because they seem to do the opposite with their power ratings...underestimate so that you can be pleasantly surprised by their abilities. 8) RF was a good brand. They made their best stuff back when it was just Jim Fosgate. RF went down hill quickly when they star...

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Oh I gotcha, I miss understood you there. I thought you were saying the speakers were moving so far that they were hitting the door. But yes you are right, you don't want the speaker hitting the door, that wouldn't last too long

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Ahh man, what did you have in your doors that had enough cone excursion to hit the door? I don't think he's trying for a sub in the door

At any rate, unless the speaker is smashed against the door I can't imagine there would be any concern with the speaker hitting the door.

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There are 2 bolts under the handle and you have to take the panel with the window/door lock switches off. Just lift on the back side of the panel and it will pop out and there you go. The rest of the door panel is held on by those plastic rivet things, not sure what they are called. There is a tool ...

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Well if I would have known that then I wouldnt have gotten a second one for free

anyway, it is all fixed now so it seems!

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So all 3 (i think there are 3) O2 sensors are the same? Hmm. Well at any rate, all the wiring on the truck is still there. It was only the harness on the sensor side that I had to cut as I was not about to cut a harness off the truck. To answer your question, no not all is solved yet as my SES light...

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I finally went back to Advanced Auto Parts and got a second reading on my truck. The guy said the same thing, bank 2 sensor 1. I told him that is what the other guy told me and it is the one right behind the cat. converter. He said no it should be the one on the manifold passenger side. Since the ot...

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THey told me at advanced autoparts that the light even after you unhook the battery takes about 40-60 miles to reset. He told me I should have unhooked the negative cable from the battery while installing it, does this sound right or are they just trying to get out of replacing a bad sensor they sol...

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When you are stopped, the stop light flashes on one side and stay solid on the other.

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I am just guessing here but I believe the turn and stop are the same filament on the bulb. The turn light is simply the stop light on and off...but like I said, that is just a guess. But it would explain 2 wires and a ground.

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THeftloc????

You think I would still use a factory radio!?!

I will try that, thanks.

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I took it to what ever parts store it was and they hooked up the computer and said thats the one that is bad. I have no idea what the code was and I don't think I cleared any code. I guess the morale of my story is I know nothing...

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I just replaced my O2 sensor, the one after the cat and my light is still on. Does it take time to reset for have I screwed up? Also, I used a Bosch sensor, should that matter?

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I bought my tires at Sears and they also did the alignment, do you think there is a chance I could get them to re-adjust the bolts and redo the alignment? That is the only time any adjustment has been done to the front suspension and I can't imagine it would come like this from the factory. Thanks f...

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So as far as I can tell, the passenger side of the truck looks to be about 1/2" higher the driver side. Passenger side http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e57/swbari00/IMAGE_00034.jpg Drivers side - note this bolt actually sticks out farther than the crossmember http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e57/s...

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I think I will do that, I mean there is about 3/4" difference between the two.

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I tried to search for the answer but I couldn't find anything but I am almost sure it has been covered before. Anyway, should the torsion bar adjustment bolts (I think thats what they are called) be about even? My driver side bolt is out way farther then the passenger side bolt.

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Well i know mine has them, thats why I thought all of the ZR5's did.

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I thought all of the ZR5's had 3.73 gears.

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hey i appreciate an honest incomplete answer over a lie

Ill have a shop check it out first, thanks!

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if that is the case, is it covered at 67k miles? and would a flowmaster muffle void a possible warranty?

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Its a very, hollow sounds, like one metal pipe in another one (like where an exhaust pipe connects to a muffler) are rattling against one another at times. I will try the rubber mallet trick. Next question...what is this "pre-cat" thing? Is there 2 cats on the truck?

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well it is deffinantly underneath, could that still be the hood?

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Funny sound from under the pasenger side near the firewall. I would swear up and down it sounds like a heat sheild or something that is loose. But for the life of me I can find a loose one. The sound only happens when the truck is accelerating or if I am going up a hill or something that requires me...

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If thats the only extra thing you have added, then most definatly no, i don't think you need a bigger alternator

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no but i have a file...anyway to distribute?

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Has anyone heard the audio clip of the woman talking to the shop that is trying to fix her car? Her dad had set it up to be a prank call. It was quite funny.

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wamason wrote:
Also check your blinker fluid. Sometimes if the reservoir has been overfilled, it'll throw your truck off balance Anyways, I had a Dodge Dakota do the same thing years ago. I think it was a leaf spring.

Bingo, my blinker fluid was WAY low.

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a2b wrote:just dont use gaskets....i dont

i use the right stuff

can you give me a bit more into what the right stuff is? Im really kinda new to the whole rear end thing so any info will help

Thanks

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lol ok ok, point taken

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Blaze One wrote:which model of monroes did you get ?

i got the blue ones...dunno what model tho

sry guys, ya stole my thread

lol, couldnt help it with this one

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not sure, but they are blue

does that help?

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now with the new ones it seems like they kinda have to charge up? if i jump on the back the first bounce and maybe second are very floaty, then after that it seems the shocks kick in and its nice and controlled again. is that normal?

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I replaced my stock shocks with some monroe's. they were cheap and all i could afford. my question is, when i checked out my old shocks, i compressed them and they just stayed compressed. Is that a sign that they were bad? the monroe's would expand if you compressed them. also, is changing the rear-...

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oh cool, I will try that then. Thanks a million!

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Oh yeah btw, I don't know what any of that means :lol: I think i will just drop it off some where and let them look at it. I know its not the bed that is leaning, unless the whole body including the cab is leaning because the cab and bed line up. The truck has not been wrecked I bought it new. I hav...

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Front Pass. 30.5"
Front Driv. 30.5"

Rear Pass. 32.25"
Rear Driv. 31.25"

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alrighty woo hoo!

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but the front looks level, only the back is leaning. could that still be the bars?

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I have noticed that the back side of my truck is leaning towards the drivers side. You can put your hand between the wheel well on the drivers side and not really move your hand up and down. The passenger side you can put your hand in the same place and move it up and down quite a bit. What could be...

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the position of the vent tube in the picture above is exactly where it should NOT be.

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try this maybe? http://www.monstercable.com/icruze/

OK, so I kept looking and the s-10 version is not available right now, but i submitted a "vehicle not listed" to them.

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there is a way to calibrate it. It's described in the owner man. somewhere. I don't remember how to do it, but maybe try that see if it fixes it.

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does a cat make anykind of hollow metalic ratling type sounds? I have been trying to get this fixed forever but everytime i take it in, something comes up and it doesn't get fixed

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woo! thats what i wanted to hear!! im hearing a ticking noise comming from my passenger side floor board...and a metalic ratling sound...maybe cat?

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what is the factory waranty on the cat? is it just the 36K or is it longer?

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yeah well here in TN dont have snow or tons of dirt....oh well

hehehe

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anyone have any comments on using royal purple in our trucks? I was told it was good stuff.

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so it hit me just wrote what they wrote, im a quick one i know. :D so this is what they wrote dammaged all bearings both axle ring gear and pinion possible damage to cluthches in diff replaced ring gear and pinion right and left axle transfer wheel studs to new axle replaced pinion, carrier, axle be...

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From what they were telling me, they did have to replace both axles. THey may have replaced the clutches in the diff as well. I don't really know alot about it so it is somewhat difficult for me to decifer what they wrote. They did re-route the vent hose, it is now under the bed instead of between t...

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ok got my truck back (the friday before Christmas) but haven't had internet access to let you all know whats up. It all seems to be working well. THis is a list of what they replaced: Ring and pinion gears, right and left axles, pinion, carrier, axle bearings. At least thats what i think it says.

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yeah i do engage it at times. dont know if it is twice a month, but i do engage it just for lube reasons. Glad to know i was thinking something right

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oh yeah, didnt't think about that. I don't use that 4wheel drive option much, kinda forgot i even had it! heh, been so long since i have seen my truck

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SO just out of curiosity, when I get my truck back, what is the best way to tell if they have put the same 3.73 ratio that I had before? At this point in time, I don't trust anything they are doing.

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Well as of right now, i should get the truck back on thursday or friday. On Friday the 16th, i was told by the service manager that GM was going to pay for the repairs. On monday the 19th (coincidentally when the service manager told me my truck could be finished), I called in to check on the status...

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Yeah me too! Thanks everyone for the help. Thanks f9k9 for the bulletin info, I think might have been the catalyst for getting them to take care of it. I love this site!!!

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well, in the end, all the work will be done for free, atleast free to me. The intake gasket was covered by my warranty and the service manager at the dealership called his local rep or someone and GM will cover the rear end repairs.

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it is easy care....sure didn't know when i bought the truck that it was a private party, was under the assumption it was extended factory....oh well, my bad i guess

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actually I meant bed and cab...private complany

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I did get a list today, and some pictures. To be perfectly honest, i didn't really see any thing wrong with 99% of the stuff. They started acting a little less friendly out when I told them about the TSB that dealt directly with my problem, and even thought the mechanic woudln't say it was water in ...

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hey thanks guys, im taking a camera and gonna get some pictures first, then confont them. Im also going to get a list of what they said "needed" to be replaced so if this is the case, they will replace all of it! Im sure I won't get so lucky that this is my case, but its worth a try

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Well, it turns out my pinion seal has been leaking. Apparently a "contamination" got into the rear end (nobody seems to know how or what, but they said it looks like water, the mechanic suggested that it got in through the vent tube) and so the warranty people (trucks now on the extended warranty) h...

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i know nothing of this BUT my guess which is probably wrong and stupid

anyway i would say it would be just fine....more air makes the fuel burn better right?

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