Recent content by postoak

Thanks some more. It is a manual system, but has dual temperature controls.

Hey, thanks for that information on the location of the orifice tube. I am not going to work on the system myself, just trying to get ahead of the mechanics. What I said was the mechanic added 0.6 pounds (six-tenths of one pound) of Freon. I am thinking at the start of next summer of just...

Still don't know what is wrong, but will wait until next summer. But one thing I learned is that instead of an expansion valve, the Tahoe has an orifice, which is located under the radiator somewhere. It's a $10 part.

I traced this wire (which is about 1/8" in diameter) further. It goes down to the passenger side frame rail, then under the lower radiator hose, and then straight forward and under a metal support. That's as far as I can see. Anyone have any ideas? What's this wire for?

Approximately how much to replace the expansion valve?

On my 2008, the larger wire goes to the front of the engine, on the top. Very easy to check, and it is tight. But the smaller wire that heads up under the air intake is the problem.

Give me a little heads up on what to expect when I take a look at the wire that comes off the negative terminal of the battery and runs up under the air intake. What does it connect to? Is it easy to get to in order to see if it is tight?

I have a 2008 Tahoe, 5 1/2 years old, with 107,000 miles. This summer it doesn't seem to put out really cold air right away as I remember it doing in years past. Eventually (3-5 minutes) the air gets as cold as it should. The system is as it came from the factory except I had to have one hose...

Trailing arm, thanks! Actually I thought that WAS part of the frame when I was doing it. Since this error, I looked in the manual and see that they recommend putting the jack under the rear axle and in the front under the frame where two of the frame members overlap.

Does anyone even know the name of that part? I was watching this video on changing the rear brakes, and if you look at 1:57, you can see the part and this guy actually has his jack stand under it. It looks like an I-beam in that video, but it is actually stamped steel in a deep U shape with the...

I just tried to jack up the passenger rear side of my Tahoe and I put the jack under some kind of stamped metal arm that goes back to the axle, and it bent a little. Is this going to cause problems? Where am I supposed to put the jack -- under the housing at the base of the shock?