Yeah, definitely check these. I had the same issue with my Monte, replaced the factory o-ring style valve stem seals and added some like these as well:
No more white smoke.
Sounds kind of like mine. I've had it for 7 years and put less than 4k miles on it. Should be back on the road soon though, so I can start adding some...
I thought about swapping in one of the digital control units a few years ago after seeing one in a Regal, even found a couple for sale on ebay, but never did it. Really liking that Roadmaster swap, darbysan. Great how-to page as well, I'm bookmarking that.
Time for a small update. I finally got around to installing the aluminum pedals I bought for this truck last August. These things are great, I've put them in 2 previous vehicles and love the way they feel. Also, they are manufactured by the same company who made the pedals for the Eleanor...
Couple of updates... I had an alignment done on the truck and programed the TPMS sensors myself. The procedure is outlined in the owner's manual and is easy enough to follow.
The rear tires were rubbing on the plastic inner fender liner a bit when going over bumps or pulling in steep driveways...
On to the tires. Using a tire size calculator, I decided to run 305/35R24s all the way around. They are fairly close in overall diameter to the OE 265/70R17s, and will also provide a decent sidewall with a little extra bulge (12" tire on a 10" rim). I was planning on buying a set of Nitto's...
Well my inspection sticker is expiring this month and I've known for a while that the tires are going to need replaced before the Escalade will pass inspection. I got 10,000 miles out of these, which isn't bad because they were pretty worn when I bought the truck.
So after shopping around for...
Back in January the three year old battery in the truck died, so I replaced it with this Optima Redtop with 800 cold cranking amps. So far I've been really happy with it, but time will tell...
Ok, so the first mod was a small one. Changed the bulbs for the back up lights, front parking/signal lights, license plate markers, and courtesy lights under the mirrors to white LEDs.
Back up lights:
Under mirror lights:
I knew I'd seen this done somewhere before... Looked around and found the thread.
http://gbodyforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=29235&start=255#.UaoVH6K-2uK
Last post on this page, and then the first post on the following page as well.
Alright, so I've finally decided to start a build thread... This is my daily driver that I bought a year ago - a 2005 Cadillac Escalade. It was a local one owner with 81k miles on it when I got it. I bought this truck after regretfully parting with my 2000 Tahoe Limited in 2011 and replacing it...
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