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Re: The `Slade
« Reply #20 on: May 30, 2016, 10:02:17 am »
Nice work on the clean up, looking good! 
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Re: The `Slade
« Reply #21 on: May 30, 2016, 10:38:07 am »
Quote from: Sir Osis of Liver on May 30, 2016, 09:40:32 am
Awesome! It cleaned up really well. [emoji106]


What you did there, I see it hahahaha

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Re: The `Slade
« Reply #22 on: May 30, 2016, 10:53:05 am »
That cleaning job on a 10 year old vehicle is awesome - it looks great.  Makes me embarrassed about the state of my vehicles right now!

Did you limit your search to Escalades only?  Or any Yukons considered?  And for availability, what was the split between regular and long wheelbase, or the Escalade-Avalanche thingee?

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Re: The `Slade
« Reply #23 on: May 30, 2016, 11:01:28 am »
Wow, very nice find.
Bigger wow with the clean-up.   :thumbup:   Especially with the carpets.  What did you use to clean them?

This just makes me think about how dirty our Crosstrek is inside... last couple weeks has hauled around many bags of soil/mulch/plantlife my mini rototiller etc...
It is bad need of a major cleaning.
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Re: The `Slade
« Reply #24 on: May 30, 2016, 11:30:03 am »
Good looking unit for a big bruiser. Hopefully it treats your lady well.

I'm always surprised how nasty people can let their vehicles get. Totally generalizing here but often the ladies are much worse - their vehicle is an extension of their purse. I once bought a $50 Ford Tempo that was so covered in dog hair it took me days to clean. Ugh.
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Re: The `Slade
« Reply #25 on: May 30, 2016, 11:53:19 am »
Great job on the clean up, and great price too!
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Re: The `Slade
« Reply #26 on: May 30, 2016, 11:59:14 am »
Thanks for the compliments guy - I still need to scrub the 3rd row seats, and I have absolutely no desire to after all this.
Sask, search was (mostly) limited to Escalades. If it were me I probably would've gone Tahoe Z71 for the manual 2wd/4wd setting instead of the AWD in the Slade. Like I said though, Mrs.Firm had always wanted one of these, so I figured this was a good time to make her happy with little sacrifice on my part.

On the carpets I used Mr.Clean mixed with warm water and a scrub brush. On tough spots I would soak the spot in straight Mr.Clean first, then scrub. If that didn't work I'd soak the spot in Resolve carpet cleaner, then scrub some more. There's actually a couple spots I couldn't get out entirely, but I've got some industrial strength carpet cleaner in the basement that I am going to try when I get a chance - my focus last weekend was to get the dirt/smell out of it.
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Re: The `Slade
« Reply #27 on: May 30, 2016, 01:09:36 pm »


I have had good luck with Little Green carpet machines. Pretty cheap too.
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Re: The `Slade
« Reply #28 on: May 30, 2016, 01:25:33 pm »
Quote from: Arthur Dent on May 30, 2016, 11:30:03 am
Good looking unit for a big bruiser. Hopefully it treats your lady well.

I'm always surprised how nasty people can let their vehicles get. Totally generalizing here but often the ladies are much worse - their vehicle is an extension of their purse. I once bought a $50 Ford Tempo that was so covered in dog hair it took me days to clean. Ugh.

That was the case with the former Lady O. Every time I got into the car, I would have to clean out old food and pop containers and sundry garbage. It drove me nuts. The house was always immaculate, but when it came to the garage and car, apparently a mess was acceptable.
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Re: The `Slade
« Reply #29 on: May 30, 2016, 02:51:51 pm »
How is Chucky Cheeze workin' fer ya?.................... ;) :run:
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Re: The `Slade
« Reply #30 on: May 30, 2016, 03:12:14 pm »
looks great! always a good find with the big rigs. take care of it and it should have a lot of life left there.

must also have everyone's approval if the wife(?) was willing to pose in front of it! and yeah... ughhh... that center console... i can't take that kind of mess. i sure as hell wouldn't sell it like that.
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Re: The `Slade
« Reply #31 on: May 30, 2016, 03:18:48 pm »
Yep, she loves it. Today it's in the shop, so I drove the Firebird and left her the T/A because she's only running a couple local errands....she's been texting all day asking when the Slade will be ready  ::)
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Re: The `Slade
« Reply #32 on: May 30, 2016, 10:17:37 pm »
Heard from the shop. All it's going to need for safety is emergency brake shoes (which I sorta knew already) and a transmission cooler line, which is apparently slowly leaking. Not bad for 227K.
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Re: The `Slade
« Reply #33 on: May 31, 2016, 10:34:24 am »
Congrats to Mrs Firm for getting something she always wanted.  Great job on the cleanup, it came out looking great! :cheers:
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Re: The `Slade
« Reply #34 on: May 31, 2016, 11:10:03 am »
Quote from: Firm on May 30, 2016, 10:17:37 pm
Heard from the shop. All it's going to need for safety is emergency brake shoes (which I sorta knew already) and a transmission cooler line, which is apparently slowly leaking. Not bad for 227K.

Don't try this with your Q7/X5  ;D
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Re: The `Slade
« Reply #35 on: May 31, 2016, 12:02:09 pm »
Quote from: AP on May 31, 2016, 11:06:55 am
Firm, how much life do you anticipate getting out of the Slade?  Is this a 400k ride or something you would be content to keep for, say, two years?

I am actually hoping to push it as far as I can. I've seen plenty on kijiji around the 400k mark, so that would make me happy. I am big on maintenance and don't mind doing repairs, as long as they're not in excess. Provided that the engine/driveline hold together and the body doesn't total rot out I'll keep it going.
My 84 Camaro is sitting at 325,00kms on the original driveline and body work; still looks and drives like new. The Escalade is a little more complex, but not by a whole lot.
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Re: The `Slade
« Reply #36 on: May 31, 2016, 01:29:09 pm »
Looks hot, even though that white SUV in the background is not my my thing.

...and I just had lunch before looking at that console area pic...
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Re: The `Slade
« Reply #37 on: May 31, 2016, 06:30:39 pm »
Quote from: Firm on May 31, 2016, 12:02:09 pm
Quote from: AP on May 31, 2016, 11:06:55 am
Firm, how much life do you anticipate getting out of the Slade?  Is this a 400k ride or something you would be content to keep for, say, two years?

I am actually hoping to push it as far as I can. I've seen plenty on kijiji around the 400k mark, so that would make me happy. I am big on maintenance and don't mind doing repairs, as long as they're not in excess. Provided that the engine/driveline hold together and the body doesn't total rot out I'll keep it going.
My 84 Camaro is sitting at 325,00kms on the original driveline and body work; still looks and drives like new. The Escalade is a little more complex, but not by a whole lot.

Our family is good friends with a equine Veterinarian, his 2005 Yukon Denali had over 450,000 kms on it when the original transmission started to slip in between 2nd and 3rd gear. My brother in law bought it off him to pluck the engine and build it up for his 96 S10 truck. That 6.0 has over 150psi in all cylinders and still makes excellent oil pressure, these engines are certainly stout.

If you need any nick nack parts Firm let me know, I remember how flimsy the interior parts on these trucks are. I'll be around that Denali next weekend, it's pretty complete and headed to the wreckers soon.
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Re: The `Slade
« Reply #38 on: May 31, 2016, 10:36:02 pm »
Thanks Rev,
There's probably a few interior clips I could use, but it's hardly worth the effort. These things are polluting the scrap yards around here, so I am just gunna hit one up to grab a new headlight assembly and I'll get whatever I need then.

Annoyingly, I picked up the truck tonight from the shop that did the safety for me (small shop - owned by a friend of my dad's). Sat in traffic for 45 minutes to get to the highway and when I finally hit 110km/h it started vibrating something awful. At that point I was determined to get home, so I drove home and noticed that they'd moved the wheels around, probably moving a poorly balanced tire to the front.  >:(
I am in no mood to start jacking this thing up to play musical wheels....so it's going back tomorrow. Thankfully my dad offered to drop it off, since it's a serious pain for me to get time off work to drop stuff at this shop (they don't have a damn key drop box!)

And to think...I almost had this thing on the road without any B.S.....Sooo close  :'(
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Re: The `Slade
« Reply #39 on: May 31, 2016, 11:58:28 pm »
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