question on licensing a diesel pickup in Colorado/Weld County

[thedave1164]

So next week I will be getting a 2007 GMC diesel pickup, it will be coming from NV.

I know I will have to get a VIN verification done, what about emissions? I do not think I can take it to the CO Air Care station, correct?

[Grant H.]

So next week I will be getting a 2007 GMC diesel pickup, it will be coming from NV.

I know I will have to get a VIN verification done, what about emissions? I do not think I can take it to the CO Air Care station, correct?

No. AirCare won't do diesels.

Look and see if you need emissions in Evans. Some of Weld Cty requires emissions on diesels, but some chunks do not.

Looks like you do... Stupid libs...

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?hl=en_US&mid=14hcd6mUlljw0PMipQsRhfQAvx98&ll=39.66446595274696%2C-104.8200941746508&z=9

[SouthPaw]

Certain parts of Weld County do not require diesel emissions. If you do live in Evans, you will need emissions. Diesel emissions are done at independent diesel repair shops. Rocky Mountain Diesel Services, GAM (Greeley Auto Machine), and Agfinity I believe are the only ones in town that do it.

[thedave1164]

Yeah, I live in Evans, I knew I had to get emissions done, just not the process.

I have had machine work done at GAM, looks like I need to get it done there. Fortunately with a 43K LBZ Duramax, there is not a lot to worry about.

[SouthPaw]

Yeah, I live in Evans, I knew I had to get emissions done, just not the process.

I have had machine work done at GAM, looks like I need to get it done there. Fortunately with a 43K LBZ Duramax, there is not a lot to worry about.

43K? We are going to have see some pictures of this thing!

[whitewalrus]

43K? We are going to have see some pictures of this thing!

Yeah that is some find. I always see them with around 300K and people are asking stupid prices for them. I?ll stick to DEF I guess :)


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[Sawin]

43K? We are going to have see some pictures of this thing!

I like videos better :)

[thedave1164]

Yeah, long story short:

My FIL was gifted the 2007GMC 2500HD ExtraCab from a friend that is dying, he bought the truck brand new off the lot and only used it to ow his camper. When he entered hospice, my FIL helped him out liquidating his estate, he has no heirs.

My FIL has had the truck a short time and he said it is too much truck for him, so he offered it to me for a gasoline halfton PU, so I picked up a 2014 F-150 to trade.

I have o drive out to Reno on Friday and hopefully head back next Monday, part of the deal is I have to bring back a horse, so I will be towing a horse trailer and a horse back, so at least a 2 day run coming back.

manual windows and door locks, 4x4 shifter on the floor, long bed

[whitewalrus]

Sounds like some real horse trading. Congratulations on the find. You should be happy with it.


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[brutal]

Did they fix the overheating issues on the 06-07 LBZ?

[thedave1164]

Did they fix the overheating issues on the 06-07 LBZ?

over heating issue?

[BushMasterBoy]

"Another issue came with the plastic impeller water pumps. They were prone to failure on higher mileage engines and sometimes caused overheating while cruising. Despite this, most of the water pumps still lasted between 150,000 and 200,000 miles."

Quoted from link below.


https://prosourcediesel.com/blog/chevy-duramax/what-is-so-special-about-the-lbz-duramax/


The major problem will be transmission overheating especially when hauling heavy loads in extreme conditions. I have a 2007 Silverado 2500 gasser with LY6. Transmission fluid was getting extremely hot, I added a 40K BTU cooler from TruCool. I also added a cast aluminum transmission pan that increased capacity by 3 quarts.

Link to cooler mod below:

https://www.gmfullsize.com/threads/my-tru-cool-40k-trans-cooler-upgrade.162659/

Cooler is about 8 times the size of factory. I still change the fluid after 30-40 thousand miles. Way cheaper than a new transmission.

[thedave1164]

"Another issue came with the plastic impeller water pumps. They were prone to failure on higher mileage engines and sometimes caused overheating while cruising. Despite this, most of the water pumps still lasted between 150,000 and 200,000 miles."

Quoted from link below.


https://prosourcediesel.com/blog/chevy-duramax/what-is-so-special-about-the-lbz-duramax/


The major problem will be transmission overheating especially when hauling heavy loads in extreme conditions. I have a 2007 Silverado 2500 gasser with LY6. Transmission fluid was getting extremely hot, I added a 40K BTU cooler from TruCool. I also added a cast aluminum transmission pan that increased capacity by 3 quarts.

Link to cooler mod below:

https://www.gmfullsize.com/threads/my-tru-cool-40k-trans-cooler-upgrade.162659/

Cooler is about 8 times the size of factory. I still change the fluid after 30-40 thousand miles. Way cheaper than a new transmission.

Yeah, I knew about the plastic impeller water pump, will go with a billet aluminum one when the time comes.

I will look into a larger transmission cooler along with replacing the OEM transmission fluid coolant lines

[thedave1164]

87376

[00tec]

I bet you have to be strategic as hell when you're hunting a parking spot with that school bus... haha

[thedave1164]

I bet you have to be strategic as hell when you're hunting a parking spot with that school bus... haha

LOL, I know right...

[00tec]

Did you get forscan and the key thing figured out for the trade off?

[thedave1164]

Did you get forscan and the key thing figured out for the trade off?

I did, it worked great, and I was able to enable the remote start function :)

[BushMasterBoy]

Big long trucks are nice for towing trailers, if set up right. Don't forget that rubber tends to decompose. I changed out my cooling hoses and belt after 10 years. I change the coolant about every 4 years. Nice looking truck you have there!

[thedave1164]

Got the emissions done today, passed with flying colors.

Can’t believe I will have to get it done every year though.

[Wulf202]

It should be every other year based on the vehicles model year. But the first time you might get hit twice in a row

[ben4372]

Got the emissions done today, passed with flying colors.

Can?t believe I will have to get it done every year though.

As a recent diesel convert, this drives me crazy too.

[thedave1164]

It should be every other year based on the vehicles model year. But the first time you might get hit twice in a row

It appears they require light duty diesel trucks to be done every year now. It is probably to try and get the guys that delete their trucks. (more like make it more of a hassle to restore the emissions every year)

[SouthPaw]

Nice rig.

Do your part to make sure thieves don't get it. That year of GM and the same years of powerstrokes are notorious for being stolen. If you join the Rocky Mountain Diesel Crew FB group, you'll see at least two trucks a week that are stolen in that body style of GM and Powerstrokes. You know where I live and my BIL's brother is a detective for Evans PD. He said the neighborhood I am in, is the #1 hot spot for stolen vehicles. I know you don't live too far from me so just a heads up. This was posted yesterday in Greeley:

https://i.postimg.cc/N06FT6vG/test.png (https://postimages.org/)

[thedave1164]

Nice rig.

Do your part to make sure thieves don't get it. That year of GM and the same years of powerstrokes are notorious for being stolen. If you join the Rocky Mountain Diesel Crew FB group, you'll see at least two trucks a week that are stolen, that BS GM and Powerstrokes. You know where I live and my BIL's brother is a detective for Evans PD. He said the neighborhood I am in, is the #1 hot spot for stolen vehicles. I know you don't live too far from me so just a heads up. This was posted yesterday in Greeley:

https://i.postimg.cc/N06FT6vG/test.png (https://postimages.org/)

oh crap!

I will need to figure something out