What did you do to your Blackwing today?

[BlueBird]

Loaded her up in the trailer for VIR.

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Lord how I wish I had bought stocks in the 2000's....I won't ever get anywhere close to this setup! At least I have the car!

 

[jodakid69]

Loaded her up in the trailer for VIR.

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Wow, what a setup. That is awesome!

 

[poor-sha]

Fantastic setup. I want to see the truck that goes along with that bad boy.

 

[Head Hunter]

Hit 1500mi today (1505 to be exact) so went to put car up only to find the Jack pads I bought don’t fit the 5BW so used race ramps to do oil change and a Jack on the seam to change the diff. Spent more time googling torque specs and double checking quantities then actually working on the car, but got it knocked out and half way to being ready to go this weekend. Brake flush and alignment coming up Friday.

 

[MookdocOE]

Hit 1500mi today (1505 to be exact) so went to put car up only to find the Jack pads I bought don’t fit the 5BW so used race ramps to do oil change and a Jack on the seam to change the diff. Spent more time googling torque specs and double checking quantities then actually working on the car, but got it knocked out and half way to being ready to go this weekend. Brake flush and alignment coming up Friday.

What Diff fluid did you use? Exactly how much also? Thanks I am going to do mine in 1k

 

[Head Hunter]

What Diff fluid did you use? Exactly how much also? Thanks I am going to do mine in 1k

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1.5qt - will need to do it after you track your car also if you plan to

 

[MookdocOE]

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1.5qt - will need to do it after you track your car also if you plan to

Thanks very much!

 

[ernsteeng]

I agree. I thought it should have been an easy call by the tech to order the new compressor. He had to wait for Cadillac to respond to the service ticket before he could order the parts. At least they responded within hours instead of days.

New A/C compressor did the trick. 30 miles home yesterday with the ac on and working the whole time. Now I have to wash it. Sitting in the service center got it a nice coat of dust. I could almost post in the dirty blackwing thread but you really have to zoom in to see it.

 

[PL69]

Ready to rumble !!

 

[FLYARMY]

I was giving my wheels a deep clean today. I must have used 5 different types of brushes to get into the nooks and crannies. I'm still going to have to remove the wheels to do a decent job. Then after washing the rest of the car, I noticed my "service parking brake" was activated. Took her for a 15 minute drive , shut it down, started again and light went out. Water must get into a sensor.

 

[Tall Steve]

I hope to not read about something bad Monday morning..

 

[PL69]

I was giving my wheels a deep clean today. I must have used 5 different types of brushes to get into the nooks and crannies. I'm still going to have to remove the wheels to do a decent job. Then after washing the rest of the car, I noticed my "service parking brake" was activated. Took her for a 15 minute drive , shut it down, started again and light went out. Water must get into a sensor.

Also happened to me after using the parking brake on an incline with an object detected in the rear. Went away after two cycles.

 

[Head Hunter]

Took it in to have an alignment done and found the front toe to be way out from factory, but now it’s good to go.

Left there and went to a performance shop to have the brake system flushed for Castrol SRF only for them to come back 2 hours later and say they’re not capable of doing it, and now they’ve been back there another 20 minutes with their computer hooked up trying to clear a bunch codes for whatever they messed up before they pull it out…

Not the best day and now I’m not even sure if I’ll make it to VIR

 

[Head Hunter]

Update - they say that they sucked out the res and opened a bleeder screw (didn’t disconnect the battery) and when they couldn’t figure out how to use their snap on computer to turn off the ABS, they came out to me. Now the brakes don’t work, they car won’t go over 40, and neither Chevrolet nor Cadillac can get to it before Monday. FML…

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[PL69]

Update - they say that they sucked out the res and opened a bleeder screw (didn’t disconnect the battery) and when they couldn’t figure out how to use their snap on computer to turn off the ABS, they came out to me. Now the brakes don’t work, they car won’t go over 40, and neither Chevrolet nor Cadillac can get to it before Monday. FML…

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It clearly says in the owners manual to disconnect the battery to do a brake fluid flush.

Sorry for your misfortune, this is the reality of new brake-by-wire system, it was the same in my M3..

 

[Head Hunter]

It clearly says in the owners manual to disconnect the battery to do a brake fluid flush.

Sorry for your misfortune, this is the reality of new brake-by-wire system, it was the same in my M3..

Should have supervised but thought it was in good hands… will be sending them the bill from GM

 

[Head Hunter]

It clearly says in the owners manual to disconnect the battery to do a brake fluid flush.

Sorry for your misfortune, this is the reality of new brake-by-wire system, it was the same in my M3..

@PL69 would you believe me if I told you that the “service manual” doesn’t say anything about disconnecting the battery? WTF GM?

 

[DCV]

There should be a warning on the cap of the brake fluid reservoir to tell the tech to disconnect the battery before a brake fluid flush. I was reading my manual and saw that, somewhat buried deep in the owners manual.

 

[Head Hunter]

There should be a warning on the cap of the brake fluid reservoir to tell the tech to disconnect the battery before a brake fluid flush. I was reading my manual and saw that, somewhat buried deep in the owners manual.

Yeah it’s clear on pg 224 of the owners manual but techs don’t read the OM, they read the service manual. Can’t believe it’s not in there

 

[PL69]

@PL69 would you believe me if I told you that the “service manual” doesn’t say anything about disconnecting the battery? WTF GM?

I am not that surprised since GM techs are supposed to have access to the tools to put the car in service mode.