[bufmatmuslepants]

The Yukon has been getting a workout, did 1500 miles over Christmas. Had 2 issues going into the trip, first was the cold air coming through the dash, second was a smell that made my wife's eyes burn. 400 miles and 8 hours, my wife is a trooper. Finally really looked into it, and pulled the fan motor. Found that the whole HVAC box had fallen or moved down about an inch, causing there to be about a 1" separation from the fan inlet to the fresh air inlet, so I was pulling return air yet at speed, having cold air rammed into the cab. Pushed it back up, used some duct tape on the gaps and boom that's fixed. Next was the smell, which I attributed to my inability to keep coolant above about 3/4 in the radiator. First option was replace radiator, but being 400 miles from home and seeing the rusty oil cooler lines, I took a chance on some leak b gone crap and it worked. On the way home yesterday, my wife was so comfortable and happy with the truck that she was pissed when I said I was putting it back up for sale. On to the next, holidays are over, now I need a pickup again. Trip home was through snow, rain, and just crap weather, and I really needed that suburban. Towed a 4x8 trailer stacked with crap, not doing this again. Getting a crew cab long bed with a cap before next Christmas. In the following pictures there was still so much in the truck I could barely see out the back window, 2 rolls of duct tape, a bunch of 3.5mm plastic and a tarp did work in keeping the presents dry. PA and north jersey had about an inch of snow on the roads, was in 4x4 for about 50 miles.