Hello everyone,

I'm thinking about buying a used 95 this monday off a girl, a relative of a buddy of mine. The car itself I've been told has a at-times slipping transmission, and her dad thinks its the computer?

I'm assuming its controlled by the ECU or a tranny computer, not sure where to look.

Few general tech questions I wanted to ask was:
1.) Is there anything I should be on the look out for on a 95 blazer? I understand that it's a oddball year for blazers
2.) If I wanted to buy a new crate engine and new transmission, is that easily accomplished as again I've been reading that 95 was a oddball year.
3.) Her father thinks it's the transmission computer, is the tranny controlled by a seperate unit or built into the ECU? I'm assumine since the car is over 100k miles the tranny fluid probably hasn't been changed in awhile.

Thanks guys, as you all can guess, I'm completely new to chevy and domestics as I've been a BMW + manual tranny driver all my life.

 

when it comes to a tranny, unless you know eactly whats ur doing, u should bring it in to a reputable tranny shop and have a diagnostic check done. sometimes its free others it may cost 40 bucks and while its there get a fluid and filter change as well as transfer case fluid. all home mechanic do-ablejust a pain in the ***.

 

I agree, however for 800 bucks which is what she's asking for, I think it's worth the risk.

Also I was wondering if I bought a new crate 4.3 vortec and brand new 4l60e tranny, can I just swap it into the 95 without problems as 95 is a strange year.

 

For a good psi and flow check with electronic diagnosis via a Trany shop runs up too $100
Trany and filter will run about another $50 to $100
But this could save you from a toasted trany in the long run

The change of filter and fluid is not that hard, its the flush and fill that is a pain. The slippage could be just a bad trany filter or too much sludge in the trany. Or it could be the fact that the trany needs a rebuild. Too many ifs without knowing more of when it does slip and how. Again best to get it checked out via computer diagnosis

 

Eh, I bought a 95 Chevy Blazer about a year and a half ago. Good truck, but have had quite a few problems.

1.) Replaced Brake Lines
2.) Replaced Fuel Lines
3.) New radiator
4.) New heater core (after the bastard leaked all over the passenger floor).
5.) New universal joints
6.) The transmission dip-stick likes to rust up -> I'm on my 3rd one.
7.) New ball joints
8.) A front-end alignment

It's my first vehicle, but the 4WD makes up forall the hard worklol.

 

One suggestion I have is separate the Oil and Trany coolers from being in-line with the radiator to external ones. This is what I am doing with mine due to I have read up that these can crack and damage the other components. Current radiator already is leaking into the trany (done before I got it).

So going to measure current and get one w/out the dual coolers. This will also make it easier to install temp gages for Oil and Trany

 

I definitely think that 95 was an oddball year. I have NEVER had a vehicle go over 340,000 miles before this Blazer,in my life! Original Vortec engine, radiatorand original spider assembly. Tranny at 250,000 transfer case at 330,000 and all the usual ball joints, etc., have been replaced. Front brakes are averaging about every50,000 miles. Remote oil lines are starting to seep a littleoil. This95 Blazerowes me nothing. 100,000 miles does not seem like you should need to replace engine and transmission.