mini rant
 

Well. I sold my blazer saturday. i picked up a 94 gms sonoma ext cab 4.3 from a private party. Well,it needs some work.Just more then i bargained for.


abs/brakes system was bad. which i knew about,and since there was little to no brake pressure i babied it on the test drive. I picked up the whole front brake setup off a 80's s10 today. spent 5 hours installed everything. Got that fixed. good brakes! Spent enough at the dmv to get everything transfered etc. Now i went out to really test drive it. Upon a good wot i found out trans is shot (4l60e) When i floor it the trans screams for mercy and grinds,no shift. and after i discover that tonight 5 min later my temp gauge starts rising. I managed to get it home before it hit red. From the looks for what i could see the block to gasket side of the waterpump let go.

So. i spent what i got for my old blazer,on this. and now ive got 20.00 in my pocket and little work. Im sitting here wondering wtf i can do.

Sup? :icon_handball:

Lemon lawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, I would really go back with that thing man. They clearly did not tell you about everything that was wrong with it. If not, court.

If they gave ya a "as-is" on type of reciept your s.o.l
Sounds like you got a raw deal...sorry man

Unless it was a dealer, I cant really see him getting a receipt.

yep. "as is".


I guess il get rides everywhere for the next few weeks. this'll drive me nuts.

I know a forum with a few guys that know a little about s-series vehicles... ;) Seriously though, sorry about the fixer upper you got, but it'll be sweet in no time!

argh sorry to hear chris....

Time for an 350 with an 700r4 swap?

sure john. lol i got plenty of money on that tree outside lol.

I need to come over to visit this tree you talk about :icon_denk:

I do too. it would be worth the drive.
Wait. when is this money ripe?

Only when the fat lady sings.

So why do all those guys get stickers that say 'no fat chicks?' Seems like a poor money management decision.

Well its a good thing you have this forum.

You can find a junkyard trans for cheap, or maybe someone in the local buy/sell has one that's already out you can buy.

The waterpump leak shouldn't be an issue.

I think with a little looking for a trans, maybe a couple hundred bux, and 10 hours of your time you will be rolling again.

Yea. finding parts isnt the issue. issue is just money etc. I fixed the waterpump and still had a slight overheat issue. to find out it was the stat. So,fixed that. now only the driveline.