Short side story on life lately for the folks who enjoy my posts and content.
My 03 trailblazer if anyone remembers had a good stout built 4L60e in it that I built.
It had an electrical pass thru connector leak like a year or two after the build, so I dropped the pan like hours before a beach trip to fix it (bad idea) and caused it leak enough on the way to the beach it hurt the converter and 4th
That was like June of this year and fast fwd to about 2 months ago, it started slipped 4th eventually. I pulled it, took it to WHO I THOUGHT was a reputable builder friend, he refreshed it for me because I didnt want to this time, charged me 1100, and it broke the front pump IMMEDIATELY upon turning it on.
Took it back out, brought it to him again, 1 week later he "fixes it" after i both supplied a new pump AND machined it.
That trans lasted about 1 month with a bunch of violent shifting, and finally **** the bed about a week or two ago.
I got pissed, and gave up on it for now ..... so I began looking for another daily beater.
Found a bunch of good leads on marketplace, including a 03 singl3 cab silverado s c h l o n g bed 4.3 v6 , a 01 ssei with a cyl 4 misfire, and a Honda civic with a manual trans that wouldnt crank with the key but would clutch dump start.
The 03 silverado had a broken steering wheel, broke passenger door, flaring 3rd gear and leaking rear main on the 4.3 , smelled heavily of g a n j a lol. I had to let it go. The sliding 3rd only get worse from there on a 60e. .... while in charlotte I tried the ssei...... went and looked at it and pretty much loved it immediately. Ive always wanted one.
So I got the 01 Pontiac bonneville SSEI today with the higher output s/c 3800 or whatever. 4T65e-HD trans. Fully loaded interior with all the luxuries. Dual climate control, power seats with presets, power windows, sunroof, HUD (wow), traction control mode, a nice stereo head... yea its not too bad in there. I loved it. But when he pulled up it was misfiring so badly on 4 you could pull the 4 plug wire and it wouldnt change anything lol. The motor was jerking at idle, but I decided to test drive it with hptuners in my lap, and see what it could do.
It built some boost misfiring, has 65psi of oil pressure, the trans is nice and firm in 3rd or on the converter. Owner was a kid. Scared to death of me and my 1911 on my side. Very polite, seemed very honest about it. I didnt get any bad vibes.
He said the head gaskets were replaced, it had the misfire on 4, and it had some bad fuse that might be leeching power related to the turn signals.
Cars got 126 on the clock, and it drives and runs great.
I bought it, and took the gamble. I drove it to oreilly while my buddy followed me, and probably spent 2 hours in the parking lot going in and out of the store buying tools or loaning them as needed so I could change the sparkplug wire, sparkplug, and coil for cylinder 4. As well as fixing a MASSIVE vacuum leak on the blower for the crank case ventilation manifold.
Misfire was solved, and I drove it an hour home down hwy 85 running 75 mph on the converter.
Blower sounds like its got rocks in it (plastic coupling ring that costs 20$), and all the plugs and plug wires are OEM, and some misfire when you give it the beans.
I intend on doing a full tune up and fluid change on the components, and maybe tuning the transmission a little, and enjoying this thing.
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