Co-worker tells me his Daughter's truck puked the transmission. Says it's been sitting in his driveway since February, she joined the Navy, no longer wants or needs the truck.
He wants it gone out of his driveway. Asks if I want it? I ask "how much do you want for it?", he says "nothing, I just want it gone!" I press the issue, he says just bring me a case of beer!
So I figured what the heck. I pick up a few cases of beer and go pick it up. Here are the particulars;
1. 1998 Chevrolet Tahoe.
2. 209,000 miles showing on the odometer.
3. The guy my friend bought it from had a dealer install a crate engine at 159,000 miles.
4. Fresh battery gets it to start, but you have to hold the accelerator pedal down to get it to start.
5. No reverse, second or fourth gears in the transmission.
6. No MILs on the dash, I have not plugged in to look for any other stored codes.
Plan is to get it running a driving, then park my LML during the winter, to try and limit its exposure to road salt.
So far I have $50 into a reman battery, $175 into a known good 4L60E transmission from a 98 Suburban. And the beer money, which all adds up to more than $250, but $250 Hoe just has a ring to it.
My question is the fact that I have to hold down the accelerator to get it to start. What do you guys think, FPR or fuel pump? Once it starts it purrs like a kitten.
He wants it gone out of his driveway. Asks if I want it? I ask "how much do you want for it?", he says "nothing, I just want it gone!" I press the issue, he says just bring me a case of beer!
So I figured what the heck. I pick up a few cases of beer and go pick it up. Here are the particulars;
1. 1998 Chevrolet Tahoe.
2. 209,000 miles showing on the odometer.
3. The guy my friend bought it from had a dealer install a crate engine at 159,000 miles.
4. Fresh battery gets it to start, but you have to hold the accelerator pedal down to get it to start.
5. No reverse, second or fourth gears in the transmission.
6. No MILs on the dash, I have not plugged in to look for any other stored codes.
Plan is to get it running a driving, then park my LML during the winter, to try and limit its exposure to road salt.
So far I have $50 into a reman battery, $175 into a known good 4L60E transmission from a 98 Suburban. And the beer money, which all adds up to more than $250, but $250 Hoe just has a ring to it.
My question is the fact that I have to hold down the accelerator to get it to start. What do you guys think, FPR or fuel pump? Once it starts it purrs like a kitten.
:hehe: Nice buy!
