Picking up a new ride this week and I would rather sell the LS then trade it in. Here are some important details about the car
-160k miles
-V8
-New tires all around 95% left. Matching Set
-New transmission (about 5k miles) (paid $3400)
-leather is in great shape
-Body is in great shape...
I would also, open up the fuse covers in under the hood and trunk and get some compressed air in there to blow out all the fuses. You definitely want to act quick.
02 LS V8
Lately, on startup it takes a bit long to get running. Once running I get a fuel smell and a little smoke. If I turn the key and wait about 2 seconds to start its not so bad. If I go on a short trip its a b*tch to restart. Any clues? I've seen posts on the PCV, Leaky injectors, Coils...
Ask him to itemize what he's replacing and tell him you want all your old parts back (cores excluded of course). When I told my tranny guy that, he had no problem and laid out all the parts that came out on a bench to show my one by one. I went to an AAmco by me that did a tranny for another one...
yea but I've replaced every buggy part on the LS and despite the tranny issue, the car is pretty mint and has been paid off form many years. $2800 is a drop in the bucket compared to another car payment.
JUST went through this yesterday. Turns out a rivet on the heat shield failed. A drill bit, an 8mm bolt/nut/lockwasher and 10 extra minutes...problem solved (along with the brake job lol)
I had a creaking noise that progressively got worse in my '02. While the wife was driving the upper ball joint separated from the upper control arm. Luckily it broke while she was literally 50' from the driveway going slow. At higher speed it would have been WAY worse. I ended up changing both...
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