Used Car Surprises and Gremlins

[Gette]

This would be a book, I will outline it all in a build thread...

[hokeplaya05]

another on about my car, PO had blown the original motor, so he swapped in a long block from a 95 impalla ss and put the camaro top end on it. test drove the car, all was good, bought it, drove home fine (except for a knock that developed on my way home but that is a whole-nother story). drove the car the next day and it started to throw and shred belts and i could not figure out what was causing it. finally when looking down at the accesories from the top i saw that the balancer pulley stuck out about a half inch or so infront of the rest of the accesories. i got the camaro balancer from the guy and put it on, but it was still throwing belts. then i found out the the impalla accesories are offset farther from the engine than the f-bodys. put some washers behind the accesory bracket and it was fixed! dont worry, i only ran it like that for a couple weeks

[Not Dave]

Yikes! Popo has a great one with the red wires. Red is pretty. Don't want to mess up the engine compartment with all those different colored wires.

[Gette]

Gremlins and surprises??? Well I am still finding them. I would refer to my build thread.


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[Neil350]

The T/A the AC Compressor was going out when I got it.

I had an 08 Sierra, got the truck with 8K miles, ran a service history and the motor had been replaced at 3K. DOD lifter collapsed, common problem apparently with the early DOD trucks. Had constant drive shaft issues with it and little problems. Speakers went out, some thing with the heater control panel went out. Never left me standing but just a lot of little issues. Most all fixed under warranty. I put 80K+ plus miles on that truck before trading it on a new F-150. I kinda miss that truck some times, drove really nice and rode smooth.

C6 - Nothing, really. P/O did a Callaway Cold Air and a Borla, that's about it. I did see when I put the MGW that the torque tube was out because a bolt was stripped. Under the service history they replaced a rear main seal on it. Made sense at that point.

[savage388]

When I bought my 94z I did know it was r-titled but I never knew the car had been totalled more than once, and basically ever panel on it has been repaired repleced. The day I got it the drivers window refused to go up, but I soon found out both of the windows leak so that didn't really matter. A week later the muffler decided to literally fall off, then another week after that the car wouldnt start because the fuel pump went out. Jeez now I wonder why ive kept this car for so long...

[dawdaw]

The 05 impala that I just bought had a bad blower motor for the heat and that was it. ..

[Sahara54]

Well, When I bought the WS6 both window motors were shot and a few other odds and ends. I fixed all the issues in about 3 hours but the best part was when I did the window motors. I pulled the drivers switch panel to pull the door panel and found 7 bags of heroin...I instantly tore ever interior panel out searching and making sure nothing was in the car. Thankfully nothing else was found...sheww. My luck would have on the the K9 dogs mark my car while walking into the center during visits. lol. Just another reason I hate that car and it's days are numbered.

[bustedassz28]

Two that come to mind for me is 1) my 99 Tahoe had been sitting forever, brought it home and took the intake manifold off to do gaskets and surprise a chicken bone- damn rats. Next was an 84 15th anniversary Trans am sat outside for years in new jersey, trailered it home, turned on the heater and it sounded like a food processor with marbles in it. I pulled the heater box apart and it had about 5 lbs on acorns in it!- damn squirrels....

[Not Dave]

Gremlins and surprises??? Well I am still finding them. I would refer to my build thread.

Yes, I've read your build thread.

Well, When I bought the WS6 both window motors were shot and a few other odds and ends. I fixed all the issues in about 3 hours but the best part was when I did the window motors. I pulled the drivers switch panel to pull the door panel and found 7 bags of heroin...I instantly tore ever interior panel out searching and making sure nothing was in the car. Thankfully nothing else was found...sheww. My luck would have on the the K9 dogs mark my car while walking into the center during visits. lol. Just another reason I hate that car and it's days are numbered.

That would be a major pain. At least I don't usually have my personal vehicles around my coworkers (some of whom are K9 officers) but you never know. F Body's tend to draw attention. At least mine is clean and in good shape so doesn't get much attention from my brothers in blue.