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I'm seriously considering downsizing from my Suburban to a 99 Deville now that I have a few less kids around. I'm tired of driving a truck, and looking for a smoother ride with better gas mileage. Can anyone offer any tips on what to check or what to expect in major repairs? I am looking for something in the 25-50K miles range. Thanks! |
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Replying to: joeblack1 (Aug 11, 2007 5:15 pm) 
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Replying to: joeblack1 (Aug 11, 2007 5:15 pm) |
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Replying to: 04cad (Aug 11, 2007 5:54 pm)
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I am thinking about getting a 96 Cadillac Deville with 165,000 on it from a friend of mine. He says that the guy he got it from was driving it 3 days ago and all of a sudden it won't shift into 3rd or overdrive gears. Says the tranny fluid looks good but I think it could be the filter. Does anybody else have any suggestions???
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Replying to: joeblack1 (Aug 12, 2007 4:46 pm) |
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Replying to: cooldude48818 (Aug 15, 2007 8:35 am) It's probably one or both shift solonids inside the tranny. The parts are relatively inexpensive (both should be changed if the repair is made), but the tranny will have to be opened up to get to them. I 'think' the motor does not have to be pulled to get to these. Just opening it up from the bottom, they can be accessed. If it is one of these solonids, it should be setting an error code. This code can be read out and it will point to the solonids. Otherwise, it might be something else. There is a third solonid. Known as 'the $40 part buried $2,000 deep in the tranny'. This one activates the lock-up on the torque converter. A failure on it will set a different error code. The reason it is so expensive - the motor and tranny have to be pulled in order to be able to disassemble the tranny enough to get to this one. Find someone to read the error code, and can tell you what they mean.
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Replying to: bolivar (Aug 15, 2007 11:49 am)
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Replying to: cooldude48818 (Aug 15, 2007 12:08 pm) Look on ebay for a set (2 books) of service manuals. Probably should go for about $50. A new set can be bought at www.helmsinc.com . Factory manuals will cover tranny dis-assembly. P.S. It's a Cadillac. You could spend LOTS of money on it! P.P.S. If you don't know the service history on the car, I would change the coolant. Look at the belts, there is a small one that drives the water pump off the rear of the left cam.
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Replying to: bolivar (Aug 16, 2007 2:39 am) |
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