Electrical troubles in 98 camaro ls1 a4
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Electrical troubles in 98 camaro ls1 a4 sorry, im new to this board and do not know exactly where to put this post.
heres the skinny. my brother picked up a 98 ls1/a4 camaro about 6 months ago that was listed locally in the autotrader. immediatly after he got it, within 1k miles, the tranny started slipping in 3rd. i thought he had abused it, which he might have. so he babied it for a bit untill it lost all forward momentum. i went and got a used 4l60e and converter from a 12k mile ls1 truck, and he and a buddy put it in, converted the bits that needed to be, and cleaned out the cooler lines etc... that lasted about 1k miles untill it repeated the process.
part 2, sorry for the long post.
take the car to a trusted tranny shop. he diagnoses and tells us its just abuse. which we didnt buy. so he rebuilds the tranny for a hefty price, using "blue" clutches. get the car back, it drives great. lasts about 1k miles and we take it back. he says abuse again and we argue for a bit, he agrees to rebuild again for free. same deal again. it goes out after 500 miles.
he sends us to an electrical specialist shop, and they say that the wires that provide ground to the air flow meter are ripped and were previously repaired. and says he wont touch it without being able to install a new harness, and quotes $1500 for parts and labor because he has to remove the lower crossmember and exhaust manifolds??
so after that long post here is my question.
Does that make any sense? i dont understand why a maf harness would break a tranny like that. please help, the car isnt worth anything like this and my brother has a 5k note left on it.
heres the skinny. my brother picked up a 98 ls1/a4 camaro about 6 months ago that was listed locally in the autotrader. immediatly after he got it, within 1k miles, the tranny started slipping in 3rd. i thought he had abused it, which he might have. so he babied it for a bit untill it lost all forward momentum. i went and got a used 4l60e and converter from a 12k mile ls1 truck, and he and a buddy put it in, converted the bits that needed to be, and cleaned out the cooler lines etc... that lasted about 1k miles untill it repeated the process.
part 2, sorry for the long post.
take the car to a trusted tranny shop. he diagnoses and tells us its just abuse. which we didnt buy. so he rebuilds the tranny for a hefty price, using "blue" clutches. get the car back, it drives great. lasts about 1k miles and we take it back. he says abuse again and we argue for a bit, he agrees to rebuild again for free. same deal again. it goes out after 500 miles.
he sends us to an electrical specialist shop, and they say that the wires that provide ground to the air flow meter are ripped and were previously repaired. and says he wont touch it without being able to install a new harness, and quotes $1500 for parts and labor because he has to remove the lower crossmember and exhaust manifolds??
so after that long post here is my question.
Does that make any sense? i dont understand why a maf harness would break a tranny like that. please help, the car isnt worth anything like this and my brother has a 5k note left on it.
