Hello again.
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From: Nevada
Hello again. Hello guys and girls, I bought my first ls1 in 1998 in the from of a TransAm. I lived in the Bay Area then and promptly joined a local F body group. First got into drag racing and then switched gears and got into road racing.
I have since.sold the TA but bought a beater formula which will be giving it's drive.train to my 69 Firebird convertible.
The reason joined the group again is because I have 55 Pontiac Chieftain that I will be swapping a 5.3 into it. To that end I bought a 2003 Tahoe as a donor vehicle with a transmission issue. It won't go into 3rd, it just revs up and slips. I bought a filter and gasket kit with two solenoids to see if that would cure it but even after doing the drain and swap and filter and even adding Lucas magic juice and fresh fluid, it still does the same thing.
My options are to have the trans rebuilt (and converted to two wheel drive via a tail shaft kit which I'd have to do anyway), or, I have a 94 camaro with an lt1 and a 4l60e available but I'm reading conflicting Information on weather it will work with the 5.3 or not.
So, after this long winded intro, my question is, will that 94 transmission work or should I have the original rebuilt or should I just buy one off eBay for $1200?
Thanks for listening.
I have since.sold the TA but bought a beater formula which will be giving it's drive.train to my 69 Firebird convertible.
The reason joined the group again is because I have 55 Pontiac Chieftain that I will be swapping a 5.3 into it. To that end I bought a 2003 Tahoe as a donor vehicle with a transmission issue. It won't go into 3rd, it just revs up and slips. I bought a filter and gasket kit with two solenoids to see if that would cure it but even after doing the drain and swap and filter and even adding Lucas magic juice and fresh fluid, it still does the same thing.
My options are to have the trans rebuilt (and converted to two wheel drive via a tail shaft kit which I'd have to do anyway), or, I have a 94 camaro with an lt1 and a 4l60e available but I'm reading conflicting Information on weather it will work with the 5.3 or not.
So, after this long winded intro, my question is, will that 94 transmission work or should I have the original rebuilt or should I just buy one off eBay for $1200?
Thanks for listening.
Last edited by Hugotafel; Jul 14, 2020 at 11:16 AM.
