Post a pic of your car as it sits currently

[TruGreenGAGT]

Originally Posted by bricooper78

and buy my GA

trade ya my taxi for your GA

[bricooper78]

If it were a former pd car, you'd probably be close to a deal already

[TruGreenGAGT]

it is a former PD. its police interceptor on the title white car painted yellow. rubber floor(no carpet) and thee spot light

[Shade2012]

174, 000 on the truck. The rear diff was replaced three years ago with a lower miled one as well.

[bricooper78]

Originally Posted by TruGreenGAGT

it is a former PD. its police interceptor on the title white car painted yellow. rubber floor(no carpet) and thee spot light

someone has a kevlar trunk organizer for 100 bucks up the street from me.... AND the fun little strobes for the roof

[TruGreenGAGT]

Originally Posted by Shade2012

174, 000 on the truck. The rear diff was replaced three years ago with a lower miled one as well.

dam something not right then

Originally Posted by bricooper78

someone has a kevlar trunk organizer for 100 bucks up the street from me.... AND the fun little strobes for the roof

guy in chicago has the plastic molded rear seat for $10

[2000 GT Coupe]

Originally Posted by Shade2012

It's a 99 Silverado K1500

10 bolt, 3.73 ratio.

Local shop just quoted me $1000 after labor. That's if they find one around me. Thats a whole rear end and drive shaft (used).

Originally Posted by TruGreenGAGT

i would find a local junkyard and get the parts and just install yourself cant be too hard if you have basic tools.jacks.stands....oh and this time of year a heated garage

Originally Posted by TruGreenGAGT

that and why they say you needed a new driveshaft when you can just remove the broken U-joint and replace with new from new axle?
did you drag it for a while making it unbalanced??

Originally Posted by Shade2012

Well I'm sure it slamming on the pavement at 60 mph didnt help much.

Ok found several couple different prices, the driveshaft will usually survive have a shop check its balance and if its straight, dont take the dealers word it needs replacing.
ok first near to you, or at least I hope so.

[bricooper78]

Man, that is half tempting... I already have one 200,000 mile ford 5.4, not sure I need another... I actually have to hunt down a drip on the truck tomorrow

[2000 GT Coupe]

Those are sorted by distance from you, they can also be sorted by price, they had them for under 200 even for grade A parts but shipping them could cost a bit.

[Shade2012]

Originally Posted by 2000 GT Coupe

Those are sorted by distance from you, they can also be sorted by price, they had them for under 200 even for grade A parts but shipping them could cost a bit.

Thanks man. I appreciate it. That first one is a about two hours from me. Has high mileage, but I'll see what the shop says here once I get it back home. I trust these guys more than the stealership.

[TruGreenGAGT]

i dont know much about it, but can't you swap out just the gears, and replce the broken u-joint with out swapping the whole axle? to me would seem cheaper and easier. but maybe I'm wrong

[MAC the KNIFE]

walked out of advance auto and saw this! i walked right back inside and said "okay, who has the gto?" spent 10 minutes talking and listening to each other's cars.


grand am's water pump was getting loud. bearings were shot, but it wasn't leaking. but when i pulled it off, i expected water to run out. THE FRIGGIN THING WAS DDDDDRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYY









And the coolant resevoir was empty too. So i'm thinking i've got a coolant leak AGAIN. i put the new pump on and filled it with water and let it idle for 20 minutes. Never saw a drop of water run down the block or drip off of anything. but i do see a trace of oil between the rear head and block.

also, i thought that when i filled the coolant tank up and let the car run, it would pull water out of the tank. But after 20m i unscrewed the lid and coolant shot out the overflow tube.

My temp gauge has been working fine. and i didn't ever get a low coolant warning light like always before. oil looks clean. only put 10k on it since the head gaskets were replaced.

the car sits outside in the grass, so i wouldn't notice a coolant puddle.

[2000 GT Coupe]

Originally Posted by TruGreenGAGT

i dont know much about it, but can't you swap out just the gears, and replce the broken u-joint with out swapping the whole axle? to me would seem cheaper and easier. but maybe I'm wrong

You can, but its not really cheaper. And it sure is not easier. The carrier is an extremely tight fit into the housing it requires a special tool that can actually pushout the side of the diff case, by mm's but still.

Then you have to set the gears exactly if they are out it will screw up your entire rear end.

[TruGreenGAGT]

Originally Posted by 2000 GT Coupe

You can, but its not really cheaper. And it sure is not easier. The carrier is an extremely tight fit into the housing it requires a special tool that can actually pushout the side of the diff case, by mm's but still.

Then you have to set the gears exactly if they are out it will screw up your entire rear end.

never messed with a rwd diff. so now i know thanks

[bricooper78]

uncle had his rear gear swapped in his mustang, think it was around a grand when he had it done, but i didn't pay a lot of attention to his story

[TruGreenGAGT]

i helped my uncle swap the rear axle in his 66 stang, upgraded to a 9in with disc brakes
was farely easy

[2000 GT Coupe]

Originally Posted by TruGreenGAGT

i helped my uncle swap the rear axle in his 66 stang, upgraded to a 9in with disc brakes
was farely easy

That was the entire rear from one disc to the other? because the entire housing in this case is

[2000 GT Coupe]

If you mean all the gears inside like this



as you can see that ring gear is damn near the size of the housing.

[TruGreenGAGT]

no sorry the rear diff was 9in gears we swapped the whole axle, got from a donor lincoln i think

[ItsMeScottG]

Originally Posted by MAC the KNIFE

walked out of advance auto and saw this! i walked right back inside and said "okay, who has the gto?" spent 10 minutes talking and listening to each other's cars.


grand am's water pump was getting loud. bearings were shot, but it wasn't leaking. but when i pulled it off, i expected water to run out. THE FRIGGIN THING WAS DDDDDRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYY









And the coolant resevoir was empty too. So i'm thinking i've got a coolant leak AGAIN. i put the new pump on and filled it with water and let it idle for 20 minutes. Never saw a drop of water run down the block or drip off of anything. but i do see a trace of oil between the rear head and block.

also, i thought that when i filled the coolant tank up and let the car run, it would pull water out of the tank. But after 20m i unscrewed the lid and coolant shot out the overflow tube.

My temp gauge has been working fine. and i didn't ever get a low coolant warning light like always before. oil looks clean. only put 10k on it since the head gaskets were replaced.

the car sits outside in the grass, so i wouldn't notice a coolant puddle.

That's the car I want!!! 05-06 GTO