My 2001 Tahoe LQ4 swap saga (lots of pics) - Page 9

1998ta__1991rs · 10-26-2011, 04:33 PM

warrenty work is warrenty work, doesnt matter which dealership does it, sounds like they found somthing that could have been the tech's fault

yota · 10-26-2011, 04:36 PM

i dont mind them doing the work, just the lack of communication in what is actually going on with it... i would think that moving my truck from columbia to charleston would be worthy of at least a phone call letting me know...

PapaBear · 10-26-2011, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by 1998ta__1991rs

warrenty work is warrenty work, doesnt matter which dealership does it, sounds like they found somthing that could have been the tech's fault

Didn't think of that. That would suck for sure.

Which service writer at Crews are you dealing with?

yota · 10-26-2011, 04:41 PM

original deal was through david... last people i talked to were the service director (forgot his name but was necessary to get folks working in the right direction) and mark, the service manager...

yota · 11-26-2011, 05:32 PM

i guess for now the saga is mostly over with... just got back home up here in new york from a long couple days of traveling and stuffing my face with turkey... thanks to all who have helped, or offered help, throughout this whole ordeal and especially to rob and his brother for hooking me up and making it super easy to get on the road back home- y'all rock, period... now, to get my hearing back after cruising ~1000 miles at 2500+ rpms with my new exhaust additions lol

MonteC · 11-26-2011, 06:55 PM

awesome. Glad we could help.

yota · 12-05-2011, 06:08 PM

if it's not one thing it's another... now i am getting another misfire- to the point that the CEL is blinking while driving and it's running like shit again... at least there's no strange noises and oil pressure is good! hoping it's something simple like wires or a single coil... oh well, i guess it'll be going back into the shop tomorrow to get fixed, again... this just sucks because of christmas and all the money i've already spent on this thing lately and this repair bill will have to come out of money i was saving for a tune

Matts94Z28 · 12-05-2011, 06:55 PM

I'm expecting a fs thread soon.

Hope you get it fixed!

ShawnBoyMoody · 12-05-2011, 08:06 PM

Should it not be under warranty?

yota · 12-05-2011, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by ShawnBoyMoody

Should it not be under warranty?

depends on what the issue is... not sure if i can get parts that had nothing to do with the long block warrantied... i will see after they figure out what's wrong with it though

yota · 12-06-2011, 06:20 PM

just dropped it off at a local guy up here about 10 minutes from my house in NY... he is diagnosing the misfire for me and as long as it's not mechanical in nature and tied to the engine itself, he will be fixing it as well as doing a full dyno tune for the converter, headers, etc... at this point, i really think that i just have a coil that has gone bad (at 200k miles- not surprising...) hopefully i can kill all the gremlins with one stone this time and be done with it... i should have the diagnosis this week and tuning will take place next week... after that, we'll see what happens... he has a beautiful black silvy ss with a mildly built lq9 and a centrifugal blower with only about 55k on it sitting in his garage for sale... iirc he said it made about 450 at the wheels at 5psi (detuned from 12psi for "economy" and to be a driver) it's the truck i want and the price is awesome, i'm just not sure if i'm ready to make the leap or if i want to continue punishing myself with this tahoe...

1998ta__1991rs · 12-06-2011, 07:17 PM

buy the truck

Matts94Z28 · 12-06-2011, 07:26 PM

Buy it!

yota · 12-06-2011, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by 1998ta__1991rs

buy the truck

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Originally Posted by Matts94Z28

Buy it!

give me $10k for the tahoe and i will buy it tomorrow

he's only asking $17k for it as it sits and kbb puts that truck at close to $25k private party value... it doesnt sound like the truck is really being marketed/advertised at the moment, it's just sitting in his garage... maybe if it's still around by late spring

Sean · 12-06-2011, 09:41 PM

Your Tahoe sounds like a certain red Camaro that I know of.

Matts94Z28 · 12-06-2011, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Sean

Your Tahoe sounds like a certain red Camaro that I know of.

Exactly why I sold it!

Sean · 12-06-2011, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Matts94Z28

Exactly why I sold it!

Damn debil!

yota · 12-12-2011, 11:12 PM

2 of the plug wires were melted through... dumbass at crews chevy routed the wires wrong around the headers, exposing the wire to the primaries and rendering my kevlar sleeves useless... i never even thought to check it... it is fixed and tuned now finally and i should be picking it up either wednesday or thursday... tuner says it runs/drives 100% better than it did when i dropped it off to him- we'll see... i'm excited though

i also found out that the converter i have is a non-lockup converter... i'm not entirely sure what that means but i was told that you cant get accurate dyno numbers without being able to lock the converter... i'll run it for now, but i see a new converter going in at some point... still, i got the converter for $150 so i can't complain too much...

MonteC · 12-12-2011, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by yota

2 of the plug wires were melted through... dumbass at crews chevy routed the wires wrong around the headers, exposing the wire to the primaries and rendering my kevlar sleeves useless... i never even thought to check it... it is fixed and tuned now finally and i should be picking it up either wednesday or thursday... tuner says it runs/drives 100% better than it did when i dropped it off to him- we'll see... i'm excited though

i also found out that the converter i have is a non-lockup converter... i'm not entirely sure what that means but i was told that you cant get accurate dyno numbers without being able to lock the converter... i'll run it for now, but i see a new converter going in at some point... still, i got the converter for $150 so i can't complain too much...

Ugh that sucks. Terrible gas mileage and the transmission is going to run hotter. You can have that converter reworked with a clutch.

yota · 12-12-2011, 11:57 PM

i got 15 mpg on the way up from charleston, untuned so i'm not too worried about that, and i'm betting that it will be a little bit better after the tune... i will probably add a trans cooler soon though for peace of mind until i decide if i want to swap the converter or have it re-worked with a lock up clutch... another option would be the 4.2 trailblazer converter... i dont want to go all out on a custom converter just yet until i start planning the big stuff next year

we'll see, but for now, i just want to drive my truck for more than a week and enjoy it

10-26-2011, 04:33 PM	#161
1998ta__1991rs Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: West Ash Posts: 4,283	warrenty work is warrenty work, doesnt matter which dealership does it, sounds like they found somthing that could have been the tech's fault __________________ Funny

10-26-2011, 04:36 PM	#162
yota Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Va Posts: 1,049	i dont mind them doing the work, just the lack of communication in what is actually going on with it... i would think that moving my truck from columbia to charleston would be worthy of at least a phone call letting me know... __________________ 1999 Trans Am 2007.5 Dodge Mega Cab Cummins

10-26-2011, 04:41 PM	#164
yota Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Va Posts: 1,049	original deal was through david... last people i talked to were the service director (forgot his name but was necessary to get folks working in the right direction) and mark, the service manager... __________________ 1999 Trans Am 2007.5 Dodge Mega Cab Cummins

11-26-2011, 05:32 PM	#165
yota Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Va Posts: 1,049	i guess for now the saga is mostly over with... just got back home up here in new york from a long couple days of traveling and stuffing my face with turkey... thanks to all who have helped, or offered help, throughout this whole ordeal and especially to rob and his brother for hooking me up and making it super easy to get on the road back home- y'all rock, period... now, to get my hearing back after cruising ~1000 miles at 2500+ rpms with my new exhaust additions lol __________________ 1999 Trans Am 2007.5 Dodge Mega Cab Cummins

11-26-2011, 06:55 PM	#166
MonteC Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Summerville Posts: 4,431	awesome. Glad we could help. __________________ Griffin Transmission -Home of the most badassest Monte Carlo- Cell: 843-276-0554 Shop: 843-793-4607 04 RSX 06 Ridgeline 86 Monte Carlo

12-05-2011, 06:08 PM	#167
yota Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Va Posts: 1,049	if it's not one thing it's another... now i am getting another misfire- to the point that the CEL is blinking while driving and it's running like shit again... at least there's no strange noises and oil pressure is good! hoping it's something simple like wires or a single coil... oh well, i guess it'll be going back into the shop tomorrow to get fixed, again... this just sucks because of christmas and all the money i've already spent on this thing lately and this repair bill will have to come out of money i was saving for a tune __________________ 1999 Trans Am 2007.5 Dodge Mega Cab Cummins

12-05-2011, 06:55 PM	#168
Matts94Z28 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Summerville Posts: 12,039	I'm expecting a fs thread soon. Hope you get it fixed! __________________ Charleston Performance Solutions 4560 Rivers Ave. N. Charleston SC 29405 843-225-1142 https://www.facebook.com/CharlestonPerformanceSolutions www.facebook.com/Selepack

12-05-2011, 08:06 PM	#169
ShawnBoyMoody Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: In the lab.... Posts: 8,159	Should it not be under warranty? __________________ The Krusty Koupe "Luck favors the oblivious, and boy am I lucky!"

12-06-2011, 06:20 PM	#171
yota Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Va Posts: 1,049	just dropped it off at a local guy up here about 10 minutes from my house in NY... he is diagnosing the misfire for me and as long as it's not mechanical in nature and tied to the engine itself, he will be fixing it as well as doing a full dyno tune for the converter, headers, etc... at this point, i really think that i just have a coil that has gone bad (at 200k miles- not surprising...) hopefully i can kill all the gremlins with one stone this time and be done with it... i should have the diagnosis this week and tuning will take place next week... after that, we'll see what happens... he has a beautiful black silvy ss with a mildly built lq9 and a centrifugal blower with only about 55k on it sitting in his garage for sale... iirc he said it made about 450 at the wheels at 5psi (detuned from 12psi for "economy" and to be a driver) it's the truck i want and the price is awesome, i'm just not sure if i'm ready to make the leap or if i want to continue punishing myself with this tahoe... __________________ 1999 Trans Am 2007.5 Dodge Mega Cab Cummins

12-06-2011, 07:17 PM	#172
1998ta__1991rs Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: West Ash Posts: 4,283	buy the truck __________________ Funny

12-06-2011, 07:26 PM	#173
Matts94Z28 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Summerville Posts: 12,039	Buy it! __________________ Charleston Performance Solutions 4560 Rivers Ave. N. Charleston SC 29405 843-225-1142 https://www.facebook.com/CharlestonPerformanceSolutions www.facebook.com/Selepack

12-06-2011, 09:41 PM	#175
Sean Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 918	Your Tahoe sounds like a certain red Camaro that I know of. __________________

12-12-2011, 11:12 PM	#178
yota Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Va Posts: 1,049	2 of the plug wires were melted through... dumbass at crews chevy routed the wires wrong around the headers, exposing the wire to the primaries and rendering my kevlar sleeves useless... i never even thought to check it... it is fixed and tuned now finally and i should be picking it up either wednesday or thursday... tuner says it runs/drives 100% better than it did when i dropped it off to him- we'll see... i'm excited though i also found out that the converter i have is a non-lockup converter... i'm not entirely sure what that means but i was told that you cant get accurate dyno numbers without being able to lock the converter... i'll run it for now, but i see a new converter going in at some point... still, i got the converter for $150 so i can't complain too much... __________________ 1999 Trans Am 2007.5 Dodge Mega Cab Cummins

12-12-2011, 11:57 PM	#180
yota Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Va Posts: 1,049	i got 15 mpg on the way up from charleston, untuned so i'm not too worried about that, and i'm betting that it will be a little bit better after the tune... i will probably add a trans cooler soon though for peace of mind until i decide if i want to swap the converter or have it re-worked with a lock up clutch... another option would be the 4.2 trailblazer converter... i dont want to go all out on a custom converter just yet until i start planning the big stuff next year we'll see, but for now, i just want to drive my truck for more than a week and enjoy it __________________ 1999 Trans Am 2007.5 Dodge Mega Cab Cummins