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1998 Y87 Firebird
133,000 miles
Automatic Transmission
No longer for sale
The car runs and drives good at the moment but will need some work. I believe the intake manifold gasket is leaking antifreeze into the engine. Last spring my dexicool coolant turned into sludge, so I replaced almost every component of the cooling system: radiator, upper & lower radiator hoses, thermostat, water pump, and I flushed it several times and switched to the green coolant. Recently, my coolant has been disappearing and there have been no signs of it on the ground or on the engine (you can kinda smell it in the air while running). Even after I refill it, it keeps disappearing. So, I believe that to be the intake manifold gasket. I took it to a respectable mechanic nearby and he gave me a quote of about $570 total to fix it.
Aside from the coolant problem, it will also need the A/C serviced, as it recently stopped working. It could be either the compressor, fuse, or just need a recharge; I don't know. Also I got the p1404 code which I believe deals with the EGR valve.
Now, here is what all I've replaced/upgraded: brass headlight gear in driver-side headlight, Polk Audio 6 1/2" speakers in front doors (two way), Diamond Audio mid bass speakers 6 1/2" in sail panels, radiator, water pump, upper & lower radiator hoses, belt, thermostat, custom cold air intake with cone filter, and Trans-go shift for the transmission.
As mentioned above, I recently put the Trans-go shift kit in. The transmission started to throw the p1807 code and I decided to put the shift kit in because it included a valve to replace the worn out one. The car shifts perfectly fine now, no slips or anything and it is nice and firm. By the way, I used the 2nd setting in the kit (2 spacers).
Cosmetically, the car is in pretty good shape. There is only two minor flaws, and that is the tiny crack and scrap on the front left fender and bumper. I recently bumped into someone in the grocery store parking lot. At most I was only doing 2-3mph. The other minor flaw is a small crack in the top part of the dash. Other than that, the paint is in pretty good shape and still shines. I'm very meticulous about my car, I wash and vacuum it about every week or two. The interior has no stains or rips, I took very good care of it.
Maintenance wise, I've keep up with all the oil changes; there has only been a couple of times where I let it go 4k miles before I changed it. The tires were replaced in 2007 and I've rotated and balanced them every 5k miles since then. Other than that, I've taken good care my car; it has never been abused or anything like that.
I'm a broke college student and I'm running out of time and money to fix it. I hate to let the car go, I'm the second owner and I have owned it for 3 years now. I don't know what is really a fair price for it but I know the forum rules require a price, so I will just say $3000 obo.
As I said before, the car runs and drives fine (idles good and no noises) but it will just need some work.
More pics can be found here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/dedbob67...eat=directlink
133,000 miles
Automatic Transmission
No longer for sale
The car runs and drives good at the moment but will need some work. I believe the intake manifold gasket is leaking antifreeze into the engine. Last spring my dexicool coolant turned into sludge, so I replaced almost every component of the cooling system: radiator, upper & lower radiator hoses, thermostat, water pump, and I flushed it several times and switched to the green coolant. Recently, my coolant has been disappearing and there have been no signs of it on the ground or on the engine (you can kinda smell it in the air while running). Even after I refill it, it keeps disappearing. So, I believe that to be the intake manifold gasket. I took it to a respectable mechanic nearby and he gave me a quote of about $570 total to fix it.
Aside from the coolant problem, it will also need the A/C serviced, as it recently stopped working. It could be either the compressor, fuse, or just need a recharge; I don't know. Also I got the p1404 code which I believe deals with the EGR valve.
Now, here is what all I've replaced/upgraded: brass headlight gear in driver-side headlight, Polk Audio 6 1/2" speakers in front doors (two way), Diamond Audio mid bass speakers 6 1/2" in sail panels, radiator, water pump, upper & lower radiator hoses, belt, thermostat, custom cold air intake with cone filter, and Trans-go shift for the transmission.
As mentioned above, I recently put the Trans-go shift kit in. The transmission started to throw the p1807 code and I decided to put the shift kit in because it included a valve to replace the worn out one. The car shifts perfectly fine now, no slips or anything and it is nice and firm. By the way, I used the 2nd setting in the kit (2 spacers).
Cosmetically, the car is in pretty good shape. There is only two minor flaws, and that is the tiny crack and scrap on the front left fender and bumper. I recently bumped into someone in the grocery store parking lot. At most I was only doing 2-3mph. The other minor flaw is a small crack in the top part of the dash. Other than that, the paint is in pretty good shape and still shines. I'm very meticulous about my car, I wash and vacuum it about every week or two. The interior has no stains or rips, I took very good care of it.
Maintenance wise, I've keep up with all the oil changes; there has only been a couple of times where I let it go 4k miles before I changed it. The tires were replaced in 2007 and I've rotated and balanced them every 5k miles since then. Other than that, I've taken good care my car; it has never been abused or anything like that.
I'm a broke college student and I'm running out of time and money to fix it. I hate to let the car go, I'm the second owner and I have owned it for 3 years now. I don't know what is really a fair price for it but I know the forum rules require a price, so I will just say $3000 obo.
As I said before, the car runs and drives fine (idles good and no noises) but it will just need some work.
More pics can be found here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/dedbob67...eat=directlink
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