BC72067
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I've had my 96 for 3 weeks now. I decided to take it in and get a full service done since I did not know when the last time it had had one. The mechanic there is a good wrench and I trust his work. Besides I get to pick up the stuff I want and he will use it and I'm only out labor plus what ever I decided to buy for him to use. In this case about $500 in plugs, wires, distributor cap and rotor, filters, and oil.
We drove there yesterday morning about 50 miles from our place and were about an hour early. So we went inside to wait while he finished up on the car he was working on. He came in about a half hour later I handed him the keys and he went out to get started. About 10 minutes after that my wife went out side to have a smoke and he had her come and get me.
He asked me what I new about the car. I told him according to the carfax the dealer had it had had 4 owners and hadn't been wrecked. Then he started pointing out some things on it. The engine, radiator, water pump, ac, all hoses, tie rods and ends, shocks, pretty much everything under the hood was new. You could tell by the putting a little oil off the dip stick on your finger it was no where near needing to be changed. He said it looked like Mobile 1 to him. Everything was new enough it wasn't close to needing to be serviced. He said the only time you see this much new on a front end is when the vehicle has been wrecked and it was all replaced. He said the engine was LT4 probably a rebuild because of the how good a condition it was in. He showed me the signs that the engine was pulled and replaced along with about everything else including the motor mounts.
The rear tires were replaced by the dealer. He was showing me the fronts which are new except for the fact that inside the tread there is dry rot cracks which means the car sat for a long time. So they will need to be replaced. I guess at the end of the day I can say I have a 96 LT4 that has a lot of new stuff on it. Now I would like to know more of the history on what happened that so much of the front end was replaced.
We drove there yesterday morning about 50 miles from our place and were about an hour early. So we went inside to wait while he finished up on the car he was working on. He came in about a half hour later I handed him the keys and he went out to get started. About 10 minutes after that my wife went out side to have a smoke and he had her come and get me.
He asked me what I new about the car. I told him according to the carfax the dealer had it had had 4 owners and hadn't been wrecked. Then he started pointing out some things on it. The engine, radiator, water pump, ac, all hoses, tie rods and ends, shocks, pretty much everything under the hood was new. You could tell by the putting a little oil off the dip stick on your finger it was no where near needing to be changed. He said it looked like Mobile 1 to him. Everything was new enough it wasn't close to needing to be serviced. He said the only time you see this much new on a front end is when the vehicle has been wrecked and it was all replaced. He said the engine was LT4 probably a rebuild because of the how good a condition it was in. He showed me the signs that the engine was pulled and replaced along with about everything else including the motor mounts.
The rear tires were replaced by the dealer. He was showing me the fronts which are new except for the fact that inside the tread there is dry rot cracks which means the car sat for a long time. So they will need to be replaced. I guess at the end of the day I can say I have a 96 LT4 that has a lot of new stuff on it. Now I would like to know more of the history on what happened that so much of the front end was replaced.
