Just dropping in an introduction. Already posted to an old thread in the GMT360/370 Tech forum on a TCM issue I'm having on my recently acquired 5.3 Envoy XL.
I bought my wife an Atlas powered '06 Trailblazer almost a decade ago and we've enjoyed it thoroughly. I've done extensive maintenance on it, and we've loved the vehicle a lot. It's been our family truckster for vacations to the sunshine state ever since. As my two other personal vehicles (a built 1995 and mostly stock 2001 Corvette) aren't terribly practical for winter driving, I started looking for another GMT 3xx vehicle late last fall, and stumbled across the aforementioned 5.3 powered Envoy XL for a price I simply couldn't pass up.
Obviously it had a bunch of deferred maintenance, which I've been catching up on over the past 5 weeks. New exhaust manifold due to broken exhaust bolts, leaking oil pan, leaking front diff seals, faulty rear HVAC blend actuators, completely discharged refrigerant due to leaking high-side service port, the list goes on. Also no shortage of lazy-pro-mechanic-caused problems.
If I didn't really love how spacious and comfortable these vehicles are I'd have looked for something else, but aside from the rust spots, this one seems to be worth the effort to get back up to snuff.
I bought my wife an Atlas powered '06 Trailblazer almost a decade ago and we've enjoyed it thoroughly. I've done extensive maintenance on it, and we've loved the vehicle a lot. It's been our family truckster for vacations to the sunshine state ever since. As my two other personal vehicles (a built 1995 and mostly stock 2001 Corvette) aren't terribly practical for winter driving, I started looking for another GMT 3xx vehicle late last fall, and stumbled across the aforementioned 5.3 powered Envoy XL for a price I simply couldn't pass up.
Obviously it had a bunch of deferred maintenance, which I've been catching up on over the past 5 weeks. New exhaust manifold due to broken exhaust bolts, leaking oil pan, leaking front diff seals, faulty rear HVAC blend actuators, completely discharged refrigerant due to leaking high-side service port, the list goes on. Also no shortage of lazy-pro-mechanic-caused problems.
If I didn't really love how spacious and comfortable these vehicles are I'd have looked for something else, but aside from the rust spots, this one seems to be worth the effort to get back up to snuff.