Found a sweet deal and picked up my first caddy. Black on black CTS-V (V1), has nav and sunroof.
Day I picked it up, LS2 T-56. Needs a few mechanical issues worked out. Plan is to fix it, drive it a bit and sell it.
Drives really nice actually, I need to keep myself from falling in love and keeping it.
The wheels have some curbing so I’ll probably powder coat them black and murder out the car while I’m at it. Something like this.
LS2?
LS2 T-56
It is grinding 2nd and 3rd, the clutch was just replaced and the throw is very short. I’m thinking the hydraulics might be screwed up a bit and or the syncros need to be done. All the gears are there and they go in without issue if you rev match downshift.
Worse case it’ll need the t-56 rebuilt some.
Weird TR6060’s don’t have that issue
True lol, but again there aren’t as many T-6060’s with 100K miles on them as there are t-56’s.
Not giving excuses, but 3900lbs plus some miles = syncro wear. I’m not saying the t-6060 isn’t better, it is but for the majority I feel the t-56 is a fine transmission.
so chiney mang.
that 'sclade is pretty BOSS, cuz
The other day i was at a red light in the gto, it was about to turn green so i went to put it in 1st, felt like it didnt go in all the way which somtimes happens, so i put it in another gear and tried to go back to first and still no go but light was green, i thought well maybe it was in… But nope lol someone was driving by with his windows down and heard the grind and they laughed and pointed… How embarrassing lol, kinda pissed me off!
I think the hydralics are on their way out, and the clutch grabs a little high, so might be doing those items and hipefully that will take care of it.
Nice pick up, i was debating getting on of those as well but i found the gto and it was priced to sell
Change the clutch fluid and tranny fluid first
I already did the clutch fluid, but yeah definitely need to do the tranny fluid first. Thx for the recommendation
Nice V1. please don’t murder out the lights and grille, these cars look so classy with a clean bright chrome grille and headlights.
I love these cars, wanted one when i bought my g8 but couldn’t find one for a decent price without a million miles. I would also murder out the car…
Nice pickup. These are a super fun, classy DD. Were you able to get service records to see if the rear diff was ever fixed? The stock Getrag in these liked to go boom any time you tried to lay down any power.
^^^^I think this was the other reason i went with G8…
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exactly what does vehicle weight have to do with syncro wear?
The guy who bought my V1 had some clutch issues down the line and topped off the fluid and they all went away. Let me know if you have any questions.
I am partial to clear fogs and accessory wheels.
on a side note, nice fucking escalade. i can’t believe the MSRPs on those.
I dont mind the blacked out look.
