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Thinking about swapping a low mileage 2013 V-6 engine/ECM/engine harness into a same year V-8 car. The V-8 swallowed an exhaust valve and I presently do not want to invest money into a V-8 rebuild since I already have more Caprices than I need. I have a V-6 car that I picked for a parts car that was...

See my post in about the middle of this thread. I would look at the wiring in the front door rubber boot/bellow. Common on the PPV's to have wiring break in this location.

David C.

I have a 2013 that they cut the speaker wires inside of the rubber boot on the passenger door wiring. I guess it was the easiest place for them to make a splice.

You will have to do some serious looking to locate the open in the knee air bag circuit.

David

I have a couple of cars that have had the same problem with the wires breaking. GM needed to use a wire that has a more flexible wire and insulation material. Had one car have a rear driver side window that would not roll back up. It turned out that the purple wire was broken at the front door under...

I would look for one with the least amount of hours that you can afford. I have picked up two cars that were not used as patrol cars and they are more solid feeling than the ones that have seen everyday patrol usage. They both have around 100,000 miles on them. One has ~3500 and the other has ~4500 ...

Thank for the info on the DOD disabling question.

David C.

From what I have read on other posts about paddle or TUTD mods on 9C1 models, the gear selection is not shown on the DIC, like the 9C3’s do. Guess there is programming that would have to be done on the instrument cluster. Next question, after the mod, will the DOD be locked out, when shifting with p...

The parts list shows a bypass valve at the cooler, which I am guessing is acting like a thermostat. You don't want to overcool the fluid in cold weather.

David

The ticking is probably a cam/lifter problem. I personally would not drive one very far for fear of the lifter turning in the bore and possibly wrecking the block.
I believe someone picked one up with it making a ticking noise and it turned out to be a loose spark plug.

David

The first Caprice I bought was locked up from water damage to the engine. I pulled engine, minus the heads, with the trans still bolted up, from the top. Since I did not know how long it would be before I would get a donor engine or piece the damaged engine back together, I left the ac system still ...