Hi guys, Pontiac Trans Sport owners!
I'm new to the forum and decided to register because I saw loads of great info and friendly people helping out.
Long story short, I was looking for a cheap some kind of a van, to carry my garage stuff, maybe my family, or family stuff or all together and so on.
Wanted something with a bigger petrol engine sounding nice also, so found this 1993 3.8 TransSport for only 350euro with a valid technical inspection for almost two years (makes the car road legal in my country), so I can drive around with it dealing my stuff carying, also fixing it up on my free time to get ready for the next technical inspection (hope I'm keeping it and fixing, not selling it, because of some deadly expensive fixing prices). I'm kinda handy, doing lots of the work on car my self, so the costs goes only on parts (mostly). Hope I can keep it up with this Pontiac.
So probably because I got it so cheap, there are some problems. The question is what could the reason of the problem be, how much hand-hours it takes to fix, and is it expensive? Hope you guys can help me up a bit with hints and info.
So here we go:
1. The transaxle vibration, when it engages to torque converter (as I understand that is the last gear, because I can feel when you drive on straight road, the rpm drops, the gear shifts to the last one, and then the vibration starts). The vibration is really big, everything starts shaking, like you would be driving on a non asphalted road, or with lots of deep but small holes in line with the wheels. Some times it depends on the speed, the vibration might be not that bad or even bigger, but it is still there. Is it a sign that the trans axle is dying or it is possible to fix some how not so expensive?
That's it for the first time, next problems coming up after solving this one.
And sorry for my English, not my native language!
