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Old July 19th, 2012, 10:46 AM
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Unhappy 1999 Suburban Nightmare

I recently bought a 1999 chevy suburban with 129,880 miles from A place in Spokane Wa called AUTOCREDIT2 RUBY AND FOOTHILLS DRIVE . My is JonB iam 40 yrs old and iam disabled a bad leg and iam diabetic i walk with a cane .My wife Lanesha and I are on our second baby girl, about three days before my new daughter Joneatta 7lbs 10oz was born we had a 1995 Cadillac Sedan Deville 4d that i bought from a guy on craigslist. Now iam a pretty decent mechanic i payed a $1000 for this lac . the owner wanted $2500.00 he said since was disabled he sell for a $1000.00 cash . I purchased the car . i pumped $796.59 into and was still missing on number four. My wife said "allright i want to ride to the hostpital in comfort. I own three vehicles at the time a 1993 HO 302 Thunderbird, a 1986 AMG Mercedes Benz 190 E 2.6 and a cherry 1973 fully restored cutom tilt frontend chevrolet Chyanne 4x4 pick up on 37 '' toyo and 18'' ballistic black custom wheels. The truck cost me total of $17500.00 worth of parts and my own labor. time to sell the two seater she says. Shes the boss and me girls come first so i sold it. Only got $8500.00 to top it off i went the car lot i metioned when i first started this post and traded the caddy and $4100. for this suburban . Nice all leather smoke grey low mile drove the new born home the hostpital and a week later it blew up . the car lot tuff as is warrnty there is none well give you $400.00 TRADE IN. Well two months later its back on the road . I rebuilt the whole block. dropped my distributor in it started right up but just didnt sound right . My Scanner gives me P1345 DTC It wont go away I have a new Chrankshaft position sensor and it wont time . and the check engine gets cleared and comes back on. Please Help
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You need the right scan tool to set the cam retard to 0 +/-2,you can get a auto xray 6000 that reads cam retard(about $280ish) or find a shop that will set it
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