Yeah, I'm gonna give it a week or so and if everything goes well, put it on craigslist for sale. I just picked up a 97 GMC Jimmy with 90k on it for $1500 from a friend who was just deployed to Afghanistan so I don't really need the Bonneville anymore. But thanks for all your help. It's much easier ...

It restarted so I went grocery shopping, then picked up my wife from work, and daughter from daycare and the car ran just fine, so I'm declaring it fixed.

I hope I'm not jinxing myself here, but I got the Bonneville started today.

I basically pulled the ICM, backing plate, and bracket out of the engine. Cleaned them all real good, getting off all the corrosion, dirt and grease. Then (after letting them dry) put some di-electric grease in between the ...

Turns out the problem was just bad spark plug cables. It runs great now...except when it doesn't run at all...

So now I'm working on a new issue, hopefully just the ICM...

I looked up that thread, Crash, and there is a lot of good stuff in there.

I've checked both ground busses, both are clean and tight. I've checked all the fuses, including #6 and all the ones under the hood and in the passenger footwell and all are good. I felt up the wires running back along the ...

yeah, i checked the ground buss and it's fine. Shiny, no corrosion, hooked solidly together...

...maybe I fried the ICM when I installed it without grease...

So I picked up a used ICM off a running '97 SSE (parts numbers were the same on Rock Auto). As it happens, the car was running when I picked it up from the shop, so I drove it home, and put the used ICM in.

The car wouldn't start.

So I put the original ICM back in and the car fired right up. I ...

I am definitely going to check out the bus, even if it's not causing this specific problem. Thanks for the help.

The crank angle sensor is fine. Fortunately the shop isn't charging me for the time they spent working on that. They put a new ICM in and it works fine now. But they want $220 for the part. I'm wondering how hard it is to replace the ICM myself if I can find a cheaper one?

The shop thinks it's a bad crank angle sensor, but they can't get the pulley off to replace it. They're saying something about a blocked puller bolt hole...

That's an idea, because the windshield surround does leak a little so the driver's floor is often moist...

I was looking at that as a possibility, but in other VATS threads I've got the impression that it won't crank at all if VATS isn't functioning properly.

It's a '93 SSEi.

I just fixed a bad running issue with the car yesterday (bad spark plug wires). The car ran great all day.

This morning (very cold) my wife went to start the car and it wouldn't fire. It cranks fine, but won't fire at all. About an hour later I went down to try and it immediately ...

My wife's 93 SSEi has a number of issues which I've slowly been working through.

A little while ago I noticed it would occasionally hesitate or lose power for just a second while cruising or accelerating. I also noticed it would lose power completely at heavy throttle application (occasionally even ...

It may not be kinked, but chances are the vent tube is plugged, so when you fill the tank, air can't escape, which means fuel can't go in, and the pump thinks the tank full and shuts off. Its almost impossible to find a clog from the outside of the tube. You may have to remove the vent tube and ...

So I recently bought a 93 SSEi for $500 and it needs a few things and I've found a few local part outs on Craigslist (a 92 and 94 SE and a 98 SSEi) and am just wondering about cross year and model compatibility with some parts.

Hood from a 98? Not expecting it to look exactly the same, just ...

Hello everyone.

My name is Aaron. I grew up in northern MN but now live in the northern suburbs of Minneapolis, MN, I'm a truck driver, private pilot, and am a fan of anything with a motor. I attended the University of North Dakota studying Commercial Aviation, then went to the Flinders University ...