ssei trans swap to sle

[blackbonney]

New member here. Daily driver is the SLE. Just bought a 2000 SSEI with a bad head gasket for $200 that I'm using as a parts car. No problems right now but when the time comes, can I replace my non-HD trans from SLE with the HD trans from the SSEI? It looks like just about every part can be swapped over as needed. Any parts that can not? Thanks, Tim

[MKMike]

Welcome to the forum!
One thread to not miss is the Common Problems thread
http://www.pontiacbonnevilleclub.com/fo ... 25362.html

It is very doubtful that the head gasket blew on the SSEi.
The lower intake manifold gaskets are what fail 99 times out of 100.
On my 5 Bonnevilles, not one has the original lower intake manifold gasket--every single one had the LIM gaskets fail.

$200 was a great price. The tires alone are worth more than that if they're in good shape.

As for the swap question, look here:
http://www.pontiacbonnevilleclub.com/fo ... hilit=ssei trans to sle#p461875

[blackbonney]

Thanks. One of the 4 tires has a leak but I got it for the wheels. I hate to strip it for parts but I already have enough projects and toys to work on. Would consider selling the SLE to fix up the SSEI but my SLE is too nice to let go. Got it 2 years ago with 83k on the clock for $3500. Doesn't even have the rust below the gas cap. Thanks for the links.

[MKMike]

You're welcome.
I hear you with too many projects...it's a much better feeling to complete something than to look at a bunch of got to do's.
Your SLE sounds super nice.

You can post pics here:
http://www.pontiacbonnevilleclub.com/fo ... nd-videos/