Yep. At least the drive train seems to be mostly sound.
Even the heater control “motor” that makes the air bow on your feet or defrost, or in your face broke. And it is so close to the structural member attaching the steering and dash to the firewall that you have to MAKE a special tool to get at it.
I bought the part from amazon for only 20 bucks, but the installation is not worth it. It’s stuck on defrost for life.
And the dashboard display stopped working, twice. The first time I paid $75 to get it fixed. The second time I went to a youtube video that showed me a cluster of four diodes that might be the problem. I took mine out and, sure enough, one of them appeared to be a bit of a “cold solder” joint. It is a “low heat” solder joint so I very carefully got the solder to melt and backed off. The dashboard now works.
I found out this problem is so common with 2000’s chevy trucks that if it hasn’t happened to you yet, it almost certainly will.
That is simply not acceptable.
Done.
Ha. Well done.