Sold my FJ-60 today with 201k miles for $3800. I was hoping to get more but there wasn't much interest in it around here (Niceville, FL).
It looks good and runs great but I think a lot of young people were turned off by the 4-speed transmission, as in they don't know how to drive one. Anyway, it was a great truck and never let me down. In the eight years I owned it I bought new tires and had a brake job done when I first bought it. The carburator went bad and I replaced that with a rebuilt one. The smog pump scared the hell out of me one day when it started making this loud tapping sound (I was sure the engine had finally given out) Imagine my relief when I discovered it was only the bearings in the smog pump---new pump=$68.89. Another time it started running rough and had no power. Further investigation revealed no compression in two adjacent cylinders. Blown head gasket. I fixed it myself and it ran great to this day. I paid $5500 for this truck in !999 and sold it today for $3800. According to my calculations it cost me $212.50 a year to own this truck---that's 58.22 cents a day. Just another testament to the Land Cruiser legacy. Here's a tip for all you FJ-60 owner's----They run better and stronger with premium gas.
It looks good and runs great but I think a lot of young people were turned off by the 4-speed transmission, as in they don't know how to drive one. Anyway, it was a great truck and never let me down. In the eight years I owned it I bought new tires and had a brake job done when I first bought it. The carburator went bad and I replaced that with a rebuilt one. The smog pump scared the hell out of me one day when it started making this loud tapping sound (I was sure the engine had finally given out) Imagine my relief when I discovered it was only the bearings in the smog pump---new pump=$68.89. Another time it started running rough and had no power. Further investigation revealed no compression in two adjacent cylinders. Blown head gasket. I fixed it myself and it ran great to this day. I paid $5500 for this truck in !999 and sold it today for $3800. According to my calculations it cost me $212.50 a year to own this truck---that's 58.22 cents a day. Just another testament to the Land Cruiser legacy. Here's a tip for all you FJ-60 owner's----They run better and stronger with premium gas.