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I did. It was a little rougher than I wanted - condensation/leaking on the sunroof, rockers starting to bubble, oil everywhere in the engine bay, massive exhaust leaks, and apparently the lockers didn’t work unless you did Figure-8s (good luck with that if you need them on a trail). It was...

I’m going to look at this K294 today. It’s hard to figure out why it hasn’t sold in 3 weeks given it has the coveted factory lockers. It does have nearly 360k on the (afaik) original head gasket, but the knuckles were done back in 2022. https://www.facebook.com/share/18VY22aGa8/?mibextid=79PoIi

Not sure on that.

My main concern at this point is the tires being mismatched front to back, with Yokohama mats on the front and nearly-new Nitto ATs on the back. They’re both 285s, but would it be enough of a difference in size to cause issues with the running gear?

I went to look at a 98 Hundo this morning - it had nearly 300k miles but started right up and purred like a kitten. Temps barely got over 180f on the highway. It didn’t steer like a barge like other 100s I’ve driven - lots of recent maintenance with OEM parts (see description attached below)...

I am looking for one yea. I was just wondering if anyone had happened to do a test while it was in for maintenance. No worries though.

With respect, if someone is paying that much for a vehicle that age that is known for sometimes-sneaky head issues at that mileage, they're gonna want a lot of assurance. Good luck with the sale though, I'm not saying the price isn't worth it for how clean it is.

Looks clean. Have you done a compression test recently by chance?

Is this one overpriced? The miles are on the high side, but the maintenance history is solid, it stayed up and ran strong, and the interior was very clean with newly surfaced seats. It looked like the heater hoses were new as well. @sr5pickup this is the same one that was sold a couple years...

These are posted at a local car lot, and have been sitting for months.. stuff just isn’t selling right now. Cruiserheads will hype up their value online, but if you ask if they wanna buy one, it’s always “I already have one,” or “I have too many projects.” I feel like everyone who wanted one...

Yea they all looked ok as far as I could tell. I also installed new NGK wires which made no difference. It seemed highly unlikely all three plugs or coils would all fail at the same time in any case.

I’m having a similar issue on my 5VZ (mods delete of not allowed). The misfire is randomised, then also on cylinders 2, 4, and 6. My mechanic said it was a timing issue, but I’m confused why the misfire would be on only one side oof the whole timing belt skipped? Any more idea on what could...

I see what you’re saying, but the build quality and robustness of the Cruiser is such that you don’t get as many “ticky tacky” issues like driveshafts, axles, etc. IME the main thing is just keeping up with leaks and replacing hoses before they bust.

The thing is they limp really well. Their design is so robust that they’ll keep trucking where the equivalent IFS Tacoma would be stopped in its tracks. I bought a similar 97 for around 6k with well over 200k miles, and all I really had to do was fix some leaking heater hoses. I only traded it...

I tried to sell mine in similar condition a few years ago, and the best offers I got were around 6k, like you said. You wouldn’t think 2 grand would make that much of a difference, since it’s kind of a drop in the bucket compared to what you’ll probably end up spending on it, but it does. The...