Never happened to me personally.
Folks started asking, so I just tried to state what MY point of view is based on my research here and elsewhere and then how I came to my personal decision. I don't want to worry about it and I have budgeted for it and so I will get it done and move on...
There are a lot of good threads to help develop an opinion. For clarity, from what I gather, they rarely catastrophicly let go. It's some kind of small sign that you could limp home on if local.
Another point is to apparently be careful doing a compression check or fluid flush bc these things...
Let me put it this way: they all had ~200-210k miles on them and none of them had documented head gasket changes. So I could get a $16k rig that was admittedly nicer, but still be looking at the same expensive maintenance requirements as the $9k rig I bought. The key is that is there was no...
New owner of an FZJ80.
1997 Collectors Edition. 212,000 miles.
Pros: Zero rust, overall solid body and drivetrain. Good glass. New suspension. Decent 305 BFG ATs (worthless spare on factory aluminum wheel). No leaks that I can find right now, and it has rained pretty hard on it. Most all...