1986 FJ60 pre-purchase questions

[BigGun J]

Exhaust Leak

I am in the process of reserecting a 85. It is a major pain in the A## just to get to the exhaust manifold. One day to mark all the hoses. The other to "liquid wrench" and remove the manifold. of course mine is not flat. Plus I have been working on trying to remove the pan "a lot of great advise in search" be patient and prepaired to work on it. If you do not plan on working on it. I could not imagine paying someone to do all the needed maintenance items on a 20 year old rig. Unless you have alot of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Good luck. Jim

 

[Blurr]

I am in the process of reserecting a 85. It is a major pain in the A## just to get to the exhaust manifold. One day to mark all the hoses. The other to "liquid wrench" and remove the manifold. of course mine is not flat. Plus I have been working on trying to remove the pan "a lot of great advise in search" be patient and prepaired to work on it. If you do not plan on working on it. I could not imagine paying someone to do all the needed maintenance items on a 20 year old rig. Unless you have alot of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Good luck. Jim

that's the thing, i have to find an FJ60 that is basically turkkey mechanically as it will be my daily driver (24 miles round trip to work). once i find out if it passes smog, i'll see where i am at in the decision process.

 

[Pluton]

How do I determine if the springs are bad?

If you live in the city, try driving up and down a standard street-curb at moderate speed(around 5 mph?), also those short, steep parking lot speed-bumps are good. If the axle bottoms out into the bump stops then the springs have sagged flatter than you'll be happy with. Most OE springs on FJ 60's are sagged out at this point in time, just from age, and need to be replaced.

 

[High Desert]

There will be another one. offer him $1500 for this one. Keep looking unless, your just wanting to chase rust and spend $ to get it up to being worth what your' pay for a rust free one $5-10K.

Just what I'd do...Have owned 3, 60 series, would walk away from any form of rust except for a parts rig. Living on the west coast there are just too many rust free rigs out there...There have been 4 for sale here in Bend in the last 4 months, (non in paper at this time).

 

[Blurr]

There will be another one. offer him $1500 for this one. Keep looking unless, your just wanting to chase rust and spend $ to get it up to being worth what your' pay for a rust free one $5-10K.

Just what I'd do...Have owned 3, 60 series, would walk away from any form of rust except for a parts rig. Living on the west coast there are just too many rust free rigs out there...There have been 4 for sale here in Bend in the last 4 months, (non in paper at this time).

i like this idea. if that exhaust leak is coming from the manifold and it doesn't pass smog, i'll respectfully make a lowball offer. all he can do is say no. like i said earlier, if this FJ60 were any other color than brown, i'd be more excited. you never know, maybe he'll bite and I can spend a good chunk on what i saved on getting the rust taken care of and getting a quality coat of classic Toyota tan paint on it.

 

[AlaskanHerbs]

i think the price is kinda hi, granted i havent seen it.
but there are more and more of these popping up for sale
all the time, especially with gas prices rising. if its what you want then go for it. if youre kinda "iffy" offer him $1500 and be prepared to walk away. dashes are not cheap or easy to replace...
good luck
cheers,
~herb