Hello everyone, new here!
I've been going back and forth on this forum reading and now finally decided to make an account.
I've purchased a 1997 land cruiser 40th anniversary edition from my old boss over a year ago.
I'm the 3rd owner of it. My old bosses parents gave it to him when he went off to college. His parents were the 2nd owners purchased the vehicle at 26k miles and NEVER took it off roading. My boss and his parents were never car enthusiasts. I still have the title in their name showing the miles when they bought it.
(My old boss is a software engineer freak nerd business owner. So he was never into cars and but kept up with maintenance on it taking it into the shop having it serviced)
The car now has over 300k miles sitting in my garage for over a year untouched.
My old boss sold it because after 300k miles something happened to one of the cylinders, he took it into a shop, they "fixed" it - he drove more for sometime afterwards to have same issue happen again.
He instead purchased a newer 4 runner from his parents and sold his land cruiser to me to not deal with it.
I purched it because I thought I can play around with it in my garage and get it running.
Now I'm no mechanic but I do work on cars when it's more "simple" things (mostly cospemetic). I've never worked on an engine before, so this land cruiser is just sitting in my garage.
A couple weeks ago I put a brand new battery, I tried cranking it, but it BARLEY cranks.
I don't know if the engine is seized or its not supplying the enough power.
I tried jumping it from my ford e350 work van with the same results.
Maybe someone has some recommendations on what I can try doing?
But at this point I'm thinking it needs an engine rebuild or a replacement.
Like I said, I'm not a mechanic but I do want to get into it eventually.
At the moment I'm flooded with school, work and spending time with my wife.
We are planning to move out of state early of 2024 and I won't be able to take the car with me in this stage.
I'm having thoughts of just selling it instead.
The land cruiser has never been modified or off roaded.
There is no rust and it's a straight body with a couple minor fixable dents.
The paint is fading, the interior is decent, has 3rd row seats and still has good tires.
310k+ miles with original engine.
Anyone have have an idea what this car may be worth in this condition?
Or does anyone have an idea what can be done for it to run?
I've been going back and forth on this forum reading and now finally decided to make an account.
I've purchased a 1997 land cruiser 40th anniversary edition from my old boss over a year ago.
I'm the 3rd owner of it. My old bosses parents gave it to him when he went off to college. His parents were the 2nd owners purchased the vehicle at 26k miles and NEVER took it off roading. My boss and his parents were never car enthusiasts. I still have the title in their name showing the miles when they bought it.
(My old boss is a software engineer freak nerd business owner. So he was never into cars and but kept up with maintenance on it taking it into the shop having it serviced)
The car now has over 300k miles sitting in my garage for over a year untouched.
My old boss sold it because after 300k miles something happened to one of the cylinders, he took it into a shop, they "fixed" it - he drove more for sometime afterwards to have same issue happen again.
He instead purchased a newer 4 runner from his parents and sold his land cruiser to me to not deal with it.
I purched it because I thought I can play around with it in my garage and get it running.
Now I'm no mechanic but I do work on cars when it's more "simple" things (mostly cospemetic). I've never worked on an engine before, so this land cruiser is just sitting in my garage.
A couple weeks ago I put a brand new battery, I tried cranking it, but it BARLEY cranks.
I don't know if the engine is seized or its not supplying the enough power.
I tried jumping it from my ford e350 work van with the same results.
Maybe someone has some recommendations on what I can try doing?
But at this point I'm thinking it needs an engine rebuild or a replacement.
Like I said, I'm not a mechanic but I do want to get into it eventually.
At the moment I'm flooded with school, work and spending time with my wife.
We are planning to move out of state early of 2024 and I won't be able to take the car with me in this stage.
I'm having thoughts of just selling it instead.
The land cruiser has never been modified or off roaded.
There is no rust and it's a straight body with a couple minor fixable dents.
The paint is fading, the interior is decent, has 3rd row seats and still has good tires.
310k+ miles with original engine.
Anyone have have an idea what this car may be worth in this condition?
Or does anyone have an idea what can be done for it to run?