First off, I don't post in the 100 section because I have 2 '97 80's.
Long story but I live in Alaska and a friend has a '99 up here that hasn't run in about a year. She lives in Las Vegas so can't work on it or give it the attention in needs.
She just asked me if I want to buy it and I'm considering it.
It's a '99 with roughly 235,000 miles. It's got a recent OME lift and newish 33" MT's. Her neighbor up here has tried to get it running but it's been sitting since last summer and now a couple vandals have tried breaking in and have scarred up the drivers door and the grill. From memory the body is pretty clean other than that, I think it's missing a piece of body cladding on one door. I don't know much about it other than that.
She told me that last summer (last time she was up here driving it) it had shut off while she was driving it. Mechanic replaced crank shaft sensor and the problem went away. Then it happened a couple more times and they noticed moisture in the glove box. Thinking moisture was the issue, they bought a used "computer" and had an "electrical mechanic" flash it to their keys and then sent it up here and had their neighbor install it and that didn't work. It tires to turn over but just doesn't start. The neighbor up here has now replaced fuel pump, fuel pump relay, alternator, "main computer", ignition ring, crank shaft sensor, "fuses and all individual relays", and "another sensor, maybe camshaft sensor". She says it sounds like it wants to start but just won't.
So it still sits.
If I do buy it, it will need to be a favorable deal for me because I'm broke. But at the same time, I don't want to low ball them just because they're not up here. But at the same time, it's not running and I have no idea why not. If I don't want it and they can't get it running, they are considering parting it out.
Has anyone on MUD seen these symptoms and knows which direction to point me in? What's it worth running? What's it worth not running?
Thanks,
Rick
Long story but I live in Alaska and a friend has a '99 up here that hasn't run in about a year. She lives in Las Vegas so can't work on it or give it the attention in needs.
She just asked me if I want to buy it and I'm considering it.
It's a '99 with roughly 235,000 miles. It's got a recent OME lift and newish 33" MT's. Her neighbor up here has tried to get it running but it's been sitting since last summer and now a couple vandals have tried breaking in and have scarred up the drivers door and the grill. From memory the body is pretty clean other than that, I think it's missing a piece of body cladding on one door. I don't know much about it other than that.
She told me that last summer (last time she was up here driving it) it had shut off while she was driving it. Mechanic replaced crank shaft sensor and the problem went away. Then it happened a couple more times and they noticed moisture in the glove box. Thinking moisture was the issue, they bought a used "computer" and had an "electrical mechanic" flash it to their keys and then sent it up here and had their neighbor install it and that didn't work. It tires to turn over but just doesn't start. The neighbor up here has now replaced fuel pump, fuel pump relay, alternator, "main computer", ignition ring, crank shaft sensor, "fuses and all individual relays", and "another sensor, maybe camshaft sensor". She says it sounds like it wants to start but just won't.
So it still sits.
If I do buy it, it will need to be a favorable deal for me because I'm broke. But at the same time, I don't want to low ball them just because they're not up here. But at the same time, it's not running and I have no idea why not. If I don't want it and they can't get it running, they are considering parting it out.
Has anyone on MUD seen these symptoms and knows which direction to point me in? What's it worth running? What's it worth not running?
Thanks,
Rick
