After what I thought was going to be a never-ending search I finally bought my Land Cruiser. It's a 97, 111k miles, front and rear lockers. The interior is really clean - there are no cracks in the leather and all the carpeting is in great shape. There are a few very small paint chips other than that the body is very clean. Did I mention the lockers!!!
I was able to trade in my 5 spd 2004 Jeep Liberty
and they gave me $1000 equity in return. The only thing the LC had was some slight seepage from the rear main seal - which they covered over and above the equity back to me. There was a receipt in the glove box from the PO and it looks like at 96k miles he had the following done at a Toyota dealer in Wyoming:
Flushed Radiator
Front and rear diff service
Serviced transfer case
Valve adjustment and replaced valve cover gasket
Power flushed the transmission
Repacked the Birf's and replaced the seals
Oil change.
Plus I found a maint log from the PO with all of the service that was done. Looks like he used dino oil every 3-5k miles with a Napa filter.
With the extra money I got back I replaced the tires, which had a bit of wear, with some 285/75/16 Dunlop Radial Rover RVXTs and changed the oil with Mobil 1 synthetic and a Toyota filter.
This thing drives like a dream, the engine compartment is dry and very clean, and all of the electronics inside work great.
I plan on being the last owner this LC ever sees...
I also forgot to mention that it had a brake job @ 10K miles ago as well.
I was able to trade in my 5 spd 2004 Jeep Liberty
and they gave me $1000 equity in return. The only thing the LC had was some slight seepage from the rear main seal - which they covered over and above the equity back to me. There was a receipt in the glove box from the PO and it looks like at 96k miles he had the following done at a Toyota dealer in Wyoming:Flushed Radiator
Front and rear diff service
Serviced transfer case
Valve adjustment and replaced valve cover gasket
Power flushed the transmission
Repacked the Birf's and replaced the seals
Oil change.
Plus I found a maint log from the PO with all of the service that was done. Looks like he used dino oil every 3-5k miles with a Napa filter.
With the extra money I got back I replaced the tires, which had a bit of wear, with some 285/75/16 Dunlop Radial Rover RVXTs and changed the oil with Mobil 1 synthetic and a Toyota filter.
This thing drives like a dream, the engine compartment is dry and very clean, and all of the electronics inside work great.
I plan on being the last owner this LC ever sees...
I also forgot to mention that it had a brake job @ 10K miles ago as well.
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