Hello all, just saying hello. I have poked around a couple of times in the past several years (have owned three previous Jeeps and used to spend a lot of time on several forums) but have recently registered as I should be taking possession of a 10/99 100 series in the next few days.
I am excited about this vehicle, but it will take a lot of work as it has sat out in the weather with the d/s rear quarter panel glass broken, and the p/s front window down and has been rained in many times over the course of about 11 months, and has a lot of dust and contaminants currently residing in the interior.
The vehicle is a one owner vehicle, and I am told it has 80k-90k miles (currently has a dead battery so I was not able to verify this). The leather has been rained on and is currently nasty, but does not have any tears or rips, so I believe that reconditioning should be attainable, with a little patience (and a lot of leatherique).
I am also told there is a binding issue while driving, when turning. I am assuming this is a CV shaft issue, but I have not been able to get under the vehicle yet. Other than those issues, I was told the vehicle is in decent shape.
Did a quick search and it appears the 2000 model eliminated the factory rear locker option (that pretty much sucks) and introduced a failure-prone transmission. The transmission issue should not be too hard, my wife drives a 2001 Sequoia and we had the trans go at 158k (3 months ago). So I am familiar with the swap (just add in a transfer case and another driveshaft and repeat procedure). The transmission jack is sitting in the garage looking bored so with my luck, the transmission on this thing will go out too.
Anyways, looking forward to learning more about the land cruiser. Should be a fun vehicle to wrench on and to wheel!
I am excited about this vehicle, but it will take a lot of work as it has sat out in the weather with the d/s rear quarter panel glass broken, and the p/s front window down and has been rained in many times over the course of about 11 months, and has a lot of dust and contaminants currently residing in the interior.
The vehicle is a one owner vehicle, and I am told it has 80k-90k miles (currently has a dead battery so I was not able to verify this). The leather has been rained on and is currently nasty, but does not have any tears or rips, so I believe that reconditioning should be attainable, with a little patience (and a lot of leatherique).
I am also told there is a binding issue while driving, when turning. I am assuming this is a CV shaft issue, but I have not been able to get under the vehicle yet. Other than those issues, I was told the vehicle is in decent shape.
Did a quick search and it appears the 2000 model eliminated the factory rear locker option (that pretty much sucks) and introduced a failure-prone transmission. The transmission issue should not be too hard, my wife drives a 2001 Sequoia and we had the trans go at 158k (3 months ago). So I am familiar with the swap (just add in a transfer case and another driveshaft and repeat procedure). The transmission jack is sitting in the garage looking bored so with my luck, the transmission on this thing will go out too.
Anyways, looking forward to learning more about the land cruiser. Should be a fun vehicle to wrench on and to wheel!
