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Lester did that

Lester did that

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Been lurking around here for about a year or more. Picked up a 2009 LC with 140,000 miles early March this year. So far it's been a gem. The back story is I got married and used to drive a 1999 Chevy K1500 that was aggressively modified. She was a beautiful beast that took me anywhere and back with no worries and had 247,600 miles under her belt. Paula was too aggressive for my wife. She drove it once and it scared the life out of her and she could not parallel park it. (we live in brooklyn NY).

So I sold Paula after months of searching for a decent LC with no rust. It's the NE so... There was hesitation when she first saw it. It's SO big I can't. She now drives it like a pro. She wants to get the 2019 for herself after she drove on some service roads and did some light rock crawling up in VT the past weekend. Push a button, flip a switch and back on the highway on the way home. Her eyes lit up and she said " WT* I can go anywhere with this thing! This f**c*** thing even has a cooler!" And it gets better. She found Flagpole Run and a nice overland trip in Canada. She is on that instagram thing looking at bumpers, fridges, roof racks and is now telling me I should have used AMSOIL gear lube instead of Mobil. ?! Mind you this women is a city girl who only lived in LA/NYC and did not know how to put gas in a car 3 months ago. So yes I am excited.

On with the boring maintenance things I have done:

oil change w/ filter
replace plastic oil filter thingy with alum thingy
new transmission filter, gaskets, purged old fluid, new fluid
plugs and wires
coils
starter (rebuild)
diff/transfer fluid
battery
replaced a bunch of old black hoses
tires
fixed ac leak for the "rear" option
recharged ac
replaced air filters
added bluetooth
bleeded brakes, new fluid < omg it needed that>
bleeded pwr str, new fluid < see above>

My next step is to rip off the front. Timing belt, water pump, radiator, pulleys and belts. If anyone has any info what else to look for while I'm in there please feel free to advise.

All in all I am above impressed. I have been a die hard GM guy. No more. After working on this thing my mind is blown. It is a brick **** house. Besides normal maintenance I do not need to modify that much. A little lift, and coil over springs, bash guards that's it. I am very surprised the LC is not a more popular vehicle in the U.S. Especially for folks living in rural areas or farms. Also surprised they never offered a dumbed down version without all the lux here in the states. If it was more affordable without all the options people would buy them.
 
Are you sure you got a 200? They came with Bluetooth and don't have timing belts.

I think you got a 100 series?
 
Welcome. My wife loves the LC200 platform and especially loves getting off the beaten path.

Just wanted to mention...your 2009 LC has a chain. No timing belt.

Cheers.
 
When American pickup trucks and also Sequoias exist in USA, the LC is a niche vehicle.
 
Lester did that said:
Also surprised they never offered a dumbed down version without all the lux here in the states. If it was more affordable without all the options people would buy them.
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That’s the thing.. much of the cost comes from it being built like a brick s***house and dumbing one down wouldn’t save a whole lot. And then they’d be competing for sales with vehicles that are still cheaper and have all the lux junk. Unfortunately the average buyer just doesn’t care about what makes a cruiser special.

So there’s the used market. Buy one of these with 100k and be confident it’ll go further than most other brand’s competition when new.

Congrats on the new ride. After a year in mine I can’t believe I like a vehicle so much. And that’s after owning a LS-swapped 80.
 
hickuptruck said:
Are you sure you got a 200? They came with Bluetooth and don't have timing belts.

I think you got a 100 series?
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And see that Is why all you folks are the best. It does not have a timing belt it's a chain. I am not a mechanic and mix up terms all the time or just call something "that doo hicky thing a ma bop that's between those hoses and that black thing". Please bear with me and feel free to correct me. Still learning my way around this thing. It's different that's for sure. As for the Bluetooth I added that.

I haven't taken any pictures yet but will post them when I do. I am going to take out the back seats and build a box with two drawers for tools and storage that will flip forward to make a bed. Wrap it in marine grade carpet very similar to the existing interior floor. I'm going to template it this week and if I have the time bang it together this weekend. I will take some pictures while I'm fabricating.
 
Tommy Dwyer said:
I have a 2010, came with Bluetooth. @Markuson has a 2009, I believe his did NOT come with Bluetooth. I think 2010 was the first year the feature was standard.
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The Bluetooth that came in the early 200’s was only able to make phone calls. Bluetooth for audio/music was added later.
 
I have a 2008LC, only able to use Bluetooth for phone calls, need to use AUX for music. Maybe it was only 08-09 that didn't allow music
 
oh my. I think I was not clear about the blue tooth. I added a blue tooth module in the dash. It did not have blue tooth.
 
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