I am picking up a 1987 FJ60 from my brother 250 miles away. I have 4 passes to go over, and about a 4 - 4.5 hour drive to get it.
here's the question:
I am planning to take the easy route and get it started and flush the cooling system and unplug drain the gas, and add fresh, then take it in to Walmart to get the oil/tranny/diff fluids changed.
After that is there anything else I should look for? the vehicle was parked because they didn't drive it, not a breakdown. It has about 165k miles on it, it also has the 4 speed.
between not having a car to handle it with the tow dolly, and not wanting to pay a fortune to tow it I don't wants to "risk it" I will have 3-4 days to work on it if need be...
vehicle really hasn't been driven mover 40 mph in 3 + years as it was always the 3rd rig, and sat for sale for a year or so.
it ran great before, and was really never offroad...
here's the question:
I am planning to take the easy route and get it started and flush the cooling system and unplug drain the gas, and add fresh, then take it in to Walmart to get the oil/tranny/diff fluids changed.
After that is there anything else I should look for? the vehicle was parked because they didn't drive it, not a breakdown. It has about 165k miles on it, it also has the 4 speed.
between not having a car to handle it with the tow dolly, and not wanting to pay a fortune to tow it I don't wants to "risk it" I will have 3-4 days to work on it if need be...
vehicle really hasn't been driven mover 40 mph in 3 + years as it was always the 3rd rig, and sat for sale for a year or so.
it ran great before, and was really never offroad...