For Sale Meet Clifford, 1988 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ62 - $6,000 (1 Viewer)

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Year
1988
Vehicle Model
  1. 60 Series
Location
United States

This is Clifford. He needs someone to give him the love and attention that we haven't been able to recently.

1988 Land Cruiser, FJ62 with fuel injection and automatic transmission, about 315,000 miles. Recently-installed Auburn limited slip rear differential (less than 2000 miles). Upgraded Euro headlights (high beams and low beams, with upgraded wiring). External transmission cooler with additional electric fan installed about 20k miles ago, makes a huge difference in transmission temperature.

Push-button 4WD works, locking hubs work. Thermostat replaced within the last 20k miles or so, with a very thorough cooling system flush done at the time. No overheating issues. Runs and shifts well, gets 12-13mpg, which is about as good as you can expect on the highway with these (especially at this mileage). Interior is in decent shape but with a few broken plastic pieces in the center console.

Many dents from previous owners and hail over the last couple years, a few rust spots on the body, but pretty much rust-free structurally/underneath. Clear coat issues in the paint. Probably needs new steering tie-rods, probably could use new shocks and springs, has a few leaks, nothing too surprising for this mileage. Just haven't had the time/energy to replace those maintenance items.

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One of the wiper pivots is a bit worn and that blade is floppy, but they work moderately well if you find the right blades.
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Buttons that done work: Antenna up/down. Everything else functions fine.
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Transmission temp after that quick spin around the block.
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Coolant temp. Stays here 99% of the time, on super hot days will get up to the next tick on slow uphill climbs. Oil pressure gauge sort of works, but got fried at some point and reads very low (I took it apart and fixed it as much as I could, but it must have shorted at some point from a previous owner connecting the sensor wire incorrectly, the coil was all burnt up).
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Short video of a cold start and drive around the block. 10%+ grade on the way back up the hill, no problem in 3rd gear/23-25mph (2:55-3:05 in the video, then down to about 7-8% grade until the end of the video). The occasional howl/squeal is the steering wheel clockspring assembly, it was right next to the phone's microphone for the video.
 

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