Hi All!
I posted a thread last week with questions on what to look out for regarding an LX 470 I found, and then passed on. However, last week on Friday I test drove a different LX 470 and got what I think was a good deal on it. Paid the owner today and brought her home this evening. Hoping to get more and better photos tomorrow morning in the Sun, and pending title & tags.
She's a 2000 LX 470 with 270k miles, and a maintained transmission/engine, with a couple minor battle scars from some prior accidents from the two most recent owners.
Previous owner had a local shop install new quality speakers with the factory headunit, and a pretty poor power steering pump that's already going out.
The only work I'll need to do to make it properly driveable is to replace the power steering pump. The steering gets stiff, and then not, and then stiff again while turning the wheel. Going to buy OEM and make sure I don't have to do it again. I'm just thankful that the power steering pump isn't located by the driver side wheel well like my Isuzu.
I've been looking at Land Cruisers and LX's casually since I first got my Isuzu Rodeo 5+ years ago, and I finally had the money & timing to get one.
I'm also not new to working on my own vehicles, I've spent the past year and a half restoring my '94 Mazda Miata M-Edition. Keeping up maintenance on my '99 Isuzu Rodeo, which sometimes could be overwhelming with the stress worrying about the 4L30 in her, and performing all my own maintenance on those two, plus my current daily driver, a 2022 Subaru Impreza.
Anyways, I'll share photos tomorrow, and hope to contribute and learn from all of you guys here.
I posted a thread last week with questions on what to look out for regarding an LX 470 I found, and then passed on. However, last week on Friday I test drove a different LX 470 and got what I think was a good deal on it. Paid the owner today and brought her home this evening. Hoping to get more and better photos tomorrow morning in the Sun, and pending title & tags.
She's a 2000 LX 470 with 270k miles, and a maintained transmission/engine, with a couple minor battle scars from some prior accidents from the two most recent owners.
Previous owner had a local shop install new quality speakers with the factory headunit, and a pretty poor power steering pump that's already going out.
The only work I'll need to do to make it properly driveable is to replace the power steering pump. The steering gets stiff, and then not, and then stiff again while turning the wheel. Going to buy OEM and make sure I don't have to do it again. I'm just thankful that the power steering pump isn't located by the driver side wheel well like my Isuzu.
I've been looking at Land Cruisers and LX's casually since I first got my Isuzu Rodeo 5+ years ago, and I finally had the money & timing to get one.
I'm also not new to working on my own vehicles, I've spent the past year and a half restoring my '94 Mazda Miata M-Edition. Keeping up maintenance on my '99 Isuzu Rodeo, which sometimes could be overwhelming with the stress worrying about the 4L30 in her, and performing all my own maintenance on those two, plus my current daily driver, a 2022 Subaru Impreza.
Anyways, I'll share photos tomorrow, and hope to contribute and learn from all of you guys here.