Selling the 1994 FZJ80 which has been my wife's daily and has been in the family for 14 years. Jack, my father, bought with ~80k on it. It now has 250k. It is white and has lockers. I have not taken any photos yet, but in short, it is a solid truck that has never been wheeled, but needs some TLC. If we had not found Rhea a new vehicle before Christmas, we would have driven the 80 to Florida for the holidays. This would make a solid wheeling truck, and I would keep it if I didn't have vehicles coming out of my ears.
I eventually plan on listing it in the classifieds and Craigslist for $4,000, but will sell to a club member for $3,500.
The good:
- One-year-old set of Michelin LTX tires with ~13,000 miles on them.
- The body is pretty straight with a few minor dents. There is one dent about two inches long on a passenger door that is really only visible on an angle. There is a dent in the rear driver corner I made when I tried to chuck a softball in the rear cargo area. I missed.
- There is superficial rust, but no rot. The rear axle has surface rust. The seat belt mount in the driver-rear wheel well looks like it has rust through the undercoating. It needs to be addressed. The passenger-rear door has a little surface rust on the bottom, but is very negligible.
- The paint is not bad considering the mileage. I think it would really shine with a buffing which it has never received. There is a circle on the hood about 4 inches in diameter that has mild oxidation, but it doesn't look bad when waxed and could benefit from buffing.
- New catalytic converter and downpipe at 243k
- New A/C compressor and new drive belts at 241k
- New spark plugs, rotor, distributor cap, and PCV valve at 231k
- Rebuilt front axle at 218k with Terrain Tamer kit
- New OEM brake rotors at 199k
- New A/C evaporator and dryer at 198k
- New EGR modulator and EGR VSV at 194K
- New head gasket, decked head, radiator, radiator hoses, injector o-rings, vacuum hosing under plenum, and valve seals at 177k
- LED interior lights
- Bilstein shocks
- New factory antenna and motor
- Replaced gas shocks for lift gate
- Stainless exhaust system
- Distributor o-ring has been replaced
- All heater hoses have been replaced at some point
- Speedometer gear o-ring has been replaced
- All of the window channels have been replaced.
- The original owner had an antenna installed on the roof. The mount is still there and the antenna cable is coiled in the driver side cargo storage area.
- 12 volt panel with switch, 12-volt receptacle, 2 USB ports, and voltmeter installed in rear cargo area for refrigerator.
- Bluetooth enabled Pioneer head unit with microphone installed for phone use.
- Grateful Dead sticker included.
The bad:
- The lockers don't lock, but I plan on addressing this before I put it on Craigslist.
- The engine leaks oil, almost definitely from the oil pump. Not bad enough to drip on the ground or top off often.
- I think one of the slider pins on a front caliper is frozen. Definitely needs to be addressed.
- The leather upholstery for the front seats is shot.
- The hard lines for the rear heater rusted through and they have been bypassed, so no rear heat.
- The ECT button does not work.
- The front seats do not move forward or backward. They need that plastic gear that always goes AWOL. I have replaced them once already--they might be under the seats on the carpet now!
- The driver's seat button for seat angle has snapped off.
- The original owner dropped $2,000 on a stereo system in late 90s. Very nice, Alpine equipment and other high quality items including two amps, tweeters in the doors, and a sub woofer. When I replaced the head unit several years ago, my sub-par audio skills would not allow me to run the amps etc. I am sure they are still functional, but if someone were to upgrade the system there is already some very nice equipment in there ready to go.
- The rear door lock will not work with the key, but does electronically.
- The passenger rear door does not work electronically, but does mechanically.
- The receiver hitch is horribly rusted and needs to be replaced. I have a replacement that I will include.
- The wheels I would give a 5/10. They could stand to be refinished.