From:
thomvetter@applecapital.net
Subject: [3FE] Priced Reduced
 

ate: March 5, 2004 12:07:17 AM EST
To:
3FE@yahoogroups.com
Reply-To:
3FE@yahoogroups.com
My 89 FJ62 needs a new home. I would like her to go to someone who
cares. I am selling her for slightly over what the dealer will give
me. Here is a link to pics of her.
http://www.ecoplanandesign.com/links.cfm
Her history is as follows:
She is located in Wenatchee, WA.
The body has no rust and the paint is very good for a rig of this
age. The dent has been quoted to be fixed for $450.00. It is not
severe. The only other thing about the body is the hood has been
bent slightly on one corner. I have owned the cruiser for about
85,000 miles. The rear quarter panel belongs to me - a trailer and
snow issue, otherwise the vehicle has not been wrecked that I know
of. The dealer I bought it from stated that the vehicle had not
been wrecked, but he could not account for the hood dent.
Interior 9 out of 10. Complete detail 2 yrs ago. - read everything
came out.
I do not need to add oil between changes and it does not smoke. It
has the cruiser camshaft oil leak so it is hard to judge if it
actually uses any oil. I run Castol 20-50 and change every 3000
miles.
Tires are new, front knuckles rebuilt about 20,000 ago, relatively
new radiator, water pump, starter, alt. Injectors rebuilt. Have
not touched the suspension.
I am a non smoker.
Reason for selling and reason for pricing.
Unfortunately my wife does not look at a man and his cruiser the way
I do. For me I would just keep rebuilding it forever. She,
however, sees it as expensive to repair, slow, and get bad gas
mileage.
So the main problem is the torque converter is starting to go or the
tranny valve body is acting up. There is some slippage first thing
in the morning, then one cannot tell there is any problem. My wife
does not want me to put any more money into the truck. Therefore
the low price. I have been reading the posts on the 3FE list, and
suspect that maybe it is not my torque converter, but maybe the
valve body on the tranny.
It has not gotten too bad yet and I continue to drive the truck
every day - kind of hoping it will go completely out. Then I will
slip in a Toyota V8.
The check engine light comes on occasionally. My mechanic ran the
code and says not to worry about it. I forget which code it is.
Overall rating would be 8 out of 10.
Email me for more data.
thomvetter@applecapital.net
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