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Apr 11, 2008 | 11:23 PM

#21

stormin94

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From: Lake County, CA/Sacramento

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Originally Posted by SAMI188

The verdict is in from teh Toyota specialists...

Timing chain has maybe 5k miles left on it
water pump is gone
tie rod ends need replacing
new clutch hose
Rear main seal

Sway bar links replaced
and some more but why list them cause this thing needs an easy $2k to bring it back mechanically...

They said it hasn't seen much service at all. Still has OEM plug cables!! which is impressive i guess.. but hell... This thing has never seen a tune up other than fluids.

Well the idea was fun while it lasted...

Back to the drawing board

-Jason

The sad thing is that if you got all the parts and did it yourself, it probably wouldn't cost more than $500, so you would pretty much end up getting a properly maintained 4runner for $4000 after all.

Apr 12, 2008 | 12:51 AM

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NPE701

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For 240,000 miles - that list almost seems to be normal maintenance. Also, if it is a 3.4 - it has a timing belt, not a chain. Not that it matters, the belt would be at the end of its useful lifespan. And considering the water pump is gone - good thing to replace. Still sounds like a good deal to me though.

Apr 16, 2008 | 09:46 AM

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SAMI188

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belt... chain... you know what i meant

So, to keep you all up to date on my 4runner search, I pulled the trigger on a '99 this Monday... FOLLOW THIS LINK

-Jason

Apr 16, 2008 | 09:55 AM

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mkgarrison5

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From: NC

my only thing is to me 240 seems to low of mileage for all of that to happen at one time per se' ... someone must have looked over a few maintenance deals over the mileage....