I went down to the the place that was selling the van. I looked it over and my wife liked it (very important part).
$1500
Blown head gasket. Body was clean. Small dings here and there. On top, the sliding door side, the roof rack garnish was missing. Interior, all the pieces were there, cloth seats with no rips, driver side door panel cloth was trashed with ironed on patch. Cruise control lever was broken (didnt see until after I bought the van), passenger side vanity mirror was cracked (found a parts van there and got the vanity mirror), one captain's chair has a broke seat adjusting lever. Besides that, everything seemed to be good.
I had them hook up some power, checked the lights, gauges and even A/C. The best thing was that the A/C was still blowing cold. One of the issues was the A/C controllers break and also there was a TSB on the A/C expansion valve corroding leaving rear A/C in operational.(Found out later that it was replaced.)
An addition plus was that they previous owner had taken great care of the van mechanically. He had receipts for everything that was done, oil changes and smog certs. There was some pricey repairs too, front strut bearing plate replacement, all new shocks and tires...
The one thing his mechanic recommended was him to change out his SADS couplers and it was estimated to be about $700 for him.
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I decided it was perfect for what I wanted to do. Regardless of what van I would have bought, if it was high miles, I would have had the motor changed out anyway.
Blown head gasket. Body was clean. Small dings here and there. On top, the sliding door side, the roof rack garnish was missing. Interior, all the pieces were there, cloth seats with no rips, driver side door panel cloth was trashed with ironed on patch. Cruise control lever was broken (didnt see until after I bought the van), passenger side vanity mirror was cracked (found a parts van there and got the vanity mirror), one captain's chair has a broke seat adjusting lever. Besides that, everything seemed to be good.
I had them hook up some power, checked the lights, gauges and even A/C. The best thing was that the A/C was still blowing cold. One of the issues was the A/C controllers break and also there was a TSB on the A/C expansion valve corroding leaving rear A/C in operational.(Found out later that it was replaced.)
An addition plus was that they previous owner had taken great care of the van mechanically. He had receipts for everything that was done, oil changes and smog certs. There was some pricey repairs too, front strut bearing plate replacement, all new shocks and tires...
The one thing his mechanic recommended was him to change out his SADS couplers and it was estimated to be about $700 for him.
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I decided it was perfect for what I wanted to do. Regardless of what van I would have bought, if it was high miles, I would have had the motor changed out anyway.
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