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Originally Posted by Captsolo
You need to test drive it on a highway at 70 mph. Look for any front end shakes or "drift". Should start up on first crank and run smooth. No engine misses? 208,000 miles is a bunch. Get him down $2,000. Has to run great - or pass it by.
"Has 208,000 miles but major work at 202,000 miles." How's tranny? Any slip?
I have 2005 SR5 4runner with 150,000 miles. Starts great and runs great. Interior is like new. No tents. Paint like new. Never been in accident. Original owner. Engine and tranny never been touched except for fluid changes. I'm going to drive mine another ten years.
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It fired right up and after I drove it around a little took it up to 70mph without any shimmy. Drove it up a mountain road and it pulled hard, no misses at idle or when I was on it. Transmission shifts different than my 3rd Gen and I'm not sure what it should feel like. It felt soft, almost as you couldn't feel it shift much and no slip at all. The one thing it does need is a timing belt, it has 100k on the current one. That's something I can do but it also affects the the price. Shifted in to 4-Lo without any trouble or hesitation but I could feel it. The actuator is a little bit of a concern to me though... It was wet, no drips and you could tell it hadn't cleaned off but still wet. I've attached some pix.
