guys/gals/etc...

After a 1 year sabbatical, I've come to the conclusion that I cannot be without a rover. Such is life.

Found a 2001 DII here in Arizona where I'm on a project for the winter. Truck is very clean, has 75K miles, and of course, some issues.

1) OBDII scan is codes P1319 and P0307. Based on those, I know plugs, wires, and some evap work is in my future. But, and here is a big BUT - do those point to HG failure? I know mileage is approaching, but doing them tomorrow vs. in 20K miles is a big deal. Engine fires up, but you can hear occasional misfire on #7.

2) Brake fluid res is leaking at the hose, (common, yes) and brakes are spongy as hell. Replace/rebuild master cylinder and res?

3) HG's appear to be good. There is the dreaded orange crap in the cooling system, but its really clean and appears to be kept up with.

4) 3 amigos is intermittent, per current owner. Nothing on dash this morning about them though.

5) Coolant T leaking. Will prolly rip out an do inline therm mod, it worked REALLY well on my last one.

6) Both front door lock actuators (motors?) are shot.

My ultra-gauge is in the mail to me, (thanks honey, you're the best) so can't tell O2 readings yet, but guy at O'reilly who pulled codes said they're "not reading right"......

So, based on all of this, and some very minor cosmetic stuff, I need some help making an offer. Really nice young couple owns it, they're of course upside down on the note, and I want to be fair. To them and myself. This will be disco #4 for me, and I've loved every one of them so far..

So throw it at me - what do I offer them?

Thanks in advance for being, with almost imperceptible exception levels, a really awesome forum!

- darwin

 

You have to assume the worst...I'd say $2K. That way if it does need the works, you're not in too deep.

 

p1309 and p0307' so 200 for evap.

The misfire on cylinder seven could be a wire plug coil. So up to 500 shop repair 10 bucks at lowest.

so brakes, new master cylinder complete brake fluid flush. ABS, since it is intermittent could be shuttle valve or dirty speed sensor. so complete repair by shop a grand, 300 dyi.


Front door actuators 150 each for the part 300 labor.

head gasket in the next 40k miles. Drive shaft is due to fail.

i would say 2 to 4 thousand, is a good price.

 

Sent him a $2400 offer. Hopefully I don't get a picture of his middle finger back.

We'll see if this is the one. I'm figuring $1400+ in parts and more than a minute of my time to get it all straight.

TBD..