tranny can take a pounding, catalytic on the passenger side can take a beating, on occasion it can damage the output on the transfer case, seen a rare one were it was suspected to have damaged the front diff and oil pan. No real confirmation on that though.

For 300 if it's a solid body pick it up swap over the good bits and enjoy.

 

OK so I think I have a deal on it. He wants to keep a new stereo that he put in it so whatever. The tranny was shredded and the oil pan was hit (thanks army rover). Glad I checked that.

It is an 03 with 115 k miles. Vin matched the bad motor bunch but motor had been replaced. All oil was gone. Coolant was good. I couldn't start it but this guy is a farmer 20 miles up the road and I trust him that it runs. Worst case is I have a motor

I am fairly happy. First green one.

 

One odd thing. Look at those roof rails. That's not right for an 03 is it?

 

Those look the pre ‘04 rails to me. What do you see?

 

Well I have never had an 03 but I was under the impression that the 03 & 04 models had the round bars. Maybe I am wrong

 

04 is the only year they went with the different, thicker round bars. They also changed the font on the “HSE7” to be smaller, not a sticker and above the light. The new headlights were on both 03 & 04.

 

04 had the big bars, and cdl. Sounds like a score to me, glad to help.

 

My shaft just started going, there was something out of balance, we were 1.5 hours away from home. I crawled under and the one beating cap was gone, we made it home, I installed a new one, all good.

If you were near PA, you can get a trans here for $100.

My 01 has over 200,000 miles, original oil pump.