I am about 7 months in now. I have only had to replace the front crossover pipe(did the rear too), water pump, oil cooler, trans cooler lines, alternator, steering shaft, driveshaft bearing, gas tank support, parking brake gears, battery and a list of repairs that I won't try to list. Love driving it! Fuel mileage is better than expected. I am averaging 12.7 liters per 100km on regular gas.

 

whats the total spend so far for all that work?

 

I did the labor myself and used aftermarket parts, used alternator. For the parts listed, probably around a $1000, I had also done brakes and other maintenance to get it on the road. Including the cost of the vehicle I am in for something just under $4k. Plus about 100 hours labor, at least it seemed like that.
BTW, mileage is now 12.6 litres per 100 kms.

 

Amazing, you saved yourself around $16k of labor!