CL - 87 Toyota 4 wheel drive Van - $450 (Dillsburg, Pa 17019)

[L33T35T Tacoma]

No wood stove on this one?

[Good Times]

i wonder what the topper's seal is like. hey Chris, what's the mpg on this sucker?

[YotaFun]

The catch is I don't want a rust bucket either. Though a new car to replace my accord would be nice...

Yeah Rust, but that area uses more coal and pebbles then salt so it might be saved slightly lol

[slosurfer]

Rust on this one looks way better than what vanna's sportin'.

I bet it needs a new alternator, alternator harness, and possibly a new fusable link. Fusable link probably being the first thing to check since it's not getting any dash lights. The other two will generally give you the christmas tree dash, which is just about every light being on.

MPG is probably 20+ for in town and 26ish on the highway. Mine isn't exactly running top notch, has 217000 miles, and is always loaded with tools. I've yet to dip under 20mpg in town and the couple jobs I had where I actually had some freeway time, I was getting 25-26mpg. ONe tank bringing it home got me almost 29mpg.

[YotaFun]

Well I was telling Lance, I e-mailed the guy for a good time to call.
Is the alt and harness a common problem on these Chris?

[corax]

If you get this Avy, I have a tow dolly if you need to borrow it + the EZPull I go to has a couple vans like this (except for the 4wd part). Hell, if I wasn't trying to save every penny for a down payment on the house I'd scoop this up without a second thought.

[slosurfer]

Well I was telling Lance, I e-mailed the guy for a good time to call.
Is the alt and harness a common problem on these Chris?

I bet it's gone, now way it should have stuck around longer than a day at that price. There's a guy on the van forum trying to get it too.

The alternators are barely adequate on these so they can be a problem area. Also they are right below a probably leaking power steering pump which also kills them (ATF is brutal). From what I've heard/seen, any van over 200,000 has needed a new alternator harness, usually from internal breaking near the big alternator plug (mine actually shorted and ended up literally smoking my alternator). Most people ride with an extra alternator on board.

My guess is though that this is the fusible link which is tucked up right in front of the battery box, right behind the front tire, so it gets wet/snow/salt/etc.. on it and can corrode. This is another common problem area.

[YotaFun]

If you get this Avy, I have a tow dolly if you need to borrow it + the EZPull I go to has a couple vans like this (except for the 4wd part). Hell, if I wasn't trying to save every penny for a down payment on the house I'd scoop this up without a second thought.

Might have to take you up on that if the guy gets back to me, but like Chris said, its probably gone at this point

[slosurfer]

It's gone!

Looks like it was the fusible link and one of the battery terminals bad. Some guy got his brother to go look at it, buy it, and now it's running! What a frickin steal! Apparently someone got there right after his brother and the guy was cool and let him still get first choice.

You can read about it here
http://toyotavanpeople.com/forum/vie...st=0&sk=t&sd=a

[YotaFun]

LOL!
I new the bat terminals were at least a part of it.

For future reference if any of you west coast guys see a steel on the east coast near me, shoot me a pm if you want me to take a look at it for you