Thanks for so many great replies! I stopped to look at it today, and boy did it look nice. Looks like they just had the heads replaced. There was one small dent with rust along the wheel trim. The interior was in ok shape (dirty. they had replacement carpet cut and overlaid ontop the original). The engine looked relatively clean. The power steering pump already had the belt removed. They're pretty expensive, eh? Does the repair kit correct the most common cause of failure in these pumps? There was green coolant in the expansion tank. No immediate evidence of any coolant leaks. The A/C had undergone an R-134A (I think?) conversion. It had a nice set of alloy wheels with mismatched tires on the rear. Apparently comes with an additional set of tires. I'm torn. I'll likely array a test drive and a compression test by my mechanic. (I don't have a gauge) Brad
Bradley Flubacher wrote: > I found a '90 GL for sale, A/T, A/C, PW. Broken PS pump. 140k miles. I > haven't looked at it yet. They want to sell it. Asking $2900 or best > offer. They're very anxious to get rid of it because they're moving the > Europe. > > I have an '84 with a four speed. I'm not nuts about the idea of an > automatic. Comments? > > Brad > |
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