My 97

[jrjr]

Finally snapped a couple pics of my $750 Expy. Runs and drives great!








So far I have done these things to it -
Heater core
Blend door
Egr valve
Egr pressure sensor
Major interior cleaning
Mastercraft tires
Alignment
stripped out sub and amp and rewired stereo system
Coolant flush
Oil and filter

What was done before I got it -
Reman Transfer case a couple months ago
Battery
Tranny flush
Plugs and wires
Ball joints
Both exhaust manifolds replaced
New brakes all around
Flushed brake fluid system
Fuel system clean
New brake lines
New starter

 

[mmrseed]

you're not serious are you? Did you pick that up for $750? I've spent $750 just on ball joints...how did you get a whole rest of the truck with that?

 

[redrebel66]

Hell of a deal. I thought I did good on mine. Just having the plugs and wires done is worth 750.

 

[jrjr]

Yep dead serious. It's got 130,000 on it but its tight, no rattles, and drives great now that it's lined up with new tires. The seller had been sinking money in it left and right and since he does not do anything himself it cost him big time. He paid $1600 just for the exhaust manifolds and 4 broken bolts. I have the receipts to prove it all.

He was looking at $800 for the heater core, check engine light was on (egr), tires, alignment, etc. He's strapped for cash so that must have seemed like a mountain to climb and he advertised it for $750 just to get rid of it. I didn't even try to haggle.

I am putting a snow plow on it next week. I was plowing with an Explorer but it rotted out from under me. lol This will push snow a little better.

 

[BakerEdition]

WOW...750.00 even if you double that in investments into it, you still got a great deal and a nice truck.... that's called being in the right place, at the right time and being first inline.... kudos to you!

 

[jrjr]

WOW...750.00 even if you double that in investments into it, you still got a great deal and a nice truck.... that's called being in the right place, at the right time and being first inline.... kudos to you!

Just spent $800 on tires lol
Its well worth putting money in it though.

 

[Canadian Expy]

Nice deal !!!

 

[rburch]

Good STEAL!

 

[Nathanialson 08]

What was wrong with the EXPY when you bought it and where did you buy it from?

 

[2000UN93]

nice find! Get that rust spot on the rear fender sanded out and painted before it gets beyond repair.

 

[jrjr]

What was wrong with the EXPY when you bought it and where did you buy it from?

I found it for sale on Craigslist from an individual strapped for cash.
I posted this up top but here it is again-

So far I have done these things to it -
Heater core
Blend door
Egr valve
Egr pressure sensor
Major interior cleaning
Mastercraft tires
Alignment
stripped out sub and amp and rewired stereo system
Coolant flush
Oil and filter

What was done before I got it -
Reman Transfer case a couple months ago
Battery
Tranny flush
Plugs and wires
Ball joints
Both exhaust manifolds replaced
New brakes all around
Flushed brake fluid system
Fuel system clean
New brake lines
New starter

nice find! Get that rust spot on the rear fender sanded out and painted before it gets beyond repair.

All the door bottoms need attention as well as that rear fender. I just found that I can get a black southern drivers door (worst one) for $300 so I will probably do that when I do the rest. It will cost that much to have a body man weld on a new bottom and pretty it up. The rest I will brush down and treat to get through the winter. Then in the spring new metal will get welded in and done right. It's still temporary. You can't defeat rust, just slow it down. It's been a fun project so far! I still need to pull the instrument cluster and replace bulbs and look at the tach. I will most likely have to live without that, or buy a used cluster. I can plug my scanner in if I really need to know rpms though.

 

[mindgame]

Hey.. If you want to sell it... I'm sure Nathanialson08 will want it

 

[Blueoval76]

jrjr... I would shop around a little since I just replaced my passenger door with an almost perfect rust free one in the same color for $200 from my local bone yard. I used Car-part.com to find it. Very nice score by the way!!

 

[jrjr]

jrjr... I would shop around a little since I just replaced my passenger door with an almost perfect rust free one in the same color for $200 from my local bone yard. I used Car-part.com to find it. Very nice score by the way!!

Thanks for the link. The best I found was rated ~ 000 and A ~ about 1.5 hours away for $300. The southern one I was talking about was about 40 minutes away for the same price and they get them regularly there. That's their business. I will keep looking though.

 

[walnuts4x4]

nice find....

 

[jrjr]

Question

With a rebuilt or new engine you are supposed to change oil after a short time. Would the same hold true with my reman transfer case?