mike88

Newbie member here, just picked up a 2001 Le 4x4 for my wife at the Speed's auto auction in Portland, Oregon THIS FEB. 2360 USD with fees, 211000 miles on the clock. So far 4 new tires, 6 Iridium NGK Plugs, LOF with 10w40 Mobil1 High Mileage synthetic , Wix filter from O'Reily parts store, new fuel filter, New Air cleaner, new belts{internet} Drained and changed front and rear differentials[ Rear is LSD}. Vehicle had near new front pads, and rear shoes with new hardware when purchased. Needed a master cylinder, Previous owner put something other than dot 3 in ther and the pedal was mushy to say the least. Went with a rebuilt from O'Reily, used A RESERVIOUR FROM A USED UNIT PURCHASED IN Albany. a GALLON OF Prestone Synthetic Dot 3, flushed out and bled all 4 wheels. A pleasant 3 hours in the garage bonding with the bleeder screws, clear tubing, and a qt mason jar. Figured out the Proportioning valve above the rear axel, and the rear axel went real good. The tire shop quoted 1500.00 to renew all components, gonna drive her now, don't think the foreign fluid went past the first hardline junction which I drained prior to blleding the system. As for the spark plugs, got to practice patience and the ability to bend my fingers into hitherto unknown configurations. I honestly think this was the 3rd set of plugs for this gal, one was not threaded all the way home. they were NGK Platinum, and thankfull all came out clean. .

878.00 USD out the door, lifetime rotate and balance, free flat rapair, 60,000 Mile prorated tread warranty. And Siped for better braking. Vehicle had no spare when purchased, found one in Albany Oregon for 40 bucks at B&R auto wrecking. 5419262300. Got a driver rear seatbelt assy, and used master cyinder for 35.00 and 20.00 respectively. I put the one good tire from original purchase on the spare. Vehicle came with all the tools and jack, was grateful there. MIKE

Hi all, new new member here just picked up a 2001 le 4x4 for the wife in Feb. Bought at Speeds auto auction over in Portland Or. Drove her home, and commenced to get her road worthy. Out of the 4 [mismatched] tires one was roadworthy, a standard load paasenger tread type. the other 3 had weather checking, and the tread was shot on 2 of the weather checked. I use Les Schwab , and had them install a set of 4 "Back Country" M&S all terrain, 245/70-16 107T , The only American Made they stocked. new valve stem, spin balance, had Schwab "sipe" all 4 on their equipment. Rains a bit around these parts. Vhicle is primarily for my sweetie, she loves the Heated /Seats, as she has back problems. Easier to climb in and out of than the 380000 mile 04 Corolla we shared. Quiet on the streets, haven't yet been off road. Thanks for the forum, learned a bunch already. MIKE