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Don,
Here's what I got so far. BTW, its a '89 240GL not an '88 240GL.
- Rear main seal, tranny rear bushing 'n seal, center support bearing, water pump, front seals, radiator seems fine atleast nothing leaking.
- The small rust spots on the hood and trunk outside portion seems to have come from stone chips from driving it on the road. The bottom inside edges of the doors dont have any rust and the inside seems are also in good condition. The floorboards are dont have any rust but the door hinge have some surface type of rusts.
- The 5" tear on the driver's cloth seat back is the only problem of all the seats in the car. Checked the front and rear seats. The bun warmers do not work.
- The only power window that doesnot work is the front passenger but I've switched one of the other windows switches to the broken one and it now works. How much does a window switch costs and where can I get one cheap??? :)
- AC works but needs a freon refill.
- Have not checked on the squeeking sound of the front suspension but I was hoping that it was just a swaybar bushing problem and nothing more. There sure is a high pitch whinning sound from the engine that increases as the gas pedal is pressed more.
- MC replaced and the brake fluid has been bled.
- For an '89, what symptoms does a bad FI ECU do? The reason that I ask is that the owner said that a while back the car would stall while it's running and he had to pull over to the side. A mechanic could not figure out the problem since it would not do it again so the mechanic just put some fuel injector cleaner. What are your thoughts.
- Needs new rear tires, perhaps new shocks, brakes are good as well as steering.
- No indication for body work.
- How do I listen if there's any piston slap upon start-up?
- A/T shifts OK even when its cold or into OD.
- Can smell gasoline only after driving it. Havenot figured out where that gasket you were saying on the sending unit.
- Underhood looks good. A little oil spill on the outside of the filler. No signs of dripping antifreeze. No signs of repairs and the engine seems to have been cleaned and cared for.
- All 4 wheels have the finish flaking off.
- The hole that I mentioned on the outside portion of the windshield is where the windshield corner. Actually it's the rubber gasket that moved inward towards the decorative metal seal that created a hole and some rusts. The windshield also has a couple of chipped glass.
- Sunroof leaks (actually one drop of water when I test drove the car after some rain all day - How do I fix this one?) but the carpets never get soaked. The carpet are dry and the bare floorboards dont have any rusts after pulling up the carpet near the doors.
The front seat belts are kind of hard to pull (over usage???) but still works.
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The owner is going back to school and would be renting near campus that's why he's selling the car.
The one thing that puzzles me but also got me worried is that the car might be too good to be true for the price since he's offering it to me for $500 in 2 payments but I don't know whether what else might go wrong? How do you size-up the car so far Don basing from what I have told ya? How much would you buy it and does it costs more than what he's actually selling it for?
I greatly appreciate all the help and is giving me a better understanding on this purchase.
Chard
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