waynestiles
08-27-2007, 01:56 PM
I've been working away frm my computer for a while so have not visited here for a month or so.
I just bought the 87 GW Daniel had listed in the for sale section. I'm visiting down here in TN and happerd to see it where he had it parked for sale. we reached a happy meeting of minds and wallets. I'll have to get back down here next month or so and drive it back to MI.HE told me he'd googled the FSJ site and listed it here.
couple of general questions.
it is very clean,real nice interior a small amount of rust on one rocker and a couple small perfs on the lower rear quarters but the rest is real solid. 189K on the odo.
the engine sounds real nice very smooth and quiet no tics, burps, chirps or squeals. brakes are real positive and the tranny has no slippage or clunks. got it up to driving temps with no issues (not hard since its been 100+ for the past week and a half). no drips on the ground where it has been setting.
other than the rust, one other obvious problem, the tail gate glass hangs up a couple inches from closing. any quick suggestions on what might be causing that?
like I said the engine looks and sounds good real, but there is a little bit of oil in one of the pockets on the intake manifold on the drivers side, roughly above the 3rg plug fromthe front. the gaskets around the top of the heads seem clean and dry. anything that could be causng it to drip from the air filter, like maybe part of the PCV system or something?
IF you were to plan a 500+ mile trip home in a new-to-you, pig-in-a-poke GW of this vintage what would you do/plan for a safe and hopefully uneventful trip home? I plan on having a complete fluid change and grease job, carry extra oil and coolent, some hose clamps and hose repair stuff as well as my auto tool box.
any suggestions or tips'd be appreciated.
I just bought the 87 GW Daniel had listed in the for sale section. I'm visiting down here in TN and happerd to see it where he had it parked for sale. we reached a happy meeting of minds and wallets. I'll have to get back down here next month or so and drive it back to MI.HE told me he'd googled the FSJ site and listed it here.
couple of general questions.
it is very clean,real nice interior a small amount of rust on one rocker and a couple small perfs on the lower rear quarters but the rest is real solid. 189K on the odo.
the engine sounds real nice very smooth and quiet no tics, burps, chirps or squeals. brakes are real positive and the tranny has no slippage or clunks. got it up to driving temps with no issues (not hard since its been 100+ for the past week and a half). no drips on the ground where it has been setting.
other than the rust, one other obvious problem, the tail gate glass hangs up a couple inches from closing. any quick suggestions on what might be causing that?
like I said the engine looks and sounds good real, but there is a little bit of oil in one of the pockets on the intake manifold on the drivers side, roughly above the 3rg plug fromthe front. the gaskets around the top of the heads seem clean and dry. anything that could be causng it to drip from the air filter, like maybe part of the PCV system or something?
IF you were to plan a 500+ mile trip home in a new-to-you, pig-in-a-poke GW of this vintage what would you do/plan for a safe and hopefully uneventful trip home? I plan on having a complete fluid change and grease job, carry extra oil and coolent, some hose clamps and hose repair stuff as well as my auto tool box.
any suggestions or tips'd be appreciated.