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- Everett, WA
- Vehicle Year
- 2012
- Make / Model
- Ford
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- 3.5 Eco
- Transmission
- Automatic
I found this "Sploder today and went and looked at it..
http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/cto/1063770540.html
It looks really solid, the interior is just about spotless. Looks pretty good mechanically too, except there is/was some fluid on the tranny around the seam between the main case and the tail housing. I felt it and it was dry, but it had leaked at one point. I'm thinking I'll check the fluid as I'll more than likely look at it again. The pinion seal on the rear is leaking a little, but I don't care since I'm not using that axle.
The owner bought it 11 years ago and a little while after swapped in a junkyard motor that had the top end rebuilt. He did the clutch then too and he's put 60,000 miles on it since, so I'm not too worried about the engine having too many miles. He doesn't know how many miles were on the motor when he swapped it in, but I'm not thinking too many. It fired up pretty easily, and one of the lifter ticks intermittently, at least when cold. It's got a 1354M and manual hubs.
The clearcoat is peeling a little bit on one corner of the hood, there is a scrape on the passenger's side by the rear bumper, a small crease on the driver's rear door that's kinda hard to see and another small one in the driver's front fender. There's also a good sized crack in the windshield.
I'm gonna wait a few days, and if I don't find anything else I was thinking I'd offer him $900. Thoughts?
http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/cto/1063770540.html
It looks really solid, the interior is just about spotless. Looks pretty good mechanically too, except there is/was some fluid on the tranny around the seam between the main case and the tail housing. I felt it and it was dry, but it had leaked at one point. I'm thinking I'll check the fluid as I'll more than likely look at it again. The pinion seal on the rear is leaking a little, but I don't care since I'm not using that axle.
The owner bought it 11 years ago and a little while after swapped in a junkyard motor that had the top end rebuilt. He did the clutch then too and he's put 60,000 miles on it since, so I'm not too worried about the engine having too many miles. He doesn't know how many miles were on the motor when he swapped it in, but I'm not thinking too many. It fired up pretty easily, and one of the lifter ticks intermittently, at least when cold. It's got a 1354M and manual hubs.
The clearcoat is peeling a little bit on one corner of the hood, there is a scrape on the passenger's side by the rear bumper, a small crease on the driver's rear door that's kinda hard to see and another small one in the driver's front fender. There's also a good sized crack in the windshield.
I'm gonna wait a few days, and if I don't find anything else I was thinking I'd offer him $900. Thoughts?
