The bracket that holds the water pump where it goes broke. That cost me $250 for a used part.
The broken bracket above caused the timing belt to slip out of time, more money spent.
Water pump had to be replaced.
Usual maintenance that goes wrong with a high mileage vehicle.
This truck has gone anywhere and everywhere that I have asked it to.
This 4runner is truly great for pretty much anything ;you can haul things by putting down the back seats, the top comes off to make a nice feel of a convertible, tows quite a bit of weight for its size, hi way worthy enough not to be extremely uncomfortable on the road, an Off-roading beast.
Theres no way you could find and american built SUV from the same era or with the same miles and it still be standing after almost 200,000.
1987 Jeep Cherokees routinely run for 300,000+ miles.
Please put your brand loyalty aside and do some research.
Jeep had a great 4 wheel drive. But as a overall truck I would take the 1988 Toyota 4 runner Sr5 first !!! A great example of a small SUV...
I have 151,000 on mine, SR5 V6, just replaced the distributor coil and battery. Wish that I had purchased a 4 cy so I could drop a turbo diesel in.. other than that, couldn't be any happier in the snow and rain of Northwest Washington. Absolutely a great car, tows anything reasonable (I mean, you can at least tow a jet ski or two snow machines over a pass at 55-60). Reliable as I can imagine...
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