My Carburetor had to be replaced and it was very expensive. $600.00 just for the carburetor and $140 to install. After all that the choke will not function properly. Beware, this part will make a huge dent in your wallet.
Rear differential seal needed to be replaced. The leak was spewing fluid all over my muffler and almost caught the vehicle on fire.
Very ruff ride and not much power with a loud interior from road noise.
I bought this for an in-expensive 4x4, for winter, and it cost me more to fix it then the purchase price.
Good thing is with over 100,000 miles no oil leaks and the engine seems to run strong.
Most parts are inexpensive and you can replace yourself.
I don't know. I have a 1987 Isuzu Trooper. When I bought it, it had 164,000 miles on it. I replaced the head on it, put a new cat and muffler on it, and it runs like a champ. It now has 193000 miles on it, and it does have a few problems. The most annoying is an oil leak from the front seal, and a leak from around the windshield gasket that causes the drivers side floorboard to get wet when it rains. The nice thing about it is that it is easy to work on since it does not have a computer to contend with. I did replace the auto lock hubs with manual locking hubs to reduce front end wear and to help the gas mileage. I get around a constant 20mpg, which isn't too bad for an almost 20 year old vehicle. It rides pretty good too. Spare parts are relatively easy to come by. So, all in all, not a bad ride. And it appears that the 1st generation Troopers are becoming popular again.
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