So I bought yet ANOTHER SC
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Was one of those rare cars that always gets serviced at the dealer, always gets the high priced repairs, and the engine was FULLY rebuilt 75,000 ago so............. Gonna be a LOOOOOONG time before I have to worry about anything. Best $1800 EVER. The high beams and headlights are brand new (but the paint is old, no accident), like the alt and PS pump. Crazy maintenance.
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It makes you wonder why somebody decided to sell/trade it after they spent all the cash on the maintenance. It's worth more as a driving, good-condition vehicle than the $1k or so they probably got for trade.
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Well, Wonder no more. The car has brand new rotors, brakes, PS pump, Alt, shift boot, front seat leather, tires, full tune up, timing belt and pulley's, headlights, high beams, and the list goes on and on...........
Looks like everything is BRAND NEW on it. Then........ after all this work.... front main old seal goes out. I bought it dripping oil by the rate of about half a quart a day. Just spent $14 replacing it and finished it after 2 days of working on it. The car has mostly dealer service records, so Lexus likely quoted them $1500 for the front main seal. This is after what I can see to be at least $3000.00 worth of new parts.
From what I can see I was in the right place at the right time to see someone just "give up" when the front main oil seal went out and traded it in.
Works for me
Looks like everything is BRAND NEW on it. Then........ after all this work.... front main old seal goes out. I bought it dripping oil by the rate of about half a quart a day. Just spent $14 replacing it and finished it after 2 days of working on it. The car has mostly dealer service records, so Lexus likely quoted them $1500 for the front main seal. This is after what I can see to be at least $3000.00 worth of new parts.
From what I can see I was in the right place at the right time to see someone just "give up" when the front main oil seal went out and traded it in.
Works for me
Last edited by O. L. T.; Nov 21, 2011 at 01:28 AM.
