looking to get a L series need advice

tas brumby · Post by **tas brumby** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 7:11 pm

well tomorrow i am looking to get a l series wagon and am interested to find out what i should be looking at as i have only every had ej motors any advice will be appreciated
cheers justin

MY_STI · Post by **MY_STI** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:03 pm

the best advice I can give is to put an ej motor + awd box in it, even an ej18 is head and shoulders above an ea82.

In all seriousness, whip off the oil filler cap when its running and put your hand over the tube to feel for excess blowby, check the inside of the cap for coffee whilst your there.

Give the water pump pully a wiggle to see if theres any slop, rough guide to how shagged the bearing is. (worn bearing will quickly wear a seal.)

Buubles in the radiator are not cool, also look for salty residue (because we all use distilled water right?) around the overflow bottle for more possible evidence of shot head gaskets.

Turn the heater on when you test drive it, even if its stinking hot. A leaking core is not fun in winter and will make bargining easier.

Any more details? Tourer? Injected?

BRUMBERTY · Post by **BRUMBERTY** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 7:47 am

I will have a white one for sale in a month or so..
Great shape and 230,000 on the clock.

Factory apart from white sunraisers.
PM me if you would like some details.

tas brumby · Post by **tas brumby** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 9:50 am

so it turns out its a my touring wagon with power widows auto and velourer
all for 500 all windows work hehe

MY_STI · Post by **MY_STI** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 10:59 am

Nice!

digital dash work ok? or does it have an analogue cluster?

tas brumby · Post by **tas brumby** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:52 pm

analogue just drove it for an hour and it loved every minute at least i will not loose my license in it:p