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Unless you have proof to the contrary always assume the previous owner was an idiot. Assume needed maintenance has not been done. Bite the bullet and do it. A rule of thumb when buying a vehicle of that age is that the purchase price will be around half your cost.
So for your vehicle, go right ahead with brake and under body inspection and do what it takes.
Do a transmission service and engine oil change if not already done. The coolant will have been changed changing the water pump.
Knowing that vehicle, it is likely you will have to replace the intake manifold gaskets.
Put in the best grade platinum tipped sparking plugs and change the plug wires.
Apart from odds and ends and routine maintenance your vehicle should then be set for the next 100,000 miles.
If you don't get a vehicle optimized when you first buy it and do scheduled maintenance on time, then your motoring will be very costly and you will always be poor.
By the way I should mention those vehicles require gasoline of 91 octane minimum. It is a very potent engine and is not designed to run on regular gas. I'm already missing the talk and raw power of those 3.5 liter engines. Well set up they are very easy on gas by the way.
By the way print off this thread for your mechanic.
I want to see if anyone can help me with a couple questions about my 1994 lhs.
low miles 71,000
interior and exterior in excellent shape{slight problem with molding. lol.}
motor and all electrical working
drives like a dream EXCEPT when it goes into limp mode which is the main question I am posting this.
It seems as thou everyplace I have taken it they have said to replace tranny but why on earth would I do that when it passed inspection with flying colors.
It is something that is sparatic and after it warms up or I stop and turn it off and then restart it it works just fine.
I am kind of at a loss and am not sure if I should take it to a dealer or a reliable mechanic and let them put it on reader because I cant get any codes to come up on display.
I know I probally am asking to much but I just want to get this annoying problem fixed.
I am sure there are numerous things I can do including checking/changing sensors but I want to try and do most of work myself. Thanks in advance for any and all help
Larry
My 1994 LHS has 160K on it. Radio went nuts the other day, flashing, sometimes wont turn off/on. Drove to work and with radio off could still hear it thru speakers! Temp fix was to pull fuse. Have tinkered a little with it but it now seems to be dead. Any ideas?