Prospective VX Buyer

[8695Beaters]

^^^This is why it pays to hit refresh in between the time you read a post and the time you to reply to it.

Perfect, thanks for the tips all! I will update when I go and see it tomorrow. Potentially with title in hand As I said, I've wanted a VX for a long time and as long as there aren't any major scares, I'm planning to make this my new DD.

Two more questions: 1) how bad is the timing belt service on these motors? Judging by the mileage it looks like I'll have to do a belt pretty soon. 2) I read the 3.5 and 3.2 motors in Isuzus were GM based. Is that true? If so, what motor are they based off of? Doesn't look like the old Vortec dinosaurs (I've been looking under the hood of S-10s as well lately).

[tom4bren]

The shop manual indicates that timing belt should be done at 90K so yours isn't past due ... yet.

There's a How2 on TB replacement. You can do it yourself over a long weekend. There's one special tool needed but you can make your own (I did).