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So I bought an Excursion today after going a few months since selling the other. It is a 2000 Limited V10 4x4 w 132k miles on it. Still deciding whether this project is too much for me right now or if I should let it go and make a few bucks. I would sell it for $4500 no questions asked haha. Anyways it needs exhaust manifold gaskets both sides I believe, sway bar end links, all new brakes as a caliper or two is seized or seizing. Rotors and pads are gone too. Also is very hard to shift like the lever is stuck. Once it's in D it shifts on. However O/D light is stuck on as well as ABS light. Brakes are spongy and feels like Jose may be bad as well. The worst is the surface rust on the frame. Body seems clean which is weird seeing the chassis. It seems solid just looks horrible along with driveshafts and diff covers. The lift has dual skyjacker shocks in front with taller leaf spring and rear is blocks. I would probably also change that. Wheels are fairly new Pro Comp 18s on Terra Grapplers that are also almost new. So I'm debating if this is the project for me or if I should pass it to a more capable person who wants a low mileage Ex. What do y'all think?
Do you need it to be your daily driver? If not, I'd say keep it and work on it when you have time/money. If you look up my build thread, it took me a year and a month to get it on the road reliably- and you have more to work with than I did. Just tackle one part at a time.
It would be my daily at the moment. In any case I need it to pass inspection so I dropped it off today for the exhaust manifold gaskets. I was quoted $420 if none of the studs broke which I assume most of them will so that number will go up. I also swapped out the Transmission range sensor which freed up the shifter and got the O/D light to go off. I just ordered the end links. So after all that is done then I just need brake work to pass inspection so it will be drive able or able to be sold. They are also going to assess the rust scenario and see the best way forward for that too. If I can get it done for low I may keep it.
I have not seen a V10 Y pipe like that. Interesting. As long as the body is solid and the bottoms of the doors are not rusted out, I would be tempted to clean the rest up. Not as a daily driver though.
I have not seen a V10 Y pipe like that. Interesting. As long as the body is solid and the bottoms of the doors are not rusted out, I would be tempted to clean the rest up. Not as a daily driver though.
That is the early ram's horn Y pipe design that they went away from to give us the infamous T pipe design, it was a better flowing piece for sure but some folks experienced the "flutter" with it.
I agree, that if the rockers and doors are solid ( hard to imagine that they would be though from the looks of that frame) it may be worth keeping and slowly work on de-scaling the frame and suspension.
Yeah the rockers appear to be quite spotless and the doors look pretty clean too. It's actually a bit confusing because I've never seen a chassis like that with a clean body. In fact I've seen worse bodies on cleaner chassis'. We will see I have a guy looking it over at a body shop and he will give me the final diagnosis.
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