Hello
This is my first post, so greetings to all
I bought an '86 Safari from my friend, $350 (cnd)
It came with brand new blizzacks too
Ive hade it for a year and a half so far, and im starting to love the thing.
Its getting old with 240,000 km on it.
Its been through a theft in witch they crashed it around 180k.
Ins fixed the trans, rad, ingnition, a few suspention parts.
Like i said, I love the van. Best vehical around as far as im concerned.
And I would like to keep it around for as long as i can.
I have done three oil chages, a trans flush, new brake pad/rotors, water pump, and regular car washes .
So after all that my question is...
What are some things I can do to keep the van around for as long as posible?
One problem that is starting to arise is, when merging onto a highway from slow or stoped position, there is a harsh clanck or shutter from the rear end noticable when the vehical is changing from 1st to 2nd???
Also when the vehical is engaging reverse or drive it seems to 'clunck' or push the vehical when put into gear from park or nutral.
my "friend" says this is a tell tail sign of u joint in the drive shaft.
So i changed those, with no success.
As I said before, I got the van for 350
And I think its worth putting a few grand into
Thnx ahead for you time
Jordan