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Repair SUV for hunting vehicle or sell for parts?
Posted on 10/16/22 at 5:52 pm
Posted on 10/16/22 at 5:52 pm
2006 Mercury Mountaineer ~150,000 miles
Drove fine til the transmission died and has working a/c & heat. We let it sit up too long (8 months) & now the battery won't keep a charge. These are the only known issues.
(Edited: it has a check engine light on because the catalytic converter needs replacing. Doesn't affect how it runs, but it can't pass inspection)
Since the used car market has been pretty bad the last couple years, I don't know whether to:
* try to find something else cheap (hah)
* replace transmission & battery and use it for hunting/fishing (extra vehicle) or
* get rid of it
Any suggestions are appreciated!
Drove fine til the transmission died and has working a/c & heat. We let it sit up too long (8 months) & now the battery won't keep a charge. These are the only known issues.
(Edited: it has a check engine light on because the catalytic converter needs replacing. Doesn't affect how it runs, but it can't pass inspection)
Since the used car market has been pretty bad the last couple years, I don't know whether to:
* try to find something else cheap (hah)
* replace transmission & battery and use it for hunting/fishing (extra vehicle) or
* get rid of it
Any suggestions are appreciated!
This post was edited on 10/16/22 at 5:58 pm
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Posted on 10/16/22 at 9:17 pm to Neaux Fuse
I'd try to unload it.
A diamond in the rough for a 3rd vehicle are th old chevy avalanches (the ones with all the plastic shite). You can get em in 4wd and they are cheap cause no one wanted them. You can spray the plastic with SEM bumper coater and make em black again.
Solid driveline and has a bed and 4wd if needed.
I'll look at them when the daughter begins driving if we don't find a c10 or mid 90s chevy 1500 to fix up together.
A diamond in the rough for a 3rd vehicle are th old chevy avalanches (the ones with all the plastic shite). You can get em in 4wd and they are cheap cause no one wanted them. You can spray the plastic with SEM bumper coater and make em black again.
Solid driveline and has a bed and 4wd if needed.
I'll look at them when the daughter begins driving if we don't find a c10 or mid 90s chevy 1500 to fix up together.
This post was edited on 10/16/22 at 9:19 pm
Posted on 10/17/22 at 4:40 am to Neaux Fuse
You don’t need a unreliable vehicle out in the woods. Time to cut your losses.
Posted on 10/19/22 at 1:15 pm to thejudge
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A diamond in the rough for a 3rd vehicle are th old chevy avalanches
Thanks for the recommendation!
Posted on 10/19/22 at 1:28 pm to 257WBY
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You don’t need a unreliable vehicle out in the woods. Time to cut your losses.
True, good point. To get to the camp is 2 miles of winding, narrow dirt "road" and 1/2 mile over hill and dale. The only time we had to tow a vehicle from back there was a nightmare.
Posted on 10/19/22 at 11:26 pm to 257WBY
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You don’t need a unreliable vehicle out in the woods. Time to cut your losses.
Some of you wouldn’t have survived in the pre duck dynasty over priced sitka camo days.
This post was edited on 10/19/22 at 11:27 pm
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