No one has said it but $900 and it runs.. that is a pretty good deal.

I did the same as advised here, posted individually, my particular issues, and this forum and its members helped out tremendously.

I would change the oil and filter (buy the Austrian or German brand filters and do a search on this site for oil recommendations, both fuel filters (look at doing a diesel purge while you have the fuel hoses loose) , transmission fluid and filter, and air filter (unless you have records) Those are all easy jobs.... I also changed my power steering filter and fluid also easy. And the coolant was changed along with t-stat and hoses when i broke the radiator nipple. Check the hoses, and consider that. You are not looking at a whole lot of cost believe it or not but you would be starting fresh, and it could possibly help you diagnose the other squeeks or at least tell us about them.....

I believe I did all that above minus the cost of the new radiator for around $150.

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