Found a 1987 Land Cruiser in a barn outside Boise with the original radiator still in it

Riley Carr · 2026-10-10T21:05:03.735535+00:00

I drove out to a farm near Kuna two weekends back to look at a '87 FJ60 a guy had parked in his hay barn since 2009. The radiator, hoses, and water pump were all factory original, and none of them leaked after 14 years of sitting. I asked him why he never swapped them and he shrugged and said he just topped off the coolant once a year and changed it when it looked brown. That got me thinking my habit of replacing every rubber part on a 5 year schedule might be throwing away good stuff. Is there a real way to tell when a hose or radiator is actually done, or do you just run them until they fail?

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Found a 1987 Land Cruiser in a barn outside Boise with the original radiator still in it | Buy It For Keeps - Rigidtalk