It looks like at this point, I'm going to give the trac a cursory clean up, and throw it up on craigslist as a "for scrap or parts" car. I have two little kids, so the interior is not super clean like it would be if I were a single dude. Also, many minor systems have failed in the last year, and it's been my conscious choice to not fix them, because it's just stupid for me to put money into the truck that would be better off saved as a down payment on my next ride. No dealership would want this 157k 2002 thing as a trade-in, they'd only take it off my hands as a courtesy
To answer everyone's questions as best I can:
1. The truck has nerf bars on it, but they came from an '04 and are black, not the grey ones a silver '02 would have come with. Truck also has a tubular class III hidden hitch on it.
2. I'm not sure about the "high" console question, but I can tell you that this truck has the center console that runs from the base of the dash to the back seats, and has air vents, climate controls and audio controls for the back seat passengers. The overhead console has a place for a garage door opener, a compass/temp display and reading lights.
3. The interior is grey cloth.
Here is everything I found wrong with it while checking it out in prep for listing it:
1. Keyless entry and remote starter no longer work. Presumably there is a battery someplace that died (steering column RF transponder? idk...) If I try to remote start the truck now, it just flashes "THEFT" on the dash.
2. Stock radio has been removed. I replaced it with an Alpine unit when I bought the truck, and didn't save it because it was a POS. The Alpine unit I've since pulled and transferred to my wife's mazda because it had the same wiring harness and her car couldn't even play MP3's!
3. Thermostat housing shows signs of leakage. It didn't leak noticeable amounts of coolant until the head gasket blew, but clearly it had leaked something because there's a white crust on the housing.
4. Read axle seals look leaky now too. Not oil running out over the wheels bad, but the drums look grimy enough that there has to be some oil there.
5. No A/C. Recharged last summer, didn't last. It's leaking out somewhere now.
6. ABS brakes currently not functioning, but easily repaired. A stick snagged the right front sensor wire on a trail ride and broke it, and I never fixed it cause I hate ABS.
7. Busted out rear license plate light.
8. Twice last winter (after the engine replacement), the transmission hesitated to shift from 2nd to 3rd and started the "O/D" light flashing. Both times it was on a very, very cold morning. Probably a solenoid stuck? Both times the truck kept running normally (not in limp home mode) and the light was cleared next time I started it. I originally thought the light was coming on more often, but it turns out that I was hitting the actual O/D button while shifting.
Minor dents and scrapes here and there typical for a 10-year old truck.
When I list the truck, it will have photos.
