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Here just a few of mine (87 model former year with factory rear Dan44 with ARB front and rear lockers and swapped 4.0L (stroked 4.6L) 94 High Output engine and AX-15 trans.
I am interested to see this. It seems a lot of us have had Cherokees and E30s. I have had 2 Cherokees and 2 e30s and I loved both of my Cherokees hunter green and white sport edition and limited
My 99 XJ 4.0L Classic was one of the worst and best vehicles ever.
I owned it for ~3 years and 35,000 miles. (118,000-150,000 miles)
It was great because the 4wd never let me down and got me anywhere I wanted to go. Snow, mud, slush, dirt, logging roads, etc. All I ever did was add a set of 235 General Grabber AT2 tires.
It was the worst as I had to replace:
-Fuel pump
-Fuel pressure regulator
-Front U joints
-Water pump
-Thermostat
-Fan Clutch
-Brake Hard Lines
-Brake soft lines
-Brake Pads
-Brake Rotors
-Brake shoes
-Rear drums
-Rear brake cylinders
-Rear brake hard lines
-Headlights
-Shocks
-Swaybar links
-Track bar
-drag link
-steering arm
-tie-rod ends
-wheel bearings
-valve cover gasket
-rocker panels
It still needed:
-Rebuilt HVAC Box
-Heater Core
-Rear Springs
-Rear Shackles
-Rear Main seal
-Oil filter housing seal
-Front springs
-Oil Pan - How does an OIL pan rust out?!
A few winters with little to no heat from a nearly clogged heater core and HVAC valve/flaps that would slam shut when you cranked up the airflow made me decide Jeep was going away.
I loved the freedom of not giving a chit what the weather threw at me and being able to get down logging roads to our summer cabins, but the propensity of it to seem to always be needing something made it the most painful vehicle I've ever owned.
I thought so much about the same thread last night i went out and bought myself an XJ myself today. 2000 Sport, 0 rust in floor or frame, some bubbling around rear window areas. If you were from here you would understand how unusual that is in Canada...
Dark now, pics tomorrow.
The gray one was my first Jeep and (technically) MY first car. 1990 4.0 5 speed. Traded it for my E30 I never really had to do anything serious to it through maintenance, mostly bushings and fluids.
I got this one, 1997 4.0 5 speed, about a year ago for daily duty while I do work on the E30. So far replaced clutch, exhaust, multiple u-joints, hubs, brakes, etc.
I'll be selling it soon and will probably get another one after it. I've really wanted to do a budget wheeler or something along those lines.
'95 Grand Cherokee
- np242 transfer case
- dana 30/35 combo
- Rubicon Express 3.5" super flex kit
- Aussie front locker
- jks front adj. track bar
- 15x8 M/T classic loc
- 32x10.50 m/t's
- decent amount of engine mods
-blah blah blah
98 Cherokee Sport. She's only had it a few months, but so far so good. Driven it over the pass already and it does amazing in the snow, even with non-winter tires. It has 160,000 currently. Picked it up for $3000.
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