My new stocker XJ

foreman1063

foreman1063

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Raleigh
I have a built trail rig but have wanted a stock Cherokee to putt around on, for a while now. My budget was $500 so the pickins were slim.
After cruising Craigslist for several months now I finally found what I was looking for.
93 Cherokee Sport, 4.0l, AW4 and 4wd. It's in decent shape( straight body, no rust) but needs some attention under the hood. I figured with low initial layout on the purchase that I could find a decent low mileage motor to swap in if I need to.
Anyway, a few pics of my new toy.

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I'll get these skating stickers and gay purple window tint scraped off and do a little work on the molding and I think the old gal will look pretty respectable.
 
Looks like a good buy for 500 bucks, no rust and seems to have a straight body, even decent paint. Tires don't look too bad either.

What kind of attention does it need? Mileage on the jeep?
 
XJfreakHO said:
Looks like a good buy for 500 bucks, no rust and seems to have a straight body, even decent paint. Tires don't look too bad either.

What kind of attention does it need? Mileage on the jeep?
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The tires are almost new BFG's. Mileage is about 204k.
The motor sounds like it's running on 5 cylinders and starts to smoke after it warms up. The PO said it would start to flood and stall after a few minutes of driving. I'll probably do a compression check and fuel pressure check pretty soon. With that many miles it could just be worn out. Also a small amount of oil in the air box.
Oh and as a bonus the rear hatch hydraulic things still lift the gate like new. That's was totally unexpected.
 
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