"Presents" from previous owners
01-24-2017, 10:56 AM
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Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Lets see... roughly $20 in change / small bills, $15 Taco Bell gift card (never used), white gold / emerald ring (real/ jeweler says about $500, wifey was pleased), rusted can of soup. enough other trash to fill a kitchen sized trash can, hole in drivers floor pan, various other small repairs were required. However she cleaned up real nice and is running / driving like a champ.
01-29-2017, 09:37 AM
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Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 6 cylinder
What kind of treats did you find working on your Cherokee that the previous owner cobbled together for you to deal with?
-example: Was looking into replacing shocks, looked at the upper rear shock mounts, WELDED! When they were putting the lift in they broke the upper bolts off in the rear. Instead of drilling and tapping the holes, it seemed like a good idea to them to just weld in the new shocks. I can hardly wait to change them now!
-example: Was looking into replacing shocks, looked at the upper rear shock mounts, WELDED! When they were putting the lift in they broke the upper bolts off in the rear. Instead of drilling and tapping the holes, it seemed like a good idea to them to just weld in the new shocks. I can hardly wait to change them now!
HOWEVER
When installing the lift, i needed longer shocks so i ordered a set of SkyJackers.
Went to install them and holy s**t to my horror the jack*** at CAR-X who changed my stock shocks way back when WELDED one of the rear shock pins to the frame.
Also a
Air chiseled and ground it off.
Then ordered a set of BPEs for the rears. No more broken rear shock bolts.
01-29-2017, 02:09 PM
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01-29-2017, 02:18 PM
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Year: 1994
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instead of running the ignition on the steering column they ran new wires from the fuse box to a horn button switch on the dash.
02-05-2017, 10:43 AM
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Model: Grand Cherokee
Engine: I6 - 4.0
All the door and other compartments were filled with tools. I didn't know originally that the doors had compartments - I thought something was loose and rattling inside the doors. Turned out to be loose tools. <g> Under the rear seats too - tools. <g>
And there were several Joker cards here and there and one Ace of Spades.
And there were several Joker cards here and there and one Ace of Spades.
02-05-2017, 11:23 AM
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All the door and other compartments were filled with tools. I didn't know originally that the doors had compartments - I thought something was loose and rattling inside the doors. Turned out to be loose tools. <g> Under the rear seats too - tools. <g>
And there were several Joker cards here and there and one Ace of Spades.
And there were several Joker cards here and there and one Ace of Spades.
02-05-2017, 02:30 PM
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"good"? Well; certainly not Great; I can say that. <g> Some were useable but many were dollar-store grade screwdrivers, cheap wrenches, and so forth. The Stanley and Craftsman stuff I kept. Oddly; there was a nice new T&B crimping plier laying under the seat. I have it in my tool pouch right now. <g>
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02-05-2017, 03:27 PM
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"good"? Well; certainly not Great; I can say that. <g> Some were useable but many were dollar-store grade screwdrivers, cheap wrenches, and so forth. The Stanley and Craftsman stuff I kept. Oddly; there was a nice new T&B crimping plier laying under the seat. I have it in my tool pouch right now. <g>
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02-05-2017, 09:59 PM
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02-05-2017, 10:19 PM
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