I just picked up another xj a 98 with 338000 miles, head was just rebulit other than that runs and drives great. Burns or leaks no oil.

 

I looked for about a year over here. Lots of cherokee's for sale, but a lot of owners were looking to get what they had into them it seemed. In MI rust is a given unfortunatly.

Generally I was looking at around $5000+ for 120-160k on it.

I found one for $4800 with only 88k and perfect interior, minor rust, and runs great.

Just keep searching, you'll find one.

 

I just picked this up 191K MI. Clean ALL Maint. records $2500

 

I bought my '94 XJ Sport a few months ago with 280,000 miles on it for $900. 2,000 miles later and still running strong. Minor leak, but I just gotta have the time to replace the rocker cover gasket. (hopefully that's all it is )

 

got my 98 with lift 165000 mi for $2500

 

97 XJ, 233,000 miles, had it since new. Brakes, tires, an A/C compressor, one O-2 sensor, and a couple of windshields over the years. Its still a champ and doesn't burn or drip a drop of oil. I am going to run it until one of us dies.

 

got my xj for 4500 with 150000 miles on it....i dont feel to bad now lol

 

does anybody know what the highest recorded mileage for a cherokee is?

 

yeah anyone know?

 

i sold one running with 406k 4x4 still worked too. rear main leaked. and had injector problems sometimes though.

 

My 88' has 303k on it...does not burn or leak oil and still runs like a champ.

 

IMHO, I bought my XJ for $1500 with 196xxx miles, 1991 Laredo. I bought it in October, ran it through 4 ft snow and frigid cold all winter, and when spring came routing crap started goin out (plus I came to find out the PO basically abused and neglected the poor ol girl). So far, I have replaced the P/S pump, Water Pump, Harmonic Balancer, Ignition Coil, Radiator, and valve cover gasket. I kid you not, when you take care of your XJ and nurse it, it will heal and take good care of you. My XJ has never let me down. And these 4.0's, properly maintained, can last up to 400k miles. Hell, I love my XJ so much I have a Titan reman 4.0 and new AW4 sittin in the books for when mine finally gives the ghost up.

 

my 91 xj has 252k on it and runs stronger than any other xj ive seen

 

I bought my 89' Cherokee 4.0L, Aw4, NP242 in Dec of 96' for 11k. I now have 292,000 miles on it. Still running strong. Maintenance, change the oil and don't overheat. Recently changed the original front hub bearings and original fuel pump. Replaced the starter once, the alternator once, radiator once, Water pump once, steering pump once, CPS twice, Coil and Ignition Module twice, and battery twice.

 

i just bought my 89 with 314k on the engine for 500. it runs great, leaks a little but still strong