I made a double take on the title of this thread and rolled laughin when I realized what it was. haha love the spirit of you guys, another reason i love my XJ- knowing other people love it as much as I do(and more i'm sure) and are there to help the rest of us out too.

'86 with just under 250k, takes a beating and keeps on rolling. I had little mechanical experience before owning this and its been a great project to learn on as i go. couldn't ask for anything better and wouldn't change my $800(before upgrades) decision for anything.

 

Just got my '96, 160k. Needs some fluid changes, shocks, some suspension bits, windshield. I think it's a keeper, though, so I'm not going to shy away from dumping a little money into it to extend the life.

 

Mine is purely like a rhino, perfect! Changed my oil, filter and seafoamed the intake today. Perfect wednesday for my jeep.

 

great thread. glad someone did it.

 

One of the main reasons Chrysler bought AMC was for the 4-wheel drive division little they know over 2 million x-js were made its #10 on hard vehicles to kill list which includes cars on 2nd. one now 2000. One thing for sure living in Pa. I CAN AND DO go in the snow and no more digging out my parking spot when it does. # 1 on the fun to drive list drove over 100k on both

 

You shoulda changed the water pump ... duh ...

 

Awesome thread guys! Mine is my DD and it has been gettin' me everywhere I need to go without any issues! Jeep dependability is second to none!

 

I took a 96 Sport that had been sitting for over a year with a bad brake line. replaced the brake line and the front pads and rotors, charged the battery over night and did a oil change. then my girlfriend drove from central ct to central fla 0 issues. I'm impressed.

 

The XJ is the best vechicle i have owned and wouldn't trade it for the world...PERIOD

 

I used to think they were goofy......Then I drove one. I had to have one, been my DD vehicle of choice ever since. If not for wheelin, I don't think anything would break, lol.