What should I expect? I recently got a job at Chrysler and decided that I should probably drive one of their vehicles.

I bought a 2001 Cherokee Sport with 82,000 miles on it.

Its needs a good cleaning, and some attention to some of the body panels (original owner family was letting his 17 year old daughter drive it)

They said that it over heated and the garage said that they would need a new radiator, new water pump.....

There is no coolant in the valve cover or on the dipstick.....no steam or coolant smell in the exhaust. Have not done a compression test, or even driven it.....but they have a stack of receipts and it looks like the entire suspension and steering components/dampers were replaced sometime in the cars life.

They were asking $1500 for the car and had about 50 people call (Craigslist listing).

I'm an engineer and have built my own cars from the ground up before.....I think I just need to get this thing home and go throught it with a fine toothed comb.....

Did I get a good deal?

 

Great deal if you ask me. Only real things to keep your head up about especially after the overheating story is the #0331 heads are a hit or a miss on whether they'll crack or not.

 

Sorry.



















J/k WELCOME

 

You didn't post pics of just how bad the body damage is, but if it's pretty straight then it's probably a pretty good deal even if you had to pay to have the head replaced. Does sound more like a coolant system problem though, maybe a bad water pump.

 

helluvadeal
aside from a dd what do you have planned if anything?

 

there's no help for you now...

welcome to "the Jeep thing"

good deal