Hey everyone, Im new here.
I looked at a 98 XJ today, I have some questions I hope you guys could answer.

First off, the transmission is leaking, not real bad, but wanting to know what it would cost to fix.

Secondly, Its got a 3in body lift and 31 inch tires, the rides reallly rough. I was driving it on a bumpy gravel road covered in pot holes. Also how can I cut down the rub on the front end?

Third, The ignition doesnt work. Period. He has a push switch hooked up.

Any ideas on how much this crap is gonna cost me?

Thanks.

 

Well first off you can't body lift a Cherokee. They are a unibody vehicle. So it must have a suspension lift kit

 

The guy put a bigger bushing in the shock.

 

The previous owner more than likely had a coil spring spacer installed on the front, for the rear it's probably add a leaf or shackle. There is no way an XJ can be body lifted. You'll probably need a tranny pan gasket, would be cheap if you did the work yourself. For the ignition, I'd pull one outta a junk yard XJ and have it re keyed.

 

If its an automatic, they don't use a pan gasket, just RTV. Drain the pan and drop it, clean the pan and trans mating surfaces and degrease. Apply RTV to the pan surface and reinstall.

I used Yamabond, made by Threebond. Its a semi-drying sealer meant for metal to metal and oil. Jeep/Chrysler probably has a similar product.

It'll take 4+ quarts of DexronIII/Mercon and a tube of sealer, so $30 on the high end, IF its the pan.

As for the rub, is it rubbing the fenders or something else?


If you're looking to buy it, I hope its really cheap.

 

The guy is ask $2500 with the winch, $2000 with out it.
The front tires are rubbing on the fender.

 

You can buy a decent winch for way less than $500...

 

I honestly could care less about the winch right now.

 

ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, YOU MAY WANT TO KEEP LOOKING. LOTS OF GOOD DEALS OUT THERE IF YOU ARE PATIENT. GOOD LUCK!

 

There is one that stock at a dealer ship for $3500.
Its a 99 with 19X,XXX miles on it, im not so sure about that.
I really want to get ahold of a decent XJ for a decent price.
Anyone in Ohio know of any that are around the Chillicothe area for a decent price?

 

I got my 98 with 140,000 on it for that price so you could probably do better!

 

I got mine for that price with 112,000 miles so he could def. do better.

 

I would offer him $1500 for it as for rubbing if its stock rims I would bet its rubbing the lower control arms not the fender. With 3" 31s clear the stock fender with stock rims (ask me how I know )

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