Maryland Cherokee Club
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Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 6,468
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From: Forest Hill, Maryland
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L
CF Veteran
Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 6,468
Likes: 18
From: Forest Hill, Maryland
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L
CF Veteran
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 2,752
Likes: 0
From: Nashville
Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
The hardest part is figuring out the damage to the engine. If you hit hard enough to bend the balancer, you may have done some serious damage to the engine.
I am NOT trying to scare you or anything. You have decisions to make. In order to test that engine you need to free it up....get everything out of the way....then you have to do repairs to the bracketry and radiator prior to starting it. Pretty sure to put in a new radiator, you will need a new core support. You will not get a new core support even IN until you bend the unibody back to it;s original shape. Now....once you fix ALL that so you can safely run the engine long enough to truly assess the engine, the engine COULD be toast.
The decision you need to make is....go forward with THIS JEEP? Or move on, part it out, get another one, and learn from this mistake.
Again, I am not trying to scare you, but give you a realistic view of what you are looking at. It is NOT as simple and rosy as everyone trying to make you feel better is making it sound.
As always, I am trying to be helpful even though my comments may hurt a little.
I am NOT trying to scare you or anything. You have decisions to make. In order to test that engine you need to free it up....get everything out of the way....then you have to do repairs to the bracketry and radiator prior to starting it. Pretty sure to put in a new radiator, you will need a new core support. You will not get a new core support even IN until you bend the unibody back to it;s original shape. Now....once you fix ALL that so you can safely run the engine long enough to truly assess the engine, the engine COULD be toast.
The decision you need to make is....go forward with THIS JEEP? Or move on, part it out, get another one, and learn from this mistake.
Again, I am not trying to scare you, but give you a realistic view of what you are looking at. It is NOT as simple and rosy as everyone trying to make you feel better is making it sound.
As always, I am trying to be helpful even though my comments may hurt a little.
0331 problems are so over hyped on here. If you were to believe the posts a 2000-2001 XJ will spontaneously combust at any moment. They also eat babies and cause huricanes.
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From: Frederick, MD from Cleveland, OH
Year: 1993 YJ Wrangler
Engine: 4.0 I6
CF Veteran
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 2,752
Likes: 0
From: Nashville
Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
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Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 2,961
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From: Sykesville, Md
Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
CF Veteran
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 2,752
Likes: 0
From: Nashville
Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
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Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 5,151
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From: glen burnie md
Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee
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Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 6,880
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From: Frederick, Maryland
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 I-6 High output
Aaron you need a truck to put Barney in the barn or man power?
