lil01cherokee

Well heres the story gents, im currently stationed here in Jacksonville NC with the USMC. i bought a 2 door 5 speed 99 cherokee in march when i was still in callifornia. ive been lookin for an ax 15 for it to make it 4x4 since mine is only 2wd. I found one for 300$ when i got here to NC so i picked it up. then it was time to find a t-case axles, yada yada. so after buying this trans and hearing it from my wife for a day or two about how i should just buy another on thats already 4x4 to lift and such i come across this 97 cherokee 4dr 4x4 on the good ole craigslist for 1000$. its said to have a good tranny and 170k miles but no motor altough it does have all the parts for the motor minus the block so i figure hey maybe its worth calling on. upon calling on it i found out it was owned by this awesome older couple who got it from their son before he got stationed in germany. i only wanted it as a parts jeep so the cheap **** i am i asked the lady would you take any less than 1000. she says yeah i can take 800 and i was pretty stoked i didnt even make an offer an got her down 200$. so i make plans to come look at it and go about my day, only to get a call 5 minutes later from the ladys husband saying that she would give it to me for 400$. at this point i was pumped. finally i went to see the cherokee to find out just how clean it was, minus the headliner and missin head unit there wasnt a stain or tear in the interior, the exterior was sun faded and had some minor bruises but nothing terrible. the next trick was getting it home. my 2wd cherokee didnt have a hitch so i gave the couple 200$ down and took the hitch and wiring harness that was on the 97. then i went and picked up a dolly. im sure it was a sight to see one cherokee hauling another down the road. anyways this is where im at.



i have all the lights and stuff but the guy had taken them off when he pulled the motor



pretty clean but ive been de-greasing it



it has the matching spare as well



sorry for the pad interior pics but even the center council latch works and isnt broken!

saggy head liner but thats the worst of it

and my tow turd thats the day i got it it no longer has the stripes or extra roof rack. it still is a project but between moving across country, buying a house and working on the house it kinda got put on the back burner.

lil01cherokee

plans for it are to obviously get a motor and put it back together and get it mobile then its time for some lift tires and accessory's. i also wouldnt mind painting it but thats on the back burner for now. this is going to be a slow build due to leaving for some training for most of july and august. but stick with me

1995liftedxj

This was the cheapest one I bought $500

XJGunny

Looks fun. I'm at Lejeune too. Just finished my 4X4 conversion last weekend.

lil01cherokee

how was its? did you do a ax15? what t case did you use?

XJGunny

No, used an AW4 auto. It was really simple. Started at about 9am and was done and driving at 6pm. Took a lunch break in between. I imagine adding a clutch pedal/ master cylinder and associated parts would be slightly more difficult and time consuming. I'm using a 231 case.

Tyler01

Im bought my 93 Cherokee 5 Speed 4x4 for 700. Blew head gasket week later and sold wheels and tires for 200. Sent head to be redone. all in all after gasket I got 60 bucks in this thing and will roast tires in 2nd and chirp 3rd.

lil01cherokee

Doors off and painted it today

lil01cherokee

Finally got a motor fir my 97 4 door got it all stripped down just waiting for the head to some back from the machine shop

XJGunny

Is this at Foss? Have any more XJs out there?

lil01cherokee

Yes that was at foss and they have that one and a few of the older body style. This one i got lucky and just came in the day i went to look its pretty stripped though no interior besides the carpet dash and headliner also all the trim is there and in good shape the only broken piece was the piece that goes above the rear hatch. They were very reasonably priced out there too. I got the motor header panel drivers side door panel taillight and a few other little things for 265$.

XJGunny

Yeah, Foss is cheap. That one has been out thee a while now if it was a black one that was originally red. I pulled the lift off of it.

lil01cherokee

Well took the head in to be pressure tested and resurfaced. Turns out its cracked. So on to finding a new head. If anyone have a good one around im in the market for a reasonably priced one

XJGunny

There was on on CL and LYS for a while. it was from a '98 already been cleaned up and new valves/ springs.

Try this one?

http://onslow.craigslist.org/pts/3852731495.html

lil01cherokee

Thanks i appreciate all the help