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Dec 17, 2010 | 08:24 PM

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JeepCoMJ

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Year: 1987

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Engine: 4.0

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Originally Posted by jrhea

thanks for your help sounds like a big job on a poor example of a jeep, ithink i will just drive it untill she dies and then use the transfer case and axles and body parts as spares for my other cherokee

transfercase is NOT an np231 or np242, it's an np207 or whatever the 80's selec-trac setup was...it's garbage.

Dec 17, 2010 | 09:55 PM

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xjmuddigger

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Originally Posted by JeepCoMJ

transfercase is NOT an np231 or np242, it's an np207 or whatever the 80's selec-trac setup was...it's garbage.

for $200 i wouldnt say its garbage

Dec 19, 2010 | 10:02 PM

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JeepCoMJ

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Originally Posted by xjmuddigger

for $200 i wouldnt say its garbage

my point was regarding the "I'll just keep them to use as spares for my other cherokee" type part of the comment. they're not something you keep for spares. they're scrap weight.

Dec 19, 2010 | 10:21 PM

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xjmuddigger

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Originally Posted by JeepCoMJ

my point was regarding the "I'll just keep them to use as spares for my other cherokee" type part of the comment. they're not something you keep for spares. they're scrap weight.

mechanically...yes its scrap,i agree but cosmetically....no,he could use select body panels and interior parts,i say its worth the $200

Dec 20, 2010 | 06:47 PM

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JeepCoMJ

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Originally Posted by xjmuddigger

mechanically...yes its scrap,i agree but cosmetically....no,he could use select body panels and interior parts,i say its worth the $200

I don't disagree that the body panels (well, some of them) are interchangeable. but you are reading further into my statement than I wrote into it.

I said the transfercase is garbage. I said nothing of the rest of it.

Dec 20, 2010 | 09:00 PM

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xjmuddigger

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Year: 1991

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Originally Posted by JeepCoMJ

oh ok,i understand now

Jan 3, 2011 | 06:39 PM

#22

purplexenno

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huh

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Originally Posted by bikerider

no you didn't. 87 was the first year that Jeep went with the 4.0 over the 2.8 V6. Yours must be an 86 or older. The 2.8 V6 isn't a good engine at all. It was bought from Chevy for the Cherokee for the first three years of production. From what I hear, the 2.5 4 cylinder is a pretty decent engine on par with the 4.0.

when i was living in texas we owned a 84 jeep with a 4 cyl. in it. Pulled like a freight train. Had a crappy pre heater under the carb though. My wife eventually threw the rod in it, one of many, and i had to get rid of it. We pulled horses with it. now i don't know if that was the same 4 cyl. as the 87 but for a 4 banger it wasn't to bad.