drove an hour to get this.





'97 2-door 5-speed 197k miles. $2000.
engine runs great, but the tranny grinds a little going into 5th. wiper blades look a bit out of whack, the rear wiper doesn't spray fluid, PO said the AC might not work. oh boy, I love this part. a start of a nice project.
the coolest part is I sold my jetta for $3200, so I still got $1200 to play with.

 

Nice!!!! Love the two door and the color. And, are u ever really gonna use that fifth gear anyway!!

 

Nice!!!

 

the plan is to never make it to 2nd. but u gotta get to the trail first huh?
and the 5th is not that bad, it just feels like it hesitates a bit, and when u start letting the clutch off it grinds for a split second and goes right in. my guess is the syncro is going out. it doesn't hurt my feelings. even if the syncro completely gives out, double clutching is not that hard.

 

Same things happening to my 98 only with reverse. And man that is a sweet find....still looking for that two door 5-speed myself, got a great deal on it man, cant wait to see the mods that extra $1200 is gonna get you

 

Nice find. So now you have 2 XJ's? Thats not a big deal I got 3 lol

 

Good find ,have fun with it...

 

i think reverse and 5th are connected in AX15.

hey I did my first mod already. I went outside this morning around 4 and swapped out the dummy cluster for a full gauge cluster.

 

I could be wrong but I was always told it was 4th and reverse.
Very nice 2 door by the way.

 

gr8 find,ur toy is in better condition than my dd lol

 

it won't look like this for too long!

 

Nice man, keep the mods coming and that really dosent make me feel any better considering i just found out my 2nd gear synchro is alittle screwy as well.

 

Man you scored big time! 2K that's it? Sadly, $1200 wont go far in mods. But it is certainly a good start. So what's on the wish list? Lift height you thinkin about? Long arm maybe? Boy oh boy. It's not even mine and I want to build it.

 

hahhaaa! my dear friend, 1200 is the beginning of the budget. the very beginning. i've been dropping a little cash here and there in the 2nd savings account i got not too long ago. so, i've got about 500 in that one.
and here's the GOLD! my wife gave me permission to go all out. she loves the green XJ so much that, she wants me to make this one even more.
i'm thinking RC 4.5 long arm
ironrock complete steering
4.10's
15x10 wheels
33's
2-tone paint - undercoating up to the middle body line and black from there on
custom front and rear bumper w/spare tire carrier
apn header, injectors, high flow cat, flowmaster 40
btw, i bought the 2-door so that i can trim the rear fenders without running into the doors. I'm gonna get another set of stock fender flares and build larger ones out of two sets. i don't know why, but i like the stock ones more than the bushwackers

 

the 5th stopped grinding. the XJ hadn't been driven in a year, so i think it just needed a little bit of friction. this used to be a marker vehicle for wide loads.