need your thoughts on buying a cherokee
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need your thoughts on buying a cherokee
my friends brother has a 89 cherokee it has a few issues like when i turn it sounds like the wheel and tire is going to fall off it starts kinda hard and runs ruff one of the injector wires has been spliced the oil smells like gas he wants 500 for it but for being a Wisconsin its not very rusty need oppinions he has a parts jeep i can grab parts off of wife says i have to come up with the cash by my self lol
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Year: 2000
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Engine: 4.0L I6
with any Jeep XJ (and others), the purchase price is the least of your worries. Gonna want a least a few grand to get parts and items fixed and upgraded.
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X2... It sounds like you have a pretty good base (not much rust). Everything else is replaceable except for the body. The noise when you are turning could also be a bad axle u-joint.
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its a 94 do you know if the block would be able to interchange or not i work at a car dealer ship and with talking to some of the guys it sounds like the rings are junk in the 89 so i was thinking of a motor swap but don't know if it would work i know the 94 and 89 have the same motor but the intake is different is their any thing else that is different
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I love buying cheap old Jeeps! But they are a pain in the butt!!!!! They never work right, something is always broken, and you're constantly trying to find time and money to fix them.
If its going to be your primary source of transportation ..... don't do it!!!
If its a project vehicle to play with, then DO IT NOW!!!!!
If its going to be your primary source of transportation ..... don't do it!!!
If its a project vehicle to play with, then DO IT NOW!!!!!
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Year: 1990
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its a 94 do you know if the block would be able to interchange or not i work at a car dealer ship and with talking to some of the guys it sounds like the rings are junk in the 89 so i was thinking of a motor swap but don't know if it would work i know the 94 and 89 have the same motor but the intake is different is their any thing else that is different
some sensors and their locations
dizzy
exhaust manifold
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i think im going to buy it and try and do the motor swap the jeep is a 92 not a 94 and it sounds like i would have to swap over the intake and manifolds and relocate some sensors i think i can get the jeep bought for the 500 with the motor form the 92 and some other parts and pieces
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