"Presents" from previous owners
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From: Upstate NY
Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L I6
I found a cracked cylinder head..... But don't worry, now I'm the one with the jeep who's gonna ride right on up the hood of his little car $2000 later...
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From: Parrish
Year: 1989
Model: Comanche
Engine: 4.0
Well besides the stuff previously mentioned the PO of the PO was a hunter and smoker. The carpet in my cargo area is about 70% brown/red colored. It is gray carpet so you guessed it. Also all of my plastics where "faded" Yeah right more like covered in years of ciggarette smoke. Forgot to mention it had a small dash fire behind the heater controls in the dash. Just fried some wiring. I fixed it better than new though.
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From: Summerville, Ga
Year: 1995
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 2.5 4 cyl.
Well besides the stuff previously mentioned the PO of the PO was a hunter and smoker. The carpet in my cargo area is about 70% brown/red colored. It is gray carpet so you guessed it. Also all of my plastics where "faded" Yeah right more like covered in years of ciggarette smoke. Forgot to mention it had a small dash fire behind the heater controls in the dash. Just fried some wiring. I fixed it better than new though.
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From: Michigan
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L I6
a burnt headliner, burnt rear selt belt. I think the guy was running a generator in the back of the cargo area.multiple holes in the cargo area as well. what an idiot. Why are people so stupid? Also found he probably never used antifreeze. was a nice dark chocolate color. flushed that right away. found wires running through the engine that were supposedly for the fog lights.
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From: Parrish
Year: 1989
Model: Comanche
Engine: 4.0
Actually I thought maybe it had melted from heat but since the plug and wires were charred I assumed it actually caught on fire... It wont happen again though. I eliminated the plug and did some fancy clips with the metal crimps that were inside the melted plug and some heat shrink tubing.
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From: SW Colorado
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 6cyl
I got tons of mangled wires heading from the battery to the back probably for an amp and subs. Tranny fluid had literally never been changed and the front and rear diff covers were completely glued shut. On the plus side i found a ten dollar bill underneath the seat to it was all worth it!
Where to start? "custom" roof rack is bolted and welded directly to the roof, sub and amp wires making a mess of the engine bay, found a dead mouse under the rear seat, no headliner...
oh, and going 85 down the highway 10 minutes after i got it, i discover the steering stabilizer isn't bolted on and the tie rods are bad....yeah, THAT was a shocker!!
oh, and going 85 down the highway 10 minutes after i got it, i discover the steering stabilizer isn't bolted on and the tie rods are bad....yeah, THAT was a shocker!!
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From: Lawton, Oklahoma
Year: 2002
Model: Grand Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 I-6
8 year old Spark plugs
8 year old never cleaned air filter
44 psi cold, in winter, aired p265 tires
amp wrapped in a blanket with live wires hidden within (???????)
driver side rear door speaker not even mounted, hanging in door
precut hole under passenger light for replacing relay. old relay physically broken in half, and not mounted to frame
Oil black as the blackest of nights.
Full-size spare tire is the wrong size
used, crusty condom under full-size spare tire
Went from 6 mpg to 17/18 within 2 days of her entering my home. No idea why they messed with the sound so much, it's the Infinity package and sounds fantastic.
8 year old never cleaned air filter
44 psi cold, in winter, aired p265 tires
amp wrapped in a blanket with live wires hidden within (???????)
driver side rear door speaker not even mounted, hanging in door
precut hole under passenger light for replacing relay. old relay physically broken in half, and not mounted to frame
Oil black as the blackest of nights.
Full-size spare tire is the wrong size
used, crusty condom under full-size spare tire
Went from 6 mpg to 17/18 within 2 days of her entering my home. No idea why they messed with the sound so much, it's the Infinity package and sounds fantastic.
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Joined: Mar 2010
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From: Everett, WA
Year: 1992
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
a dead battery, interior full of pine needles, a messeded up sunroof + headliner, pine needles. alot of the interior taken apart, pine needles. a cut up dash, a 3 year thing old of camel snuff and a spoon, a book on how to live like a bachlor
Did i mention pine needles?
Did i mention pine needles?



Tons and tons of animal fur on the cargo area carpet.