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Old Apr 14, 2010 | 10:05 PM
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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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Old Jun 2, 2010 | 08:58 PM
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box of cigarettes, death medal CDs, countless lollipops, and lots of change (at least $30)
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Old Jun 2, 2010 | 09:34 PM
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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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Old Jun 21, 2010 | 05:47 PM
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Old Jun 21, 2010 | 06:02 PM
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I found an envelope of catnip seeds behind the rear panel when I installed the fire extinguisher... Tons and tons of animal fur on the cargo area carpet.
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Old Jun 21, 2010 | 06:12 PM
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strobe light system:

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Old Jun 21, 2010 | 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by tuxfan212
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.
no flamey, just heaty. jeeps are bad about frying those two plugs hooked to the back of the a/c, heat control......thats why i went to pull a part and got 5 of each
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Old Jun 21, 2010 | 09:12 PM
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a dead battery.
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Old Jun 21, 2010 | 09:40 PM
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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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Old Jun 21, 2010 | 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by xj_maniac_newb
no flamey, just heaty. jeeps are bad about frying those two plugs hooked to the back of the a/c, heat control......thats why i went to pull a part and got 5 of each
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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Old Jun 22, 2010 | 10:52 PM
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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!
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Old Jun 22, 2010 | 11:15 PM
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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!!
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Old Jun 23, 2010 | 01:09 AM
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Hmmmm I wonder why like 95% of the Cherokees people buy come with weed in them Hahahaha
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Old Jun 23, 2010 | 02:49 AM
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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.
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Old Jun 23, 2010 | 03:18 AM
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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?
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