no ****.. thongs under the backseat, tampons in the glove box, a pink umbrella, and leather work gloves?

 

Bought the '95 for $500, so there were issues I was aware of. The items below I discovered later...
- Screwed up stereo install. PO had to disconnect the neg battery cable if he wasn't going to be using driving it for a few days or more to keep the battery from going dead. Problem went away when I yanked out the stereo.
- 6x9s hacked into the liftgate with drywall screws. Holes through the plastic and underlying fiberglass were stripped, so they were just held in by habit. The stick that holds the liftgate open slipped one day and shot one of the speakers into the rear seatback when it slammed shut.
- Remnants of someone's attempt at fog/driving lights under the front bumper.
- Hacked in trailer light wiring that didn't work. They ran to an oddball 8-pin rectangular trailer plug.
- PDC sprayed with WD40. Under-dash fuse box full of too-large fuses and various jumpers.
- Someone had attempted to wire in aftermarket power lock actuators. The front passenger door actuator was seized up, keeping the locks from locking. Drivers door lock rod hacked up enough that it doesn't work too well either. Rears aren't much better.
- Shift boot the only thing holding the center console down.
- Missing fan shroud and radiator electric fan assembly.
- Valve cover bolts finger tight, if that.
- Worn spark plugs. Distributor cap full of carbon tracks with a worn down center contact. Hole worn through the center contact of the rotor.
- Right rear axle oil seal blown out.
- Weird vent in the center of the dash broken off and assorted holes and cuts in the dash trim.

- Left in the back was a broken snow brush, some old windshield wipers, a trailer ball and a valve cover and manifold gasket set that I think is for a Renix engine.

 

valve cover bolts have a pretty small torque value, I think it was like 20 in-lbs, so they feel like finger tight, haha

thats a pretty crazy list though

 

85 in-lbs (~7 Ft-lb), about as tight as you can get them with a small 1/4" ratchet (just with your wrist near the end of the handle, don't put your weight into it) if you don't have a torque wrench.


Not real tight, but more than "finger-tight". If you put them in "finger-tight" they will back out and leak.

 

Actually 7ft lbs/84 in lbs.

 

Nice.

 

In my (now sold) 93 xj, when I removed the center console, I found used syringes. You can imagine my excitement.

 

Well other than the blown head gasket (which I figured) finding the tranny cooler behind the front bumper , held up by drywall screws pretty much does it for me....... running great calipers seizing up from sitting so long. Paid my mech. to get it running & I'll try to do all I can at my advanced age. Maybe I'll start a build thread on BlueJeep.

 

...and a few had backed themselves out and it was leaking. The head gasket was on it's way out, and when it would run weak, the PO would pull the valve cover and torque the head bolts some more, slap the cover back on and drive on.

 

Bought a 95 ZJ Limited yesterday, my first Jeep since 1994. Got a pre-inspection and they said the passenger exhaust manifold gasket was blown and the muffler had a crack in it. Started unbolting the manifold and when I loosened the EGR tube it was just dangling. Some jackwagon didn't even bother reconnecting the other end to the intake so I suspect most of the noise was coming out of the EGR "exhaust pipe".

 

From what I can tell the welds cracked on the DS door hinges and the PO had them welded back up... Never re-adjusted the door. His fix for water getting inside? Universal sticky back weather stripping attached to the factory weather stripping. So happy living in the rust belt to buy a jeep from south texas only to have to replace the floor pan due to water getting in the interior while the undercarriage looks great.

 

The engine bay looked like the Valdez oil spill, the valve cover leaked a quart a week. Brake pads worn down to the backing plates. Shocks bushings worn out and gone, the shocks wore grooves in their mounts from steel on steel for so long.

Best one though: PO didn't have a door key, never did. Previous previous owner sold it to him without one. PO never had one made, just don't lock it he says. Jeep is ugly/old enough I didn't put a door key high on my list. I pulled the front wheel well liners to cut the fenders and found a Hide-a-Key behind the liner.

 

Found a Gillette razor in the center console and a bud light beer can under the seat.

Look good and feel good, I guess.

 

A couple mice and some change was about it. Vehicle was perfect.

 

One of the many missing bolts. That's the track bar mount by the way.... Zip tied hoses and missing two valve cover bolts.... Yeah po was an idiot