in the totaled 97 i bought there was 9 sets of earplugs, 3 pairs of girls flip flops, a box of girls products, a couple of dollars in change, a "painting", an envelope from the girl who drove/wrecked it w/ my name, her #, and an article of clothing inside

 

Two rear light sockets with bulbs rusted in(nobody stocks two wire sockets!)
no jack
note book with maintainence notes.
driver side rear door wouldn't open
shift **** loose
death wobble 60-65 mph
But it's a 93 country with 218K miles and it was free1

 

The P.O. of my xj was a sheriffs deputy, and besides the empty dip/cigarette containers and a bullet, I found a small microphone behind the driver side sun shade that was wired through the trim with a plug in under the rear seat! For some reason, still unknown to me, the ingition is also wired so that you have to turn the key forward and then press a big shiny button on the dash to start it, which is kinda cool (but may not pass inspection ). There was also a teal sharpie up behind the front bumper (???) and crayon wax melted into the passenger seat .

 

The PO of my 92 was a duck hunter.Gun rack in the back twelve gadge shells under the seat.It was wired to be towed that was a nightmare to clean up oh and the power steereing hose leaked,there was a brand new one in the back. The tag said it had been there over a year.I spent twenty buck at the car wash cleaning under the hood.And it was rusted soild underneath.so far so good on my 87 keeping my fingers crossed.

 

bull crap prove that! pics or ban!!!

 

unbalanced tires, air control ***** didn't function at all, speed control didn't work, very worn ball joints, couldn't shift t-case into 4low, power windows only work half the time and etc... lol

 

Missing headlight bezels
Random interior trim screws in the center console
Broken sway bar link

 

i got a stock 2000 xj from a guy who said he never wheeled it and drove it like a grandma....haha ya BS after i bought it i had to wash out the undercarraige cause there was a ton of red clay all underneath it. almost a year later half of it is still there. oh ya i also descovered cheep speaker wire thats all fried.

 

My 96' 4dr cherokee had a small killswitch mounted under the dash with a wack of wires everywhere for a remote start that had been partially removed, poorly. It was right near the fuse box, but so tiny i never noticed that i bumped it one time... Let me tell you that was one pain in the *** no start to diagnose. My other cherokee had bondo floors that stretched from the brake pedal to the rear bench seat and beyond. I guess it looked safe cause it passed inspections. I've since welded new body steel inplace of it when i was poking it with a screw driver and a 1.5ft section fell off.... lol

 

3" of 2x3 box tube steel booger welded to the unibody to lower the stock LCAs 3" and the stock uppers extended with what appears to be scrap steel. The passanger side booger weld broke in braking the first 2 days i had it, before i knew left from right when it came to jeeps and lifts.

 

back left door wont open due to child safety lock on, the outside button wont work. a wiring mess for electric fan and fog lights cleaned that up. broken unibody welded that up. driver door leaks when it rains. and a ring under the center console

 

Wow, I kinda feel bad 'cause when I got mine it was pretty clean. Minus little things like very small stains. but besides all that, nothing. At least not yet...

 

pulled off the center section of the dash to install a new stereo and found a pipe and a 20 bag...

 

the only present that our family had to replace/fix was: front rotors/calipers, right wheel bearing/hub assembly had to be replaced, engine & transmission mounts had to be replaced. everything else was minimal.

 

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