2000 2WD 4speed @ 169k is my DD and she's hanging in there.

 

I totaly agree to what you are saying by trying to do the up keep on everything & to me its like a dog trying to catch it's tail once i get something fixed it will be good for a while then by the time i have fixed it the following week its something else. I think that I am going to set up an account hertev at the local bank just for my cherokees...lol.

 

Thats great news just keep it between the ditches or in our case we can just about anywhere... just keep it on 4 wheels lol and keep it moving.

 

Thats what I like to hear about when someone in the family has enough faith in a vehicle to pass down to their family memeber and to share all the great memories that a family has done together like going camping, fishing, and or even gone wheeling somewhere.

 

I totaly would agree with you on this if you have been the one and only owner of the vehicle or that if you had bought it from someone that really took care of it since they had owned it. When i had bought my 94 they owner befor me told me that he changed the fluids on a regular basis because of the milage he was putting on itwhich makes perfect sense to do that but now my 98 is a whole different ball of wax I have changed the tranny fluid in it which the fluid looked like dirty oil that had been there for a while it was just as black as coal, I hasd went back to the previous owner and asked him when he changed the tranny fluid last and his response was that he had never did change any of the fluids in it for the 3 years that he owned it, he just kept adding.

 

I really glad that the problem disappeared, you may have caught the problem in time and thats all that it needed but in my case the way that the previous owner took care of the 96 just blows my mind to hear that he didn't change any of the fluids for the 3 years that he owned it and I came along and bought it and not knowing that at the time of purchasing it, it had driven fine and I didn't see any major problems, its a question that I should of asked but didn't

 

still could possibly work. Did you just pull the drain plug and refill? Or did you flush the system and fill? Mine was black as used oil when I first changed it.

 

89 XJ is my saily primary.
It's body currently a bit tired and sharing the daily responsibilities of dragging me and dog around with the 95 and 02 GC's.
All three run the 4.0L
89 at 755K Km (468K+mi), the 95 and 02 at about 350Kkm each.
XJ will spend a rehab session with the welder, armourer, and various accumulated parts as soon as the weather co-operates.
I am a strong advocate of regular fluid changes. Works for me.

 

We went ahead and just flushed it out and put all new in, It felt better knowing that it fresh fluid in it aswell as the filter.

 

I think my jaw has just the floor, this is why I like sitting around comparing notes this is good stuff to know that these vehicles can and will go and go

 

My 94 is a 2wd and it will soon hit 349xxx miles by the end of the week now that I got back up and running again after hitting a deer the other day, she is like an old friend I guess that I spend alot of time with it and in it for my job when I hit the deer and seen how much damage was done it just made me sick and now she is almost better running wise, still looking for a new nose piece for it and some other body parts.

 

It's funny, to this day, he and my mom, still ask how "Suzy" is doing. Myself and my wife just put a headliner in it, she painted the overhead console and speaker bar in the rear..."Suzy" is looking good for her age! Paint booth could be in the future for her.

 

Send some pictures when you are done getting "Suzy" all dolled up I would love to see her in a fresh coat of paint, are you going to put any graphics on her ?? I do some air brushing when i have the time to do it. I really think thats great how they ask about their old cherokee and what updates you are puting on her.

 

Also when you get ready to paint her and if you decide to send pictures please send before and after pictures. I would like to see both.

 

96 4 speed auto 4x4 with 106K. some minor issues but engine runs like a champion