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Old Jan 20, 2014 | 05:27 AM
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I would buy it just because its a rust free body.
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Old Jan 20, 2014 | 08:47 AM
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I think im gona pick it up today hes thinkin bout my offer and seems like we are gona have a deal
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Old Jan 20, 2014 | 12:32 PM
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Alright I got it and was driving homr and it started to die on me so I pulled over snd the ait box and filter was soaked in oil I know it wasnt like that last night when I drove it then I started it back and it conpletly died I finapy.limped it home got it in the garage now tryin to figure out wgat the hells goin on seems to me like its starting to blow
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Old Jan 20, 2014 | 01:04 PM
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Well I got it and I think it blew up on the way home it started missing and died I pulled the air box cover and it was full of oil its smoken real bad to I finaly got itnstarted back up but doesnt want to run got it to the garage gona start checkin it out
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Old Jan 20, 2014 | 01:14 PM
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Sounds like it needs a motor. Just put a motor in a 94 myself. It's not to bad mostly time consuming.
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Old Jan 20, 2014 | 06:50 PM
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Thats what its starting to look like didnt realy want to hafta do that this soon
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Old Jan 20, 2014 | 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by john deer green
Thats what its starting to look like didnt realy want to hafta do that this soon
Perfect excuse to find a way to cram a 440 wedge in there (because hemis are for suckers).
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Old Jan 20, 2014 | 08:36 PM
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Haha if I had the money I would looksnlike im gona be rebuilding it cyclinder 6 is dead and ive got metal shavings in the oil so she will be comin out this comjn weekend
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Old Jan 20, 2014 | 10:56 PM
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You bought it with a bad tap and didn't expect this? Lol
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Old Jan 21, 2014 | 05:42 AM
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Well it sounded like a lifter peck were it had been sittin my other xj has had a tap for years and still runs strong lol heck I dont care tho itll he a nice jeep when its done
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Old Jan 24, 2014 | 11:45 PM
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Well it wasnt a lifter pec that was cousing the miss. Just got the head out and the cyclinder that was dead has a chunk missing and had a bent push rod

thinkin bout gettin this for my dd-forumrunner_20140125_004540.jpg
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Old Jan 24, 2014 | 11:55 PM
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I'll bet the seller was sweating bullets, at least it didn't deep six during your "test drive".
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Old Jan 25, 2014 | 12:07 AM
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Yea no kiddin lol oh well atleast the body is good on it
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Old Jan 25, 2014 | 04:55 PM
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even at that cost getting a cheap used 4.0 would still be worth it in my eyes
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Old Jan 25, 2014 | 11:02 PM
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Well I got the motor out tonight looks like my motor is a ***** and has been into a few times so should be inreresting to see how bad it realy is once I get it on the stand looks like ill be finding another motor to build
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