my 1990 jeep cherokee has 321090 miles on it. still runs great but i recently received an offer for a motor and tranny with only 93k miles on it. im just trying to get some opinions on if i should buy it or not.

 

Buy it, put new gaskets/rear main, and valve seals on it and store it for when your current work horse finally give up the ghost.

 

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Agreed

 

i agree as well. no reason to replace something that isnt broken.

 

thats how im doing it.... 411k still running 100k engine in the garage just waiting..

 

Kick *** 411k miles. Take care of her and go after that honda accord that turned a million miles

 

was yur rig featured in 4wheel parts mag? i remember reading an article . rig looked like yours and said to have 400+ on the original engine.

 

Yep.

 

That's how I would do it... So long as the engine wasn't out of a 00+ Cherokee. Swap it out when the current motor dies, rebuild the old motor, swap it out again when the new one goes. You'll have a Cherokee for life.

 

Amen to that. As long as its not from 1999-2001 I'd hold on to that gem and just wait it out. If you get a catastrophic failure at some point, you are loaded for bear. I know its a big hunk of iron to have sitting around your garage, but you will be happy with it some day.

I had a 2000 engine, cracked the head, built a 1994, best move I ever made.