New member here from Baltimore. Recently picked up a Md. titled 01 xj 4x4 with 72k for $200.00 with what i thought was just a blown headgasket. I removed the head and sent it to my local machine shop and was told the head was cracked and i also found a piston has slight damage due to overheating. This is my first jeep and for the price and condition of the body/interior i figured it would make a great project. I want to use it primarly for hauling my atv's and camping, and also some light off roading. I had to crop my pics to get them to load. I'd like to thank all you good guys/gals in advance for guideing me thru this project.

 

wow! nice find, I would of killed to get a deal like that a rebuilt motor with a 3 yr warranty is about $1800

looks clean!

BTW I'm a new guy too.

 

Thanks ODX. I work as a auto tech and i have my own rollback that i run in my offtime. The previous owner brought her in my work for overheating and we diagnosed that the headgasket was bad. He was'nt interested in making the repairs. He found out that i buy vehicles for scrap and offered it to me for two hundred bucks. But with the low milage and appearance i could'nt scrap her so now i got a new project on my hands that snowballed, but don't they all!!!

 

Nice!

I think Autozone offers a reman for 1300 + core delivered to their store.
They have several manufacturers. My buddy is a district manager for AZ and informed me that some builders they use are better than others. If you go that route PM me and Ill ask him who it was he'd recommend.

Paint the plastics with the Krylon plastic paint and it will deduct 10 years from that Jeep.

 

Welcome! nice xj ull get her running

 

welcome to the site

 

 

It's gone, a guy offered me a $1000.00 CASH for my xj as is so i let it go! Thanks to everybody for the replies.

 

lol can't complain with an $800 profit. Are you going to get another one?

 

I made about $600, with the machine shop pressure testing the head, new head bolts and the headgasket kit that i bought. I threw the parts in with the deal, eventho the new owner is gonna install a re-manned long block. Yea, i'll be on the lookout for another one.

 

Thats a damn good price , nice jeep and welcome to the forums

 

Well, the guy that bought my xj last week has it listed on baltimore craigslist for 4,500. When i showed him the piston damage he told me he was gonna install a long block and give it to his girlfriend. According to his ad he installed a 97 head, but he don't mention if he repaired the damaged #2 piston. The engine was severly overheated which caused the head to crack, blown headgasket and it melted part of the piston. I just hope he did ALL the neccessary repairs and he's not trying to screw anybody.

 

sweet deal! Congrats on the great buy!

 

wow great invetment.