No pics yet. Cant find the charger to my camera. Will have to use phone. It still looks about the same anyway.
So as the story goes...
I sold this Cherokee over 3 years ago before going on a deployment. My roommate and I both had two vehicles at the time and I had a ton of stuff in a 2 car garage, if you can barely call it that. I needed to make room stat so all my stuff could be put in storage while I was gone. I honestly would have sold the KK in a heart beat. However I was still making payments on it and it was recently in an accident, so I would have been upside down. Well days before going to the desert stupid me finds another must have on craigslist, a 70 C10 SWB. My step dad had two of the 67-72 C10 body trucks when I was growing up and always wanted one, this was priced right. I left the truck sitting on base when I deployed. Came back, bought a house and the truck sat for at least a year. Finally got it to the house and tore down, oh its still tore down. Plus house projects. Can never have enough time or money. I have regretted selling the XJ for as long as I can remember. I would day dream about some day once again owning another. I looked off and on over the years but could never pull the trigger knowing I have too many projects and hobbies already. Friday my friend tells me hes buying a ZJ. Hes had other Jeeps and was looking to get back into one. Hung out Saturday watching some football and talked Jeeps, my old XJ, wanting another.... blah blah blah. Browse craigslist that night found one that was nice looking and the price was right, unfortunately red paint and almost 2 hours away. Never seriously considered going to look at it. Monday rolls around and Im browsing craigslist at work. (dont tell the boss) My old XJ is for sale! I forwarded it to my buddy, of course he says buy it. I took it as a sign from God and messaged the guy and told him I previously owned it. He was kinda pissed at first cause the guy who sold it to him lied to him about some stuff and I guess it was beat on and not taken care of. The guy I sold it to had it for a couple years before selling to this guy. This guy is selling cause hes moving to Hawaii. So Tuesday I go pull the funds out of the bank and drive it home. I feel like if I can ever get this thing to the condition I am comfortable daily driving it and would take it on road trips the KK will be up for sale. That could very well be a year in the making.
Anywho
Well I found quite a few things that need fixed. Some new, some I hadn't done the first time. Some caused by the first owner and shoddy repairs by the second owner. The second owner did start dumping good money into it. I paid a few hundred dollars less then I sold it for 3 years ago. So basically I put it in storage for 3 years and it came out with extra parts.
Bad: Still more to inspect. These are just the first findings.
ALIGNMENT! OMG this thing is all over the road.
Driveline Vibes
Upper coolant hose rubs battery
washer fluid wires disconnected from the reservoir for some reason
Fogs need rewired or at least cleaned up
Seat belt buckle button was funky
Seat latch spring broke, seat wanted to keep sliding back and forth hitting the gas and brakes
Half a dozen leaks (this is how I know when to add fluid)
Previous owner installed:
Full Traction Long Arm kit
Full Traction Track Bar
M.O.R.E Engine mounts
Rustys Steering Conversion
Optima Red Top
Small LED fogs
upgraded headlights of some sort
(thats gotta be about $1600-1750)