Bought a TJ

[jeepdude10000]

Ya so I bought a 97 TJ White 4.0L 5 speed std, 5" lift, 35" mudders, looks like long trail arms on lift. It has air lockers front and rear, arb comp, 5 gallon air tank. 10" wide offset rims. Soft and hard top, factory doors and tube doors. $5000.00 cad.

I figured out why thye guy sold it, it will only run about 30 minutes before it over heats.

Dont know what gears it has yet, but it runs about 2600 rpm at about 70 mph.

So on with buying parts(rad, electric fans, hoses, maybe even a head gasket?):repair:

[Chero-King]

Holy shit thats cheap!
Over here in BC you can barely find a tj or yj with a 2" lift for under 5k let alone one with 5" and 35's.
Sounds like a good deal, except the overheating part.

[Menzenski]

Dont know what gears it has yet, but it runs about 2600 rpm at about 70 mph.
If that speedometer's accurate, then those gears are probably 4.88s.

[jeepdude10000]

ya went to look at the TJ and they were asking $7000. But got him down. and body is in excellent shape other that a few scapes. Ill post pics later.

Mambeu, thanxs and yes it is within 1 mile, used GPS.

[RichP]

I'd start with a good 7 hour flush and proceed from there...use distilled water for making the coolant mix on the refil... OH, factory TJ's have this nasty habit of the top plastic tank seperating from the core...

[jeepdude10000]

im going to start with a all aluminum rad, new hoses, thermostat, heater core.