Strictly.Offroad
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Portland, OR
I'm sure most of you remember my ugly 88 reconstructed title xj that needs a ton of work to get going again.
I listed it up on CL for 1000 obo with two sets of wheels and tires, spare 8.25 27-spline shafts, upgraded axles out of a 96 front and rear, 3.5" lift (needs rear springs and shocks), basically a ton of work. Now it needs either a rebuilt motor or a huge overhaul. Engine knock vibrates the entire vehicle and is so loud im surprised it hasn't blown up yet.
Now to my dilema. I want to start my build back up again and when I took inventory of what I had and what it would take to fix, to make it a reliable DD, before any upgrades were started would be astronomical. The bigest item would be the engine. I haven't had the time or money to get it diagnosed to see an estimated repair cost, in NW Portland est. diag $190 starting. not bad for the start but if they diag it and need to go deeper then it could get up to $1000s of dollars. I could buy a replacement motor for 3500 have it installed for another 1500. But at that point i just dropped $5000 on an engine in a reconstructeed jeep worth about $500.
A second option would be to start fresh with a newer jeep and spend about $1500-2500 on that then I would have to start fixing items that may be wrong on that too. The engine may be bad but I would have no idea until I drove it for a while. Just like my current jeep.
End result: I would love to Have a capible jeep with about a 4.5" lift 32" tires and a long arm kit, AT Transmission and manual locks/windows. I would prefer to have a 4.0HO and Dana 44 rear. I want it to be a all around great trail and street vehicle.
Let me know what you all think I should do.
1. Scrap the current jeep, save up and buy a newer rig then modify it.
2. Scrap the current jeep, buy a yj wrangler and play with it until it dies or i can afford a 4dr jk
3. Fix the issues that are dire right away and save up for the modifications as I can afford them.
This is probably the second time ive asked your opinions on this same issue but i bought a house, and lost some family members since the last post so some things have opened up in the near future.
I listed it up on CL for 1000 obo with two sets of wheels and tires, spare 8.25 27-spline shafts, upgraded axles out of a 96 front and rear, 3.5" lift (needs rear springs and shocks), basically a ton of work. Now it needs either a rebuilt motor or a huge overhaul. Engine knock vibrates the entire vehicle and is so loud im surprised it hasn't blown up yet.
Now to my dilema. I want to start my build back up again and when I took inventory of what I had and what it would take to fix, to make it a reliable DD, before any upgrades were started would be astronomical. The bigest item would be the engine. I haven't had the time or money to get it diagnosed to see an estimated repair cost, in NW Portland est. diag $190 starting. not bad for the start but if they diag it and need to go deeper then it could get up to $1000s of dollars. I could buy a replacement motor for 3500 have it installed for another 1500. But at that point i just dropped $5000 on an engine in a reconstructeed jeep worth about $500.
A second option would be to start fresh with a newer jeep and spend about $1500-2500 on that then I would have to start fixing items that may be wrong on that too. The engine may be bad but I would have no idea until I drove it for a while. Just like my current jeep.
End result: I would love to Have a capible jeep with about a 4.5" lift 32" tires and a long arm kit, AT Transmission and manual locks/windows. I would prefer to have a 4.0HO and Dana 44 rear. I want it to be a all around great trail and street vehicle.
Let me know what you all think I should do.
1. Scrap the current jeep, save up and buy a newer rig then modify it.
2. Scrap the current jeep, buy a yj wrangler and play with it until it dies or i can afford a 4dr jk
3. Fix the issues that are dire right away and save up for the modifications as I can afford them.
This is probably the second time ive asked your opinions on this same issue but i bought a house, and lost some family members since the last post so some things have opened up in the near future.
