project daily driver.... the beginning

got a tip and picked up this 88 xj for 150 bucks was told it quit running all of a sudden..... after pulling it out of a field and some careful diagnostics (turning it over) its missing three plug wires and so begins the process of polishing off a daily driver since the 98 gets wheeled considerably and needs the front pulled in a bad way updates will be forthcoming as the process of building an xj for the daily commute begins.

ha ha... my project is an 88 that i also picked up for 150 bucks that will also be my DD.. weird.

nice find. looks to be in good condition! good luck.

Travis

soo jealous. i like look of old xjs still cruisin around.

cool, did you do a tune up on it yet? does it run?

well i threw some plug wires in it today and made sure that it had enough fluids to ensure safe startup and fired her...... using a little gas pedal and some fresh gas in the tank she fired and ran great.... still needs a good tank of premium and has a rough idle but i think that is from bad gasit gets better every time i start it..... oil pressure is stout pegged right up just like it was new and the trans shifted great driving around the yard.... looks like we have a winner! its parked in my garage now waiting on a good cleaning and a full tune up.

Whats with the driverside tail light? It looks like its warped or made of paper.

jesusjeep19 said:

Whats with the driverside tail light? It looks like its warped or made of paper.

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yeah it looks like it got melted in a fire but the jeep seems to have been nowhere near one.... i guess its just one of the many mysteries a 150$ jeep holds

looks like it was too close to a fire, we had a parking lot full of cars that looked like that when we cooked a building a year ago. It was strange the only damage to most of the vehicles were unharmed except the lights, others were just expensive puddles.