I'm looking at a clean 93 Country for one of the kids. I know the guy who has it, and he is very good about maintenance, it's been his primary driver.
It's a 4.0 auto with a NP231. About 175,000 on the odometer. Stock suspension but, it has one major problem - a death "bounce" that occurs around 45 mph that came up suddenly. It's not death "wobble", one of the front tires just starts bouncing up and down
The shocks are Monroe Sensa-tracks about 30K old, he rotated the tires and had it realigned with no improvement. He took it into a local shop which test drove it, inspected it and said there was some front-end wear but not enough to cause the problem or warrant spending the money to rebuild the front-end. They told him that his tires (a cheap off-brand and fairly old) have enough tread left to pass inspection, but they need to be replaced and that's where the problem is coming from. He's convinced the shocks have gone bad. . . Think this problem is as simple as tires?
The only other issue this XJ has is it uses about 1/2 qt of oil per tank of gas - no leaks, no blow-by. . . Emissions issues?
It's a 4.0 auto with a NP231. About 175,000 on the odometer. Stock suspension but, it has one major problem - a death "bounce" that occurs around 45 mph that came up suddenly. It's not death "wobble", one of the front tires just starts bouncing up and down
The shocks are Monroe Sensa-tracks about 30K old, he rotated the tires and had it realigned with no improvement. He took it into a local shop which test drove it, inspected it and said there was some front-end wear but not enough to cause the problem or warrant spending the money to rebuild the front-end. They told him that his tires (a cheap off-brand and fairly old) have enough tread left to pass inspection, but they need to be replaced and that's where the problem is coming from. He's convinced the shocks have gone bad. . . Think this problem is as simple as tires?
The only other issue this XJ has is it uses about 1/2 qt of oil per tank of gas - no leaks, no blow-by. . . Emissions issues?