Hello All,
About a year ago, I managed to snag a used 1999 4x4 XJ with about 260K miles (and a rebuilt title by virtue of some slight fender damage) on it with the intent of restoring / lightly modding it and spending time wrenching on it with the kid.
There are a bunch of things wrong with it (I only paid about $800 for it) and I barely managed to drive it home - white knuckle experience with the steering wandering all over. I added stabil to the fuel tank and it's sat in the garage for the last year.
Before I stored it , I had it checked out at the local jeep dealership . I've attached their diagnosis. Part of me feels like the engine and / or should be rebuilt (hardly any power) but the other part of me feels like I should probably fix minor stuff like the leaky valve cover gasket and exhaust manifold and then re-evaluate from there.
I'm trying to figure out what my plan of approach should be.
Thanks in advance
About a year ago, I managed to snag a used 1999 4x4 XJ with about 260K miles (and a rebuilt title by virtue of some slight fender damage) on it with the intent of restoring / lightly modding it and spending time wrenching on it with the kid.
There are a bunch of things wrong with it (I only paid about $800 for it) and I barely managed to drive it home - white knuckle experience with the steering wandering all over. I added stabil to the fuel tank and it's sat in the garage for the last year.
Before I stored it , I had it checked out at the local jeep dealership . I've attached their diagnosis. Part of me feels like the engine and / or should be rebuilt (hardly any power) but the other part of me feels like I should probably fix minor stuff like the leaky valve cover gasket and exhaust manifold and then re-evaluate from there.
I'm trying to figure out what my plan of approach should be.
Thanks in advance