Hello all, I'm new to XJ's and new here.
After much thinking, I decided that I wanted to buy an older XJ to use as a hunting/camping/dog-toting rig, so I looked around for a while until I found
this one
According to the title, it's a 1990 Jeep Cherokee . It's a 2 door, 5-speed manual 4X4. VIN 1J4FJ27L5LL231931. It's got 175K miles on it.
Apart from being filthy and having some dents and dings here and there, it seems pretty solid. I know it needs some alignment hygiene and the A/C needs to be looked at, but it starts right up and the transmission doesn't make any disturbing noises.
Cosmetics being a second priority to mechanical dependability, what should I have checked out? What should I be concerned about?
I'm going to get some new seats and replace that dash and steering wheel, eventually, but my main concern at this point is to have a reliable 4X4 that can handle some dirt-road driving in the backcountry. We have some pretty scary dirt roads here in Idaho. I'll get to the more extreme 4X4'ing later on.
After much thinking, I decided that I wanted to buy an older XJ to use as a hunting/camping/dog-toting rig, so I looked around for a while until I found
this one
According to the title, it's a 1990 Jeep Cherokee . It's a 2 door, 5-speed manual 4X4. VIN 1J4FJ27L5LL231931. It's got 175K miles on it.
Apart from being filthy and having some dents and dings here and there, it seems pretty solid. I know it needs some alignment hygiene and the A/C needs to be looked at, but it starts right up and the transmission doesn't make any disturbing noises.
Cosmetics being a second priority to mechanical dependability, what should I have checked out? What should I be concerned about?
I'm going to get some new seats and replace that dash and steering wheel, eventually, but my main concern at this point is to have a reliable 4X4 that can handle some dirt-road driving in the backcountry. We have some pretty scary dirt roads here in Idaho. I'll get to the more extreme 4X4'ing later on.