SilverbearX
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Afternoon Everyone. Last weekend I bought my first Jeep ever. It is a 2004 KJ Limited. I have been looking around for a 4wd suv or truck for about a year on and off, and with my teenagers commandeering my F150 to drive to school, and hunting season rapidly approaching, I needed something soon.
I found this jeep in my town for $1,300.
Going to look at it, I expected something in pretty poor condition, as most $1,300 vehicles I have looked at are trash buckets.
To my surprise, it seemed pretty clean.
Took it for the test drive and for the most part, it drove well, ran well, started easily and had no strange sounds or knocking.
I was quite surprised.
Tested the 4WD and it went in and out just fine and was working.
Tires are 29 inch and pretty new. Little to no suspension sag.
Looked under the hood and it was very clean. No rust under the frame. There is some moisture down there, but it is not a major leak. Not sure what it is yet.
Here is where it gets strange. The guy I bought it from said it was his sister's car and the engine went out in it last spring. She had a shop swap the motor and according to this guy, the shop put a used V8 in it. This did not really jump out as unusual to me because I was ignorant and unaware of the many failed attempts to get a V8 into the KJs over the years. Now after reading this forum for a couple of days, I am.
She then gave the vehicle to him, as he was hard up at the time. He has since gotten an F150 and that is why he was selling the Jeep.
Anyway, being as the vehicle was pretty cheap for a fairly clean and rust free 4WD, I bought it without even inspecting the engine really.
I get it home and the next morning start looking and it looks like this is a stock V6, but is does look like a recent install as it is very clean. I should have looked closer.
Is there anyway to tell what motor exactly is in this? Anyway, I have driven it quite a bit since and it runs very well and has good power, so I feel like I got a decent deal.
Oh and the AC Works great! Haha.
I found this jeep in my town for $1,300.
Going to look at it, I expected something in pretty poor condition, as most $1,300 vehicles I have looked at are trash buckets.
To my surprise, it seemed pretty clean.
Took it for the test drive and for the most part, it drove well, ran well, started easily and had no strange sounds or knocking.
I was quite surprised.
Tested the 4WD and it went in and out just fine and was working.
Tires are 29 inch and pretty new. Little to no suspension sag.
Looked under the hood and it was very clean. No rust under the frame. There is some moisture down there, but it is not a major leak. Not sure what it is yet.
Here is where it gets strange. The guy I bought it from said it was his sister's car and the engine went out in it last spring. She had a shop swap the motor and according to this guy, the shop put a used V8 in it. This did not really jump out as unusual to me because I was ignorant and unaware of the many failed attempts to get a V8 into the KJs over the years. Now after reading this forum for a couple of days, I am.
She then gave the vehicle to him, as he was hard up at the time. He has since gotten an F150 and that is why he was selling the Jeep.
Anyway, being as the vehicle was pretty cheap for a fairly clean and rust free 4WD, I bought it without even inspecting the engine really.
I get it home and the next morning start looking and it looks like this is a stock V6, but is does look like a recent install as it is very clean. I should have looked closer.
Is there anyway to tell what motor exactly is in this? Anyway, I have driven it quite a bit since and it runs very well and has good power, so I feel like I got a decent deal.
Oh and the AC Works great! Haha.
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