Hello all, decided to start a link for my 05 LJR. So there I was at work,on Craiglist looking at jeeps when I already had a nice 1998 jeep Sahara with 65,000 miles. Saw this ad, didn't think much about it until a few days after decided to contact the seller just for kicks. The guy selling it had a lot full of cars that come and go out of auctions, mostly junk. He didn't know much about jeeps, he just knew to look at the frame for rust. I've had 4 TJ's before this so I knew I was looking at a unicorn with potential. As I was test driving the LJR he pointed at the locker button and asked me what that does? I said it turns off the traction control like a honda lol. It also had a ARB onboard compressor under the hood that he pointed at and asked me what it was? Later I was even able to point the factory frame patch on the drivers side and tell him it had been "patched"! I knew it was from the factory but I wanted to haggle the best price.
I ended up trading my 98 sahara plus $2000 cash and took this 2005 LJR home with a 165,000 miles.
This one did have a clean 2 owner carfax and clean title. It does have some rust on the doors but a clean frame and axles, not sure how that happened? crappy repair job from PO. Since then just about everything has gone through on it. Clutch, flex plate, throw out bearing, rear main seal, valve cover gasket, radiator, fan clutch, water pump, thermostat, starter, o2 sensors, etc but after a few months I got it running and driving pretty reliably changing all fluids, spark plugs, and bunch of preventative maintenance as I go to remote places in Maine and don't want to be stranded.
It came with a few goodies, 1.25 body lift installed, ARB onboard air compressor, cb radio, metal cloak fenders front and rear.
I ended up trading my 98 sahara plus $2000 cash and took this 2005 LJR home with a 165,000 miles.
This one did have a clean 2 owner carfax and clean title. It does have some rust on the doors but a clean frame and axles, not sure how that happened? crappy repair job from PO. Since then just about everything has gone through on it. Clutch, flex plate, throw out bearing, rear main seal, valve cover gasket, radiator, fan clutch, water pump, thermostat, starter, o2 sensors, etc but after a few months I got it running and driving pretty reliably changing all fluids, spark plugs, and bunch of preventative maintenance as I go to remote places in Maine and don't want to be stranded.
It came with a few goodies, 1.25 body lift installed, ARB onboard air compressor, cb radio, metal cloak fenders front and rear.
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