Buying my first jeep - your advise please
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fourpointzero
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Cheaper to have a 4.0 rebuilt than keep looking for a high priced, low mileage TJ. At least here in NJ that’s the case.
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1998 Jeep Wrangler
fuel: gas
odometer: 120000
title status: clean
transmission: manual
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Selling my 1998 Jeep Wrangler Sport
The color is a very dark violet.
Professionally installed 2.5" suspension lift.
It has the bulletproof 4.0L straight six motor. One of the best motors AMC has ever built. No leaks or strange noises.
The transmission is a 5 speed stick shift. The 4x4 works perfectly.
Soft top is only one month old. It is an upgraded one that is frameless, has built in safari top, built in storage compartments, and interior cargo nets for extra storage. The plastic windows on the soft top are also upgraded with tint.
Has 5 matching brand new off road tires that are in great shape.
Running boards
Carpet
Rear seat
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Located in Molalla, OR
Cash is the only form of payment I will accept. No paypal. No checks of any kind. No bank transfer. Cash only
Only $8,000 or best offer.
The reason I'm selling is because I just bought a new car and no longer need this Jeep.
Extremely serious buyers only with cash in hand. No trades. No payments. No window shoppers. Seriously, please don't waste my time and I won't waste yours.
Thank you and happy shopping!!!
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favorite this post Jeep Wrangler Sport - Low Miles - Taking Best Offer - $8000 (Molalla) hide this posting unhide
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1998 Jeep Wrangler
fuel: gas
odometer: 120000
title status: clean
transmission: manual
QR Code Link to This Post
Selling my 1998 Jeep Wrangler Sport
The color is a very dark violet.
Professionally installed 2.5" suspension lift.
It has the bulletproof 4.0L straight six motor. One of the best motors AMC has ever built. No leaks or strange noises.
The transmission is a 5 speed stick shift. The 4x4 works perfectly.
Soft top is only one month old. It is an upgraded one that is frameless, has built in safari top, built in storage compartments, and interior cargo nets for extra storage. The plastic windows on the soft top are also upgraded with tint.
Has 5 matching brand new off road tires that are in great shape.
Running boards
Carpet
Rear seat
Text me at show contact info
Located in Molalla, OR
Cash is the only form of payment I will accept. No paypal. No checks of any kind. No bank transfer. Cash only
Only $8,000 or best offer.
The reason I'm selling is because I just bought a new car and no longer need this Jeep.
Extremely serious buyers only with cash in hand. No trades. No payments. No window shoppers. Seriously, please don't waste my time and I won't waste yours.
Thank you and happy shopping!!!
OP
So here's another jeep on my weekend hunting trip for my first TJ. Listed on c'list for 6.2 K with 209 K miles. I know the high miles kills me. The PO says that it was towed behind an RV - I want to believe them but what do you do? I looked at a TJ Wednesday night from a veteran TJ owner and he told me the 6 cyl go way beyond 200 K.
https://medford.craigslist.org/cto/d/99-untouched-tj-wrangler-hard/6497957834.html
Any advice?
https://medford.craigslist.org/cto/d/99-untouched-tj-wrangler-hard/6497957834.html
Any advice?
OP
I've read on here somewhere that the mileage does not actually accumulate (register) on the odometer when being towed. If that is true (someone please chime in on that), then the PO is blowing smoke up your skirt. As for the 4.0 going way over 200,000 miles, all you have to do is look on Craigslist at the number of them that are for sale (in TJs, XJs, etc...) to see how many of them have 300,000+ miles on 'em. That says something, if you ask me. By the way, I love Medford. My wife is from there!
OP
I suspect that a mechanical odometer would still register, but an electronic one would not. I don't know if it's the model, or the year, that determines if a TJ has a mechanical or electronic odometer...
Believe it from someone that flat tows his jeep, the odometer does not accumulate miles when flat towing. The drivetrain, minus the engine, does accumulate miles.
Starrs
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https://bloomington.craigslist.org/cto/d/1997-jeep-wrangler-pics-in-ad/6492014968.html
This is another 6kish tj in my neck of the woods. They look a little different lol
This is another 6kish tj in my neck of the woods. They look a little different lol
OP
Brake Buddy Classic. No supplemental braking system works all that great, but it keeps you legal and protected from the sue crazy lawyers.
LOL I like the way you just killed two birds with one stone, there, @KCsTJ! So if no TJs had mechanical odometers, then I guess the idea of miles racking up because they were towed is just a "mistake" on a seller's part, because we all know that a seller wouldn't outwardly lie to us just to make a sale...
Blue Moose
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I have been looking for months for a tj . And awhile back asked on here about what to look for . Several people mentioned the frame and to go for the six over the four . I looked at several . What surprised me is the different levels of rust that I found on the frames from tj to tj. I know for me it's hard to be patient when I have the money to spend . Keep looking and find the one that checks all the boxes on your wish list .I just bought mine four days ago . Good luck
Blue Moose
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Yes color didn't matter too much but blue is my favorite color .just happened to be the color of the one I found
OP