OK guys ... I am here to document the build of my '94 Cherokee.
First off, let me tell how I got into this thing.
It was back in 2010, it was a bad year for me ... lost my parents (old age), small house fire, and my 91 Corolla DD was T-boned and totaled...all within a few months of each other.
Close friends of ours, had this Cherokee parked on the side of their house for along time (never thought anything of it, until I lost the Toyota), So figured I would ask.
Turns out, they were getting ready to donate it for a write off. I asked ... and I scored the deal for 500 !! A one owner, clean XJ with 136K on the 4.0, auto, 231, D30/Chrysler.
I couldn't be happier ! Being he was a radiologist, he wasn't too handy with a screwdriver ... but did manage to keep up on the maintenance.
The funniest thing I remember him saying was "it runs great, but everytime you turn hard, smoke pours from the hood, smells funny, then you here a screeching sound" ...
Well when I got it, I turned hard and low and behold I found the problem....
The P/S press hose had a leak at the crimp that would only leak at full lock pressure , which would spray the exhaust manifold and the belt, hence the smoke and noise.
Besides a tune up, oil changes, oil leaks (pan,main and 3614 filter mod) its been trouble free.
First mod back then was I cut a piece of 2.5" diameter pipe 2" long to space the coils, and extended the rear shackle 4" to net 2" ... Just wanted the "FACTORY LOOK"
After going thru the first set of tires (56k on GY wranglers) ... it was time to tear into it again......Currently the odometer reads 196k
This time worn out suspension...
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I cant find stock pics of it, but here are some from Hollister Hills a while back (2"booster lift)
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Those running boards quickly disappeared !!!
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