Earle Horton

"billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
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> As for other problems..... it is an 12 year old vehicle and you know
> what to look for.... pay particular attention to the cooling system and
> AC to see if they were maintained.
>
I recommend replacing all the O-rings in the AC at once, because it is a lot
cheaper than paying to replace one, recharge, wait three months, replace
another, recharge... AC shops typically charge $20-$30 a pound for
refrigerant.

Earle

Jon

If the TC problem you're referring to is the torque converter, you're
right, they've been known to fail, I guess the only way you can
"check" is to make sure it is engaging and that it engages smoothly
and firmly. If I ever owned a vehicle with a 4_rh/e transmission in
it again, I'd make sure to install an inline filter upstream of the
transmission cooler in the radiator -- when the TC starts to
deteriorate, it plugs the cooler (next in line) and depending on the
circumstances it could really cook your transmission. The good news
is that the '95 isn't fully electronic, it's cheaper for a rebuild by
a healthy margin!

The "Magnum" series of engines have problems with the heads cracking
at the valve seats. I don't think it follows any particular set of
head p/n's, failure is very common in Southern California where we
have steep long grades on the highway and 0-60mph-0 cycles for every
light. ------ Engines offers Australian (?) castings that are
supposed to be superior in every way. I personally went through 3
factory castings, one reman turned up bad in 5 weeks. If a pre-
purchase inspection shows CO in the coolant, I'd stay away unless the
price was really right.

The oil consumption issue referenced earlier can be intake manifold
gaskets or a gasket failure on a plate on the underside of the
manifold, it's not a hard fix with an in/lb torque wrench and
aftermarket parts made to address those issues.

Here's hoping it's been quick enough on the info, otherwise, you know
where to look when the plot thickens.

Jon

Jon

If the TC problem you're referring to is the torque converter, you're
right, they've been known to fail, I guess the only way you can
"check" is to make sure it is engaging and that it engages smoothly
and firmly. If I ever owned a vehicle with a 4_rh/e transmission in
it again, I'd make sure to install an inline filter upstream of the
transmission cooler in the radiator -- when the TC starts to
deteriorate, it plugs the cooler (next in line) and depending on the
circumstances it could really cook your transmission. The good news
is that the '95 isn't fully electronic, it's cheaper for a rebuild by
a healthy margin!

The "Magnum" series of engines have problems with the heads cracking
at the valve seats. I don't think it follows any particular set of
head p/n's, failure is very common in Southern California where we
have steep long grades on the highway and 0-60mph-0 cycles for every
light. ------ Engines offers Australian (?) castings that are
supposed to be superior in every way. I personally went through 3
factory castings, one reman turned up bad in 5 weeks. If a pre-
purchase inspection shows CO in the coolant, I'd stay away unless the
price was really right.

The oil consumption issue referenced earlier can be intake manifold
gaskets or a gasket failure on a plate on the underside of the
manifold, it's not a hard fix with an in/lb torque wrench and
aftermarket parts made to address those issues.

Here's hoping it's been quick enough on the info, otherwise, you know
where to look when the plot thickens.

Jon

Jon

If the TC problem you're referring to is the torque converter, you're
right, they've been known to fail, I guess the only way you can
"check" is to make sure it is engaging and that it engages smoothly
and firmly. If I ever owned a vehicle with a 4_rh/e transmission in
it again, I'd make sure to install an inline filter upstream of the
transmission cooler in the radiator -- when the TC starts to
deteriorate, it plugs the cooler (next in line) and depending on the
circumstances it could really cook your transmission. The good news
is that the '95 isn't fully electronic, it's cheaper for a rebuild by
a healthy margin!

The "Magnum" series of engines have problems with the heads cracking
at the valve seats. I don't think it follows any particular set of
head p/n's, failure is very common in Southern California where we
have steep long grades on the highway and 0-60mph-0 cycles for every
light. ------ Engines offers Australian (?) castings that are
supposed to be superior in every way. I personally went through 3
factory castings, one reman turned up bad in 5 weeks. If a pre-
purchase inspection shows CO in the coolant, I'd stay away unless the
price was really right.

The oil consumption issue referenced earlier can be intake manifold
gaskets or a gasket failure on a plate on the underside of the
manifold, it's not a hard fix with an in/lb torque wrench and
aftermarket parts made to address those issues.

Here's hoping it's been quick enough on the info, otherwise, you know
where to look when the plot thickens.

Jon

Jon

If the TC problem you're referring to is the torque converter, you're
right, they've been known to fail, I guess the only way you can
"check" is to make sure it is engaging and that it engages smoothly
and firmly. If I ever owned a vehicle with a 4_rh/e transmission in
it again, I'd make sure to install an inline filter upstream of the
transmission cooler in the radiator -- when the TC starts to
deteriorate, it plugs the cooler (next in line) and depending on the
circumstances it could really cook your transmission. The good news
is that the '95 isn't fully electronic, it's cheaper for a rebuild by
a healthy margin!

The "Magnum" series of engines have problems with the heads cracking
at the valve seats. I don't think it follows any particular set of
head p/n's, failure is very common in Southern California where we
have steep long grades on the highway and 0-60mph-0 cycles for every
light. ------ Engines offers Australian (?) castings that are
supposed to be superior in every way. I personally went through 3
factory castings, one reman turned up bad in 5 weeks. If a pre-
purchase inspection shows CO in the coolant, I'd stay away unless the
price was really right.

The oil consumption issue referenced earlier can be intake manifold
gaskets or a gasket failure on a plate on the underside of the
manifold, it's not a hard fix with an in/lb torque wrench and
aftermarket parts made to address those issues.

Here's hoping it's been quick enough on the info, otherwise, you know
where to look when the plot thickens.

Jon

Will Honea

This turned out to be worth the trip - if just for the laughs. Like I
said, this guy is awfully proud of this thing - asking is $2K over any
bluebook I could find. No sweat, I horse trade.

Anyway, I wander down to the son's work place and here comes the seller to
show it off. First thing I see is plastic bags over the driver's seat! No
problem, he just now had it detailed and the seats are wet (it's 31
degrees out there and I gotta get my a$$ wet to look at this thing??).
Everything starts on a high note - my trusty magnet tells me that he has
the towing package with a cast iron D44 in the rear. As we amble up to
look under the hood at the engine (and check for crash damage) he tells me
that the add had a typo - the new engine has 72,000 miles left on warranty
- the actual vehicle miles are 180K. Now that does change the picture -
he acts like the engine mileage is all that counts. Anyway, I check all
the lights and electrical ge-gaws. I learn that a pretty well known
shop up in Woodland Park did the engine swap and replaced all the u-joints
along with new engine mounts. I'm beginning to get the idea that this guy
thinks I'm gonna pay for his repair bills. Anyway, we sit down (I dug a
big garbage bag out of the MJ to sit on) and fire it up. Starts good:
smooth, quiet idle, etc. It had the NV249 AWD tc - strike one. We pull
out of the parking lot and right across the street is a construction site
with some nice dirt, so I have him pull in and make a few figure-8's.
Some rumbling in tight right turns - strike two. OK, tell son to stop and
try 4LO. Like most recently graduated ex-teens, his idea of a stop is
anything less than a dead run, so I grit my teeth as he yanks the shift -
NO NOISE?? Uh-Oh. I have him assume a zero rate of motion, put it in Park,
and I try the shift. I feel it slide into 4LO and tell him to try it. 20
feet and it pops out of 4LO with a bang - not a good sign. Figuring a
possible linkage issue, I yank it back into 4LO and he tries again - I
can't hold it in. Strike 3 - head back. When we tell the guy his pride
and joy won't stay in 4LO, he looks puzzled like he wonders why we worry
about that - after all he says he's never used 4LO - he had no idea it
didn't work.

Now, doesn't that sound just like a typical Jeeper - at least the ones we
seem to get anymore?

Anybody interested in a nice, clean, over-priced 95 GC with almost no
problems? Be glad to pass on a contact...

--
Will Honea <whonea@yahoo.com>

Will Honea

This turned out to be worth the trip - if just for the laughs. Like I
said, this guy is awfully proud of this thing - asking is $2K over any
bluebook I could find. No sweat, I horse trade.

Anyway, I wander down to the son's work place and here comes the seller to
show it off. First thing I see is plastic bags over the driver's seat! No
problem, he just now had it detailed and the seats are wet (it's 31
degrees out there and I gotta get my a$$ wet to look at this thing??).
Everything starts on a high note - my trusty magnet tells me that he has
the towing package with a cast iron D44 in the rear. As we amble up to
look under the hood at the engine (and check for crash damage) he tells me
that the add had a typo - the new engine has 72,000 miles left on warranty
- the actual vehicle miles are 180K. Now that does change the picture -
he acts like the engine mileage is all that counts. Anyway, I check all
the lights and electrical ge-gaws. I learn that a pretty well known
shop up in Woodland Park did the engine swap and replaced all the u-joints
along with new engine mounts. I'm beginning to get the idea that this guy
thinks I'm gonna pay for his repair bills. Anyway, we sit down (I dug a
big garbage bag out of the MJ to sit on) and fire it up. Starts good:
smooth, quiet idle, etc. It had the NV249 AWD tc - strike one. We pull
out of the parking lot and right across the street is a construction site
with some nice dirt, so I have him pull in and make a few figure-8's.
Some rumbling in tight right turns - strike two. OK, tell son to stop and
try 4LO. Like most recently graduated ex-teens, his idea of a stop is
anything less than a dead run, so I grit my teeth as he yanks the shift -
NO NOISE?? Uh-Oh. I have him assume a zero rate of motion, put it in Park,
and I try the shift. I feel it slide into 4LO and tell him to try it. 20
feet and it pops out of 4LO with a bang - not a good sign. Figuring a
possible linkage issue, I yank it back into 4LO and he tries again - I
can't hold it in. Strike 3 - head back. When we tell the guy his pride
and joy won't stay in 4LO, he looks puzzled like he wonders why we worry
about that - after all he says he's never used 4LO - he had no idea it
didn't work.

Now, doesn't that sound just like a typical Jeeper - at least the ones we
seem to get anymore?

Anybody interested in a nice, clean, over-priced 95 GC with almost no
problems? Be glad to pass on a contact...

--
Will Honea <whonea@yahoo.com>

Will Honea

This turned out to be worth the trip - if just for the laughs. Like I
said, this guy is awfully proud of this thing - asking is $2K over any
bluebook I could find. No sweat, I horse trade.

Anyway, I wander down to the son's work place and here comes the seller to
show it off. First thing I see is plastic bags over the driver's seat! No
problem, he just now had it detailed and the seats are wet (it's 31
degrees out there and I gotta get my a$$ wet to look at this thing??).
Everything starts on a high note - my trusty magnet tells me that he has
the towing package with a cast iron D44 in the rear. As we amble up to
look under the hood at the engine (and check for crash damage) he tells me
that the add had a typo - the new engine has 72,000 miles left on warranty
- the actual vehicle miles are 180K. Now that does change the picture -
he acts like the engine mileage is all that counts. Anyway, I check all
the lights and electrical ge-gaws. I learn that a pretty well known
shop up in Woodland Park did the engine swap and replaced all the u-joints
along with new engine mounts. I'm beginning to get the idea that this guy
thinks I'm gonna pay for his repair bills. Anyway, we sit down (I dug a
big garbage bag out of the MJ to sit on) and fire it up. Starts good:
smooth, quiet idle, etc. It had the NV249 AWD tc - strike one. We pull
out of the parking lot and right across the street is a construction site
with some nice dirt, so I have him pull in and make a few figure-8's.
Some rumbling in tight right turns - strike two. OK, tell son to stop and
try 4LO. Like most recently graduated ex-teens, his idea of a stop is
anything less than a dead run, so I grit my teeth as he yanks the shift -
NO NOISE?? Uh-Oh. I have him assume a zero rate of motion, put it in Park,
and I try the shift. I feel it slide into 4LO and tell him to try it. 20
feet and it pops out of 4LO with a bang - not a good sign. Figuring a
possible linkage issue, I yank it back into 4LO and he tries again - I
can't hold it in. Strike 3 - head back. When we tell the guy his pride
and joy won't stay in 4LO, he looks puzzled like he wonders why we worry
about that - after all he says he's never used 4LO - he had no idea it
didn't work.

Now, doesn't that sound just like a typical Jeeper - at least the ones we
seem to get anymore?

Anybody interested in a nice, clean, over-priced 95 GC with almost no
problems? Be glad to pass on a contact...

--
Will Honea <whonea@yahoo.com>

Will Honea

This turned out to be worth the trip - if just for the laughs. Like I
said, this guy is awfully proud of this thing - asking is $2K over any
bluebook I could find. No sweat, I horse trade.

Anyway, I wander down to the son's work place and here comes the seller to
show it off. First thing I see is plastic bags over the driver's seat! No
problem, he just now had it detailed and the seats are wet (it's 31
degrees out there and I gotta get my a$$ wet to look at this thing??).
Everything starts on a high note - my trusty magnet tells me that he has
the towing package with a cast iron D44 in the rear. As we amble up to
look under the hood at the engine (and check for crash damage) he tells me
that the add had a typo - the new engine has 72,000 miles left on warranty
- the actual vehicle miles are 180K. Now that does change the picture -
he acts like the engine mileage is all that counts. Anyway, I check all
the lights and electrical ge-gaws. I learn that a pretty well known
shop up in Woodland Park did the engine swap and replaced all the u-joints
along with new engine mounts. I'm beginning to get the idea that this guy
thinks I'm gonna pay for his repair bills. Anyway, we sit down (I dug a
big garbage bag out of the MJ to sit on) and fire it up. Starts good:
smooth, quiet idle, etc. It had the NV249 AWD tc - strike one. We pull
out of the parking lot and right across the street is a construction site
with some nice dirt, so I have him pull in and make a few figure-8's.
Some rumbling in tight right turns - strike two. OK, tell son to stop and
try 4LO. Like most recently graduated ex-teens, his idea of a stop is
anything less than a dead run, so I grit my teeth as he yanks the shift -
NO NOISE?? Uh-Oh. I have him assume a zero rate of motion, put it in Park,
and I try the shift. I feel it slide into 4LO and tell him to try it. 20
feet and it pops out of 4LO with a bang - not a good sign. Figuring a
possible linkage issue, I yank it back into 4LO and he tries again - I
can't hold it in. Strike 3 - head back. When we tell the guy his pride
and joy won't stay in 4LO, he looks puzzled like he wonders why we worry
about that - after all he says he's never used 4LO - he had no idea it
didn't work.

Now, doesn't that sound just like a typical Jeeper - at least the ones we
seem to get anymore?

Anybody interested in a nice, clean, over-priced 95 GC with almost no
problems? Be glad to pass on a contact...

--
Will Honea <whonea@yahoo.com>

Carl S

I would be happy to give him $300 for the his Heep. The cast D44 is all I
really want from it...

Carl


"Will Honea" <whonea@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:45d167e7$0$25779$815e3792@news.qwest.net...
> This turned out to be worth the trip - if just for the laughs. Like I
> said, this guy is awfully proud of this thing - asking is $2K over any
> bluebook I could find. No sweat, I horse trade.
>
> Anyway, I wander down to the son's work place and here comes the seller to
> show it off. First thing I see is plastic bags over the driver's seat! No
> problem, he just now had it detailed and the seats are wet (it's 31
> degrees out there and I gotta get my a$$ wet to look at this thing??).
> Everything starts on a high note - my trusty magnet tells me that he has
> the towing package with a cast iron D44 in the rear. As we amble up to
> look under the hood at the engine (and check for crash damage) he tells me
> that the add had a typo - the new engine has 72,000 miles left on warranty
> - the actual vehicle miles are 180K. Now that does change the picture -
> he acts like the engine mileage is all that counts. Anyway, I check all
> the lights and electrical ge-gaws. I learn that a pretty well known
> shop up in Woodland Park did the engine swap and replaced all the u-joints
> along with new engine mounts. I'm beginning to get the idea that this guy
> thinks I'm gonna pay for his repair bills. Anyway, we sit down (I dug a
> big garbage bag out of the MJ to sit on) and fire it up. Starts good:
> smooth, quiet idle, etc. It had the NV249 AWD tc - strike one. We pull
> out of the parking lot and right across the street is a construction site
> with some nice dirt, so I have him pull in and make a few figure-8's.
> Some rumbling in tight right turns - strike two. OK, tell son to stop and
> try 4LO. Like most recently graduated ex-teens, his idea of a stop is
> anything less than a dead run, so I grit my teeth as he yanks the shift -
> NO NOISE?? Uh-Oh. I have him assume a zero rate of motion, put it in Park,
> and I try the shift. I feel it slide into 4LO and tell him to try it. 20
> feet and it pops out of 4LO with a bang - not a good sign. Figuring a
> possible linkage issue, I yank it back into 4LO and he tries again - I
> can't hold it in. Strike 3 - head back. When we tell the guy his pride
> and joy won't stay in 4LO, he looks puzzled like he wonders why we worry
> about that - after all he says he's never used 4LO - he had no idea it
> didn't work.
>
> Now, doesn't that sound just like a typical Jeeper - at least the ones we
> seem to get anymore?
>
> Anybody interested in a nice, clean, over-priced 95 GC with almost no
> problems? Be glad to pass on a contact...
>
> --
> Will Honea <whonea@yahoo.com>