Re: Info on 95 GC
 

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>

Re: Info on 95 GC
 

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>

Re: Info on 95 GC
 

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>