Newby needs advice
 

I haven't had a jeep in quite some time(1975) and I have a chance to get
back in one for cheep!
1989 (yj?) soft top, good body, four cylinder, good frame for $500. The
kicker is that the tranny is shot. When I looked at it, the tranny wasn't
there at all so I don't even know anything about it other than the guy said
it was a 5-speed.
He said he was having difficulty locating one for less than $1700 and he
didn't know what kind of tranny it was either. A guy told me it may be a
Peugeot tranny and that if it was it was junk.
Should I buy the jeep and invest? ....or keep looking?
Thanks for any help.
Randy

Re: Newby needs advice
 

May be difficult to get a good understanding of the condition of the engine,
etc without it running.

I prefer the 6 cylinder over 4 for my purposes. This might be a
consideration for you as well.

Having said that I had the chance of buying a nice CJ7 for half the price of
the one I bought and I can kick myself now for not buying it. It had a 4
cyclinder in it and I had not yet had enough experince looking at CJs to
know what I was looking at.

Bill

"Prowler99" <camcopa2002@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Rp%Mb.446$iD6.222124@news1.news.adelphia.net. ..
> I haven't had a jeep in quite some time(1975) and I have a chance to get
> back in one for cheep!
> 1989 (yj?) soft top, good body, four cylinder, good frame for $500. The
> kicker is that the tranny is shot. When I looked at it, the tranny wasn't
> there at all so I don't even know anything about it other than the guy
said
> it was a 5-speed.
> He said he was having difficulty locating one for less than $1700 and he
> didn't know what kind of tranny it was either. A guy told me it may be a
> Peugeot tranny and that if it was it was junk.
> Should I buy the jeep and invest? ....or keep looking?
> Thanks for any help.
> Randy
>
>

Re: Newby needs advice
 

May be difficult to get a good understanding of the condition of the engine,
etc without it running.

I prefer the 6 cylinder over 4 for my purposes. This might be a
consideration for you as well.

Having said that I had the chance of buying a nice CJ7 for half the price of
the one I bought and I can kick myself now for not buying it. It had a 4
cyclinder in it and I had not yet had enough experince looking at CJs to
know what I was looking at.

Bill

"Prowler99" <camcopa2002@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Rp%Mb.446$iD6.222124@news1.news.adelphia.net. ..
> I haven't had a jeep in quite some time(1975) and I have a chance to get
> back in one for cheep!
> 1989 (yj?) soft top, good body, four cylinder, good frame for $500. The
> kicker is that the tranny is shot. When I looked at it, the tranny wasn't
> there at all so I don't even know anything about it other than the guy
said
> it was a 5-speed.
> He said he was having difficulty locating one for less than $1700 and he
> didn't know what kind of tranny it was either. A guy told me it may be a
> Peugeot tranny and that if it was it was junk.
> Should I buy the jeep and invest? ....or keep looking?
> Thanks for any help.
> Randy
>
>

Re: Newby needs advice
 

May be difficult to get a good understanding of the condition of the engine,
etc without it running.

I prefer the 6 cylinder over 4 for my purposes. This might be a
consideration for you as well.

Having said that I had the chance of buying a nice CJ7 for half the price of
the one I bought and I can kick myself now for not buying it. It had a 4
cyclinder in it and I had not yet had enough experince looking at CJs to
know what I was looking at.

Bill

"Prowler99" <camcopa2002@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Rp%Mb.446$iD6.222124@news1.news.adelphia.net. ..
> I haven't had a jeep in quite some time(1975) and I have a chance to get
> back in one for cheep!
> 1989 (yj?) soft top, good body, four cylinder, good frame for $500. The
> kicker is that the tranny is shot. When I looked at it, the tranny wasn't
> there at all so I don't even know anything about it other than the guy
said
> it was a 5-speed.
> He said he was having difficulty locating one for less than $1700 and he
> didn't know what kind of tranny it was either. A guy told me it may be a
> Peugeot tranny and that if it was it was junk.
> Should I buy the jeep and invest? ....or keep looking?
> Thanks for any help.
> Randy
>
>

Re: Newby needs advice
 

I know that the jeep ran good up until the time that the tranny failed. If
the engine WAS bad, it wouldn't be too hard to change it to a six I wouldn't
think. My primary worry is how hard it is gonna be to find a tranny for this
particular jeep.
Randy
"William Oliveri" <wuji@bigvalley.net> wrote in message
news:bu2062$ciq3g$1@ID-193866.news.uni-berlin.de...
> May be difficult to get a good understanding of the condition of the
engine,
> etc without it running.
>
> I prefer the 6 cylinder over 4 for my purposes. This might be a
> consideration for you as well.
>
> Having said that I had the chance of buying a nice CJ7 for half the price
of
> the one I bought and I can kick myself now for not buying it. It had a 4
> cyclinder in it and I had not yet had enough experince looking at CJs to
> know what I was looking at.
>
> Bill
>
> "Prowler99" <camcopa2002@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:Rp%Mb.446$iD6.222124@news1.news.adelphia.net. ..
> > I haven't had a jeep in quite some time(1975) and I have a chance to get
> > back in one for cheep!
> > 1989 (yj?) soft top, good body, four cylinder, good frame for $500. The
> > kicker is that the tranny is shot. When I looked at it, the tranny
wasn't
> > there at all so I don't even know anything about it other than the guy
> said
> > it was a 5-speed.
> > He said he was having difficulty locating one for less than $1700 and
he
> > didn't know what kind of tranny it was either. A guy told me it may be a
> > Peugeot tranny and that if it was it was junk.
> > Should I buy the jeep and invest? ....or keep looking?
> > Thanks for any help.
> > Randy
> >
> >
>
>

Re: Newby needs advice
 

I know that the jeep ran good up until the time that the tranny failed. If
the engine WAS bad, it wouldn't be too hard to change it to a six I wouldn't
think. My primary worry is how hard it is gonna be to find a tranny for this
particular jeep.
Randy
"William Oliveri" <wuji@bigvalley.net> wrote in message
news:bu2062$ciq3g$1@ID-193866.news.uni-berlin.de...
> May be difficult to get a good understanding of the condition of the
engine,
> etc without it running.
>
> I prefer the 6 cylinder over 4 for my purposes. This might be a
> consideration for you as well.
>
> Having said that I had the chance of buying a nice CJ7 for half the price
of
> the one I bought and I can kick myself now for not buying it. It had a 4
> cyclinder in it and I had not yet had enough experince looking at CJs to
> know what I was looking at.
>
> Bill
>
> "Prowler99" <camcopa2002@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:Rp%Mb.446$iD6.222124@news1.news.adelphia.net. ..
> > I haven't had a jeep in quite some time(1975) and I have a chance to get
> > back in one for cheep!
> > 1989 (yj?) soft top, good body, four cylinder, good frame for $500. The
> > kicker is that the tranny is shot. When I looked at it, the tranny
wasn't
> > there at all so I don't even know anything about it other than the guy
> said
> > it was a 5-speed.
> > He said he was having difficulty locating one for less than $1700 and
he
> > didn't know what kind of tranny it was either. A guy told me it may be a
> > Peugeot tranny and that if it was it was junk.
> > Should I buy the jeep and invest? ....or keep looking?
> > Thanks for any help.
> > Randy
> >
> >
>
>

Re: Newby needs advice
 

I know that the jeep ran good up until the time that the tranny failed. If
the engine WAS bad, it wouldn't be too hard to change it to a six I wouldn't
think. My primary worry is how hard it is gonna be to find a tranny for this
particular jeep.
Randy
"William Oliveri" <wuji@bigvalley.net> wrote in message
news:bu2062$ciq3g$1@ID-193866.news.uni-berlin.de...
> May be difficult to get a good understanding of the condition of the
engine,
> etc without it running.
>
> I prefer the 6 cylinder over 4 for my purposes. This might be a
> consideration for you as well.
>
> Having said that I had the chance of buying a nice CJ7 for half the price
of
> the one I bought and I can kick myself now for not buying it. It had a 4
> cyclinder in it and I had not yet had enough experince looking at CJs to
> know what I was looking at.
>
> Bill
>
> "Prowler99" <camcopa2002@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:Rp%Mb.446$iD6.222124@news1.news.adelphia.net. ..
> > I haven't had a jeep in quite some time(1975) and I have a chance to get
> > back in one for cheep!
> > 1989 (yj?) soft top, good body, four cylinder, good frame for $500. The
> > kicker is that the tranny is shot. When I looked at it, the tranny
wasn't
> > there at all so I don't even know anything about it other than the guy
> said
> > it was a 5-speed.
> > He said he was having difficulty locating one for less than $1700 and
he
> > didn't know what kind of tranny it was either. A guy told me it may be a
> > Peugeot tranny and that if it was it was junk.
> > Should I buy the jeep and invest? ....or keep looking?
> > Thanks for any help.
> > Randy
> >
> >
>
>

Re: Newby needs advice
 

Sounds like a good starting point for a project, if you have the time and
resources for such a thing. I was thinking 350TPI with a 700R4 trans. I
mean, if you have to do an engine/tranny swap anyway...


Jerry

"Prowler99" <camcopa2002@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:xI%Mb.455$iD6.226511@news1.news.adelphia.net. ..
> I know that the jeep ran good up until the time that the tranny failed. If
> the engine WAS bad, it wouldn't be too hard to change it to a six I
wouldn't
> think. My primary worry is how hard it is gonna be to find a tranny for
this
> particular jeep.
> Randy
> "William Oliveri" <wuji@bigvalley.net> wrote in message
> news:bu2062$ciq3g$1@ID-193866.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > May be difficult to get a good understanding of the condition of the
> engine,
> > etc without it running.
> >
> > I prefer the 6 cylinder over 4 for my purposes. This might be a
> > consideration for you as well.
> >
> > Having said that I had the chance of buying a nice CJ7 for half the
price
> of
> > the one I bought and I can kick myself now for not buying it. It had a
4
> > cyclinder in it and I had not yet had enough experince looking at CJs to
> > know what I was looking at.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > "Prowler99" <camcopa2002@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:Rp%Mb.446$iD6.222124@news1.news.adelphia.net. ..
> > > I haven't had a jeep in quite some time(1975) and I have a chance to
get
> > > back in one for cheep!
> > > 1989 (yj?) soft top, good body, four cylinder, good frame for $500.
The
> > > kicker is that the tranny is shot. When I looked at it, the tranny
> wasn't
> > > there at all so I don't even know anything about it other than the guy
> > said
> > > it was a 5-speed.
> > > He said he was having difficulty locating one for less than $1700 and
> he
> > > didn't know what kind of tranny it was either. A guy told me it may be
a
> > > Peugeot tranny and that if it was it was junk.
> > > Should I buy the jeep and invest? ....or keep looking?
> > > Thanks for any help.
> > > Randy
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Re: Newby needs advice
 

Sounds like a good starting point for a project, if you have the time and
resources for such a thing. I was thinking 350TPI with a 700R4 trans. I
mean, if you have to do an engine/tranny swap anyway...


Jerry

"Prowler99" <camcopa2002@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:xI%Mb.455$iD6.226511@news1.news.adelphia.net. ..
> I know that the jeep ran good up until the time that the tranny failed. If
> the engine WAS bad, it wouldn't be too hard to change it to a six I
wouldn't
> think. My primary worry is how hard it is gonna be to find a tranny for
this
> particular jeep.
> Randy
> "William Oliveri" <wuji@bigvalley.net> wrote in message
> news:bu2062$ciq3g$1@ID-193866.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > May be difficult to get a good understanding of the condition of the
> engine,
> > etc without it running.
> >
> > I prefer the 6 cylinder over 4 for my purposes. This might be a
> > consideration for you as well.
> >
> > Having said that I had the chance of buying a nice CJ7 for half the
price
> of
> > the one I bought and I can kick myself now for not buying it. It had a
4
> > cyclinder in it and I had not yet had enough experince looking at CJs to
> > know what I was looking at.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > "Prowler99" <camcopa2002@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:Rp%Mb.446$iD6.222124@news1.news.adelphia.net. ..
> > > I haven't had a jeep in quite some time(1975) and I have a chance to
get
> > > back in one for cheep!
> > > 1989 (yj?) soft top, good body, four cylinder, good frame for $500.
The
> > > kicker is that the tranny is shot. When I looked at it, the tranny
> wasn't
> > > there at all so I don't even know anything about it other than the guy
> > said
> > > it was a 5-speed.
> > > He said he was having difficulty locating one for less than $1700 and
> he
> > > didn't know what kind of tranny it was either. A guy told me it may be
a
> > > Peugeot tranny and that if it was it was junk.
> > > Should I buy the jeep and invest? ....or keep looking?
> > > Thanks for any help.
> > > Randy
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Re: Newby needs advice
 

Sounds like a good starting point for a project, if you have the time and
resources for such a thing. I was thinking 350TPI with a 700R4 trans. I
mean, if you have to do an engine/tranny swap anyway...


Jerry

"Prowler99" <camcopa2002@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:xI%Mb.455$iD6.226511@news1.news.adelphia.net. ..
> I know that the jeep ran good up until the time that the tranny failed. If
> the engine WAS bad, it wouldn't be too hard to change it to a six I
wouldn't
> think. My primary worry is how hard it is gonna be to find a tranny for
this
> particular jeep.
> Randy
> "William Oliveri" <wuji@bigvalley.net> wrote in message
> news:bu2062$ciq3g$1@ID-193866.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > May be difficult to get a good understanding of the condition of the
> engine,
> > etc without it running.
> >
> > I prefer the 6 cylinder over 4 for my purposes. This might be a
> > consideration for you as well.
> >
> > Having said that I had the chance of buying a nice CJ7 for half the
price
> of
> > the one I bought and I can kick myself now for not buying it. It had a
4
> > cyclinder in it and I had not yet had enough experince looking at CJs to
> > know what I was looking at.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > "Prowler99" <camcopa2002@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:Rp%Mb.446$iD6.222124@news1.news.adelphia.net. ..
> > > I haven't had a jeep in quite some time(1975) and I have a chance to
get
> > > back in one for cheep!
> > > 1989 (yj?) soft top, good body, four cylinder, good frame for $500.
The
> > > kicker is that the tranny is shot. When I looked at it, the tranny
> wasn't
> > > there at all so I don't even know anything about it other than the guy
> > said
> > > it was a 5-speed.
> > > He said he was having difficulty locating one for less than $1700 and
> he
> > > didn't know what kind of tranny it was either. A guy told me it may be
a
> > > Peugeot tranny and that if it was it was junk.
> > > Should I buy the jeep and invest? ....or keep looking?
> > > Thanks for any help.
> > > Randy
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>