Mike,

Thanks for your input. I did buy the jeep and am pretty happy with
it. The body is in very good shape. There is very little rust. On
the underside there is quite a bit of rust. If it was ever wrecked I
can't tell. The paint looks like factory. The woman who owned it
said she had it detailed every year. The oil pan has quite a bit of
rust along with the brake lines. The bracket at the union of the
exhaust manifod and the exhaust line was a bit loose. I was able to
tighten it a bit. After reading about exhaust manifold bolt problems
and cracks, I tried the best I could by inspection and blocking the
tail pipe and checking for leaks. The only leak I could find was
through the little hole in the bottom of the muffler. I think thats
normal.

Thursday after work its going in for emissons insp and Ill have the
mechanic look at a few things.

Thanks,

Alan


GzrGlide <GzrGlide02@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:<3F006B88.2894572@yahoo.ca>...
> Alan Karelitz wrote:
>
> > I'm looking at buying a 97 SE Wrangler with the 2.5L Engine. It's in
> > great shape. No rust at all, looks great. Inside is very clean. It
> > looks like it had been very well taken care of. It has 150,000 miles
> > on it. Mainly highway miles. I drove it for a few miles and it rode
> > great. The engine ran very smooth had plenty of power. It was the
> > 3rd one I had test drove that day, and by far the best feeling engine.
> > It has a manuall transmission. The clutch has never been replaced.
> > It felt very good too.
> >
> > What can I expect from this engine mileage and problem wise? What
> > kind of histry does this engine have with high mileage if it was well
> > mainatained? Called my local Jeep Dealer and they thought the 6 could
> > last forever, but he did not gvie me a great feeling on the 4.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Alan
>
> Go to your dealer with the serial number and check to see that the recalls
> were done. We had one recall that took care of a broken stud (one of the
> studs that holds the exhaust manifold on).
>
> Have a competant mechanic check it out top to bottom. We've got a sniff
> over 100,000 miles on the wifes TJ and it is still going strong. Take care
> of it and it will take care of you. IF you're truly happy with its
> performance on hte highway (passing, merging etc) you're good to go.
>
> Mike
> 98 TJ SE

 

As someone who owns both a 2.5l and 4.0l I still think the 2.5 is just fine
95% of the time and it's a lot funner to drive (except on the illinois
tollway) because of of the higher revs it seems to like.



"Alan Karelitz" <alanbk@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:63ef7534.0307011905.515f4115@posting.google.c om...
> Mike,
>
> Thanks for your input. I did buy the jeep and am pretty happy with
> it. The body is in very good shape. There is very little rust. On
> the underside there is quite a bit of rust. If it was ever wrecked I
> can't tell. The paint looks like factory. The woman who owned it
> said she had it detailed every year. The oil pan has quite a bit of
> rust along with the brake lines. The bracket at the union of the
> exhaust manifod and the exhaust line was a bit loose. I was able to
> tighten it a bit. After reading about exhaust manifold bolt problems
> and cracks, I tried the best I could by inspection and blocking the
> tail pipe and checking for leaks. The only leak I could find was
> through the little hole in the bottom of the muffler. I think thats
> normal.
>
> Thursday after work its going in for emissons insp and Ill have the
> mechanic look at a few things.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alan
>
>
> GzrGlide <GzrGlide02@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:<3F006B88.2894572@yahoo.ca>...
> > Alan Karelitz wrote:
> >
> > > I'm looking at buying a 97 SE Wrangler with the 2.5L Engine. It's in
> > > great shape. No rust at all, looks great. Inside is very clean. It
> > > looks like it had been very well taken care of. It has 150,000 miles
> > > on it. Mainly highway miles. I drove it for a few miles and it rode
> > > great. The engine ran very smooth had plenty of power. It was the
> > > 3rd one I had test drove that day, and by far the best feeling engine.
> > > It has a manuall transmission. The clutch has never been replaced.
> > > It felt very good too.
> > >
> > > What can I expect from this engine mileage and problem wise? What
> > > kind of histry does this engine have with high mileage if it was well
> > > mainatained? Called my local Jeep Dealer and they thought the 6 could
> > > last forever, but he did not gvie me a great feeling on the 4.
> > >
> > > Any help would be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Alan
> >
> > Go to your dealer with the serial number and check to see that the
recalls
> > were done. We had one recall that took care of a broken stud (one of the
> > studs that holds the exhaust manifold on).
> >
> > Have a competant mechanic check it out top to bottom. We've got a sniff
> > over 100,000 miles on the wifes TJ and it is still going strong. Take
care
> > of it and it will take care of you. IF you're truly happy with its
> > performance on hte highway (passing, merging etc) you're good to go.
> >
> > Mike
> > 98 TJ SE