Hi Everyone,

Brand new here and about to realize a long held dream, buy a Jeep and fixing her up into something special.

The Jeep I am buying - a 1988 YJ (4.2 - 6 cylinder) has only 130,000 KM on the odometer. I am realistic enough to know this isn't correct.

The MTO has an Odometer reading from 2007 of 210,000.

So what is most realistic here:

1. The Odometer has been replaced
2. The Odometer has been tampered
3. The Odometer has rolled over
4. Something I haven't considered

How high will the odometer go in a 1988 YJ? Someone mentioned it might only go as high as 300,000.

Now I realize this may have rolled over 3 times, but does that mean 900,000 or 3 Million?

Love some feed back here.

Cheers,

 

Greetings,
WELCOME Fritzcat (fk). Hmmmm....interesting conundrum. Have you asked the seller about the discrepency? Is this a private sale or a dealer? How much are you paying and if a higher than average price does the seller base this on the "low" mileage? Is the vehicle in good shape or will you have to pour a pile of $$ into it. Get a GOOD mechanic to go over it before parting with your $$.
I've never heard of odometers rolling over at 300K. I would think if there are 6 digits in the display (minus the tenth's) the odo would register to 999,999 and THEN roll over. If only 5 digits, then it would roll over at 99,999.
Sooooo....Odo replaced? Possibly, but why? (ask seller). Odo tampered? Possibly and is a case for MTO.
Your call sir.
Peter.

 

Thanks for the response Peter. The current owner of the Jeep picked it up in trade and now wants to unload it, so not a lot of history there.

What I am paying is about 2/3 of comparable Jeep I have seen on the market. The moment I saw 130K, I knew the math didn't work out. If for some reason it was correct, that meant it sat for a long time somewhere and that was just as damaging.

I am going into this with eyes open. It is meant to be a part time project and to have a little fun.

Still has me wondering though...

Cheers,

 

if the drive train is good and you want to fix it up who care about the km's on it. I had a xj with 314 000. Frame rotted out so I scraped it it still ran great.