A mate of mine wants a Jeep.... Help please!

[Yorkshire_Jon]

As per the subject really - I appreciate a Jeep forum would be the best place to ask the question, but I dont know of one!

A mate of mine has just moved over to Sydney from the UK and is on the look out for a Jeep Wrangler. He is not mechanically minded so wont work on it himself so it needs to be reliable.

He's currently got his eye on a 1996 SWB 4.0L straight 6 petrol.

Oh and he's asked me to go and look at a few with him when Im over there toward the end of November, so it would help if I could identify more than the colour!

Question:
Like the older LR engines, are there any crap ones to avoid?


Any thoughts or advice?

Thanks
Jon

[101RRS]

Jeeps have a record of catching fire - not a good thing - talk you friend out of it and go a landie.

Garry

[dobbo]

Question:
Like the older LR engines, are there any crap ones to avoid?



Thanks
Jon

Yep the ones with a Jeep badge on them

The Wrangler will cost a packet in fuel to run, leak badly and are not that cheap on parts.

Remember the Jeep Slogan "There is only one Jeep" worth owning a CJ5

[beforethevision]

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Concidence? hahahahaha

To be honest, i don't know much at all about them. A friend has a 4L wrangler and loves it.

Cheers!

[camel_landy]

Thirsty, boxy and even more impractical than a Rover... The Jeeps I've had (Cherokee & Grand Cherokee) have been nice cars, I have found them to be thirsty and the load space is quite small too.

That said, I do fancy getting myself a Wrangler.

Most American cars tend not to be too complicated and remember that they're not known for their Diesel technologies so stick to the big petrol lumps.

HTH

M

[Dmmos]

LOL! Just joined a group on facebook -

'I'd rather push a Land Rover than drive a Jeep'

Hope this helps




By the way, just remembered reading one of the 4WD mag's about 6-12 months ago, reviewing some of the new cars... Jeep 'Wrangler Unlimited' or something, broke down and needed to be towed by another car they were reviewing. I don't think I'll even say what car towed it

[mcrover]

Mmmmm Jeep Wrongler,

Is it possible to talk him out of it ?

Look in all ohnestly, they are not that bad if you have heaps of money for fuel, want to be hot when it's sunny and wet in the rain and do I need to say cold when it's ......cold....

As far as mechaincals go, major expensive problems
if it runs with a slight miss, run,
if it smells fuely, run and
if there is any other colour other than red or green in the radiator.....run.
If there is any noise in the gear train, run
If it feels like it holds in first gear or feels like it sucks the stick into your hand on any gear change run.

Less expensive major Problems,

If the steering box leaks it can cost between $50 and $900 to fix
If there is movement in the uni joints it may be as simple as replacing a uni joint but having a DC in the front shaft (as some of the later ones had) this can cost pretty huge and failure is catastrophic.
Electrical problems are par the course, check engine light when it rains and 1 head light cutting out one day and the other the next or lose all light at the rear.
Heater cores leak......all the time......and to fix it is exxy and not really possible.

I have owned 2 Jeeps, Cherokee 97 and Grand Cherokee 98 and the first the inlaws still have and the second cost me $10k in repairs in 6 months from TC to a couple of computers.

Try and talk him into a Disco or Deefa or even a cute little Suzuki for the increased load space

[Yorkshire_Jon]

M'mmmm interesting. Thanks guys...

I wonder if I can persuade him into a 90 - 300Tdi or V8!?!?!? Hope so!

Do you have 90's over there or just the 110 and 130?

[Dmmos]

Try and talk him into a Disco or Deefa or even a cute little Suzuki for the increased load space

I've got a cute little Suzuki

Not feeling very masculine at the moment though lol

[mcrover]

There are some but they are not easy to find and most that were Aussie delivered were TD5 I think.