I Bought A Jeep XJ Sight Unseen For $500 And Its The Worst!

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This XJ was listed on Marketplace as "$500 or I'll take it in for scrap". Naturally, I couldn't let a Jeep get thrown away, so I bought it sight unseen!
Now that the 2001 Jeep Cherokee XJ is home safe and sound, lets see what I have gotten myself into! Stay tuned for future episodes as I attempt to fix the brakes and swap out those hideous wheels and tires. Also more to come on the duct tape body work - Yikes!

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@jamesviehmann4291 11 месяцев назад

My suggestion would be to buy a rust free 2wd 97-01 XJ (Hopefully one with a bad engine on the cheap and use "The Ruster" to convert it over to 4wd. This would generate lots of "How to" content for your channel and in the end you should have a nice rig that you could continue to modify if the series becomes a subscriber favorite.

@rededge2003 6 месяцев назад

Wow . Can’t wait to see what you do. But this one probably needs to be out out to pasture. Pull motor/ trans and put it in one in better shape

@danielmeraz1628 Год назад

This is another example on why to not do meth kids

@Bolton115 10 месяцев назад

I was kinda expecting to see the glass pipes in the console.

@bigdave7199 4 месяца назад

Picking up a $600 XJ tomorrow! It’s a mess but only a little rust. Going to make it a dedicated trail rig!

@JeepSheepTV 4 месяца назад

Good luck!

@trailship 9 месяцев назад

Great score

@figo2992 11 месяцев назад

Get another one rust free, and make one out of two, but resto mod like ultimate stock xj at least that's unique, like every dude puts fat ugliest tires, dude less is more, sound deadening comfy rear suspension ( like coilovers or spring rear suspension but no super long travel) etc

@johngray3860 Год назад

I have a 2001. To open the rear hatch I have to press against the hatch kinda hard, but when I do, it will open. If not it won't.

@JeepSheepTV Год назад

Dang, just tried that and it didn't work

@DaysofPainandVictory Год назад

so glad we don't have the same rust problem over here

@JeepSheepTV Год назад

Ah man, and I was thinking that this wasn't actually that bad...

@mikeansay Год назад

How about going through the Jeep system by system until it is mechanically sound and then take it on a road trip. Just like a XJ master class.

@JeepSheepTV Год назад

I don't know if I'm quite qualified to do an xj master class but it does sound fun

@davidlamberson5435 10 месяцев назад

Pull the engine, trans, transfer, and both axles.keep any good doors. Save the glass and any interior thats not crap.Cut the rest up with a plasma cutter and dump it into neighborhood dumpsters.its a bargain.

@mattbrown5511 Год назад

A welder, tubing bender, chrome moly seamless, and a buggy plan. A plan is in order. CJ, XJ, TJ and a few others are all on the interest list. You know basic Jeepin stuffs.

@JeepSheepTV Год назад

Ah, yes, the budget friendly option

@D4nnypery 4 месяца назад

What a gem... really. WOW, Great video!

@JeepSheepTV 4 месяца назад

Oh, and it just keeps getting better and better. More videos on the way!

@leosky38912 11 месяцев назад

And this was how I started with my 97 4cylinder automatic, no ac TJ...

@JeepSheepTV 11 месяцев назад

No ac... so you have room for a supercharger...

@josephhall6244 9 месяцев назад

wow the previous owner torn that jeep up badly..

@JohnJohnson-wj8in 9 месяцев назад

Get Willy’wagon and drop the 4.0L ,transmission ,transfer case and axels into Willy’s. Might be some interesting challenges due to web difference and fitting I-6 and super charge or turbo the 4.0

@neighborsgoat 11 месяцев назад

Oh, that engine sound! Enough for me to subscribe.

@69sound81 9 месяцев назад

Well, ypu bought a very nice drivetrain and some spare parts for 500 bucks my friend. That was a great deal!

@bobhernandez7756 Год назад

Strip it for parts but great deal 500 for motor transmission alone a good deal

@StevenRobertsonTheOACS Год назад

Awesome

@Sven-_Trials Год назад

Put the I6 into YJ with the blower setup!!

@Mattmazz77 10 месяцев назад

This is gorgeous ❤❤😂😂

@rickmartin3584 9 месяцев назад

Can ask much more for 500. It's in rough shape but it can be brought back

@TrailAngelRock Год назад

Looks like a nice engine for your YJ.. Rebuilt first of course

@ReodorF1 11 месяцев назад

Damn thats the worst xj i have seen when it comes to rust

@JeepSheepTV 11 месяцев назад

It gets worse the more you dig into it :(

@henrybooks7193 11 месяцев назад

Idk why ur hating so much it’s just some kids off-road project car probably just to drive around some trails, plus it’s kind of on you for not looking at it first and for 500$ that’s worth it just for the engine and transmission

@JeepSheepTV 4 месяца назад

It could have been some kids project and that's fine, We all do dumb things. I would recommend, however, that this kid stops doing hard drugs every time they decide to work on the Jeep... some of these things seem intentionally bad. Also, you basically described why I bought the Jeep without looking at it, the parts that I knew were operational are worth what I paid for it. The rest is just a bonus and entertaining for the internet people.

@ytelpeloncito5151 7 месяцев назад

If yall like watching jeep videos i have a jeep zj I'm about to start working on also a jeep xj too

@JeepSheepTV 7 месяцев назад

Sweet dude! post it up!

@novanut1964 Год назад

i like it! good video

@novanut1964 Год назад

xj= xtra junkie

@terryhorlick9707 Год назад

I have a 95 YJ with the little 4 cyl. I once thought about getting a 6 and transplanting but my 75,000 mile engine runs like new. I would like to see and hear how you check out that engine and graft it into the YJ. This is the first time I have seen one of your videos so I don’t know what to expect. My YJ was owned by a little old lady who never even got a scratch on the bash plates. She died about 18 years ago explaining the low mileage. The heater core was cracked which is why the car was parked years before she passed on… a perfectly straight, bone stock cheapest YJ with new tires… well 18 years old with no wear! Having fun!

@JeepSheepTV Год назад

If you are new to the channel and have a 4cyl YJ, then you need to check out the supercharger series ;)

@jamesbrown7991 Год назад

500? parts alone a a deal...this for vid

@jasonscharf97tj 11 месяцев назад

I would put engine in the yj scrap the rest it's pretty far gone

@aussie-seb 7 месяцев назад

Where in WI are you? We are in Eau Claire and do XJs as well!

@JeepSheepTV 7 месяцев назад

I am in Osceola and find myself around the Eau Claire area from time to time

@aussie-seb 7 месяцев назад

@@JeepSheepTV Nice! We should catch up sometime! We do a lot of overlanding stuff in my Tacoma and I restore XJs for fun

@aussie-seb 6 месяцев назад

Let me know if you need any XJ parts too!@@JeepSheepTV

@JeepSheepTV 6 месяцев назад

@@aussie-seb lol I need all kinds of XJ parts

@Da3m0n75 Год назад

I believe the electric fan isn’t supposed to come on until after 200 degrees?

@JeepSheepTV Год назад

Probably

@drgil65 11 месяцев назад

On the 1997-2001 model the electric fan should engage on when you turn on the ac.

@HWYTraveler Год назад

STROKER!!! then put it in the YJ

@hayzersolar 11 месяцев назад

Pull engine then junk it

@DH-oy4zf 11 месяцев назад

Take all the carpet out and show us the rusted out floor pans!

@JeepSheepTV 11 месяцев назад

I will probably do that in future episodes

@evsportsman5478 Год назад

Pull the 4.0, sell it and get your money. Take the jeep to scrap

@psychobillyma Год назад

Score!! 😂

@kevinm7258 11 месяцев назад

They should have paid you to take it off their hands

@JeepSheepTV 11 месяцев назад

I would have preferred that

@davidbruno818 Год назад

First review all parts that are salvageable, and see if you can get your money back from the Salvage. Even the engine might not be worth $500 return. Buy a similar Jeep with no engine and install a rebuilt from that hunk of worthless Rusty steel glass and rubber.