93 Jeep Cherokee Sport

That's a lot of mileage. How much is he asking? For the right price, and if the body is good, I would certainly consider it.

Earle

He's asking $2250. Claims the body is rust free and is in overall excellent condition.

-Mark

I would check the drivers side floor board carefully and the front door hinge posts for rot. That was about the year that the doors liked to fall off...

Mike

This sounds reasonable, even allowing for the fact that I can't see the vehicle. For this price, even if you need a few big repairs over the next ten years or so, you should get good transportation out of it. (I like to buy ten year old vehicles. There is the right balance of still-usable body, mechanical systems still mostly OK, and parts still available.)

Earle

Well, I did it. Got it for $1950. Checked the floorboards and door hinges as suggested. Went right to Fleet Farm right away and got a set of tires on it because what was on it probably woudn't have gotten me home. My better half is somewhat skeptical. She thinks I just flushed a shitload of money down the crapper. I will think of it as my project car.

I am concerned, however, about a constant squeak-squeak-squeak noise at idle. Could it be a water pump? Serp belt? Don't hear it at speed. Also, when coming to a stop, idle seems to drop off and almost die out. Throttle body or Throttle Position Sensor need a good cleaning? TPS or Crank Position Sensor need replacing?

Thanks for any advice!

-Mark '93 XJ

Probably a decent buy. Squeek could well be either the water pump or more likely (high pitched chirp) the idler pulley. Use a mechanics stethescope or a long screwdriver to localize the sound. The idle droop is most likely the throttle position sensor or it's connector or just a plain old filthy throttle body. Clean the TPS, IAC, and all throttle body parts really well with sensor safe cleaner. I had to remove the whole throttle body and clean it in an untrasonic tank to get all the crap out, but that may have been a bit extreme. In the end, I also replaced the O2 sensor to get rid of the last bit of unstable idle but I have an 88 with the old Renix computer system so your later MOPAR may react differently. Save the O2 sensor for last and make sure the line between the MAP sensor and the throttle body is clear (I had to use a dril bit to clean the port on the tb to get mine right). Mine took months to finally get straightened out - seemed like everything I did helped "some" but it was a slow process to get it exactly right to suit me. The O2 sensor was the only new part I needed and the fact that it was running too rich at idle (light smoke, oily tailpipe) finally clued me to that

Thanks for the advice. I will check all of those things out. Yeah... I think I got a decent enough deal. Other than a piece of that "Sport" body side moulding (you know the stuff with the red stripe through it) missing and a few flaws in the sealcoat up around the roof rack, the body is in really, really good shape. No surface rust at all. Someone really cobbled an aftermarket cruise control on it, tho. It works, but you oughta see the wiring mess under the dash. Any idea where a code reader hooks up on a '93?

-Mark '93 XJ