Had to shift a cartload of old PCs from the MD's daughters school to the recyclers. Spec 4.0 LTD Not bad for an old P reg with 103k miles on it.
Steering box has some play but the adjuster is seized, and the aircon leaks like a sieve. Still nice to drive though.
Comfy, soft and designed for an american arse. If we had US priced petrol, I might consider one.
If you want an "R" reg diseasel powered Cherokee, it's yours for £1300.
I'm going to get the Saab fixed.
It has already had new box, new brakes, new clutch, new tyres in the=20 last 3 years and the turbo is sweet. The head gasket is pretty much the=20 last big job that can go wrong. Anything else can be scrappied if need=20 be, or wear and tear items.
If it had turned up before I bought the saab I might have considered it. Especially now I've driven one. Haven't had it much faster than 40, so I=20 don't know what they are like at speed, but even with the wobbley=20 steering it was nice and steady on the corners I took.
--=20 Carl Robson Audio stream:
We do sort of. LPG.
With the wop boat engine? Hasn't it got 4 head gaskets? I don't think Carl wants any more of those particular headaches, but then, he never bloody listens to us anyway. (c:
VM ?
And here was me thinking that was a tractor engine.
You learn something new etc.
Zackly. If it's likely to be reliable, Carl'll kill it anyway. What difference does it make?
Yup.
Tractor engines are more refined.
I think I described the awfulness of the Cherokee Diesel somewhere on here a while ago.
This makes me sound like I'm being 'orrible to Carl by offering it to him, I'm not, it's the kind of thing he's likely to like spending his time defending.
To give this particular one credit, it doesn't appear to have any problems with the heads. Gearbox whine could rival that of a 1959 Mini with an empty sump, but it's been like that for 12 months and not got any worse.
Still a piece of crap, but it's quite good as Cherokees go.
Heh, I've kept three Skoda 8v engines of dubious mileage running fine for a combined 150k miles. And those things blow HG if you fart in the wrong direction.
I do well with my motors. They might not be pretty but they keep running.
The saab goes in for the fix on Saturday.
I pulled 1.5 litres of crappy coolant out of the expansion tank and replaced with water to tide it over (not likely to get an arctic blast).
I've kept it bottled to let it settle and see how bad it was. Still oily but some of that could be the scum from inside the tank.
I'll let Richard sort it properly.
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