Dear Jeepers,
Saturday this week I plan on finalizing the deal with the current owner of a stock 96 ZJ 5.2L Ltd. Unless one of you can bring something deal-breakingly negative to my attention before Saturday I am the lucky owner of an almost mint condition ZJ with 112k miles on the odo.
I have already seen the car and test driven it. Everything electronic works. Even the volume control buttons on the back of the steering wheel and the sunroof. I also did an ignition diagnostics test and the only codes that showed up where 12 and 55. As far as I know 12 = the battery has been changed within last 50 ignitions and 55 = end of diagnostics. Please correct me if I’m wrong. The engine sounds clean and hits the rev limiter with no trouble or weird noises. The transmission felt firm during test drive and there is no significant wobble in the suspension, even in hard turns.
The car originates from Switzerland – notorious for their high maintenance requirement of their vehicles and the former owner was a neat freak. Inside the car looks like it just came off the assembly line and outside it only has a small crack in the right side mirror and on the far back of the right side panel inside the rear right wheel hub. As said – almost mint.
All in all one should think this is a fine example of a ZJ. So my question is. What haven’t I checked? Is there something that you Jeep experts can help me find that I haven’t yet myself thought of? I urge anyone with an opinion to reply. It is little boys dream come true for me to own a real Jeep and I would hate to start the journey with something bad breaking because I didn’t check it properly. So anything that comes up in this thread I will check before making my final decision Saturday.
Hit me with all your best suggestions.
Soren :wave:
Saturday this week I plan on finalizing the deal with the current owner of a stock 96 ZJ 5.2L Ltd. Unless one of you can bring something deal-breakingly negative to my attention before Saturday I am the lucky owner of an almost mint condition ZJ with 112k miles on the odo.
I have already seen the car and test driven it. Everything electronic works. Even the volume control buttons on the back of the steering wheel and the sunroof. I also did an ignition diagnostics test and the only codes that showed up where 12 and 55. As far as I know 12 = the battery has been changed within last 50 ignitions and 55 = end of diagnostics. Please correct me if I’m wrong. The engine sounds clean and hits the rev limiter with no trouble or weird noises. The transmission felt firm during test drive and there is no significant wobble in the suspension, even in hard turns.
The car originates from Switzerland – notorious for their high maintenance requirement of their vehicles and the former owner was a neat freak. Inside the car looks like it just came off the assembly line and outside it only has a small crack in the right side mirror and on the far back of the right side panel inside the rear right wheel hub. As said – almost mint.
All in all one should think this is a fine example of a ZJ. So my question is. What haven’t I checked? Is there something that you Jeep experts can help me find that I haven’t yet myself thought of? I urge anyone with an opinion to reply. It is little boys dream come true for me to own a real Jeep and I would hate to start the journey with something bad breaking because I didn’t check it properly. So anything that comes up in this thread I will check before making my final decision Saturday.
Hit me with all your best suggestions.
Soren :wave: