Offroad-Express

Hi all
Have mate looking at a Jeep YJ on trade me
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 643913.htm

The seller has only used this truck once and we seem to think that it may have turned up on a club run or two. One has to inquire as to why they would have such a heavily modified truck at what I would call a bargain price. He has no info on stabilizability or off road manners and says he has only been out in it once. So anyone know of this vehicle, as it is a 12 hour round trip to view and would hate to waste our time.

Yeah, it looks awesome. I thought I had bought it but you must be the competition lol. Seems like a really cool truck

Not on auction then huh
We have been e-mailing and phoning. Have you been doing the same ?

Yup, sure did

x3
Only got put off by the leaf springs

Heheh nice, I was actually calling him to get bank details to make deposit. Gutted. But there will be another for me oneday

ask about the transmission... some had a shitty weak Peugot jobbie.

And if its carburetted, it should be 4.2l, not 4.0l. If its injected 4.0 then chances are the box is different too, AX15 perhaps.

i wouldnt read too much inot the price either. There was a lifted, locked TJ not so long ago that was freaking awesome that only fetched 15K... Ive spent $26k in total on mine now and would be lucky to get 15 for it on the open market.

Theyre only worth what someone is prepared to pay, and theres not a huge market for them

xj wrote:ask about the transmission... some had a shitty weak Peugot jobbie.

And if its carburetted, it should be 4.2l, not 4.0l. If its injected 4.0 then chances are the box is different too, AX15 perhaps.

So it really needs a better gearbox?

Looks like the one that did a couple of the winch challenges and other comps a few years ago. Can't recall who used to own it now but was a member in Auckland 4WD Club at the time (if indeed same vehicle).
Since smartened and tidied up some what with a few extra mods.
The off road photos look as though they were taken at Extreme 4WD park in Helensville.

Aha
That sounds more like it, makes sense now
Thanks for the info

Ralfie wrote:Looks like the one that did a couple of the winch challenges and other comps a few years ago. Can't recall who used to own it now but was a member in Auckland 4WD Club at the time (if indeed same vehicle).
Since smartened and tidied up some what with a few extra mods.
The off road photos look as though they were taken at Extreme 4WD park in Helensville.

Any good in the winch challenges?

malfunction wrote:

xj wrote:ask about the transmission... some had a shitty weak Peugot jobbie.

And if its carburetted, it should be 4.2l, not 4.0l. If its injected 4.0 then chances are the box is different too, AX15 perhaps.

So it really needs a better gearbox?

Only according to what ive read about them, not from personal experience. Hang fire and ill find some more info on em.

AX15 trans with NP241 w/SYE
D30, Super 30 kit with ARB locker 4.88
D44, Super 44 kit with ARB locker 4.88


So any good?

Sorry, put ya crook.....

They had the AX-15 popped in from 1990, and the 4.0l injected 6 was introduced in 1991.

got all sorts of factory specs on em here if ya want.

DaveM wrote:AX15 trans with NP241 w/SYE
D30, Super 30 kit with ARB locker 4.88
D44, Super 44 kit with ARB locker 4.88


So any good?

Yup.

As already mentioned, the leaf springs are a turn off (for the die hard Jeep fans that is, then again, so are ther square headlights!! - but we're just picky like that)

Actually, after just looking at it again, i'd say to go fer it. You wont build one cheaper. One thing to note too is that if theres rust in the bonnet, you may want to give the floor pan the screwdriver test from underneath, however, if its had that amount of work done to it someone has cared for it fairly well id say.

EDIT: Too slow, question answered

If thats what youre looking for in a truck, and you have the $$$ laying about, id be on the email/blower to the owner now.

[disclaimer: if the bloody thing falls apart, my opinion is non-binding]

xj wrote:If thats what youre looking for in a truck, and you have the $$$ laying about, id be on the email/blower to the owner now.

[disclaimer: if the bloody thing falls apart, my opinion is non-binding]

I was on the phone to the owner, we agreed on a price. i thought it was a deal. But there was confusion and now he tells me theres 2 other people offering more. I had arranged for a rear seat from the states and transporting for it next week....

thats trade me for ya

swampa wrote:thats trade me for ya

Yeah im quite pissed off, but hey what can ya do? Its happened to me on a couple of boats before too.
I was so excited about getting thee truck, had told people id bought it etc. Oh well cant win them all

Yeah, I had tried for a VX up north, got the same response, so said I'd pay asking price if I could pay for mechanical check, never heard back

from my experience on buying numerous vehicles site unseen, sometimes it costs more but buying local is the best

I dont mind if it has a few small issues, thats what hapopens site unseen, i just hate prices goin up... Especially when ya get so excited at having a new toy and it doesnt eventuate. I was looking forward to having a winch truck!

You coulda kept the Safari and spent $8k on it, would have been a reasonable truck

DaveM wrote:You coulda kept the Safari and spent $8k on it, would have been a reasonable truck

I dont think that safari was worth spending 8k on

DaveM wrote:EDIT: Too slow, question answered

Havin a look now
Thanks

malfunction wrote:I was on the phone to the owner, we agreed on a price. i thought it was a deal. But there was confusion and now he tells me theres 2 other people offering more. I had arranged for a rear seat from the states and transporting for it next week....

No such thing as "honour" or a "gentlemans agreement" anymore. Deals a deal and in my obsolete world its signed off on a handshake.

Ah well, karma is a biartch.

xj wrote:

malfunction wrote:I was on the phone to the owner, we agreed on a price. i thought it was a deal. But there was confusion and now he tells me theres 2 other people offering more. I had arranged for a rear seat from the states and transporting for it next week....

No such thing as "honour" or a "gentlemans agreement" anymore. Deals a deal and in my obsolete world its signed off on a handshake.

Ah well, karma is a biartch.

Yeah true, mind you at the price we agreed on i can see why he would back out lol.

malfunction wrote:Yeah true, mind you at the price we agreed on i can see why he would back out lol.

Nah man, a deal is a deal, if he undervalued it in the first place then tough titties.

Pisses me right off.

Had a dude with some tyres down Plamy once that the same thing happened. No one was bidding or asking questions on them. Called him, he suggested the price, i agreed, organised a meeting time and place and the day before he bailed out first saying that someone else had offered himm more and would i match it, then telling me he decided to keep them. . . . . . "what the....?"

xj wrote:

malfunction wrote:Yeah true, mind you at the price we agreed on i can see why he would back out lol.

Nah man, a deal is a deal, if he undervalued it in the first place then tough titties.

Pisses me right off.

Had a dude with some tyres down Plamy once that the same thing happened. No one was bidding or asking questions on them. Called him, he suggested the price, i agreed, organised a meeting time and place and the day before he bailed out first saying that someone else had offered himm more and would i match it, then telling me he decided to keep them. . . . . . "what the....?"

F#%k, what a prick!