Originally Posted by LadyKenai

ive wondered that too, is it all worth the work a 24 year old jeep fixing it up..

i do it cause i like working on it, cant sit down and worry about a possible tbone that wont get us anywhere.. if any i would be standing on the side of the road flagging ppl down for help and that might even be more dangerous

Marc

Originally Posted by Ralph77

I own a '00 with about a 160K. Best I can tell it has the original 0331 head and I don't have any cracked head issues. I picked up a TUPY head off an '04 GC engine with a cracked piston top for $50. Could be good or rebuildable. Could be a $50 door stop. Been talking with my buddy about building an engine. He is not a Jeep guy but definitely a car guy and says he can do it no problem. So I figure the next step is to see if I can get a handle on what condition my engine is in. Been avoiding this for awhile now. Ignorance is bliss and all that. So figure it is time to get the oil analysis done. Compression and a leak down test. Throw a mechanical oil pressure gauge on her. Coolant pressure test and maybe the combustion leak test. Trying to research how to do these and if I should do all these tests. Maybe some would just be a waste because you are kinda duplicating tests. Also I am toying with the idea of buying all the test tools. I can probably borrow them from friends or rent them but it gives me an excuse to buy more tools. LOL. Figure after all this I might have a better handle on what to do. Regardless I want to keep my Jeep. I would like this to be the last 4X4 I buy in my lifetime.

Originally Posted by kbeam418

Well to me it is, I've put around $400 into mine and I'm sure that's just the start On the bright side I don't have to worry about bad roads, deep snow or even body damage because my Jeep looks like crap. I got this thing because it is old and rusty. My undercarriage is clean and the powertrain is strong.