I'm sorry guys.....

[kastein]

Water Pump
Radiator
Thermostat
Driver's side hub
Transmission.

Water Pump - maybe 75 bucks for a good one
Thermostat - 15 bucks
hub - 100 bucks for a Timken that'll last another 20 years
transmission - if it's an auto, 200 bucks max, probably pick one up for 50-100 on here, I have 3 usable ones on hand. Manuals I don't know the prices on but probably a little more.

Of course, with it being an only vehicle (been there, kinda stressful) you run the risk of not having anything to drive to work on Monday, or to the parts store halfway through the job, if anything goes wrong.

And frankly, I'm XXXXing tired of carrying my tools around with me on the highly-possible chance it will break down on the road.

I've put $300 in it in the last two months, and it needed at the least a tranny and driver's hub to drive any more than i did.

But i fully agree, i would rather have an older car that needs to be fixed every once in a while than a payment. but when my job is in jeopardy because i have to drive all over the metroplex daily, and my Jeep couldn't make it, that's when i draw the line.

You've got a good point here... a great one in fact.

If your job is in jeopardy... gotta do what you gotta do. Jeeps are way easier to replace than jobs in this economy.

Guess I've gotten lucky, I got my MJ (so far my most reliable jeep) in real rough shape, and inspected it well enough prior to purchase that I've predicted almost every single failure before it actually occurred, so I usually either had parts on hand or was already planning on replacing things when they broke. My 96 taught me all the things that can break on a jeep by way of painful experience :twak:

Good luck with the Ford and hope you get another jeep soon :cheers:

 

[x2elite]

I guess I just got lucky on mine. I drove mine as a DD for several years, and on 35's with a D35 even, and it never left me stranded once. It had over 215k on the ticker when I got it, and now it has around 235k on it, and I plan on using the engine and tranny out of it in my buggy.

 

[Texas Twitch]

stein-
that is my point. I can't afford to buy a 200-500 tranny and A:have it not work from the get-go, or B:have a proverbial wrench thrown into the fan when I need to fix it by Monday morning. I wish to God it wasn't my DD so I could have done more work to it, but oh well. The time will come again!

The thing about my job, is i travel both within DFW and all over the state weekly to check on hotels my IT company services. I've farted around with good jobs before and it's not gonna happen with this one!

All in all, thanks for the well wishes bro!

Justin-luck of the draw I guess!

 

[Texas Twitch]

Brian-I'm going to hold you to that man!

 

[bwildered]

Brian-I'm going to hold you to that man!

No problem. If Crusher would get his crap fixed we could hit BP.

 

[Crusher16]

No problem. If Crusher would get his crap fixed we could hit BP.

I can drop it off at your place.

 

[Texas Twitch]

you could also drop it off a cliff

 

[Texas Twitch]

speaking of being able to see cliffs, anyone want to buy some Hella 500's? $50.

 

[SpartyKrunk]

lol! Twitch, shoulda sticked to Mopar. But glad to see things gettin better for you. I found out why my A/C doesn't work btw. Well, I know it's not broken. It just won't turn on. Neither will my blinkers, or my backup light. I checked all the fuses already. Everything is good, like it should be. Idk. I'm takin her to a pro next week. She's fallin apart. And, you're ridin with me to Fall Run. Your XJ would of never made it haha.

 

[SpartyKrunk]

speaking of being able to see cliffs, anyone want to buy some Hella 500's? $50.

Me! Me! Me! Me! Please!!! I need to replace mine. One is missing and the other one is cracked. I'll go get them Thursday!

 

[MaxxTraxx]

I have some covers for those hella 500;s if Twitch dosent have any. My TJ just got jacked from my apt. last week, then paid off via insurance and found...so I cant get it back...get my XJ back from my dad though....going to houston tomorow then coming home thursday w/ it. I'll get some pics up and I'm going to be alot more active on now. Gotta build it up.

 

[Texas Twitch]

holy shit Brian!!!

 

[SpartyKrunk]

Oooh! Dibs on the covers. I don't have any. The ones I had got stolen.

 

[MaxxTraxx]

if u want those covers shot me a pm.