Attention Newbies!

1997 jeep cherokee sport

I'm a newbie with a 1973 Triumph TR 6 if anybody cares

I assume you have a jeep too?

Too Old to GAS

Hey boys and girls! Newby here. I had to escape the political forums before I did something regrettable. Me? I’m 65, Stage 4 lung cancer survivor, never smoked. My goal was to take a good Cherokee and cut the back 1/3 roof, keeping the last cross piece. In no welder, so that’s that.

Rock crawling is stupid. It’s like owning a drag car. How much money can you spend on broke parts? Me?, I’m a sand crawler. My rig is totally designed for the coastal sands on North Carolina. If I break something, I gotta wait until my next social security check hits. Know what I mean?

Present project is a Jeeper Camper. I bought a project some kid started but when the baby came, he lost time and interest. His loss, my gain.

Hi BigAl! Welcome to the forum.

I'm not old enough for Social Security and you are never too old to wheel!

Pics We love Pics.

Start a build thread. :thewave:

Thanks for the add ...
I stumbled across this site a couple of hours ago and I think its AWSOME !!!
I was an avid other truck fan until I bought my 95 jeep cherokee ..
Luv it and soooooo easy to work on !!
I'm glad I came upon this forum so MANY cool people here with the weather of the world knowledge ..
I would like to thank the people this far with the tips I've read about..
Cheers to the New Year and HAPPY TRAILING EVERYBODY !!!!

87 laredo

Hi. Kinda really intimidated. Have an AMC 87 cherokee laredo. Looking for the best reference site for replacement of exterior of jeep. What years are compatible with my 87? Mechanic refers to her as "old rusty". I reply "old Trusty".

theadventurecontinues said:

Hi. Kinda really intimidated. Have an AMC 87 cherokee laredo. Looking for the best reference site for replacement of exterior of jeep. What years are compatible with my 87? Mechanic refers to her as "old rusty". I reply "old Trusty".

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Check out this build thread for a meticulous restoration of an 87! Crist_Clapper May be able to give you some good tips on finding quality replacement parts.

Me: Restoring a Wagoneer XJ
https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink/to...ad.php?p=1096601&share_type=t&link_source=app

But other than the Wagoneer trim level on the early years, body style was essentially unchanged from 84 to 96 so a lot of parts are compatible. There were of course many minor changes to and variants of engines, transmissions, axles, etc, some are direct swaps and some can be considered upgrades, very common to slap parts from later model Cherokees onto older ones.

Newbie to the site and thanks for the add. Got our first Jeep in 87 (an 85 FSJ), although we had a "baby" Jeep (aka 81 Eagle Wagon) in 84 that was totaled while sitting in a grocery store parking lot (delivery truck driver swore his brakes went out). Just bought #9 tonight, an 01 WJ. Currently have a 98 ZJ TSi, 00 XJ Sport, 02 Liberty Limited and the "new" 01 WJ Laredo. Youngest Daughter has 2 96 XJ's (Sport and Country). She calls them her mountain car and city car. You might say we're a Jeep family.

Welcome from iowa! Where are you from?

XJSuperman said:

Welcome from iowa! Where are you from?

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Denver, CO area

Hello and welcome

Rmvr53 said:

Newbie to the site and thanks for the add. Got our first Jeep in 87 (an 85 FSJ), although we had a "baby" Jeep (aka 81 Eagle Wagon) in 84 that was totaled while sitting in a grocery store parking lot (delivery truck driver swore his brakes went out). Just bought #9 tonight, an 01 WJ. Currently have a 98 ZJ TSi, 00 XJ Sport, 02 Liberty Limited and the "new" 01 WJ Laredo. Youngest Daughter has 2 96 XJ's (Sport and Country). She calls them her mountain car and city car. You might say we're a Jeep family.

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What's up from NJ, welcome to the forum! sounds like you've got plenty of experience under your belt to share

If I do a 148" lift (figure that should clear most small buildings) do I need to regear if I just keep the stock tires? I want to terrorize the neighborhood, but don't want to spend too much time/money on this. And should I use a fixed ladder, or maybe just a homemade rope ladder? Thanks!

Make sure it is independent suspension, that way you get the clearance in the middle

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If I do a 148" lift (figure that should clear most small buildings) do I need to regear if I just keep the stock tires? I want to terrorize the neighborhood, but don't want to spend too much time/money on this. And should I use a fixed ladder, or maybe just a homemade rope ladder? Thanks!

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My serious answer to your joking question is that a rope ladder should be used. I play with combines and tractors for a living and ripping off ladders/steps is fairly common. I've personally damaged a couple.

148" isn't enough lift. Those are rookie numbers, you gotta pump those numbers up!

I vote for the rope ladder too, lol. Easier to pull up into the cab with you 😉

Hallo! My name is Mike and I live In St Paul MN I have a 1998 Jeep Cherokee sport. It is ugly but goes down the trails just fine. 2 inch lift with 31 10.5 tires. Harbor freight winch and ditch lights. I like running into shit so I don't put big dollar parts on her. Where she is rusty I cut that off. I will post some pics when I figure out how.

Hello Mike, and welcome to the forum.

Nice bumper, what brand?