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Old 03-12-2018
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Update after 2 months/1500km.

I bought the car in a hurry, needing a replacement

turns out to be only 59 VIN digits out from my White Limited, same color scheme, so thats good for spares & swaps

It has a straight body, paint is reasonable, White

have not had a chance to look at it, let alone work on it, as I had other things on my plate

just in time, I find the trans cooler lines are cracked, bypassed, leaking, all repaired & trans serviced, I dont know think this trans has long life left

has headers with 2" branches into 2-1/2" exhaust, sounds good, and the engine feels noticeably more powerful than the stock exhaust in my black XJ

oil is pissing out o-ring adaptor, onto header joint

ordered trans mount kit, o-rings, harmonic balancer from Rock Auto

fixed various electrical issues

A/C doesnt work, compressor & pipes no good, so it looks like I will have to swap over the parts from the black one, which had good A/C

front suspension needs attention
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'96 4.0 Sport 370k+
'96 Limited 263k (unreg spare)
'96 Sport 335k (got smashed, farmtruck)

Last edited by awg; 03-12-2018 at 07:03 AM.