Yet Another JEEP Owner!!!

[taylorjshoemark]

G'Day Folks,

Live in Adelong NSW, work for a building supplies company and the missus n I love our fishing and camping so therefore we just recently purchased an 02' Grand Cherokee, Although the motor may be shot i got it for a bargain price, immaculate throughout, 1 owner and i have the $$$ sitting there to do the necessary rebuild or perhaps even buy a new motor to drop in. Guess I'm here to gather as much info as I can, being the first jeep we have owned I've got no doubt I'll need it!!

[XJoutback]

All the best with your new project Jeep. v8 or straight six ?

[taylorjshoemark]

Cheers mate, it's 4.7ltr v8 not quite sure what exactly is wrong with it though....but it does have a knock in the top end that I've been reading alot about. So i guess i just try a few things then if they don't work I'll pull it down and I'm pretty sure I'll find the drama then.

[Dustbowl]

Welcome to the madness
Those 4.7's were monstrously powerful and bulletproof, I'd kill for one

The knock sounds like someone forgot to change the oil

We will soon find out

[taylorjshoemark]

Thanks Dustbowl, Yeah one of the reason i grabbed onto it was the power although the missus wasn't too sure but it'll grow on her

As for the knock I'm pretty sure it was a lack of oil change, hell of a shame for them to own such a vehicle then neglect to perform minor maintenance on it.