Topic: 93 yj price question.

[hyp7]

Heres the deal I ran across a 93 yj, It has a soft top, half doors,hard sliders, looks mostly stock.  Body is in great shape. I was told it had a blown motor, but I talked to the actual guy who owns it and he says it runs but has no oil pressure. My question is, is it worth $1000
Tell me what ya think.

[Jeffy]

It runs but has no oil pressure could mean several thing.  The simplest is that the oil pressure sender unit stopped working, which is a $30 item. Still, I'd use that to low ball him.  $700-800 cash would probably be a deal.

[hyp7]

The guy is trying to get around $1300 but I shot him a price of $1000 he kinda balked alittle but said we might be able to work something out. He was planning on putting in a small block chevy so he is not in any hurry to sell it. So a $1000 is as low as he is going to go im thinking. I was also thinking it just could be an oil pump maybe.

[chardrc]

is it a 4banger or 4.0L??? depends on what you want to do with it really.

[hyp7]

its a 2.5L , I was mainly trying to get him to part it out but he said no. Jeep parts are real hard to come by around my town. I was hoping he would just sell me the doors and sliders and maybe the soft top. But he said for the right price he would sell the whole jeep. With that being said 1. motor could be shot, 2.oil pressure gauge not working. 3.oil pump weak or bad.  So who knows hahaha

[Bounty Hunter]

$1000 is a good deal, even with the oil pressure issue.

[The_Madness]

If the body and frame are good, I'd go for it. The worst case scenario is that the motor is shot, but even still, you can pick up a decent 2.5 for under $1000.

[JeffsJeep]

First, if it runs, ask him to take it around the black once, when you do that bring a new mechanical guage with you and hook it up around the corner and see if it has oil pressure. could be a bad guage.  You don't want to hook it up in front of him, only to have it read good pressure, then have him not sell it to you.

[jagular7]

Always look at this type of thing in a worse case scenario. You can only get better from the lowest point.

You already claimed Jeep parts are hard to come by. How? With the shipping of today, mail order parts should readily be available. Cost may be prohibited but that's another thing to it all and you probably forgot to mention it.

It is always about money. Cost wise, if you purchase it for whatever price that you would be happy with, why not take what you need then part the rest out? Or do you what another project sucking the pockets empty? You may be able to sell what is left for more than you spend on it in the first place.

Selling and parting vehicles is very tedious and time consuming. Weather plays a big factor as well. Once the weather turns for the better for a week or 2, people will want to do something outdoors.

I currently have 5 vehicles (3 97 TJs) with 2 drivers in the house. 1 TJ is not-running and I probably shouldn't have bought it. Currently, I'm paying a loan on it, as well as insurance. I do have a set of 1ton axles, dual tcase setup, and a 4.3l/auto collectively waiting for assembly. I will need another estimated $3k to assemble (small parts add up quickly) and have a running TJ with everything installed and that is without tires/wheels.

[Banshee600]

well worth it where is it at I'll give him a 1000.00 sight unseen the doors and sliders Are 400 to 500 alone

[hyp7]

Did a little more research The jeep Is a 95 rio grand yj and not a 93, I looked it over and there is no rust what so ever also the tranny is an automatic. Is this tranny any good ? The body is in mint condition and the soft top and upper sliders are alittle shabby. The sliders are in fairly good condition though. The paint looks to good to be original so I'm going to assume that it has been repainted. (Black) . He did state that it does run but it is loosing oil pressure. He is still holding firm at $1000 Tell me what ya think.
Thanks guys.

[Jeffy]

1995 is probably the best of the best when it comes to Wranglers.  The Rio Grande was made because the XJ's and ZJ's were getting priority on the 4.0L's and so they weren't making as many Saharas.  So instead of having parts sit around, they made an upscale 2.5L.

Check the ID tag under the hood.  It should be bolted to the firewall behind the brake booster.  There should be a color code there.  It's a 3 digit code.  Two letters and a number usually.  These are the colors and codes for the '95.

     Bright White     W6/GW6
     Bright White Clearcoat     W7/GW7
     Moss Green Pearl Clearcoat     JN/RJN
     Light Pearlstone Pearl  ClearCoat     PV1/HV1
     Aqua Pearl Metallic Clearcoat     QE/LQE
     Bright Mango Clearcoat     V5/RV5

Black was not offered with the Rio Grande.

$1000 doesn't sound like a bad deal.  Worst case would be that you'd part it out, in which case, you could probably still make money on it.

[JeffsJeep]

Damn then I really got owned when I sold my 91.  Granted it had 118,000 miles and rust only on the parts behind the front wheels.  But I had a new clutch put in, I put in a new fuel pump, pickup for the distributer, plugs, wires, cap, rotor.  And it had brand new sport king A/T tires. I let it go for $1600.  I kinda with I wouldnt have let it go and kept it for a trail rider, but I already have enough vehicles for being 20 years old.