Rescuing A Jeep Cherokee XJ From The Scrapyard! Can It Be Saved?

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  • Опубликовано: 3 янв 2025

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  • @S.S.H.OCT.18-08
    @S.S.H.OCT.18-08 Месяц назад +12

    Something worth watching. Thanks brother.

  • @kylewalker1703
    @kylewalker1703 Месяц назад +7

    You're all videos are absolutely awesome I can't wait to get a new one every day

  • @jamesp7760
    @jamesp7760 Месяц назад +18

    Those little magnets you found on the fuel line are called Fuel Master magnets. Its a gimmic item that's supposed "straighten out the ions, and improve flow" of gas. Its an idea from the 70's/80's. They used big magnets called "cow magnets" back then with the same idea.

    • @benmudn
      @benmudn Месяц назад +5

      The advertising says 10% fuel increase. Before I knew any better, I got one for $8 thinking if it did 2%, it would pay for itself. That was back in the days when running Boggers were I got gallons per mile. I thinking I got it at Harbor Freight.

    • @papatomsthoughts
      @papatomsthoughts Месяц назад

      I remember those. 😅😅😅😅

  • @3ig3adwol45
    @3ig3adwol45 Месяц назад +13

    Dex out here doing God's work

  • @Jfreeman-k4l
    @Jfreeman-k4l Месяц назад +11

    Keep the great videos coming I’ve watched almost all your videos.

  • @FenrisRising
    @FenrisRising Месяц назад +10

    Keep up the great work. Save as many Cherokees as possible.

    • @dexjs
      @dexjs  Месяц назад +1

      That's the plan!

  • @linemanlovesyou859
    @linemanlovesyou859 Месяц назад +8

    LMAO, do you edit these videos because they are always hilarious! Leaving in the bloopers is my fav thing. Always excited to see you’ve uploaded

  • @jpsneed7863
    @jpsneed7863 10 дней назад +1

    44:42 "hey there I am" had me rolling. Much love man

  • @kylewalker1703
    @kylewalker1703 Месяц назад +10

    It's awesome how you know everything about these damn things

  • @ThatfellaLuke
    @ThatfellaLuke Месяц назад +5

    I have a 98. Learned alot about the wiring, my xj is a Florida flavor, I live in wis and she's pretty solid.
    I'm slowly getting it back on the road.

  • @VC-TV
    @VC-TV Месяц назад +2

    You’re doing a great service by hanging onto those xj’s, dont let anyone tell you otherwise, its not hogging, you just happened to be giving the opportunity to be able to collect and store such a huge aresenal, they may not all be saveable, but the parts are! One day people are gonna want those

  • @sriles1676
    @sriles1676 Месяц назад +7

    Appreciate what you do! Keep the videos coming! Would definitely watch a body work video, it's way tougher than it seems. Also, those gas tank rings are a real (word I can't say). Almost drove me crazy trying to close up the tank on my TJ.

    • @dexjs
      @dexjs  Месяц назад

      Absolutely a pain. I may try a body work video one day and see again.

  • @papatomsthoughts
    @papatomsthoughts Месяц назад +1

    You are a genius on these old jeeps. I would recommend soldering with shrink covers over those crimpers for wires, just better long term. 😊😊😊😊

  • @ajfoss7714
    @ajfoss7714 Месяц назад +5

    Keep up the amazing work dex I like watching your videos they are really inspiring

  • @xfactor5876
    @xfactor5876 Месяц назад +3

    I bought a couple XJ's that I intended to use for parts to fix up my Comanche, but I havent been able to bring myself to take a part a perfectly good XJ and pull it off of the road. So far I have just fixed up the XJ's and put them back on the road.

  • @jasenlarue6733
    @jasenlarue6733 13 дней назад

    When I was 17, My dad and I took turns driving an early 90’s white XJ ,Manual transmission, from Florida to Wisconsin.
    That’s a lot of windshield time with my dad and my love for the XJ began.
    30 years later I bought a 98 white manual transmission. It’s in great shape but still have hours of therapeutic garage time.
    Speaking of therapy, you could open up something like a petting zoo for adults and XJ lovers. Ride around and tell us stories about XJs and the quirky things of each one.
    Pretty sure my HSA will cover it and since my wife’s family still lives in Tennessee, I have a good excuse to see your XJs-I mean in-laws.
    Make it happen!

  • @michaelrichards669
    @michaelrichards669 Месяц назад +5

    40:56 GoPro attachment makes a big difference. Better for the ride along.

  • @JohnAtKean
    @JohnAtKean 5 дней назад +1

    I enjoyed this one… Makes me think my 99 XJ has hope for getting it back to road worthy. Thanks for the inspiration and info.

    • @dexjs
      @dexjs  4 дня назад

      That’s what I’m here for!

  • @SammyKurts-ku2ht
    @SammyKurts-ku2ht Месяц назад +2

    You aren’t a hackjob bro or else you wouldn’t be complaining about the cut wires !! F the haters ! You’re good at what you do and it shows ! Big love from Baltimore!!

  • @relaxgaming8872
    @relaxgaming8872 29 дней назад +1

    Everything will run in a hands of an expert!!! Love ur vids.

  • @fourone9ineboys619
    @fourone9ineboys619 Месяц назад +4

    Babe wake up dex has a new upload

  • @cwhip00
    @cwhip00 Месяц назад +7

    Would like to see you replace the windshield

    • @dexjs
      @dexjs  Месяц назад

      Gosh idk if I can do that!

  • @podium804
    @podium804 Месяц назад +1

    Fun to watch. I always learn something from you Dexter. Thanks!

    • @dexjs
      @dexjs  Месяц назад +1

      Glad to hear it!

  • @BrandonZ55XJ
    @BrandonZ55XJ Месяц назад +3

    Dude we love watching this stuff!!! And learn how to blend so you can do the red jeep. Or bring it up to me ill help ya

  • @Offroadrookies9345
    @Offroadrookies9345 Месяц назад +6

    Body tech here I watch all your stuff been driving jeeps xj/zj forever would be glad to help out with any advice

  • @ReigningUp
    @ReigningUp Месяц назад +3

    Keep posting more videos on the build!

    • @dexjs
      @dexjs  Месяц назад

      Will do!

  • @JoeVizethum
    @JoeVizethum Месяц назад

    go on with your entertaining videos and keeping the XJs on the road, bro - these classic sport wagons deserve it !

  • @curtisstivason3695
    @curtisstivason3695 19 дней назад +1

    That's a pretty decent looking jeep this is coming from another fanatic of xjs ran em for years I had a 01 that same color lived til body rusted out in PA

  • @lindaboguslawske3996
    @lindaboguslawske3996 Месяц назад +5

    ME TO I LOVE IT I STILL WISH I LIVE IN BACK YARD

  • @Qwzzyyyy
    @Qwzzyyyy Месяц назад +1

    Hey dex just ordered a rebuild kit for my first wj, she’s been sitting with a knock for a couple years but ima dive into it n your channel finna help me out a lot🙏🏼

  • @cjkell6763
    @cjkell6763 23 дня назад

    I don’t understand how anyone can hate on this man. He’s goated

  • @Don-xc9yj
    @Don-xc9yj Месяц назад +1

    Your detailer does an amazing job considering the mess's you drop into their hands. I was expecting a basic pressure washer blast job but that thing is glossy, It went from "trash" to serious potential!

  • @richardbates2367
    @richardbates2367 Месяц назад

    Dex your saving so many of them and put them back on the road so people including yourself and mark and Justin can drive and enjoy fairly decent versions instead of the usual wrecked rust buckets most of us end up owning lol

  • @jakehanneman6956
    @jakehanneman6956 Месяц назад +2

    The video we've all been waiting for. Oh yea 😎😎

  • @danieljohnson8437
    @danieljohnson8437 Месяц назад +2

    Excellent
    94xj ...

  • @jimwebber7446
    @jimwebber7446 Месяц назад +2

    I would like to see if you can do aw4 2 wheel drive conversion to 4wd and vice versa maybe

  • @mtnman262
    @mtnman262 Месяц назад +5

    I sent a message via your website about a replacement engine for my 2001 XJ. If you wanna sell the engine you showed at the beginning of the video.. 😂

    • @dougj.8288
      @dougj.8288 Месяц назад

      Good luck getting a response…

  • @brianandglendaharkin9457
    @brianandglendaharkin9457 Месяц назад +1

    Another XJ saved . Bit more TLC she be a great Jeep 👌🇦🇺✌️.

  • @willymccoy3427
    @willymccoy3427 Месяц назад +1

    Hey, just keep 'em coming. Not so much Cherokee guy, but their interesting none the less. More into the Comanches and my daily is a LJ.

  • @cwhip00
    @cwhip00 Месяц назад +2

    Dex, as someone who has torn down many 4.0s: for the 4.0s you care about, do you let them warm up in the winter before driving? For how long/what temp.

    • @willymccoy3427
      @willymccoy3427 Месяц назад +1

      I let mine warm up a minute or two. It's old, cast iron and needs some respect.

  • @jimmyjckjones
    @jimmyjckjones Месяц назад

    You need to do a "will it drive 1000 miles" revival with a Cherokee ! haha

  • @Tpbmods
    @Tpbmods Месяц назад +4

    #HackJob saves another one!

  • @tacticalleather766
    @tacticalleather766 Месяц назад

    You need to do the off road games this year!!

  • @51-FS
    @51-FS Месяц назад +3

    U got any right hand drive jeeps?

    • @SammyKurts-ku2ht
      @SammyKurts-ku2ht Месяц назад

      Aka old usps snow rigs

    • @dexjs
      @dexjs  Месяц назад +2

      Like two!

    • @51-FS
      @51-FS Месяц назад

      @@dexjs let's get one going

  • @cjnoldner8526
    @cjnoldner8526 Месяц назад +5

    Your going to drive a dog and a mail lady lol.

  • @jamesackley6732
    @jamesackley6732 Месяц назад +1

    In need of a fire red hatch with power locks and factory tinted glass and defrost if you have one in good shape

  • @Wesley-uo3rn
    @Wesley-uo3rn Месяц назад

    Thx I watch to the end, and hit like before I watch

  • @Makeithappen-ad11
    @Makeithappen-ad11 Месяц назад +3

    Magnets on the fuel line were supposed to give you better gas mileage.

    • @willymccoy3427
      @willymccoy3427 Месяц назад

      Yeah, I grew up in the 60s and that was old back then.

  • @TheMainLead
    @TheMainLead Месяц назад

    Of course dex receives mail via jeep haha

  • @Zoran-cu4sc
    @Zoran-cu4sc 12 дней назад

    Dam u have a lot of jeeps I have a 92 two door 5 speed

  • @russellwolter5153
    @russellwolter5153 13 дней назад

    The parts jeep at 40:00 has the window regulator in the same location as the one you are working on.

  • @richardbates2367
    @richardbates2367 Месяц назад

    Just a suggestion but my 90 Dodge Dakota se was also broken on the left side because someone did not know how to take the radio out so when I put a 92 dodge Dakota Chrysler pentastar emblem cassette tape player digital readout blackout face radio with the eq and buttons,i used factory rear mount on the back and a piece of exhaust pipe strap with the holes and the factory right side radio mount bolt and it held the radio in the dash fine

  • @ExecuteInStyle
    @ExecuteInStyle Месяц назад +1

    Give me a bump to see if my crank sensor is working too 😂

  • @Dmowery5036
    @Dmowery5036 Месяц назад +2

    But..... why did they park it? That thing seems pretty decent all the way around. 🤔🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @buckchase1
    @buckchase1 Месяц назад

    We scrapped a Cherokee that was in perfect shape......except the frame was rusted out. Wish I kept the motor at least.

  • @snoopysrc
    @snoopysrc Месяц назад

    Very nice

  • @benmudn
    @benmudn Месяц назад +3

    What are the odds that someone said I am not pulling that tank again? Forget it.

  • @87fubar
    @87fubar Месяц назад

    in ca ive seen so many nice rust free xj's drive to there death at the local pick n pull

  • @dirtbiketimemachine7167
    @dirtbiketimemachine7167 Месяц назад +1

    Just got a trans in my 99xj made this odd noise prior sorta like the inspiration cover is touching flexplate. Thought I’d find the sounds during the trans swap but did not😢 pulled the cover and test drove again think I may have got a touch better but not 100% sure.
    Any thoughts from the best xj crowd around?

  • @jeneelder4091
    @jeneelder4091 Месяц назад

    I have learned a lot

  • @firestancegang132
    @firestancegang132 Месяц назад

    I need the silver center grill and headlight bezels

  • @DavidWrobel-m8x
    @DavidWrobel-m8x Месяц назад

    Do you have any Cherokees from AMC American motors?

  • @justinchandler5436
    @justinchandler5436 Месяц назад +2

    DEX SIGN THE HAT I JUST BOUGHT LIKE YOU DID THE OTHER HAT I BOUGHT. THE ORDER NAME IS THE SAME AS MY RUclips NAME. LOVE THE VIDEO I ALSO ENJOY WORKING ON CHEROKEES IVE GOT 5 ONE OF EACH JUST NEED A COMANCHE TO COMPLETE MY COLLECTION. IVE STILL GOT 2 98 5.9 GC FOR SALE OR ID TRANDE YOU FOR A DECENT COMANCHE MUST BE 4X4 AND HAVE THE 4.O

  • @paulkoski8759
    @paulkoski8759 Месяц назад

    Do you have any srt8s Cherokees

  • @sorenmiller3110
    @sorenmiller3110 Месяц назад

    And power stirring fluid

  • @phillipfrancisco2704
    @phillipfrancisco2704 Месяц назад

    Have red 95 country jdm that has been rolled.Need a roof. Any chance you have one?

  • @awdsie9902
    @awdsie9902 Месяц назад

    I wish I could ship a 2001 xj to you to fix, the engine turns over but only runs if you give it gas but has bad rough idle and dies, replaced all censors *literally all censors and some replaced 2 or 3 times assuming the new ones were bad* checked all grounds, new computer, new plugs, throttle body clean, new ejectors, had a head crack and replaced with the updated 0331 head, oil and all fluid are okay now, what am I missing?

  • @Baumann4.0
    @Baumann4.0 Месяц назад +1

    I want it

  • @Kentz-go2jj
    @Kentz-go2jj Месяц назад

    Had a 2000 classic with 114k bought it for 500 bucks best thing ever had it for 3 years and last year a tree fell on it ...the body was perfect before the tree

  • @firestancegang132
    @firestancegang132 Месяц назад

    I need some silver fenders so badly

  • @mbleznyk1
    @mbleznyk1 Месяц назад

    Its Taco Tuesday!!!lol!!

  • @traviscrawford1445
    @traviscrawford1445 Месяц назад

    🤘

  • @brandonbigbwitabigdchaplin2348
    @brandonbigbwitabigdchaplin2348 Месяц назад +1

    You should trade me that Jeep or any good running and driving Jeep for my 1996 250 RM 2stroke

  • @busterguffey
    @busterguffey Месяц назад

    Great content, as always! Could you help me with something unrelated: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). Could you explain how to move them to Binance?

  • @kylewalker1703
    @kylewalker1703 Месяц назад +2

    In my personal opinion that's the best body style available that's a awesome square body

  • @Harley365
    @Harley365 Месяц назад

    I got the dang no bus on the cluster. I’ve tried everything new crank sensor tried cleaning the terminals on the cluster did the washer behind the plugs to keep them from moving and nothing worked. Anyone have any advice. Also cleaned grounds up

  • @curtisstivason3695
    @curtisstivason3695 19 дней назад +1

    Just so you know a jeep in that good of condition will sell for 5 to 7k all day every day up north

    • @dexjs
      @dexjs  15 дней назад

      Oh yes I know!

  • @alanreiner9163
    @alanreiner9163 Месяц назад

    Hmmmmmmm. I don't think that snake skin was there yesterday...

  • @richardbates2367
    @richardbates2367 Месяц назад

    Im guessing the insurance wrote it off as a total loss dex therefore the insurance company sold it to the scrapyard for junk

  • @kaceybark2690
    @kaceybark2690 28 дней назад

    Do you sell any rigs for a parts jeep $1000

  • @ab2230
    @ab2230 Месяц назад

    Has MORR's Banana🍌 and Tangerine 🍊 created a demand for these old
    -school-sqaure 4.0L 4x4 Cherokees?

  • @ZacStrong-i7r
    @ZacStrong-i7r 2 дня назад

    Can I have one?

  • @snoopysrc
    @snoopysrc Месяц назад

    Not bad for a junkyard Jeep get all fixed up make it a daily driver

  • @DavidWrobel-m8x
    @DavidWrobel-m8x Месяц назад

    How about a real Jeep Wagoneer from AMC American motors

  • @kylewalker1703
    @kylewalker1703 Месяц назад +1

    Do you really have that many haters out there I mean really that's insane

  • @michaeleast5180
    @michaeleast5180 Месяц назад +1

    Still waiting on the AW4 zj swap

    • @dexjs
      @dexjs  Месяц назад

      I got questions on the swap. I’ll do it one day!

  • @sehravit
    @sehravit Месяц назад

    I don't know why he reminds me of charly chaplain 🫣

  • @linemanlovesyou859
    @linemanlovesyou859 Месяц назад +4

    LMAO, do you edit these videos because they are always hilarious! Leaving in the bloopers is my fav thing. Always excited to see you’ve uploaded

    • @DB-yj3qc
      @DB-yj3qc Месяц назад +1

      I to enjoy Dexter's humble approach and honest with everything.
      BTW when you get around to trying to convert a 2wd AW4 to 4wd drive I'll definitely be checking it out. I'm wanting to do one myself. I figuerd I'll will start with the 90XJ transmission end housing to try to pair with my 91MJ 2wd

    • @dexjs
      @dexjs  Месяц назад

      I do all my edits! Mostly!

  • @Dmowery5036
    @Dmowery5036 Месяц назад +1

    But..... why did they park it? That thing seems pretty decent all the way around. 🤔🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @Dmowery5036
    @Dmowery5036 Месяц назад +1

    But..... why did they park it? That thing seems pretty decent all the way around. 🤔🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @Dmowery5036
    @Dmowery5036 Месяц назад +1

    But..... why did they park it? That thing seems pretty decent all the way around. 🤔🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @Dmowery5036
    @Dmowery5036 Месяц назад +2

    But..... why did they park it? That thing seems pretty decent all the way around. 🤔🤷🏻‍♂️