Starting over: A lightweight Rock Crawling Daily Driver
- Thread starter Blake Stamper
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Welp solving one problem seems to always lead to another with this thing, I cannot get it to fill gas in any reasonable manner, I spent 10 minutes of clicking it everytime it shut off just to get half a tank.
Any ideas what is causing it? I know if you knew you'd fix it. Mine I have to fill on the slower setting or it clicks off.
I’m assuming it’s that valve in the fuel filter that a lot of people have issues with, guessing it’s stuck closed or mostly closed so it builds enough back pressure to click it off, the Jeep has always spit out gas but for some reason it just finally must’ve seized completely.
The more work I do to the Jeep the more work it realizing must’ve not been done on it.
I’m thinking about selling, should I leave everything on and sell it as it is or strip a lot of the expensive parts off and sell it for less, realistically no matter what I do I’m losing thousands on it but it just doesn’t nearly bring the joy that I used to feel towards jeeps and I think I’m just done with jeeps for now.
deadbeat son
TJ Addict
If you decide to sell, I'd keep things that are easy to remove and should be easy to sell later. Examples: keep lights, roof rack, awnings, winch, bumpers (if you still have or can find OEM to swap in their place), Sway-Loc. Leave things like the rear corners and rocker protection, since without those you just have a body with a bunch of holes in it.
I’ve got nearly everything I need to replace the things I’ve added with the factory ones, just not sure the opportunity cost of stripping it vs selling it as is.
It appears compared to when I bought it last year the market for TJ’s has gone down substantially, I paid 11,500 for it and have about 5-6k in parts I’ve added.
deadbeat son
TJ Addict
I agree used TJ pricing has softened recently. However, given the current tariff situation, new car prices are likely to go way up and used will probably follow. If you want to sell, I would recommend holding for a short while to see how the market may change over the course of the spring / summer.
You're never going to get even 50% of your money back in most cases I've found when selling used. The problem with leaving all your parts on and selling is it needs to be something someone else would want so that narrows down your buying pool.
And I'll agree with Deadbeat that while prices have softened I think they'll go back up some also.
And I'll agree with Deadbeat that while prices have softened I think they'll go back up some also.
Unless you get very lucky, your options are:
1. Price it higher, with the mods, and be patient for a buyer;
2. Price it lower, with the mods, and move on quickly; or
3. Take it back to stock, sell it lower, and deal with the sale of individual parts.
The latter is a lot of work and will consume something you can't ever get back, time. Depending on what you have to sell, the latter may also not net you much more cash than option 2. Only you can decide which option is best!
1. Price it higher, with the mods, and be patient for a buyer;
2. Price it lower, with the mods, and move on quickly; or
3. Take it back to stock, sell it lower, and deal with the sale of individual parts.
The latter is a lot of work and will consume something you can't ever get back, time. Depending on what you have to sell, the latter may also not net you much more cash than option 2. Only you can decide which option is best!
From someone that was considering selling mine and was pretty close, in retrospect I'm glad I didn't. I can't say what's right or wrong for you, but my view this is pretty much a dieing breed - so unless it's a dog or I really need the money out, this is likely the last of this generation I'll likely ever have. And mine has way too much shit on it that is either unobtainable, a ton of work to do again, generously given or discounted to me, or a bunch of buddies and I labored over for a lot of 'free' labor hours.
But I definitely understand the lows along the way, sometimes not even jeep related that make it seem like it's time to move on.
Well that’s that, took home the Jeep’s replacement today so the Jeeps gotta go.
deadbeat son
TJ Addict
Call me crazy but as a general consumer I would pay more for a stock and unmolested jeep than one with mods. You’ve done a great job, but most people don’t care about that. You’ll never recoup what you have in parts so I would strip it back to stock as much as you can and sell it. Keep the parts for your next Jeep or sell them individually to people who know the value.
*EDIT* nice first gen Sequoia BTW! I have a first gen Tundra and they are some of the best vehicles ever built in the modern world.
*EDIT* nice first gen Sequoia BTW! I have a first gen Tundra and they are some of the best vehicles ever built in the modern world.
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