A friend of mine from work offered me his father's 98 4-door Blazer along with a nice list of things wrong with it. I googled to see if it would be an un-ending money pit, and what kind of community there was out here. I have a 91 wrangler, and the Jeep boards have kept that thing on the road year after year. I wasn't hopeful that Blazers would have a similar community, but I found my way here and was very happy.

I am pretty good with my hands, but really have no mechanical background. I really don't have a good environment to get into anything beyond minor fixes, but information is power especially when forced to use a mechanic.

Before I got the Blazer, my buddy had put in new shocks, brakes and rotors.
I have since had the ball joints, a motormount and a leaf spring & shackle replaced. Will be replacing the other shackle this week.


The rest of the known issues are - manifold gasket, a/c compressor leak, anti lock light, air bag light. The underside is pretty rusted, so I'm sure more issues will arise.

If she holds up well for the next year, I would like to lift her a bit and make it a little more trail worthy, but for now, I just want a dependable 4x4 that actually has locking doors. Leaving a few thousand dollars of music equipment in a soft-top jeep, even for a few minutes, scare the crap out of me.

Thank you everyone, for all the help you have unknowingly already given me.

 

Welcome from New Jersey

 

Welcome from Utah.

 

Welcome to the community from Oklahoma

 

Welcome from VA!

 

Thanks for all the welcomes!

 

Welcome from NY

Im glad someone decided to look around before posting in the tech section.