1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Laredo SUV

V8

Automatic

1J4GZ58Y6TC171683

Clear

Gasoline

Wishing for an alternative to having to drive our Yukon XL from Michigan to Florida 4 times a year to chase saltwater fish, I bought the above 'critter' via eBay. "Now we can fly down and reach both coasts via the Jeep"... (youthful dreaming)... Not ever willing to take chances with the unknown (typical 'old fart'), I rented a flat bed to trailer the 'beast' from the Gulf coast to Zellwood. Delivered it to a 'Fix-it' shop to install an entire new brake system, new shocks, new tires, new battery, all new 'fluids', and all new 'tranny & transfer case seals. Did get us to the coasts four times without events. Wednesday, on the way back from Canaveral, Nancy said "the brakes are getting spongy". I took over and they were not "spongy", they were almost non-existant. Did get the canoes to the RV area, and then, back to our mobile. Stepped on the brake entering the drive and the gauges pegged zero and the motor died. Not at all sophisticated in 'motordom', I called my son-in-law who quickly diagnosed "O2 sensor failure" (?????) Have not tried to start it again, for fear of causing further damage... (?) When we did drive it, the 'critter' started instantly, sounded smooth, shifted cleanly, and seemed to have no glitches. Now, here is the rub: would expect the buyer to 'flat-bed' (or tow it) on the pick up , and it MUST BE PICKED UP Saturday, the 6th or Sunday, the 7th. Leaving to MI Monday AM. Located at Zellwood Station (Hwy 441), just north of Orlando. Using Virgin Mobile for Net Connect, (not very stable), but will try to respond to "querys'' promptly. (An eBayer just suggested that I try starting it again; I turned the key, gauges read normal, twisted to start, instant response... motor ran normally... ?????) Duh... On Apr-04-13 at 16:43:35 PDT, seller added the following information: note new pic : gauges at 7:00 pm when started