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Iacv could also be an issue. A good TB cleanup may help.

Is this not the original driveshaft/axle combo? Can you shoot a picture of how the wheel sets on the wheel well?

Cycling the key a few times would have the pump run a couple of times to make sure the system would prime. There should be a schrader valve along the fuel rail where you could hook up a gauge to check the pressure.

Yeah I am going to get both 2 and 4 degree shims and see which works better while driving I think 2 might be best. While under load the pinion rolls down and then would be lined up (in theory anyway). I am actually only about an hour away from Tom Wood's but they are really busy right now. They are only making new shafts and aren't taking any outside work right now. I found a shop closer to me that can shorten it for me and if that doesn't work then I will order a shaft from Tom wood's.

No code and where would I check fuel pressure? but I think it was the throttle sensor, my case broke and it still works but just checked and it was loose again so I'll see if that fixed it tomorrow.

Tomwoods carries the shims as well. Sound like around 3-4* should work well.

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Yes

Ok, I will check that next. Can I check it without pulling the tank?

Or loose...

That would be great! CC shrinks the size of an image, so it still may not show up great. I tagged Pete because he has an email for the build sheets to be sent to so that we can figure out all of the optional equipment. I think it’s something like comancheclub@hotmail.com, but I don’t remember for sure.

Doesn’t mean that hose is hole free.

No but it does have a relatively new fuel pump

My driveshaft is definitely to long. I jacked up the truck with some jack stands under the frame and let the rear axle drop and the drive shaft bottomed out on the transfer case. I called Tom Wood's driveshafts and they said there should be 1 inch of compression at ride height. So I will need to get my shaft shortened or get a new one made. I also need to shim my pinion down to get the angles closer to parallel. Right now the pinion is 4 degrees above the output shaft.

Thank you! The sheet's a bit moldy (and ripped in half), but still pretty neat. I'll probably scan it tomorrow and update my post with a clearer version of it

What happens if you cycle the key a couple of times before trying to start it? Have you verified fuel pressure?

I get pretty overwhelmed on a major project at first. Especially once you’re staring at a big stack of new parts. I find it’s a lot easier to get motivated to deal with vehicle projects when you’re driving the thing. Start with the bare minimum you need to get it operational. Make a list of the things you need to do to get it to that point, get an order of priority, then try to at least look at one thing every day until you get to that point. It doesn’t even need to be something big, as long as you’re making steps in that direction, just put on some wiper blades or change a lightbulb, as long as you’re making steps in the right direction. The obvious metaphor is a thousand mile hike is a huge journey, but you don’t do it all at once, you just take one step at a time. You break it up into small sections and stop and rest when you need to. And every little step gets you closer to the destination. Sometimes you’ll get to a point that seems impassible, maybe there’s a bridge out, and you’ll have to backtrack and find a detour, add some distance to the trip, and it’ll be discouraging and feel like wasted time. But the reality is you wouldn’t have learned what extra steps you needed to take if you hadn’t gone that far, so none of it is ever really wasted. And the more you do, the further along you get, the more confident you’ll be and the easier every step will seem as you build up experience. Once you’re driving it you might also get to the point some of the tasks are less daunting, and maybe you’ll find you’ll want to go a different direction on something, but you won’t know until you’re using the thing. This is a list I put together nine years ago to get through a safety inspection, a Facebook memory that came up the other day. Part of a bigger project. Its safe and legal now, and I’ve been driving and enjoying it and still haven’t quite got through all the items on the greater list yet. Mostly cosmetic stuff left.

Hey so I got a 92 comanche eliminator and I've been having starting issues lately. So off a cold start it seem like its not getting enough fuel and struggles to iddle but after a minute or so smooths out and runs fine. Has good oil pressure the only thing I can think of is I have a bad battery that's in it now. Any help/suggestions would be much appreciated thanks

Have you inspected the rubber hose the fuel pump is attached to in the tank?

Nice truck! Be sure to start a build thread on it. @Pete M, this one has a build sheet.

It’s normal to have it drop pressure in rotary vane pumps. It shouldn’t be a super fast bleed and should always hold some residual pressure. You can add a check valve inline to help keep your system primed.

Thus the reason for conformal coating

Did a fuel pressure test, fuel pressure with vacuum line hooked up is about 33 lb. And with vacuum line unhooked is about 42 lb. I did notice that immediately after priming the pump or shutting the truck off the fuel pressure started dropping.