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I about soiled myself when I was working under a TJ on the lift. I heard a loud bang and then the Jeep moved a little. I gave the other guy a look of what the hell was that? We lowered the lift back down to figure out what was going on. The pin that holds the pulley for the chain to ride on backed out 😳 -> It could have been worse than a change of boxers . . .

I escaped to the garage, avoiding the wife’s household chore list, to finish up one of the tail lights. I am hoping that she thinks I’m organizing her gardening tools instead of getting a little MJ time in. It could end up being a poorly executed plan . It came out pretty good. Of course, the on the right is the polished one -> Not really a challenging process. The tough part was trying to get the dried polish out of the nooks and crannies.

That really looks great. Well done, we’ll done

Testing out trying to buff out the tail lights with the Novus polishing kit. Just before buffing out the middle portion of the tail light -> Coming along-> Pretty good for a 33+ old plastic.

Obviously you will need to post pictures of them when you get them! Please

Take care of yourself and we look forward to you getting back into the swing of things

I got around to putting in the Euramtec B-pillar lights while my son was playing with the neighbor’s kid. Not a lot of opportunities to get to work on the MJ before 10pm, so I jumped at the opportunity. It took me maybe 10 minutes to get them installed. The hight was correct, but the length had to be addressed. Took a little off each side with the dremell tool and they snapped right in -> Now I will use the information that I found on the forum to hook the lights up to the factory connectors -> Baby steps 😁

Killer side striping. Looks great - congratulations on MJOTM!

Now there are 3 Comanches at the Jeep shop! The last time I’ve seen this many MJs in one place was at jeeptoberfest a few years ago. Now there are two LB and the one SB -> I just need to get a Comanche Club business card in this one.

It arrived! My bored out throttle body from Jeff Leigh. The one that came off the motor (1998 HO) was really junked up -> The TB is nice and clean. It’s pretty obvious compared to how I sent it out -> The only thing that can’t be evaluated is how it affects performance? The truck has been parked around 5 years, so I don’t remember how it ran with the old TB. TBC - Rich

Gogmorgo is always a great source of knowledge for all things mechanical. Just follow what he explains above

I am so pleased with the 97+ XJ side view mirrors on the Cherokee that I’m doing the same thing to Comanche. Took the old factory mirrors off -> Three bolts hold them in -> I also picked up the cover plates that hide the bolts -> Quickly got the new ones on. I did have to cut off the wiring that is used to operate the motors in the mirrors, because I am never going to use them anyway. The after-> I really find these mirrors to provide a greater field of vision than the factory ones. I preferred to keep the original look, but I can’t ignore how superior these are over the stock mirrors safety wise. TBC-Rich

I am sooo looking forward to this journey. I would love to do something like this, but life would not let me get away. I will live vicariously through you! Safe travels

I will check that out now

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=D1NdGBldg3w&si=r7BUzAu74ExFrVTA Electric Callboy

Got the Throttle Body off my engine today. I had put in an engine from a 1998 XJ with low miles, so it has the HO throttle body. I’m having the TB sent to Jeff Liegh to be machined to a larger bore. As you can see in the picture it’s nasty -> I would imagine if I just cleaned it out I would have noticed a difference . I should have the “after” TB picture in two weeks TBC - Rich

Lol - good point. I will have to look into that intake TurboedMJ

I paid a fair amount of money for it too. I will just end up selling it to offset the cost off of the machining. Thanks again

Thank you very much Gojira94 for the awesome explanation. I am going with all your advice and “ditching” the spacer as Cruiser54 said. Thank you all

I think I would lose that also. I would assume that having just a enlarge tube will not provide any benefit? In your opinion?

I’m having Jeff Leigh bore out my throttle body and I have a question about having my spacer machined to match. There are these inner rings, like a screw for lack of a better word -> Are these critical? Will machining some, if not all of these out, negate the benefits of the spacer? Do I even need the spacer because of the bigger bore?

Ahhh, the good life

I will have to check on that. I should see if it can be put any other way in. I will have to bring it with me tomorrow to bring it by the truck to see other options

Good to know. Yes, I’m wondering how thick of MDF can I fit behind the original carpet covered panel?