87manche

been daily driving this thing to sort out what bugs it has. all the front end bushings are shot. It's gonna get WJ arms. swaybar bushings are super wasted. Will replace with soft rubber, it's a DD! steering linkage seems OK, ubt I'll end up replacing it anyhow. Cause I don't want to touch anything in the front end for 5 years. Prpobably do v8 ZJ just because. Trackbar TRE is wasted. Probably keep it stock, no lift, no reason for heavy duty rear main seal started peeing oil, I'll get that during axle swap. Might swap the oil pump while I have the pan off just because. Valve cover gasket doesn't leak, but has so much red RTV on it that I have to pull it just to clean it up because it offends me when I pop the hood. Shocks are laughable. Will also get during axle swap. I've got to go pick up my D44 this weekend and see what's up there. Even if it needs completely rebuilt it's still worth the $75 I'm giving for it. Trans and t case are tight. Motor runs good. Forgot what a machine a stock Comanche was. It's quick with plenty of power. Quicker than the 01XJ anyhow. That may not be a fair comparison since it's a fat pig with 500 lbs of armor bolted to it. It's gonna rock with 3.55's. Gonna use it to cleanup the yard this weekend, so we'll see how it likes hundreds of pounds of maple in the bed.

sorry that our intarweb video doesn't meet your expectations. it was after 10 hours of wrenching and pretty much an afterthought as I hopped in it for the first time and took it for a spin. in other words, piss off.

Went from first time ever hearing it run to one wheel peel in 60 seconds.

caught a greyhound friday night, wrenched on this pile for 10 hours saturday after about 2 hours of sleep. Fueled by redbull and hate. Did a one wheel peel in the first 60 seconds of ever hearing it run. Drove it home 500 miles Sunday, got 23+ MPG @ 70 MPH. Drove it to work this morning just because. it was an adventure.

I love the Weathertechs in my wife's DD 01. I'll check fit in an MJ and report back. Yes, they're $100 a set. They're worth every penny.

I suppose it's worth mentioning that the guy helping me with this one is the very same one that ended up with the cut up 87. He's wheeled it more in the last 4 months than it did in the last two years. Real ugly these days, but real reliable and capable too.

so, buddy in TN has been doing hings for me. I've not even seen this thing in person and have managed to spend about a thousand dollars already. driveshaft was dented and slightly bent, so he took care of that for me. Retubed with heavier material It needed new tires before it could be driven on the highway so here's how it sits now on some 30x9.5 Falkens. I've got a junkyard powersteering bracket/pump, a brand new alternator, a bunch of other spare parts and tools packed in a box. 64 lbs worth. I'm catching a greyhoud bus to knoxville tonight, wrenching on this thing tomorrow and driving it back Sunday. Scored this high top cap for it the other day too: Planning on painting it with the rest of the truck.

stuff showed up where the truck is. went to the picknpull the last two days, snatched up some good stuff from a 90 XJ limited there. Ohio kilt it, shame, it seemed well loved. seats were in great shape for 23 years old. I love these seats. So comfy. all the power base stuff works, powered it up using a 4s lipo I had in the car. 8 days until I meet my new truck for the first time. super stoked.

just ordered a crap ton of parts and shipped them down south. Going to pick up this pile in 12 days. shipped all new cooling system, accessories, ignition, vacuum and all filters.

zerk fittings and ATF for the frame rails. old timer trick.

I'll take measures to prevent the rust. It's possible, you just can't do it after it starts.

sadly it's gonna see winter. Maybe if I can find a beater XJ it will get parked.

well, it's been a while. I took a perfectly good and straight longbed pioneer with a crap ton of rare factory bits and wheeled it until it was a cut up bobbed mess. So now it's time to atone. I wanted to be back into a Jeep for daily driver duty. Sedan just isn't fitting my lifestyle. I also came to the realization that I hate working on all things FWD. So I started looking, then the universe smiled on me and this thing popped up on facespace. It had me at "rust free" It's three states away, mid 4wd swap and I bought it sight unseen. Hey, what's life without some adventure? A friend went and picked it up, the title is in the mail. I'm shipping a new open cooling system to him, tune up bits and new vital electronics for the trip home. It needs the driveshaft fixed and ffour new tires before it's highway ready. I'm taking a bus to pick this thing up because I'm dirt cheap, so there's no option other than work on it for a weekend and drive it 500 miles home. What could go wrong? This body is totally worth it sumbitch, a rust free underbody with factory undercoating! It's got some dents, and the paint is faded bad. All the important bits are straight and clean though. Right now the plan is to shove a pair of 3.55 geared axles under it. A rust free D30 is coming from the south. I've found a factory MJ 44 locally. I've got the bits to put discs on it in the rear. I've got the bits to put a 242 in it for full time awesomeness in the winter. A set of turbine wheels that I need to get back from my brother, the elusive rocker B pillar lights. in short, i've got on hand or in the works a bunch of cool MJ stuff to put on it. I'm going to try my hand at pulling the dents from the bed, paint it and drive it for the next ten years.

well, it's been a while. I took a perfectly good and straight longbed pioneer with a crap ton of rare factory bits and wheeled it until it was a cut up bobbed mess. So now it's time to atone. I wanted to be back into a Jeep for daily driver duty. Sedan just isn't fitting my lifestyle. I also came to the realization that I hate working on all things FWD. So I started looking, then the universe smiled on me and this thing popped up on facespace. It had me at "rust free" It's three states away, mid 4wd swap and I bought it sight unseen. Hey, what's life without some adventure? A friend went and picked it up, the title is in the mail. I'm shipping a new open cooling system to him, tune up bits and new vital electronics for the trip home. It needs the driveshaft fixed and ffour new tires before it's highway ready. I'm taking a bus to pick this thing up because I'm dirt cheap, so there's no option other than work on it for a weekend and drive it 500 miles home. What could go wrong? This body is totally worth it sumbitch, a rust free underbody with factory undercoating! It's got some dents, and the paint is faded bad. All the important bits are straight and clean though. Right now the plan is to shove a pair of 3.55 geared axles under it. A rust free D30 is coming from the south. I've found a factory MJ 44 locally. I've got the bits to put discs on it in the rear. I've got the bits to put a 242 in it for full time awesomeness in the winter. A set of turbine wheels that I need to get back from my brother, the elusive rocker B pillar lights. in short, i've got on hand or in the works a bunch of cool MJ stuff to put on it. I'm going to try my hand at pulling the dents from the bed, paint it and drive it for the next ten years.

and I owned an 87 with factory glass in the sun roof. So dealers did install them using jeep parts. It's worth an hour drive for me to gamble on it being factory parts that were dealer installed. At the very least the person that ended up with my 87 would probably like to have the headliner.

I'm betting that it's not aftermarket. This isn't my first foray into the OE sun roof and it's gaskets.

good chatting with you. I've decided that I must have that sunroof, so I'm going to head up weds with the sawzall to cut the a and b pillars. if anybody else wants anything post up.

I'm in Ashland. I want the rear suspension/D44 if it has one. Front springs too. If you don't get the glass I'll snatch that up. I'll PM you my # and we can sort out whos taking what. I will make the trip weds if you don't take the stuff I want from it.

I get that question a lot. The skinny swampers are excellent. They measure out about what most 35's measure. The only problem I've had with them is losing beads, just can't find a rim skinny enough. Oh well, some weld on beadlocks are in the future, after the fuel cell.

haven't looged in for a while. I see that the site has grown considerably. Here's a recent pic of the MJ. Looks quite a bit different than my first post in 05! And that's still the 8.8 that Pete dropped off at my house.

probably for converting to electric fuel pumps.

a stock width 8.8 will clear the frame rails with stock rims as long as you don't have wide tires. On stock rims with 31x10.5's the inner sidewall rubbed just a touch when I had stuff in the bed. A 1/4" wheel spacer would have alleviated the problem. stock rims with 30x9.5's would have cleared just fine.

it's been a minute. Been stupid busy with work and what not. and with the Mj projects. new bed is halfway built, but my brother's web server is all fubared. I'll post pics when it's back up.

nope, just leave the stubs in the bearings. You'll have just the stub and the yokes, no inner axle shaft. Then just stuff something in the tube to keep the water from pooling in the center section.

I've had kumho car tires, they were much better than the price I paid for them. that's about all I can say.