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I murdered a 3.4 firebird with my 97 4.0 ax15 cherokee, I mine was a 5speed H.O though so I'm not sure that you would take it.

Thanks to everybody for their input. I have 2 aussie lockers coming.

Wow. What a nice shell. Can't wait to see what you do with it. I had a 96 cherokee country and painted the wheels the same way you want to. It looked great.

I have a dana 35 with 4.56 gears, good bearings, and new breaks already. If I find an 8.8 or dana 44 which I'll have to pay for the rearend itself, whatever parts it will need and a carrier, setup kit and ring and pinion. If I find a dana 44 for a reasonable price and a reasonable distance from me I'll definetly buy it but for now all I have is a 35.

here's a pic of my old cherokee. Its no show jeep but it gives you an idea. Oh. and as far as I know they all came in chrome. Mine was spray bombed.

I saw them on motion offroads site. I'm going to be buying lockers for my truck this week and I saw them. I was going to go with loc rights but these are considerably cheaper at $270 a piece for a dana 30 and 35. I have no experience with this brand and wanted to see I someone else did. Thanks for any advice.

Looks good. I had a 90 2door xj I put a wagoneer header panel on. Got alot of looks.

Nope completely different. 2.5 out of a lebaron is chrysler your 2.5 is AMC.

I got one off a 93 wrangler. Make sure you get the oil cap and everything cause there different.

This is a shot in the dark but I thought you may be interested in my old DD. 94 saab 900s 2.3 5spd. Loaded no rust, 17 enkei wheels, new tires, 126k. Very reliable and they are great in snow and great on gas. Asking $3000 obo if you care. Just thought I'd throw it out there. [/img]

I have a good 2wd Ax4 you can have if you want to ship it. Nice truck by the way. Looks like its in great shape. Love the visor and the racerback.

Is it possibe to put a 4.0 radiator in an 87 2.5? If so is there any advantage to doing it? Thanks

A trip to the car wash could go a long way.

Wow. Definetly came out looking awesome. Love the 97 clip and the moabs.

How much lift are they worth with stock springs?

How much lift are they worth with the stock springs? Do you get them through a dodge garage?

I'm looking to do about a 6.5in lift on my truck and I wanted to do a spring over in the rear. I was wondering what the best place to buy sping perches for that much lift is. - Dana 35 if it matters. Thanks

Last winter I bought this 87 sportruck for $350. I had been trying to track the owner down for a year and the finally put a for sale sign and a # on it. It had been sitting in a field for about 2years when I got to it. threw some gas in it and jumped the battery and it fired up and drove it home. Its a 2.5 with about 179k on it and was an Ax4. This is what it looked like when I brought it home. Only a little rust on the drivers floor. Other than that none, anywhere. Lots of dents and scratches and minor problems. Here you can see where the previous owner tried to pry the hood open when the latche broke, ruining the very nice original hood and fender. here's an interior shot. Seat is junk, floor mat is junk, all the plastic is junk. The guy I bought it off tried putting a "system" in it and hacked the inside of the cab behind the seat to put two junk subwoofers in it. Random wires everwhere that went to nothing. All kinds of good stuff. A more recent pic of it. I thought the clutch was going out of it so I figured It was a perfect time to start swapping in the Ax5 231 combo I got off Smithe1811, thanks by the way. When I pulled the trans the clutch was like new but there was a rats nest in the pressure plate. I was to busy to take pics of the work I did and when I finally did go to take some pics my camera gave up the ghost. After I got the old trany out I got caught up in other projects and it sat for about 4months till I got sick of looking at it. In the last month I got the floor fixed and sealed inside and out the new clutch in, the trany and transferecase, converted it from manual to power steering, and a bunch ofter stuff while working 50hrs a week. Its on the road again but still need to do alot of stuff. Need to get a shifter and linkage for the 4wd swap in the new to me axles and lift, interior etc. Its on the road again for now so that makes me happy. My 2008 colorados gonna collect dust now. I have to take some pics of it tomorrow to show what I've done. I'll keep taking pics when I make progress. here's what the truck looks like as of today. You can see the smittybuilt bumper I bought off a comanche club member. Some pics to show how the floor turned out. You can see the the new to me Ax5 and 231. Still have to do soa on my rear axle so I can install my lift. Approximately 6in. Still need shocks and tires to. here's a pic of my trimmed fenders with my "new" bumper. Not exactly what I wanted but not bad for $40. Update. Finally got my 4wd conversion done. Would have been quicker but I wanted to paint everything before putting it together. Unfrotunately my camera broke and I didnt get alot of pics. I needed truck parts more than a new camera. I was going to use a set of axles with 4.10 gears out of an 88 comanche but I decided to go with 4.56 and a wagoneer axle without the CAD and front and rear aussie lockers. Glad I went with the 4.56s , I don't think my fourbanger could have turned the 33s without them. My lift ended up higher than I expected so I'm gonna need to get drop brackets for the control arms. Hopefully that straightens out some of the issues I'm having. I got a couple bad pics with my cellphone in a carwash. Hopefully I can get some better ones tomorrow. As it sits the truck has about 7in of lift with motionoffroad lts shocks. Dana 30/35 with 4.56s and aussie lockers. Now I need to staighten out all the other issues. Some lights don't work, no horn, the window seals leak etc. The truck isn't really roadworthy yet but for the first time in a while it moves under its own power. Sorry if everything I wrote sounds clumsy and not well thought out. Thanks for looking Got some new pics of the truck cleaned up. Made alot of progress. Started replacing my exhaust manifold gasket and ended up doing my timing chain too. I think the previous owner put a motor in the truck and messed up the wiring to some sensors. Got the wires straightened out, replaced the map sensor, the coil, the intake air temp sensor, and the plugs and wires. It made a huge difference. It doesn't fall on its face under acceleration, idles smooth, runs great(for a 2.5) and is much quieter. My friend has a wrangler with a jasper 2.5 and the motor in my truck is quieter and runs better. Here are some pics. The truck looks much better in the pics than it actually is. You can see how far the tires are shifted to the back of the wheel wells. Badly need drop brackets for the control arms. here's a pic of my rearend and my shock setup. I know dana 35 blah blah blah.

Looks real nice man. Nice to see you getting into a 4.0 instead of a 2.8. I just got my truck on the road again. gotta start a thread for it.

Does anyone have experience with the 6" MJ lift from rocky-road.com? I was considering it but wanted some other opinions first. here's the link http://www.rocky-road.com/comanche.html If its no good what other options are there for about the same price? Thanks in advance for any advice.

Why did you start with such a nice truck for a buggy project when you really only used part of the floor, part of the frame, the dash firewall and drivetrain? Its a sweet rockcrawler it just seems like a waste of a good truck considering what you actually saved from it.

Are going to be using a VW diesel out a jetta or golf or something? Would it have enough power to pull a comanche around?

Sweet ramcharger. Must be nice living in CA. My 86 ramcharger was a rust bucket, but I still loved it.

My 97 xj 4.0 cuts out once in a while. It acts like its running out of gas but when I push in the clutch it revs up like normal. It got progressively worse and I was told it might be a cps so I replaced it. It seemed to get better but not go away. It also started reving high but it only does it while moving down the road. If I come to a stop it idles back down. It throws the codes 12 42 and 21. I know 12 and 21. 21 is because my cat is empty and the down stream O2sensor is bad but I was told it doesn't have any effect on the way the vehicle runs. Sorry for writing so much Thanks in advance for any help

Let me know how the gaskets work out. I have almost the same truck with the same problem and I suspect thats whats wrong with mine.