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Welp it's been 13 years since I posted in this thread! The Purple People Eater went to the scrap heap when the drivers seat fell through the floor, that was probably 5 or so years ago. According to most of my friends it should have been scrapped years earlier. Wilbur sadly pretty much ripped itself apart trying to climb a waterfall. The term "spectacular breakage" was mentioned more than once, and a description of "it sounded like a tree being felled" as the cascade of parts broke. Both rear wheels hit a vertical wall at the same time causing axle wrap so bad it broke the leaf springs both in front and behind the axle, brake hose got ripped in half,rear driveshaft twisted itself in half when the pinion pointed straight up. Only thing keeping the axle under the truck was the shocks (fully extended) with the frame rails laying on the axle tube. The front end attempted to keep going which resulted in the driver side upper control arm bracket being ripped off the body, with the flanged bolt being ripped the whole way through. Lower driver side control arm bracket ripped off the axle which allowed the axle to pull far enough forward for the front driveshaft to be pulled apart at the slip joint, but not before it broke the pinion yoke. At that point I got a deal on a rust free 99 Cherokee, Xena. Moved all the big boy parts over to it (and linked the rear end, I'm done with leaf springs) and wheeled it for about 10 years. Until it became time to put in a roll cage. A 97 Cherokee fell into my lap with a cage already in it for less than it would have cost to cage Xena. Been working on it for a year and a half now as life kept getting in the way, but I'm in the home stretch now. Her name is Karma. This is how she sits currently At some point I'd like to build a rust free Comanche, about 4.5" lift on 32s, stroker, stick shift as a summer daily driver, keeping it out out of the snow and road salt.

Many thanks!

Ignoring the extra supports that Cherokees don't have, the transmission crossmember is held on to the uniframe rail with two bolts and two studs. Does anybody know if these studs are removeable, or if they are welded in?

If BigD was Don Alexander, yes, I knew him back in the old JeepSkool days, more than 10 years ago. I also bought a few left over MJ parts from him after he got the YJ. (And him trying to drown his MJ in "mini tank trap" was probably mostly my fault) Sorry for your loss.

I do not believe any 242 ever came with a 21 spline input. IIRC the 87-90 4.0 XJ Select Trac used s different transfer case. But my memory has failed me before...

Well, $#!&. Have been on this site very little the past year, and completely missed this thread until today. RIP Don, you are missed!

Even though the military is how my daughter ended up down there in Georgia, that is all in the past. But I will not be hauling my trailer to GA after all. We found a deal too good to pass up here in Ohio and my girlfriend has a new to her car. Pete, thank you very much for the offer, but it is no longer needed. -Marcel

If nobody else responds I might still take you up on that. Many many thanks!

We (girlfriend and I) are headed to Columbus, Georgia from Oct 15 through Oct 23 to visit my daughter and do some tourist things. Plan is to drag my 18 foot trailer with us, and bring back a car for my girlfriend. I really don't want to haul that trailer with me everywhere we go, and there is no room near my daughter's place to park it. Is there anybody on here near Columbus or between Columbus and Atlanta that would let me park my trailer at their place from Oct 16 through 21?

Chico! I'm still here. Old Comanche is gone. Current one is same year with the serial number only 9 off. Added a couple XJs to the stable as well.

I may have one for the cost of shipping from 44680. But post a picture of the back end (5th gear end) of your shaft. There are two styles, and swapping 5th gear from one style to the other can be a bear. I do not believe the spare shaft I have has the 5th gear stuff on it, so you'd have to swap it over. I should have a matching counter shaft also in case you need it because along with the different back end, there is a gear difference in 2nd and 3rd gear.

For an all around highway/offroad tire I would recommend Goodyear, either MTR with Kevlar, or Duratrac.

I have one and am willing to trade, if you're willing to drive here (Strasburg, OH).

Actually, I'm pretty sure the lower "frame rails" on a Comanche are much taller than on a Cherokee in that area.

That first one is hard to tell from this angle, but might be a Dana 44. Available with the towing package, Metric Tonne package, or separately as "heavy duty rear axle". The second one is definitely a Dana 35.