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1. You have the evidence he has your money. 2. Did he say by what carrier he shipped? If so, there are ways to get them to tell you if anything was shipped from him to you. If not, try USPS, UPS, FED EXPRESS, etc, all possible carriers and see if he did. Gather that evidence. 3. If there is no indication he shipped it, and although he claims to have shipped the part, but will not give a tracking number and you have politely, as others have, tried to get him to do what he should do, call his boss at work, explain what has taken place, and ask him to help you since having an employee that apparently sells something, takes the money, and then does not ship it but keeps it, makes you wonder whether or not people should be frequenting that place of business because of what this could indicate he might do to customers, or the place he works for. 4. Let the boss know you will call back to find out if he/she had any success with him. 5. If the boss blows it off, let him/her know there might be no choice but have a television crew show up at his place of work and ask why that employee of his has done this to you, and then see what the boss does.

Wife and I were traveling east on 1-70 in Missouri last Tuesday (day after Memorial Day) and I saw a comanche heading west that appeared to be blue with a "lightning bolt(?)" design on the side. Nice looking truck. :thumbsup: Was it anyone from Comanche Club?

Boy, I really put in some hard work on my 'manche today! Whew! I slaved hard at putting a ComancheClub.com decal and a Flowmaster decal and a Crane Cams decal on my windows! I'm exhausted! :ack:

Whatever happened to good old competition orange????

Hey, willy. The State of Washington seems to contain lotsa good, rust free 'manches! Bought mine in 2002 in Edgewood WA (inbetween Federal Way and Puyallup). Found it hidden away in the back of a little car lot and it was rust free! Scrubbed it clean of the green mold and I have a nice, clean MJ with 307,000 on it now! Good find! We are not a two MJ family, but are an MJ (me) and XJ (wife) family, both 4x2's.

Wonder how long differential housings last? Seems to me one good KERTHUMP and SNAPO!

Whoops! :dunce: Didn't see the NWest thingie! Does it count if I grew up in Coos Bay, Oregon and bought my 'manche while at a church in Milton, Washington? ;)

actually, what's pretty funny is your constant lack of ability to interpret the fact that I don't actively go make fun of other member's threads, because I'm actually NOT a jackass and some others here are. I'm here cause I like the trucks. we share that common fact. so, while he may not like my thread, and I may not like his, at least I'm not gonna go ahead and be a fool about it. maybe you should grow up a bit. ya think? i mean, it's a little amazing that you're what? in your 40's? ya should probably stop acting like a bully and start acting like an adult. I am actually 24, now let's quit crying and get back to discussing our discussions about our comanches!!! *Sigh* I was talking to the dinosaur who started this off-topic finger pointing part of the conversation. (wahoosteeler) I've really got no problems with you multipurposemj ok, good now I can sleep tonight :wavey: I can't. I can't take all this fighting!! :( :oops: :wall: HA!! MY MJ is better than YOUR MJ, so THERE!!!! :banana:

Name is Doug. Live in Missouri about an hour west of St. Louis. First Jeep a 94 Cherokee 4.0 4x2 bought in Missouri and except for 4 years in the NW we still have it and is rust free with 256000 miles. Have my baby, my 87 4x2 swb 'manche I bought in the NW with 2.5 and 4 speed. Overhauled at 260.000 with Clifford header, Delta cam, and Flowmaster, probably hitting about 130 hp now and does a good job of scootin' down the interstate. BTW, I turn 61 in 2 months and am pastor of a Lutheran church. Luv my jeeps!!!! Best vehicles I have EVER owned! No car payments since 1999!

I'm honestly not sure of my differential gearing, but my MJ being the basic 4x2 swb on stock tires, and my tbi engine having a mild cam, clifford header, and single in dual out flowmaster, and only 40,000 old after overhaul, I think my 119 hp engine stock is pushing 130hp now. At 2750 rpm at 70mph or 2900 at 75, hills etc are not a problem. There is one I sometimes take on I-70 here in Missouri that slows loaded semi's down to sometimes 30-40 mph, and I can slowly accelerate in my AX4 4th gear if I really want to. That is why I was thinking a 5th gear may help when I am on mostly flat interstate. A downshift to 4th now and then may be necessary, but ...

Best of both worlds! I like it! But, I gotta find 4:10's and my differential is right now doing fine2 Guess I shall stick with the AX4! :roll:

If 4 wheeling is what you do, I would say my gearing would be way wrong. But for highway I think 4:10 would send my engine to over 3000 at 70. Back in the late 1960's, early 70's we all wanted 4:11 posi for our hot rods, but we were mostly driving in town and when we could, drag racing. I had a 55 chevy with 525hp 327 balanced and blueprinted with a Pontiac GTO close ratio 4 speed and 4:56 posi, and at 55 in 4th I was doing some high revs. Of course, my redline was 9000 on my 10,000 Sun Tach! Right now my engine really seems to "like" the 2750 at 70, about 2900 at 75. If I need to accelerate to move into the passing lane, it does well at those rpms. I think the slightly more than stock cam from Delta and the Clifford header and flowmaster single in/dual out helps.

Well, first, because you recognize the stupidity of your BiL and are angry about it, and worry that you could be the same toward your wife, I would say you are not! We can always do better, though, when it comes to caring for and loving the gift God gave to us of a wife! Sadly, sometimes someone is so "taken" by another they can't see how they really are, and when they do, blame themselves. your sister in law will need your and her sisters help to not blame herself. So, what is he not "happy" about? Is he saying this because he wants to vacate his parental responsibility, or that your SiL is not catering to his every lazy whim (which she should not). Prayers ascend for your family in this situation!

If 4th in both the AX4 and AX5 is 1:1, this would mean a 28% drop, so instead of 2750 I would be around 2100. "Geonovast" said the AX5 5th gear is .86, so this would mean a 15% drop, and 5th rpms of about 2350 (like this better). I will do some experimenting on acceleration from these rpms as compared to from 2750 to see if I want to look at an AX5. Thanks, everyone, for helping me make up my mind! :cheers:

After all the discussion I think it better to stick with the AX4 or find an AX5. I was considering a car 5 speed because my 'manche is a 2.5 4x2 and is totally street used. I am on the highway at 55 to 75 quite a bit, and I thought it would maybe make my final gear slightly taller but not too tall. Currently with my AX4 if I shift at 3000 rpm I shift into 2nd at 20mph, 3rd at 35mph, 4th at 55mph. At 70 my tach reads 2750rpm. Is an AX5 an AX4 with an added gear? If so, can anyone tell me what my RPM's would be in 5th at 70mph?

About 1966 I owned an 53 chevy belair 6 cyl automatic. (yea, tellin my age!) It had the mechanical fuel pump and oil would be in the bottom half to lube the pumping mechanism. There was a diaphram between the oil area and gas area. They could develop a leak and the oil would get into the gas. If I hit a stop light in town as it turned red, and sat there with that oil building up in the cylinders, and punched it when the light turned green, people behind me could not move until the smoke cleared! I could fill up the local A&W with oil smoke real easy! Glad I got it fixed before someone decided to get angry! :brows:

I agree there, if it's not broke, why fix it? Maybe he's planning to break it. :rotf: I'm gonna be coming down to MO on Friday, and we'll be going back up late late next week. If you're having transmission troubles I can definitely stop by and take a look. This is the May trip you mentioned before? Coming down on 54 thru Mexico again? Anywho, the tranny is working fine except for the first gear syncros not as pristine as the used to be. I was thinking ahead if something happens. Since mine is purely a street jeep and the AX4 is a truck tranny, and is geared that way, if a car tranny (4 or 5 speed) with "street" gearing would fit I might consider it.

According to Wikipedia, the 2.5 retained the GM bellhousing pattern since it was replacing the GM 4cyl and was used in conjunction with the GM 2.8. The rear wheel drive 85 to 90 Camaro and 85 to 89 Firebird used the same 2.8. Anyone know if the 5 speed from either of these would bolt to a 2.5?

I have thought of looking for an AX5. Question; is the 5 the same as a 4 except with one higher gear, or are all the ratios a bit different? Right now 70mph has my engine working at barely under 3,000 rpm and for passing and hills, and with my very mild cam, headers, and flomaster single in/dual out, it likes that range. Lower rpms at 70mph may be a problem. Something I wish they would have done is a wider axle for the MJ. Where the wheels set on the rear of the XJ looks fine, but the slightly wider bed of the MJ than the back of the XJ makes the rear wheels of the MJ look a bit too far under the fender well compared to the front wheels. Just looks, I know, but it bugs me! :nuts:

Dun voted for Brenda She is WAY out front!

Thanks. Mine will be totally street. I was not planning anything more that 300hp to maintain good gas mileage, etc. I was thinking a 44 should do it. I know I would have to put spring saddles on an XJ 44, but the width is the same as an MJ 44? I will concentrate on finding an MJ 44. I am thinking this because with 307,000 on the truck, the engine (2.5) with 40,000 since overhaul, the transmission (Aisin 4 speed) and current rear differential (a 35 I assume) will be wearing out in a couple of years. I might as well collect the needed stuff to do a swap to a 350 now since soon I would have to put bucks into what is now in it. What I have heard is the cost of overhauling an Aisin 4 speed is crazy!

It is a 4 x 2, so tell me what works, a 44 or is something else needed? Thanx!

This is what they told me for missouri, but added it has to be what was available in that brand, so a chevy 350 in a jeep won't pass inspection unless it is "modified" to the degree that it doesn't even look like a comanche any more and is licensed as modified, as basically your own "invention." I think the guy at the State Inspection office said this is a federal law, but I could be wrong. I will check into it further.

I have a 4 popper. Bet the springs for it were lighter that for the I-6. If I remember correctly, the 350 and jeep I-6 weigh about the same. BTW, do the states were you live allow this kind of swap? Missouri doesn't. Here anything 1968 and later must have in it an engine available in that particular vehicle unless you re-license at as (and I can't remember what they called it) modified to the point it does not look like the same car, or is a "custom" and then is only for show and cannot be driven more that something like 1200 miles a year unless it is to or from a show. Something like that. If Comanches had come with a v8, one could go in it.

since you have a 4x2 w/350, did you have to raise the truck for engine clearance of front suspension? I have asked AdvanceAdapters several times, and they can never tell me for sure. And, did it have a 6 or 4 originally, and did you change front springs?