Frankensteinsmj

hackedmj, I'll find out for sure about squally and lil buffalo from a local jeepster when I see him. the road i presumed to be to squally was on the right aways passed hooper bald. I went up there a couple of days ago to check to see if any snow and enjoy the sunset at big junction. on the way back I thought I saw the road with a gate across it but I'm not certain it was the right road and I wasn't really looking for it. Lets get together some time and I'll show you around. Its just me here and I have lots of room so if you want to make a weekend of it and even bring some other jeepers that would be fine to. All ya have to bring is some grub. l8r frank

so std is limited slip and t/l is posi? are the jeeps posi a 12 bolt diff too?

Hey, I just thought this might help everyone out. Its a good source for axle information. If anyone knows what std and T/L under the differential type is, let me know. Frank C http://www2.dana.com/expert/wc.dll?hvtss~deabill~6~

mine don't come on either so I guess your not the only one. :(

Are the guys at NAPA wrong? They told me that pure mineral gear lube 90W is the same as the AP type gear lube 90W. I buy a gallon of it for $8 and chanage and put it in. I try it out and It makes all kinds of noises. So I dumped it. I'm gonna refill it again with the AP type to see what's up. I went to another auto parts store and they tell me its used in tractors. :roll: I would like to know so I can go there and tell them they don't know there gear lubes and tell them to give me a refund or another jug of AP lube.

mjeff87, I just sent a email to the horse's mouth so I'll let ya know if its just bs or not. Frank

hello all again. I'm changing my fluids and from the chiltons manual it looks like I have a pukegoat tranny. It states 75-90 gear oil. when I pulled the plug at the bottom rear/not the side of the tranny it was real thin, didn't drain out like 90w lube and was a grey/silver color. So does anyone know what it takes? Frank C

87manche, I just got done doing the master and i skipped the hone job cuz it was decent and I didn't want to over bore the cylinder. I'll try it this way this time. thanks for the advice and your right. Hackedmj, well I guess you'l be heading this way real soon. I don't know how it is at tellico but I plan to check it out. I checked out squally but it was too rough. I know about where lil buffalo is but haven't atempted that yet either. I mostly ride ol santeelee(the old road). There is another ol wagon road that goes from r'ville to andrews that I want to check out. I found some junkyards here. one in murphy at farmers jeep and some others a hour ride from here and I'll let ya know if I can't find any parts. Speaking of parts, I'd like to replace the ccv hoses both of them on the engine cuz I still have the blowby setup on mine and want to get the vacuum pressures right(if it matters any) as we speak I have a chrome breather on the back valve cover hole and a pvc to the intake on the front hole. let me know what ya think cuz its supposed to be a metered system and I don't want to spend big $$$ from the stealership for something thats not gonna do anything for me.

mjeff87, thanks for the welcome, I'm about to do my cluctch master too. they are about 75 bucks and all the auto parts i'm getting these days lately are junk :!: for all makes. I'm gettin a rebuild kit from napa, can't be worse. L8R Frank C

Dirtycomanche, its ok sometimes one needs a break. You took on a big project. Look at my truck, i've had it three years now and it don't look like i've done much at all. I guess it is cold, i don't like working on cars in the cold either, I'm originally from florida so 50 is cold to me. I just happened to read on of your posts you wrote in nov and thought i'd tried to help get ya out some. It just sounded to me that your trying too hard to predict if something is going to break or not. I wouldn't worry about it so much and build your truck and drive it and have some fun. Pingpong, I'm not building it to be a street truck only. (its a 4X4) :-D I plan to keep it mostly stock, such as no lift, stock size wheels,ect.... I have been doing things like rebuilding the engine, and fixing all the neglected broken stuff. I want keep it so I'm building it to run for another 20 years. I need stuff now like replace leaky gas tank, new heater core, rad looks a little old, you know the usual repair stuff. I've got it running good, the body work about done and driving right after of 3 years of piddling with it. What i really need is another manche to make strickly off road with the flat bed roll bar setup like some of the members here. :D I've got so many other toys, like a 23' offshore fishing boat, honda v45 sabre that I restored in the last year, and a beater for gas economy that eats up everything it saves in gas in parts. maybe someday i'll get a second manche and build it on 44's(remember i'm from florida, where there's lots of water and mud and other trucks with 44's making big ruts to get stuck in) If I was like Peter Monte with ppl knocking on my door to donate me manches i'd probably have this done already :D I'm looking for lockers or whatever cuz I don't like the way it slips. Like dirtymanche said, what good is it when your wheels are in the air spinning like mad and the other one's not moving at all :!: That useless to me. well that about sums it up (for now, yeah right) Frank C

Dirtycomanche, I just read your post from nov. Are you making any progress with your truck? Is the 37" tires still holding you up?

Dirtycomanche, 60/40 don't seem too bad. I guess I have to do the homework on this and about a million other issues. :shock: I think I've seen your project somewhere but not sure but I know the beyond feeling. Your just past the point of no return :D I did it with a cj7 and I never got stuck with it but you would get real tired driving it for a short ride. Someone just posted on yahoo that their manche came with factory posi's on both diffs. can that be?

Everyone, I have this link to a comanche group that everyone at the yahoo group is posting their rides to. feel free to post yours and check out mine, its under Frank C I just put a leer camper topper on it that I picked up for $50 bucks at a local pawn shop so it looks a little different. plus my rottie "scooby" likes it much better now too! L8r Frank http://www.frappr.com/comanche

I guess since I don't know everyones names i'll just use your handle. hackedmj, no, I haven't been to tellico ORA yet. I've been blazin around here for the most part. I'll be checkin it out soon though. I see everyone trailering 4x4 there all the time. We have an area here called squaly, not sure if thats how its spelled but I hear it is a real axle buster. I don't intend to do any extreme off roading with this vehicle since I'm restoring it. I just changed my 5 speed trans fluid (don't know what model trans it is) but would like to know for future reference but it made a big difference on the driveability of the truck. I plan to do the transfer case next with dextron and the diffs with castrol cause the bottle says for limited slip. I don't think this will make me have a posi like front diff. I checked out some locking diffs and I like the price and tech of the richmond lock right since it states that it transfers the power to the wheel with the traction. thanks for the welcome and if you got some time someday let me know and we can get a plan together. dirtycomanche, I guess its a disco from what hackedmj has discribed. I know detroits are the best. I haven't seen the trutrack yet and I don't want a air locker cause the compressor is a pain to keep up.

Hello everyone, First I'd like to introduce myself and tell ya'll alittle about my mj. My name is Frank and I live in the mountains of Western North Carolina on the Cherohala Skyway (not far from Tellico off-road area). I've been into Trucks for about 30 years but mostly restoring them and such. I've been spending alot of time at the yahoo comanche group forum but like this site too! My handle is Frank C at the yahoo forum. Well about 3 years ago I decided to get a comanche and found one badly beaten with about 250k miles. I've done alot of body work and just had the original motor rebuilt with a new clutch kit. I've worked out a lot of the gremlins and finally have this truck running about as good as one could expect. I have the vacuum actuated d30 up front and not real pleased with the limited slip. I've been almost stuck several times finding my wheels on one side spinning and the ones that are on hard ground not spinning. I read something about all this being good on the highway so what can I do to get the traction i am looking for without sacraficing the street design? I hardly ever use the 4wd on the road anyway except if its snowing hard but then I'd be going slow anyways. Well if anyone can advise me that would be great. A friend of mine was telling me about his quadratrac system he used to have and says that would be the ticket. Let me know, Thanks in advance Frank C BTW, what is the disco and non-disco stuff I've been reading while doing a search on this forum anyways?