lil_loco

Thank you! When I ran the vin in decoders it kept coming up as a 4x4.. love the accuracy you are able to provide :)

Oh and it had a bad visit from the silicone and cheese fairy around the windshields. She is going to need some serious A pillar and rear wall metal love.

Just picked it up from Mississauga Ontario. Apparently a 1 owner truck. 4.0l short box auto floor shift full length centre console rwd d30/35 airconditioning Grey interior vinyl bucket seats black exterior

THANK YOU!!!!! I was about to start asking around for build sheet info. You just made my morning :)

This is the engine running.... so far sounds okay to me but still will do the belt as soon as it gets here. 20220212_085628.mp4

Hey folks! It has been a few years since I have posted here. I have been busy with my vehicular ADHD during the last while. Since the summer of 2019 alone I think I managed to accumulate about 6 and 2 half MJs plus 3 7.3l super duty trucks, 2 ford excursions and a 2020 JTR. I then panic sold all but 1 comanche, 1 f350, and the JTR last spring when I sold my recreational property only to then snatch up 3 more comanches and another excursion. Then my boyfriend declared no more trucks unless they are super special or unique.. so I went and found me this 1987 factory diesel. It is set to arrive next week. Now I have owned more comanches than I can count since I got my hands on my first one in college (spent my student loan on it) but I have been loving them since I saw my first truck in 1987. But I have never had a factory diesel before. This will be a new adventure! Here are the 'before' pictures to get things started. If any diesel gurus are able to shed some tokens of wisdom please share I am open to any guidance!! First will be to get the slave and brake master fixed up and of course the timing belt... then the typical floors and rust. I am also debating on whether to repaint the same colour and keep the interior or swap out to black or newer 91 gray and go a different colour...

1987 LWB RWD 2.1l Diesel + Ax-5 bare bones base model only option was AC! Cream (paint code AB) on Honey interior with cloth bench seat. Started life in Saskatchewan, currently in Alberta (one registered owner)... currently 130,xxx original KM. Will be coming to Ontario next week if all goes well! Plan is to restore and use as my summer truck. The rust belt is too hard on these poor things. 20220212_085628.mp4

Would love to get on the list for this or your next decent longbed. Whenever you are headed as Northeast as possible. We would have to meet and transfer between trailers somehow so I can bring it cross border.

...........yeeeeeesssssss?????......... I know there is a high chance this will be an epic fail but there is a slim chance it might actually work hence "attempt to save". So far the frame is much stiffer and the endless driving it in and out of the shop and going up and down on the hoist has held up. If it fails I still got the truck as a donor for my 87 ;)

Of course it wasn't just the subframe that was hurting... the floors needed to be done too. I opted for the full length pans from rockauto. We also had to obtain part of the hump from a donor XJ that was abandoned at an old farm slated for urban development.

So we began to cap over the rot copying what was already on the passenger side.... with a bit extra.... the last photo is the passenger side before we reinforced it as well.

We had it towed back about 100km on flatbed and even more rot was exposed along the way.... fortunately there was a good portion of what was left that could be welded to for the cap frame..... here are the before shots:

I picked up this 1991 swb 4.0ho 4x4 last summer. It is a one owner from dealer prior to myself. Poor thing was branded rebuilt after being tboned on the passenger side and had a lot of panel body work done but they neglected a lot of the underside..... here is my attempt to save this truck. The rebuilt repair consisted of capping the subframe on the passenger side with structural angle steel butted together. If that passed inspection why not repeat it on the rotten side?

That is my worry too. I huge jump in generation of electronics between the 87 Renix and a 2008 Mercedes CRD.

It seems I've been stuck with an 08 CRD WK that has a done fuel tank among other body issues. So before sending it to the corner or scrap yard what are the odds for putting the engine into my 87 MJ? I'm only considering this 3.0 Mercedes engine as an option, since I have it sitting here, if I do any swap at all. Or else I'll just rebuild my tired renix. My MJ is currently lifted 4.5". So I'm hoping that will clear the oil pan of the 3.0 Mercedes crd. Has anyone succeeded with this or know anyone who has who I can get in contact with to get the dirt on if it's worth it?