Pete M

what's the condition of the resistor panel?

stock 2wd running monstrous 30" tires. in its defense, it lasted like 5 owners and 180k miles before it blew up. But it still blew up on me one morning on my way to work. My personal rule of thumb with a 35 is leave it alone for stock tires, but upgrade it before getting larger tires or a desired regear.

um, because one random day driving to work my 35 started spitting out ring gear teeth? Although they aren't made of cardboard, they get that "weak" reputation for a reason. The 87 4.0 manual trans is the dreaded Peugeot. If it works fine now, I'd keep it. But I'd also start hunting for an AX-15 for later down the road. There are a ton of threads on transmission swapping in the link in my signature. SOA gives around 6" of lift and that can be quite expensive to match up front which might be why some people choose a smaller lift amount.

Bump to the top plus an update that I was able to find the superduty trailer harness at a yard in colorado. cost me all of 10 bucks.

why do I feel like homer eating his pet lobster when I find an MJ in the junkyard...

be careful about using shorter shackles, as it becomes possible for the shackle to invert after hitting full droop. got any pics?

what! that's totally fixable.

looks fantastic!

yeah, what's the plan for the new one?

perch welding is probably the most basic welding there is. heck, any auto repair or muffler shop will have a welder. getting the perch angle right is key.

door pop? are the doors contacting the fenders?

neat. looks like I made one but only for the later stuff.

nah, that's the new truck. they were both built as red 88 Pioneers with a 2wd/4.0/stick drivetrain, but that particular one will be staying stock.

should be the side turn signals

come to think of it, I may have started one long ago. if anyone can find it.

thanks!

never actually made one for the 88. it was built long before we had the comancheclub.com website. being head of CC, I should probably do that one of these days.

galvanized Uni-strut (?) channel. it's super overkill for bungie straps, but has plenty of holes for adjustability. The C02 tank, towbar, and fire extinguisher (which is rechargeable/refillable and I carry for cleaning off mud, not specifically for fires) are mounted using the uni-strut clamps meant for pipes. edit: found an old image of how I attached it:

it is definitely a mod. I love mine! all my offroad gear and spare parts have a permanent waterproof secure storage.

deal!

I'm sure you'll get a ton of opinions on axles. for me, the front dana 30 will be fine, especially if it came from a 95 which will be non-CAD and should have the bigger Ujoints. I'd get an explorer 8.8 for the rear as tehy are very strong and have 4.10s and posi available stock. (there's a list online somewhere that shows which code on the explorer's door equals what rearend gear ratio). car-part.com can help with junkyard searches. an axle truss will go a long way toward piece of mind, but somehow I doubt the rig will be so heavy or will get jumped or the like to necessitate giant axles. what did the previous truck have?

the link in my sig will have a couple threads on swapping around the various years of AW-4. don't regear a dana 35.

even has the tow mirrors! Don't forget that you're adding a ton of weight to the truck and you might want to give some serious thought to deeper gears than the 3.55s.

I do love a good bull bar I think mine came from a CJ.

that's more or less a myth that arose because the pinion is slightly off center. I've not heard of anyone ever having any issues.