MancheKid86

Pretty sure the MJ Laredo trim level models were offered in 87-88 only. There's a very old local guy (85+) in my town who has a white 88 Laredo w. a D44, cargo light, 4x4, towing package, metric ton, i have all that except stock 4x4, did that one myself

installed bose speakers, fixed my oil pressure gauge, new drum, ordered new axle seals + bearing, will seal and do bearings next week :D

I'm with carena on this one, Because this problem happens to me, Unplug your tps, remove the green weather seal, Plug it back in :thumbsup: Works for me your IAC is on the throttle body beside your TPS, you can remove it, 2 torx, check to see if it goes in and out (its a soleniod) if not spray it with solvent, and put in vice and pry with screwdrive (sounds nuts but it frees the soleniod) IAC wouldnt bring it to 2500 rpm tho, your TPS on the other hand will, like i said before it happens to me, took me a while to figure it out but as above that fixes it. ***EDIT*** just happened to me again, shut it off, turned it on VROOOM 3000 rpm, shut it off pulled the tps and cycled the throttle lever on TBI until i heard a distinct click, started just peachy :D

looks great :thumbsup: , i bet it hurt drilling through the bed and fenders tho :(

sold a guy a new lift kit for the rear, he has some RE 5.5" coils , i right now have the zone offroad 4.5" coils + fixed control arms, could i snag a lil more lift outta my truck or would it be advisable not to as per caster and geometry and ride?

My 88 manche does it by itself, I just pull the TPS out and reconnect it to bring it back to normal

no doubt, you sir need a comanche, my father picked one up for a very reasonable offer, let me wrench on it and that was it, i had the bug no question, live eat sleep comanche, I'm on number 4 :yes: can't wait to see pics of your soon to be rig

Looking for a home brew long arm write up, Broke college student that has acess to the metal + welder but doesn't wana pay outrageous price of cutting some holes and laying some beads :thumbsup:

thank you! looks decent now :thumbsup: now the aluminum shield will rot from the exhaust gasses instead of the box's inter granular structure. :yes: can't wait to see the final product

vin says laredo package, 4-5000 lbs, but with my leaf pack I'm sure it can hold more?

whats the verdict? :yes: here's another shot

5 leafs + 1 over load + dana 44, as far as i know the leafs are stock d44 definitely is.

seems like i have an admirer, found that a few days ago after checking my diff i found the gear oil was black inside, i made er puke :brows: the hard ware, i only picked up one drum, since the other one was still usable all bare fully loaded drums back on good to go my work station, dam rain :shake: just have to wait for the diff cover to cure then i can tighten the diff back up and put fresh gear oil in, also found a leaking axle shaft seal so i used black rtv to solve that problem, will be cured tomorrow as well, then bleed brakes and I'm on the road again

went about doing my brakes today, worse than i imagined, went 4x4ing 2 weeks ago and i heard a clunk and then my rear locked up, my inspection before putting my professional grade pads on turned out displeasing good side, don't know where all the moisture came from, brake res. is full as is my rear diff (which has black fluid in it now :???: ) so much grease inside any takers of what it could be? (water from mudding?) just a small amount of the grease inside this is what fell out the BAD side looks can be deceiving, keep scrolling BAM found the problem! i need new drums this is what fell out on this side... yes thats a clutch dog, brake pads and retaining spring, my old pin that held the retaining spring in failed from the e-brake arm shearing it in half GOOD VS. BAD and this is where i called it a night well, looks like I'm off the road for a few days, I'm broke, atleast i won't spend money on gas :shake: atleast my lug nuts are still good!!

who's got a tissue? :brows:

enjoyed the simple things in life, cleaned it head to toe just to get it muddy again I'm also selling my winch, at the moment I'm stuck in college, i need brakes and exhaust more than my winch, once I'm done school ill be a 2nd year aircraft maintenance apprentice, will make enough money to get another one

enjoyed the simple things in life, cleaned it head to toe just to get it muddy again

Great work! I know the feeling I got when I could drive my truck after I built it, Keep it up, Got any pics of the other manche's??

you replace all the bearings for the pulleys or atleast repack all the bearings with new grease? may solve the groan :thumbsup: and question, should the manche idle at 2500? most deisels idle around 7-800 rpm keep up the great work!

went 4x4ing and i parked at the top of the mountain to enjoy the view, starter gave out on me, luckily i parked on a slope and my buddy with gaintism, he gave me a push and off we went. so out comes the starter bad solenoid vs good soleniod back together and re-installed ran a new ground while i was at it on the road again fixed my IAC, pulled it out cleaned it up, took a screw driver and pried the seized solenoid free, good as new, lost camera somewhere today, no pics :(

i want to make my own jeep truck, from a commander, it seems like it has great potential, now don't go stealing my idea on me! here's a pic, sorry for rough ms paint chop

finally got my speedometer going swaped gears, took a torch to it, hammered it out with punch while stacked up in sockets, and install used a vice to press back in, don't have a pic of the final product but here is the left overs dash ripped apart, connected the other end of the speedo cable, in the process i some how made my oil pressure sensor on my gauge stop working, will fix in the future look all my interior lights work :yes: changed my spark plugs look at the gap old vs new! time to take the old man topper off, summer is here found some rust :( upgraded from my non air box, warm air intake, to the stock cold air intake adjusted my e-brake more, I'm almost running out of adjustment but atleast i don't roll down hills anymore whats this thing do? mine kills my truck when ever i plug the other end in more to come, almost snagged a set of brand new jks acos coil spacers, too bad the seller had a winch, he said otherwise they'd be mine. oh yeah. i got COMANCHE OF THE MONTH!!!! viewtopic.php?f=3&t=35548&p=350060#p350060

replaced all vacuum lines + iac, when iac plugged in, looooow revs/kills engine, sounds like its sucks the vacuum from the lines when trying to connect it then poof dead, disconected, wanders around 700ish rpm, driveable

yesterday, got my speedo gear working + cruise control today, got all the interior lights working new IAC, new air box, new vaccum lines drove it

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