MancheKid86

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

Inline 6

idle air controller bunk (screw was stuck in vaccum line to pretened to be IAC), replaced it from one at pnp, that didnt solve the problem, waaandering idle and lots of smoke, what could cause this? something internal??

great job keep going! :thumbsup:

looks like a decent little pioneer :thumbsup: nice and straight

i always loved going through your build, would be a shame to see it go :( make a check list and truck away at it for an hour or two a night, not as a chore but as fun :thumbsup:

:needpics: :shakts see your new manche!

recovered my buddys vehicle, its done, but its in his yard now, parts truck jeeps to the rescue (well mostly jeep obsessed, couldnt have done it without him) clearining out the rest of the tree's jeep obsessed doing his thing a happy 4x4'er no more forest left, who wants some fire wood? back on the trail tire changed my rig down, corroded wires +loose terminal on the road again!! [rockin]

Nice clean longbox you have there sir, Welcome to comanche club