MancheKid86

seems like you need a new engine fan, looks like your missing a couple of fins, but keep up the good work, i bet it feels good to be able to say "look, i did that" :D

thank you :D

allright thanks for the feedback, need a bit more help if you guys don't mind, I'm trying to determine wether i need to get a 9 11/16 pressure plate or a 9 1/8 pressure plate, help please

hey there, i have previously bought a disc for a 1986 2.5l 4 speed comanche would i be able to get a centerforce pressure plate and use my previously bought disc? i just want to make sure that doing that is allright before i do it, a bit of a laugh i went to the centerforce site for pp and disc individual all together would be 273.56 but buy them together and its 354.03

here's an update for today, got distracted yesterday with zombie land :D here is some pictures of some grinding, then some even more grinding then after a little longer i pulled out the paint i ran out of paint so i will pick more up tomorow, can't wait to throw everything back in :P

what I'm looking into doing is right now just get rid of the rust and repaint, after that I'm looking into throwing in a floor epoxy (yes a floor epoxy) just like the stuff in this thread. viewtopic.php?f=7&t=4826&p=46210&hilit=floor+epoxy#p46210 i think it will be a good investment in the long run, gotta get back to sanding today, going to see if i can borrow an angle grinder or a dremel, so the de-rusting goes by faster but to answer your question, at this point I'm not to sure, I'm going to stick without capert for now, and may invest in a new one in the future lol and also, it rained last night, so i pulled in my seat, and i left the back window open :wall: when i got up this morning i checked right away for any pools of water or rain drops, so today I'm going to make sure to close it when I'm done, don't want any new rust already just when i started to get rid of the last stuff

i removed my seat yesterday and started to do a floor restoration today, i have a surface rust but only one rust hole, it seems a previous owner spray down the drivers side floor board with por15 or something else, as for the rust i found behind my seat, that was my fault, threw a bottle of brake fluid behind there, the seat punctured a hole in the bottle and drained into my carpet. so here is what i found removed my head liner that was fubar and i found this cleaned up, ready to be sanded will update tonight or tomorow with more results

its a keeper then :D

my $130 score

hey i need to buy a pressure plate for an 86 2.5l, what website have you guys used to buy your clutches? i want to make sure that its the proper pressure plate, i bought new clutch a while back but the fingers got damaged during installation :wall:

Comagoneer/ Grand Comagoneer limited manche edittion :D

battery cables/terminals? crank shaft position sensor? wire grounding out against frame? let us know what you find :D

bit of an update, got my truck towed to my new house, getting a new clutch in soon, but for now ill be gutting out the carpet and head liner, swapping out the bench for some nice buckets, until then here are some pictures i took today. **Ooops forgot to resize them, will be up in few mins**

found a steal of a deal on the net, literally, a website i stumbled upon had an act heavy duty clutch kit for my manche, but the website didn't put a price for it so i only have to pay $10 for shipping, which they e-mailed me a receipt of, and once i send in a $10 money order then they will send me the clutch :D lol its worth a try and if they call me on it ill send them they copy of the receipt they gave me showing them i only owed them $10

how are the battery cables and terminals? that could have a factor in it not starting

thats okay, i intend to getting the clutch working after the move, I'm looking at just putting in a automatic for the time being and pick up where i left off after the move, another factor is the ammount of money another new clutch would be, i would have to pay double the shipping fee to get it over the border so it would be like $230 i don't have, a transmission at a salvage yard would be about $130

a while back i replaced my clutch on my 86 2.5L 4 Cyl Manche, without it successfully working, so i worked on it over and over again but i'm running out of time, i am moving to a new place in around three weeks and if my truck doesn't run i will have to part with it, so i'm wondering what i need to do to swap out my transmission with an automatic from a Cherokee or Gran Cherokee, so far i know you need to take the transmission the flywheel and the bearing that goes in the flywheel, what else would i need to do? right now i have an external slave cyl. do i need to do anything to make the newwer slave cyl work with my truck? :help:

well i havent taken it in yet, but upon further inspection, i found that the clutch plate was over torqued in some places, and not even finger tight in others, i guess i learnt my lesson, do all the work yourself to ensure it is done properly and by the book also the fingers were all bent, was hoping that wouldnt be too much of a problem but i guess it was, once this beast is running, ill make close friends with the car yard owner and take the 2 4wd manches off his hands :D

bahh, it hits but not enough, i even tried removing a spacer, looks like my attempts are done, and I'm going to go to the shop

was revising the information provided to me, and i seen this little bit found it inside the bellhousing when i dropped my transmission, it may help? :P

well no pictures, but some results, built a platform that mounted onto my jack, lowered the transmission out to find that there was some bent fingers on the clutch plate, is that a big concern? if so how can i bend them back? took the bellhousing off of the transmission and I'm wondering how to test the clutch with it? :help:

post any movie that you know of that uses a mj in it here are a few i noticed War of the Worlds - scene where he hops into the truck and then the big tentacle flips it in the air Snow Angles - one of the main characters is banging his head on the rear wheel well, and at the end of the movie he kills himself in it, (poor mj :( needs a window fixing)

i have dropped the trans a few times now :D i can borrow a 3.5 ton jack, ill see if i can figure out a way to mount my trans to the jack, will post with pictures and results

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pull and inspect your clutch pedal. there has been more than one report of the pedal failing at the welds. I personally have experienced this. the weld was not completed and ended at the skinniest portion of the metal, the portion where it was drilled for the sleeve. It ended up cracking, and eventually broke quick visual, ensure there is adequate weld **edit** may 27, 2019 check the welds on your brake pedal as well, i have just had a failure....