MancheKid86

wish i could go, just wondering why its called midwest region when its all mid/north eastern?

this is my favorite comanche

truck is still going strong! and still loosing coil springs it hasnt seen much trail time since last july. work got crazy, and life took me a different direction. as of February 13th though, i was in a skiing accident, in which i incurred a brain injury from. havent touched a wrench or wiped grease off a helicopter since. currently on medical leave, looking to change careers once i am able to do so with my injury. that being said, things have been great, and the truck got alot of needed maintenance done to it. currently waiting on a new rear disc conversion from tsm mfg before i can wheel some more i am also in the process of sprucing up my onboard air system and cleaning, rerouting and looming wiring in the engine bay keep on bending steering stabilizers (dimples are Precision internal pressure adjustment, not for the faint of heart, varied results) after busting my last one, i have sucessfully been streeting the truck on 40's without any death wobble. (i have increased the torque on all steering/axle related items to 150-160 ft lbs torque) iron man 4x4 fab sector shaft support and steering box brace, with the prior installed track bar (wires and air lines have been cleaned up, rerouted and loomed post photo) bead locks out of powdercoat, all new hardware. (all held 9 psi of air except one tire, from july 17 2017 to when i picked it up in may of this year, i think that is excellent) before and after new hubs to compliment the rims! dealing with broken wire at the firewall connector, 12 v source to the ignition switch to be exact (broke right at firewall) i spent a good hour cleaning out each side of the connector. my electrical works GREAT now, everything is function once again at the same time i did a headlight upgrade due to my hacked steering column and put a kill switch in the truck\ apex 2017 (not many photos, event poorly organized from previous years) (the black truck was not able to support the tounge weight, poser pic) (i have since relocated the postistion of the bilstien 5150 in front, allowing 2 1/2"+ more up travel.) camping may long random last years more cool stuff to come

it seems as photobucket has come out with a new plan. P500 which includes third party hosting. when you link enough photos to forums it will lock your photos out. view any of my threads to see the error message at this point i have too many photos uploaded to this site that i am committed. and have to purchase it to continue my build threads :fs1: not impressed with how they did this with a new policy update any thoughts and anyone else affected?

epic, maybe this will inspire me to start my half doors! only have had them for a year now

congrats man! maybe one day our MJ's will cross path's in BC

INSTALLED THE RCV's i had no guidance to the install because the axle set i use is very uncommon Spicer Dana 44 for a IH Scout II. this is my install guide tips after installing the drivers side (any stock scout this would be passenger side shaft, retubed and sleved for drivers pumpin) i realized i had not taken any photos. so here's it installed now, passenger side install. i ended up having to remove my knuckle entirely. prior to this, rcv has instructions for CV boot clearance. you need to trim the lower balljoint stud almost flush with the nut at this point. afterwards, i ended up trimming the stud some more, added a taper the inboard side (you'll see shortly) trimming the axle C's to allow the stud past removing the top spindle stud and trimming /tapering the back side (bottom) of the upper ball joint. assemble the CV fully minus boot (tip, use a heat gun to soften the boot for first install) to the CV slide it all together, get the upper ball joint in first ( have to back off the preload sleeve all the way first, i made my socket from a 3/8 drive 20 mm socket and a dremel, and patience" then wiggle the shaft inboard while guiding the lower ball joint into place. use a close tolerance 1 1/8 wrench to initially tighten lower bj. the rest is simple . put it all back together Let me tell you. after the install. i would have rather just bought a set of one tonnes, but now i know new vs old knuckle ready to be removed, lower ball joint stud trimmed at this time shaft in, and ball joint trimmed now you can see how tight this is. if you are not comfortable trimming parts. then your not going to install the shafts now once, you've got past the screaming and swearing on getting the knuckle and shaft in place, all thats left is to tighten everything up. and test them out!!

lookin good :thumbsup:

thats awesome! i usually have one of two trucks tucked away at work some where! here's some more photos, only real mechanical thing to happen is a blown rad, so i converted it to an open system. just rolled 120,000 km. (75,000 Miles) wanting to keep it somewhat stock, but at the same time its a clean base to start from, body armor fits easier that way haha

bump! here's some more pictures, at this point the truck is 3wd. havent installed my rcv axle shafts yet! I'm in a slight rush to get a few things done. have a annual club run i want to make this year, we shall see if it will get there and back. some of the things on my list include rear shocks new rear disc conversion (current rear disc conversion is hard to find parts for) remove steering box and drill/tap for hydro assist install steering box brace uppon reinstall of steering box new pitman arm get beadlocks powdercoated, tires mounted/internally balanced install rcv axle shafts make sure both winches are fully operational change all fluids grease everything, pull inspect repack wheel bearings some spray bomb and bed liner find and repair vaccum leak fuse box replacement clean, clean and clean. get my spares ready now where i left on in my last post made it out of the shop i was in, and brought it to the hangar to mock trim and fit the fender flairs. i ended up cutting good portion of the inner lip out of the bushwackers. so my tires can tuck in, and not distort my fenders at all took it out for its shake down run, not used to it, realizing how hot it can get. took advantage of the doorless mod then, i got a little cocky and found a road less travelled once i made it out of there, i didnt let that stop me and i kept exploring this new to me area as you can see my winch is off in the next few photos. i had a ground wire break inside the winch relay bank. so it was off for trouble shooting. had a little break down on the side of the fsr. upper rad hose blew off and pumped a good portion of my rad out. luckily i had enough fluids and parts. so after about 5 minutes of tinkering i was off once again some iron man 4x4 fab parts i picked up at one point my fuel pump died, so i had to tow it to my work, so this random lady helped me get my truck back to the hangar i then purchased a delphi fuel pump as a replacement, some modification to the pump houseing was required. i also had to trim the lower strainer flange off to fit on the new updated pump the new pump is almost a 1/4 of the size of the old one!!! some how, i lost my keys at somepoint 4x4ing. so... there i was. no keys, but inluck. a hatchet and screwdriver to get me up and running again. i ofcourse kept going after this. then just some winter fun, plus canadian tire grooving in the winter thats all for now. will post when i have more stuff accomplished

if the input shaft on the new one is bigger, pb 77 will do, the bushing style,

.looks like your manual trans to crankshaft adapter has had a rough life

what do you mean your flywheel is falling out? was it not torqued properly on instalL? :P also, hiding the RC doesnt change anything unless you swap to something other than RC!!! keep up the good work

confirmed pulled my bed liner out of my 87 back in 2010

2" lift, 35" tires 2" rusty's offroad lift

10" and 40" tires, home made lift. 7.5" lift coils with 2.5" lift built into front axle, home made control arms, home made track bar/bracket rear suspension, mj leaf pack metric ton, SOA, 2011 chevy avalanche shackles (will not fit any other comance) 3/4 elliptical setup

i know! for all the things he has created, i do not know why he still has an under knuckle Y link...

will post some photos of it on my rig when it shows up, i caught the parts right as the were going into powdercoat and went for black. 2 long weeks :(

nice looking MJ, just curious to as why you trimmed your front fenders like that though?

placed my order yesterday, seems like some quality stuff, may be a little over priced but it stands out from all the other brands CAD currency exchange rates were brutal and i paid a bunch extra went with the steering box brace/support with sector shaft support, and track bar, frame brace and track bar bracket. i already had all of this except my steering box brace didnt have box support or sector shaft support. and my track bar was shot and track bar brace cracked in half note, this is not my rig. only photos i have of the setup ATM everything in blue besides pitman arm

:needpics: ..............or read.

you can get the 6 speed standard transmission in the new 2016 3500 cummins crew cabs too! but i do not know many people with new vehicles that can drive stick. Every thing is going automatic, not only vehicles. kinda scares me for the next generation

for your spicer u-joint woes, you could have tossed a different end cap on the spicer and kept it a spicer :thumbsup:

great progress so far! deff going to learn lots this way you do know that your supposed to measure the tare torque without a seal installed right? the seal will add a few pounds extra. but other wise KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. are you set on 32" tires? with those gears and lift you can run 35's all day long no issue, it will look more proportionate too, just food for thought.