MancheKid86

not much new, truck went out a few times and i had to reseal the rear outer axle flanges after the disc install, it was apparent that they were leaking onto the new rotors. have a new set of bilstiens for the front, i have to relocate the lower mounting flanges just trying to get the suspension to cycle correctly with them with their larger body length. i may return them though for a stiffer valved shock. possibly in a newer " short body " took my mom out 4x4ing for her first time ever. she LOVED it! had to take a 2 step for her lol have been spending too much time on my buddys 4 runner. full re wire and i have been meticulously polishing and cleaning/parts fab

my brakes came in last week! the reasons why i went to this style of disc conversion: one bracket broken on old setup. only one caliper in the rear e brake levers to stay legal were non existant serviceability wasnt the greatest. they were just plain tired new style disc allows rotors go go over studs and seat on external axle flange. gives me another 3/8 of an inch width to the rear on each side! brackets actually are the new axle bearing and seal retainer. i left my custom cut ones on for extra measure (had the thickness doubled of oem) but the old retainers are no longer needed. the T bolts given in the kit for the axle flange lack in quality. they stretch easily so i replaced them with grade 8 hardware instead. look not bad either i ended up getting extended wheel studs than what was suggested. i ran into the issue where my wheel spacers were not in safety. somewhat unnerving to see not even a single thread of wheel stud coming out of the nut so longer studs it was. infact... they were so long i had to lob a good 3/8th off each one so i could bolt the tires back on! (totally okay with this, atleast my wheel studs are in proper safety) will get some more pictures rolling soon!

love the build! and your selection of tires! you'll enjoy the sector shaft support and rcvs. with the 40's i definitely notice a difference with the steering brace with sector shaft support installed. the rcv's claim to be quiet but they do make noise just so your aware! keep it up

cut it up and put it on my truck. turns out since ive been gone my good friend now has a tube bender and plasma cnc. going to build some armor for it after the bed bob is complete. (if i don't go up north for school first)

you know, i really didnt realize how many parts that were available through this place, until i moved away once or twice. then seeing online people asking for shipping quotes on parts, when literally there's donors every where here. (mass amount of cherokees) and MJeff87 it was $220, i was kinda bumbed it wasnt on 50% off sale and i forgot to use my $15 off coupon but hey, it was worth it. even better. i rented a u haul and got them to stuff the bed in with a front end loader after i got it up to the till

got this at the local pick n pull! wasnt even on the lot for 24 hours before i drug it home

things just got cooler, i forgot my phone in my car yesterday, upon checking it. i had 6 missed calls and 5 texts. my jeep bud is freaking out, so i made the drive the the scrap yard. needless to say, I went to work and showed back up this morning and pulled er out. here's the only real dent on the box! it will be addressed when i bob it and here's my on board air preoiler setup! its installed again in the truck. just need to finish replacing the airlines to it. i also ended up removing my vaccuum tank, i only use the blower motor control unit off of it so i plumbed that line directly off the manifold disc brake conversion should be here tomorrow. more photos to come

copper plugs for our trucks, not those fancy platinum plugs have you checked the distributor bearing for wear? have you done a leak down check? what is your operating fuel pressure?

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