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Just purchased, running but not driving. No Brakes. 1988 Sport truck Short Bed. White. Project "future", $300, just couldn't pass it up. 4.0L Automatic column shift, 4x4. Bench seat mini console for 4x4 shifter. Idiot gauge cluster. Drivers mirror only. White Camper shell. AC, power steering, manual windows, fixed vent windows. Blue Interior.

That sounds confusing, so on the sport truck I only have the bracket for the drivers side flag mirror, I am going to drill out the rivits on the silver base, and install the bracket on the white sport on the passenger side. The silver base will get corner mirrors that I have and I'll have to weld up the holes from the rivits and the screw holes.

Well Eagle that says a lot. The White truck is a 88' Sport Truck but it has AC and is an automatic on the column, 4x4 short bed. The Silver truck is a 89' Base 5 speed 4x4 long bed. All my others are Eliminators, Pioneers, or Metric Tons, and all had vent window mirrors.

What I can't believe is why only a LH mirror only? Were mirrors an option?

You know my 93' YJ has mirrors like that, it was the only year that had mirrors mounted on the doors.

I have got (2) trucks that have these strange holes in the doors that appear to have a riveted bracket inside the door. They sit south of the vent the window, right up against the door window belt moulding. I know about the mirrors for the vent windows, and the trailer mount type but these look like they were factory, LH mirror only option? Can't have that these days. Anyone have pictures of what these things looked like?

If that is the case regarding roll over, that would mean that it was rolled over 999,999 + 50K= 57K? I wonder how long that would take with an electric drill and a speedo cable? Why would someone do that? I have trucks with 276k, 157K, and they are kind of testimony to the durability of the design. I would see no reason to roll over a 33 year old truck odometer. I looked at the title from the recent purchase, it indicated that the odometer mileage prior to this purchase was 52,168, and that was in 08-15-2017.

Appears to be an 87' Short Bed. Just purchased, All Black Interior. Exterior is black primer. Bench seat. 5 speed manual 4x4, 4.0L, Renix. Here's the kicker, has the idiot light cluster in the interior, the title and the cluster mileage numbers match, 57,391, the mileage appears to be correct. Its not in pristine condition but appears to be in "Good condition" a little surface rust. I'll try to get some pictures, drove it home about 85 miles, at highway speeds seemed to be fine.

Thanks Minuit, Everything went well except at NAPA, they had a hardware kit but nothing matched up. Went back and they told me that this is what the computer says is for the truck. I even had the old parts and they said that it was probably from another vehicle.

Short shoe to the front of the truck or long shoe? I got this truck a couple of months ago and everything I tear into is either wrong, backwards or broken and fixed with duck tape.

OK, now I am totally confused, Dana 44 rear axle, should be 10x2.5" brake shoes. Here are pictures of the brakes by side. Ist one is left, second one is right

Don't laugh at a senior citizen, I have the most recent 89' long bed with the Dana 44 and I am do the rear brakes. Which direction does the adjuster point ? I have one side the star wheel is pointing forward the other side its facing rearward. The backing plate has two slots for the adjuster. The FSM does not really show the correct orientation of the adjuster. I just want the brakes to be correct. I know if they are not correctly installed they will work backwards. I have to install new adjusters anyway, rust, rust, rust.

1st pic, stock switch with broken lower tab 2nd pic, new switch installed 3rd pic, rerouted brake switch wire

I spent more time going to NAPA and buying it, than the installation of the switch. You do need to reroute the brake light switch wire between the hood release cable and the brake assembly but not a big deal. If you need a switch, which I did, "safety check", if the light no workie you no pass the safety check. I would say yes its a good choice. I'll take a pic tomorrow and post it up.

The solution is not an exact replacement but, fits the location, functions just like the factory switch and is only $10.00. NAPA part number PB4016 fits the requirements for the Comanche parking brake switch, the only difference is the position of the brake light tab. The tab points down and points to the rear of the cab, the factory switch tab points up and to the firewall.

The contact tab that engages the switch when the brake is applied, the lower section of the tab appears to have snapped off. This is probably the original switch to the truck, the part number on the switch is 8956001966. There are a lot of similar designed switches out there but the closest one that I found was TLS300, its a Echlin part number "NAPA" not exact but pretty close.

Looking for a part number or a source for a parking brake switch. Looks like the OEM number is 56001966 but as usual discontinued. Its got to be a GM part for late 80's GM vehicles. NAPA shows nothing, along with AZ, and O'Reillys.

eaglescout, does this look about right? Inner boot 53002864 Shift Bezel 53000056 Shift Boot 53004433

Ok got the Azzy's shift linkage assembly, and the "installation instructions". The instructions are not very clear as to how the assembly installation differs from the OEM shift linkage. The front driveshaft was removed. The shifter part of the linkage was really tight to bolt onto the shift lever, had to remove it from the truck and pinch it in a vise to get the tabs to go over the bottom part of the linkage and bolt it to the shift lever. The biggest issue was the transfer case lever which is flipped 180* it points up when bolted to the transfer case. The adjustments are made with the transfer case in 2wd high, and the shift lever in the 2wd high position, its tight up there. Once its in the adjustments need to be made to get the levers to hit the sweet spots on the transfer case so they lock in correctly. The shift movement overall is good and much smoother than the factory linkage, the instructions are poor, and the install can be frustrating at times. The 4 low position on mine is a little iffy right now doesn't fully lock in like I would like it, the shift doesn't feel like its centered in the 4 low position . More adjustments are required, better than the factory linkage with a simpler mechanism, but not a 15 minute job.

As the title states, my latest project was the 89' long bed base. It came with a bench seat and a mini console, "kinda". I am swapping in MJ buckets and a full center console. What I am missing is the details on the shifter boot and bezel??? I have all the parts for the center console which was from an automatic, but now I need the shift boot and some type of bezel to retain the boot to the full console opening. I looked in my parts book and don't see anything. Anyone have parts book pictures or part numbers. I know how the console goes in for an automatic but not for a manual.

Thanks I really appreciate the offer. But based upon the review of the video and the overall simplification of the linkage assembly, I bit the bullet and ordered the Azzy's design off of Amazon. I will let you guys know if it works as smooth as "Butter" as the video claims.

Have either of you guys used the Azzy's design? Looks pretty straight forward, looked at the install video, appears to be less of a headache than the z type linkage.

Well I have another project, another 89' LWB 4.0L AX15, NP231 with a rear 44 with 3.07's who made the decision to put those gears in????, with no linkage for the shift lever to the NP2331. I can salvage some of the linkage parts from a hulk in the back yard but the bushings are all shot. There is also a bearing (kinda of a plastic bearing with a metal housing around it) It mounts to a bracket bolted to the drivers side transtunnel . No front drive shaft either. Is there a source for the bushings or the bearing?

Whats low series tracking????