USAFAGumby

I'm from Asheville but go to college in Colorado Springs. I just bought my first car, a Comanche, not to long ago. I'm helping a friend from UNCC buy one right now but he has a bit higher price range. Here is one I had my eye on for a while in case you haven't already searched every craigslist in NC. :laughin: http://hickory.craigslist.org/cto/4433458989.html Is the Wrangler in the picture yours?

It is not that one, it's in North Carolina. I appreciate the advice and it confirms what I thought as well. He said it doesn't appear to be burning coolant right now and no cross contamination so probably a simple fix. As long as the block is not cracked I think its a good by for a $500 professional repair. (I would attempt it myself, but friends truck, friends rules :laughin: .....) Probably this one: http://charlotte.craigslist.org/cto/4389097234.html Spot on, haven't heard anything back from them yet and its been up for a month so who knows :dunno:

It is not that one, it's in North Carolina. I appreciate the advice and it confirms what I thought as well. He said it doesn't appear to be burning coolant right now and no cross contamination so probably a simple fix. As long as the block is not cracked I think its a good by for a $500 professional repair. (I would attempt it myself, but friends truck, friends rules :laughin: .....)

I'm helping my friend purchase an '89 from craigslist and decided I needed some more advice before moving on the truck. Seller reports truck was running fine till a month after add was posted. It's the 4.0L 161,000 and an open cooling system Then it started over heating and he first suspected the sensor was sticking, then thought it might be air in the cooling system. Now he believes it has a blown head gasket due to the severity of the leak, but it still runs. Any thoughts on the cost of such a repair by a professional mechanic?

I'm looking for a good condition sun or moon visor from Lund. If you have one and are looking for the right price I would love to talk! Willing to pay for shipping to Asheville, NC or Colorado Springs

Yeah the white top reminds me more of a FJ than a jeep, I agree it looks different. I have always loved the Pioneer strips though!

I'm going to finish the lower body line and bed rail cover with more herculiner this summer and I got to thinking..... I always liked the look of the scrambler with the black roof. Has anyone done this with an MJ? Please excuse the absolutely terrible MS Paint skills :rotf:

My truck had that same rubber matting and lived most of its 164,000 mile life in Texas. Still had a size-able hole in the drivers side. You are so lucky!!!!! :laughin:

Truck looks great!! Seriously reminds me of my 89. Great buy too!

I've been thinking about plans for the truck for a while now and decided to put a wish list together of parts that will probably never make it onto the truck haha Interior Floorpan repair / herculiner 2 ball shifter knob Refurbished bench seat Gauge swap full instrument cluster White gauges with blue LEDs Euramtec lights Cupholder Keys: One set painted and clear domed Audio / Tech Kenwood KDC-X598 Alpine PDR-V75 4 channel 100W, 350W subout JL Audio 12W1v3-2 12'' 300W gray carpet sub Focal PS 130F 5.25'' 120W Components PAC LC-1 Bass Knob Nokia Wireless car charger and mount panel Aviation airspeed indicator / pitot tube system Engine 60mm bored throttle body Leigh Performance Dodge neon "703" injector swap Closed to open cooling conversion / coolant flush THOR cowl induction intake Axles and Gearing AX-15 swap External Slave Swap (bellhousing, retainer plate, pitch fork, throwout bearing, external slave cylinder, new hosing kit with fittings for master cylinder and pilot bushing). G2 1.25" wheel spacers rear 8.8 explorer rear limited slip w/disk brakes ZJ parking brake cables 3.55 front rear regear Suspension CrownHD Steering kit Tires / Wheels American Racing AR767 wheels with caps BFG A/T KO2 31x10.5 R15 Exterior Bushwacker flat fenders Warrior Products Front bumper Smittybuilt Dring Shackles Hella H4 upgrade W/putco harness Cable side mirrors Herculined bed, bed rails, and lower body line Fiberglass sun visor, black "Fathom" blue paint MAACO Soft topper convertible topper Fog lights Refurbished and detailed tail lights with black lines Maintenance Clutch master cylinder New horn Complete clutch kit / internal slave cylinder New custom exhaust, manifold back 166,168 Castrol Edge synthetic oil change, Purolator one Rain-x latitude wiper blades. Driveline belt, idle pully Battery Front Brake pads Front brake rotors 168,955 Castrol Edge synthetic oil change, wix Gauge swap 169345 on truck, 1768100 on new gauges (7465) New Door Handles/belt moldings Duralast Starter NAPA remanufactured p/s gear box Rusty's xmember and omnix trans mount Champion plugs (all old running rich) new air filter 173,603 Castrol Edge synthetic 10W40, purolator Duralast IAC, Bosch Oxygen Sensor Interior trans tunnel boot Vent windows and division weather stripping replaced w/sealed Novak NP231 cable shifter Crown Sway bar links, HD front shocks, ball joints, track bar. Omix-ADA front hub and bearing assemblies. Front soft lines, bled brakes, passenger side caliper. 179,165 Castrol Edge synthetic 10w30, purolator Duralast oil pressure sending unit 97+ windshield trim and new windshield 183,065 Castrol Edge synthetic 10w30, purolator BWD MAP sensor 188,135 Castrol Edge synthetic 10w30, purolator Internal Slave/LUK clutch kit 192,683 Castrol high mileage full synthetic 10w40, STP 196,967 Castrol high mileage full synthetic 10w40, Purolator 201,949 Castrol high mileage full synthetic 10w40, NAPA Transfercase output seal and fluid change Like I said, most of this will never even come close to being bought but I can dream!! :laughin: This will be updated as I have new ideas and outfit new stuff too!

Used Quickweld to finish up the seal under the floors. After it dries gonna undercoat with BedArmor from duplicolor and that will be all I can do till the summer! Overall pretty productive spring break and I completely fixed the floors in a week. More to come in June!

Used a compound called Permatex Liquid metal and it worked fine for filling the holes herculiner works great! It needs two coats but two quarts covered the whole cab. Gonna let it dry and start putting it all back together.

Plans are too long to list!! Overall daily driver as I am still in college and weekend light trail rig. Might be getting it painted Duke blue over the summer cause the fist owner painted it with a mop......and house paint

Diagnosis, master cylinder was bad and was replaced, however, clutch still gives out when driven hard and might need a new internal slave......oh well, it will be put off for now as the driving isn't that bad and it barely leaks fluid. This was my first welding job and I think it turned out alright. Cody did about half of it, where the patches didn't line up well and I got the rest. That is brake fluid from where I spilled it filling the master cylinder. :doh: Learned quickly that anything but spot welds would be to hot and melt the floor....... Spent time waiting for the truck to fix the seat frame. Covered with spray on duplicolor bedliner.

Truck is up! http://comancheclub.com/topic/42498-gumby-build/

While waiting to weld the floor patches in I decided to switch back to the stock steelies, they have 31'' BFG all terrains which rock! They have a little rubbing at full lock with stock suspension Bushings need to be replaced but other than that suspension seems to be in good order Thank you Cody for teaching me how to weld and fix my floors! Pictures to follow of patches as it was to dark once we finished. Found out the clutch was giving out when I was driving it home. Master cylinder had really nasty black fluid in it although no visible leaks and I basically limped it to the shop with no clutch. Diagnoses to follow as soon as I hear back. Also, thanks Pete for the awesome club sticker!

Got the grinding done Ended up pushing the drain plug out on the drivers side while grinding, just one more hole to patch.... Don't mind the zip tie, just working as a parking brake lever right now

Also replaced the horn today, going to get it registered soon.

Installed looks great!!!

Thank you Azzy's Design Works for the awesome shifter knob!!!!! I got to choose the number 2 ball and the engraving which reads "Semper Gumby"

First things first, pull up the carpet. Thanks to this website I learned how important that is and progress is being made on the very little rust the truck had: This hole on the drivers side was about the size of my palm and completely through, tomorrow going to weld a patch in. Passenger side isn't bad at all! No holes

I finally got it!! I picked up my Jeep Comanche from Chicago yesterday and drove it down to Asheville, NC to its new home. Here are some of the stats so far.... 1989 Jeep Comanche 4.0L straight six BA-10 5 speed 4x4 SWB Light grey interior w/bench Now for some pictures from the day I bought it.

If any trips get planned later on in the summer I should have my Comanche up here after June and would love to go. Never been on a trail run before and the truck is 4X4 stock so something simple would be awesome!

Not sure how many of you check Jalopnik but here is oppositelock's response to the purist debate. http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/no-one-cares-about-making-buying-real-cars-1535266057/1535626786/+zacestrada