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Ouch, that's a lot of money for one part. Is it a Renault or Jeep specific part? If it is a Renault part, I may have more luck in finding it cheap(er) over here. PM me with a partnumber and I'll see what I can find at the Renault dealer.

Your 86 is a TBI while the TJ is MPI. Very different when it comes to sensors/electronics. Your best bet would be to use the TJ block and swap over the renix intake/wiring. Question though, why not just replace the lifters? With a 2.5 you have easy acces to them, if memory serves you don't even have to take off the head.

verify fuel pressure.

Are they painted or bare metal? If metal, try a polishing disk on a drill with some cutting paste. Slow speed, lots of water. -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL8EL7Zawzk

Hope you get her fixed soon for a second run. She sounds amazing!

ssssshhh....stop telling people!

Tight fit, but looking good! Keep us posted, curious to see how you'll deal with steering and cooling.

Please do! I'm curious to see another 360 project MJ.

Haha, I'll just keep replacing it all until I've nothing left to replace. Good luck with your Lada!(Also, how the hell did you find a Lada in North America?)

I know my front pinion bearing has a little play it in, I can make it click if I push on it hard enough. My ball joints are coming up, when I'm tackling those I will have to mark the R&P with some gear paint and see what kind of pattern it's making. I really am getting quite tired of finding more and more things to fix or deal with. I keep pushing all the fun projects to the back because I find yet another mechanical issue that needs immediate attention. Maybe this is just what it's like trying to DD a 1986 car?

Thank you very much for your detailed responses. My desire to replace it was to prevent the DS from spinning. I've replaced every possible u-joint on my Jeep except for the double cardan joint, I think I may need to start there and try putting it back in. Concerning CAD, for me it still seems to be functional. It originally came from california, I assume it was set up over there and the PO picked a popular locker available in the US. What puzzles me, is that I get the exact same noise coming from the rear of the vehicle but at a different/higher speed. Without the front DS in. If it is a detroit/eaton, are they normally well behaved at speed? Do they cause more vibration or something? In both diffs I have 75/140W diff oil in there, for future reference.

Hello All, This will be a little long, I apologise in advance for this. Since I bought my Comanche, I've left the front driveshaft out. I just never got around to putting it back, but I did replace the ujoint in it. The double cardan seems fine so I've left that untouched. This last saturday I decided to put it in, seeing as winter is coming. This has had some interesting consequences. Whenever I drive my Jeep on the highway, I really do not dare go over 75 miles an hour. The reason being is that a very strange noise starts coming from the back of the cab area. It's a slow helicopter noise, but it does not come with any kind of vibrations. After installing my front DS, I now hear it around 55 miles an hour, but coming from the front. Before I go on, a little background info is necessary. In both diffs, I have a kind of locker installed. This was done by the previous owners. I am unsure of the make and model, it resembles an aussie/detroit locker. It is a self contained locker, no air or cables, just worm gears. It is paired with 4.56 gears. As a result of this, the yoke of my front axle spins in synch with my driving speed. In other words, my front DS is constantly spinning, even in 2WD. It is not powered by the transfercase, but by the front diff. I've been told this is not normal, that the front DS is only supposed to spin if driven by the transfercase. After talking this over with my jeep mechanic, we've kind of agreed that I need to at least swap out my front diff for the traditional style of open diff. Basically, to revert back to a carrier and spider gears. He claims this should resolve the noise and front axle vibrations I've been having. It would stop the front DS from spinning all the time. To me, this makes sense. My front DS isn't meant to spin at 55+ miles an hour. I'd like to stop this. But now I'm coming to my second part of this, the physical swap. My mechanic says I can take out the locker, take off the ring gear and install that on a traditional carrier. All I would need are spider gears, either new or used. Is this true? Will the ring gear swap over? Also, what is the difference between loaded and empty when it comes to buying a carrier? To summarize, I'm looking to revert back to a traditional style differential to eliminate the noise starting at 55 MPH, without having to shim or set backlash in my diff. Is this as easy as my mechanic describes? Can I really just swap everything over without ruining anything? Any insight is appreciated. Crap, wrong forum. Would a moderator be so kind as to move this to MJ tech? Thank you!

If you find a place for that intake hose, let me know. I've been looking since february.

Did you bleed it properly after changing the coolant? Though that would make it run hot rather than cool. The line you're talking about, was it a vacuum line?

It depends on what you think is good. I've driven Defenders/series with similar diesels. Horsepower/torque wise they were fine to drive. The problem with renault in America is lack of parts, I think over here I would have more luck finding timing belts, gaskets, or other miscellaneous parts. If you look at buying a used car, especially one that will be at least 25 years old, your number one priority should be ''How easy is it to maintain/fix up?'' Because it will need things fixed.

Fan shrouds make a huge difference, I've also heard of people heatwrapping their intake to protect it from exhaust heat. But I'd definitely start with the fan shroud. :thumbsup:

A lot of time it's people turning their hobby into a business, while retaining their current job. They simply are overwhelmed and don't have the time.

That is a work of art man! I would put that in my living room instead of a jeep. Question though, I don't see an O2 sensor hole in your header. Will you be leaving it that way?

I like your wheels, remind me of Alfa Romeo Teledials. As far as modding it or not, making it 4x4 wouldn't be hacking it up. I just have a small lift, which I think improves the look of the Jeep. But the world's your oyster, there's so much to do or not to do.

That swing away tire carrier looks amazing. Did you use an existing kit or make it from scratch? I'm especially impressed with the bearing-like pivot point, with the grease zerks. *edit, wait, it kinda looks like the ballhead of a motorcyle frame. Is it? Because that is just genius.

It's been a while, life got in the way. Since february, when I started this restomod project I was prepping it to take on vacation. Plans had been made to take the Comanche through Germany and Denmark in august, but early august my clutch stopped disengaging fully. I replaced the Clutch Master, slave and replaced the line for a braided SS one. It helped, but didn't fix it. I was forced to rent a car to do our trip. After I came back, school came back around and I simply didn't have enough time to replace the clutch myself, so I handed it to my local jeep specialist. He replaced the Pressure plate, friction plate and throwout bearing. The friction plate was fine, as was the flywheel. The TB was shot beyond belief and the pressure plate had severely bent fingers. So I have a working Jeep again, I've been driving it to work and the stores. During the clutch replacement, the speedometer cable snapped so I haven't really been taking it on highways yet. I still need to order a new one, assuming they still make them. Then to make matters worse, someone decided to hit my car last week while it was parked in our neighbourhood. A girl in a Saab 900 backed into my left rear flank. thankfully the Saab was too low to damage the taillight. But it's still a good bit of damage to my poor truckbed. I'm dropping it off tomorrow at the bodyshop for damage appraisal, because it has the same paint it had in 86 they can't simply fix it and do a partial respray. The paint is some kind of magic paint that won't let new paint stick to it properly, so the whole left side of the bed will need to be stripped and painted. I have some damage around my fuel gate from the previous owner, so I'm hoping that will get fixed under the insurance as well. I mean, why paint over a damaged part, right? Especially since they give out a long warranty on their paint and bodywork. This whole ordeal reinforced my need for a rear bumper with corner protection. The girl's dad kept saying my pick up is too long, and was sticking out of its parking space. It bloody well was not... His daughter should've just looked before backing up, the whole pick up was pushed over a foot or two. That's how hard she hit it. I'm glad it didn't happen in my presence, I would've strangled her...Thankfully she left a note, her/his insurance is taking care of it. Anyway, that's my little update. Since July I've got the electric windows to work, installed central locking(aftermarket) and that's about it really. I also installed chrome headlightsurrounds(Hornbrod!!) which I love, I just need a reasonable chrome grill. I have so much left to do to my Comanche, it's almost a little depressing.

If you decide to sell the rear bumper, I'd be VERY interested. It'd be much better/cheaper than importing one from America.

Hello Steve, Out of curiosity, do you know what the shipping the The Netherlands would be(roughly)? Also, are you able to colormatch my red interior? Thank you in advance.