Blood of a Jeep

Naw not for me. My Z cars have done me better than my Jeep, in the reliability department, snow departments a different story. Thanks for the suggestion though.

Video is fixed.

Oh and here is when i was toying with adapting a ZJ bumper. Ultimately, I was going for my version of a street Comanche.

As far as the fitment goes, its pretty good. I had to cut the fenders and the flares so the bumper would sit right. I never got to making it fit flush with the fender, or making the opening transition smooth.

Wait i just caught that. Minuit, you think i should keep that bumper setup and lift it?

Mazda bumper went on with no mods to it. I used the mj bumper brackets and 1/2 inch spacers to mount it. I did have to add a strap to attach to the bottom bracket bolts. Ill get pics up in a bit. And thanks for the compliments.

Reviving this to add a conclusion. The engine in the truck was torn down it had a majorly spun rod bearing one not so spun and 2 collapsed lifters. It has since been replaced with a 91 xj bottom end wouldve used the head but it was cracked between the first two valves. So it has a Renix head for now. On the lookout for a H.O. head.

Agree^

Also, so its documented somewhere, in the event that someone else is looking for ideas, I lowered the truck using S-10 Blazer lowering springs I believe they were 3 inch drop for the Blazer. The front i cut the stock coils. Overall drop is in the neighborhood of 3 TO 4 inches lower.

Posting this because sooner than later the bumper will change. I'm fairly certain I'm over the lowered Comanche thing. Currently collecting lift parts. Anyway here she is. Miss Kay is the Comanche Lexy is the chopped Wagoneer.Will post more pics if yall want.

That sounds like a viable option. Here's a short video. Its made with a phone so it's not a grade stuff, but you can here the knocking.

I'm gonna say no on the exhaust leak. I do have one but this is different. Today though, I would say I "lost" a cylinder for awhike, then it came back. It probably did this three times. Very odd. But I had a thought, is it possible for an oil pump to still put out good pressure but low volume? The reason I ask is because the noise is quite loud upon first startup, but gets quiet once the oil starts flowing. It is also louder when the motor is up to temp. And lastly, it was low on oil today, maybe half a quart, topped it off and the noises were a smidge quieter.

When I worked at a parts store a few months back ( almost a year) microgard was purchased by wix. From fram. All part numbers changed from being the same as fram to the same as wix, except the part numbers have mga or mgl I believe, before the number. As far as additives go , yeah I probably didn't help anything, but the noises were there when I bought it and refuse to leave no matter what's done.

12" on the slider vs 8" on the bench. Is that the measurement between the pressed in riveted dealys holding the brackets to the rails? When we did it in my brothers MJ we drilled all brackets off and welded the bench seat brackets to the XJ rails. If your widths aren't right couldn't you do the same, except using like a flat iron steel bar to span the gap between the sliders, like an adapter of sorts?

To clarify, at idle it sounds great. No noise , sounds like a 4.0. As I accelerate the clack starts at 2000, steadily getting louder until its deafening. The oil pressure at idle is a smidge below the mark that I assume is 20. While under load it goes up to about 40. The truck has fine power until the magical 3000 rpm, at which time it looses all signs of life. It's completely stock with 30w oil a bit of MMO a little seafoam a jug of engine hunny and some oil stabilizer. Nothing added to or subtracted from the oil makes any difference. I've had the valve cover off , and all the rockers , pushrods and retainers look good. No wear or play. Engine is on time verified by 3 different people just to be sure. Grounds have been refreshed.

Truck doesn't have a cat. With the engine at temp it looks to be below 20 so 13 sounds good. Oh and for the noise, it gets louder higher up.

90 motor has 230000+/- oil pressure on the stock gauge reads low at idle and about mid-ways when revved up to 3000 rpm, which for some reason is my rev limiter. The oil filter is a microgard. Which iirc is a cheap Wix. But more on the motor, when it makes the noise the worst, it is rather deafening. It's loud. While it's doing this it misses and stumbles. If I rev without load it'll go out probably til red line. When under load it stops sometimes at 2500 sometimes at 3000, and by stop, I mean it just drops off like I killed it. Complete loss of power until my foot comes out of it. I'll try to get some videos of these phenomenons on YouTube but it could take a bit. And Olds, if I was anywhere near you I'd be on that. I've got a line on an unknown block and crank and rods and such with no head or accessories or oil pan from who knows what year in questionable condition for 200, but I think that's steep. Maybe I'm being cheap, I don't know. I just wish my Comanche ran as good as my 89 Wagonneer Xj. That girls got tons of go with no noises, and she was free! I paid 800 for the Comanche, the motor isn't the only problem either, it's electrical is wonky and the tranny needs a rebuild. All because I wanted one that bad.

Hey guys and gals. I'm new here, I've been lurking for awhile though. I have a problem, my Comanche has engine issues. She's a 90 with a 4.0 ax-15 2wd.the current engine has bottom end troubles. We're thinking it's wrist pin wallowing out the piston or rod knock or I don't know. I had a 94 h.o. lined up to go in but once I pulled it,I found the head was cracked in two places and the block is cracked twice as well. So now I'm pretty bummed. I'm curious though, if any one here sees any options that are ....inexpensive. Thanks.