JurassicJeep24

Have no fear the 86 is coming together nicely.

Looks great!

The Comanche looks great! I'm in the middle of doing the same HO swap with my 89.

Been helping my buddy work on his 86 Comanche. Things might have gotten a little out of hand. I did pick up some 3x6 for the rocker replacement on mine.

I'm going to be running 4.88s. I have been tossing around the idea of just doing Wagoneer 44s front and rear because that is what my friend runs in his Comanche. I just need to start hitting the junkyards to see what I can find. I also plan on using the Acos coil spacers to compensate for winch and bumpers.

It warmed up enough today to be able to power wash the frame and engine bay down. I am going to start prepping the frame for a fresh coat of paint and I might end up using that Eastwood internal frame paint too since it is easily accessible. As far as what my plans are for the Comanche: I am aiming for 5.5" to 6" of lift Plan on running Clayton long arms spring over in the rear. Rear will be changed to an 8.8 35" tires and trimmed accordingly Any thoughts and opinions are greatly appreciated.

He doesn't really want to sell the roll bar that is why he is set on the 500

I haven't had much time to work on the MJ because I have been helping out my friends working on their 88 and 86 Comanches. The guy with the 86 did sell me his entire interior trim panels including the seats brackets. That saves me a bunch of searching at the junkyards. The trim is red but that is nothing a little paint can't fix. Yesterday I finished cutting out the rusted floors in preparation for some new metal and removed the bed. It looks a little naked with most of the body missing.

No worries. I haven't decided yet if I'm going to keep the blue interior or swap it out for the grey from the Cherokee. If I do I'll let you know.

Spent my Monday working on it. Removed the side steps, cleaned out the bed, removed the roll bar, and the rear bumper. The pile of parts

It probably shouldn't have been used as a donor truck but it did give its life to another Comanche, which is actually the inspiration for my build. Here is the "Mud Duck"

So recently I picked up an '89 4x4 with the 4.0 and an AW4 from a friend who used it as a donor for his '88 4x4 4.0 with BA 10/5. The plans for it at the moment are to do a complete tear down of it and start building it for the ground up. Loaded up and ready to go to its new home. Its a little rough around the edges and it currently doesnt have a drivetrain in it but I wanted to save it from going to the scrap yard. This will be my offroad/ expedition type rig so I don't abuse my daily driver and my '95 YJ, that is used as my secondary daily. The day I brought home the MJ i also picked up a '92 XJ 4x4 4.0 with an AW4. This will be used as a complete donor for the MJ. I plan on using the motor, trans/ transfercase, and the front Dana 30 to eliminate the CAD Dana 30. Also the complete interior and engine wiring harness will be used along with the XJ dash. The previous Comanche owner completely mangled the dash and wiring harness when he installed after market lights, radio and speakers. The donor. Both. So far I have removed the dash, wiring harnesses, and front fenders. I have also started working on the floors cutting out the rest and prepping for new panels. Glad to be able to say that i am now a part of the Comanche Club and I look forward to all the insight and knowledge of the people on this forum.