eaglescout526

Well since you have the 2.5L I can look through my pictures and show you what I’m talking about. I have an 86 control deck harness I can give you. I gotta find it.

Looks like the important salvageable bits are good.

You will need a AC control deck wiring harness from an AC Jeep of the same year. There should be a plug in the engine bay that is empty. That should be the AC wiring on the engine side.

When you don't out grow your Legos.

Nope. 2.5L has its own special one. 4.0L sensors 2.5L

Can of electronics cleaner wouldn’t hurt it either. It’s designed to clean electronics like an alternator. Stuff is like pure isopropyl. Might choke you out. I know the MoPar stuff does that to me.

No. The air bubble should go to the highest point in the engine to get out. Right now that bubble could be right be the thermostat housing.

You can unscrew the temp sender at the rear of the head just a little until air comes out of the system. I believe you need to do it facing down a hill for beat results.

You would honestly be surprised what is priced very cheaply and what is priced very expensively.

Here. I know anyone and everyone will probably look for this. Perhaps older AMC family vehicles can be tried for the dust cap. According to Chrysler this cap went into service for the '72 model years and ended in '92. Yes Chrysler was apparently charging a fortune for this thing.(No there aren't any more around)

Well here is the final results. I like it. It’s been a battle just to find the right color but I don’t like how dark the SEM graphite is, felt like that color fit better with the 97-01 interior, so I went with what I did like and thought it fit best. I can see that it is a little lighter but honestly I like it and it’s been a month of color searching to where I didn’t want to go fork over a fortune to have a color match(probably should have for how much I spent). I feel the AZ sun and heat didn’t contribute to keeping the interior color in the best of shape. For now this color will hang around.

Could be. It been tough for me to tell as the entirety of the dark pieces of my interior are several different shades of the dark grey. Even the dash that is the dark grey color is the same on what's at the bottom of the console

That thing looks awesome. Be a perfect pair for anyone who has a street Comanche.

here's my original center console. I ran it through the dishwasher and painted the lower portion. I tried to get the best picture of where the paint cuts off but it’s just so dang close. Top half is still original color.

Yup. Sadly that’s all they have. No satin or flat. Charcoal comes close which you think it would be an exact but it’s a little on the light side. Anyways I got the lower panel out today and is being painted so I’ll snap a picture when the oven gets to 350.

Yup. AB is Beige.

Love every bit of it. Its not so much AMC as it is Chrysler with insufficient data on anything older than '87. You can get a paint code off the plate under the hood on the fire wall.

*ZZ TRIM STYLE ZZ - PLASTIC BUCKET SEAT -ZZ BAC 75 AMP ALTERNATOR BCQ Battery - 750 Amp Maintenance Free CGX Head Restraints-Outboard Seating, RR DDQ Transmission - 5-Speed Manual EFB ENGINE - 2.8L GM 6CYL GAC ALL WINDOWS - TINTED GLASS GPB DUAL - O/S MIRR PKG - LOW MOUNT - CHROME HAA AIR CONDITIONING - FRONT HCC HEATER W/UPR LEVEL VENTIL - TYPE II JJA CIGAR LIGHTER - FRT COMP LMA HALOGEN HEADLAMPS MBJ Bumper - Front, Black MDA FRT LICENSE PLATE ATTACH REQUIRED NAA ESA W/CATALYST (EXC CALIF SYSTEM) NMB ENGINE COOLING - STANDARD DUTY Wow. Not even a paint code. Damn. Build date 4/10/86 Body code:JL62

Wow. That's literally the twin to my truck. Damn near same paint wear and everything. Neat! As far as value, It all depends. Rust is everything with these trucks. If it is clean and well maintained then it should fetch a decent price. And with the gladiator being a mockery to the Jeep truck heritage, value might increase a smidgen.

I have finally figured it out!!! And I am so damn happy. Rustoliums dark grey works damn perfect for the dark portion of the charcoal interior on our trucks. I will not update part II with this info.

Then I'm good to go.

That's what I have always thought but wasn't sure, internet is flooded with info on the 4.0L. Wasn't until recently I watched nickintime and used my TBI manual to figure out that 1000 is a good RPM.

Trial and error by fire.

What Ohm says goes. He is the electrical guru around here.

I’d look into that fan first. Get that fan running and see if your heating issue persists.