89 MJ

Thanks, Pete!

Looks like an 87. Could you please merge these?

Great, Carter. Thanks for sharing. Why did you do this and why are you telling us? And that is a terrific question! Basically, it is so all of our Comanche related PDF files will be in the same place (crash manuals, parts manuals, etc.). This club account is also going to be shared with a few of the site admins, plus myself that way someone will always have access to it in case something happens to someone else. With that being said, if you have any PDFs of really anything Comanche related, please email or share them via Google Drive to comancheclub.com@gmail.com in the highest resolution possible. Thank you!

I would love to have those, and they're not too far away from me right now. I wish I had a huge stack of cash. They'd be complete overkill for my blue truck, but it would be sooooo cool.

I’m I saw that. Never got MTOD, but wanted it. That, Roadkill, and RKG would’ve been the only shows that I would’ve watched though.

This information is scanned from a crash estimation guide that I was given. It does a good job of showing how things come apart. It can also give a ballpark of how long a certain project *should* take, but we all know how that goes. I did include the XJ pages as well. Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iDlo3d5I8pOwgGLHDpTRzn-OLSTZaGz3/view?usp=sharing

No help, here. I tagged two admins that can hopefully move this to get some more eyes on it for you. @Pete M or @eaglescout526, could this get moved to tech?

I’ve seen that he’s down this way. I’ll have to try to catch up with him at some point. Ratchet straps on the axles to the tie downs in the floor

Thank you!

Well, I am down in Arizona for college now. My Comanche and Eagle are both tucked away in my container. The Eagle may come out to put the latest addition to the collection in there, but the Comanche will stay there until I am back in May. I'm not going to lie, I do miss driving it. If anyone has an MJ near Tucson that they want to sell, I may be interested. I have no clue why the photo rotated the way it did, but you get the drift.

No real progress lately. I pulled the valve train out, but that's all. I also acquired another pair of heads, a crank, and a set of pistons. Oh, and I acquired the vehicle that this will be going in. Stay tuned!!!

We ended up building a roughly 8' by 89'' loft inside to house my parts. I have the Bolens G14XL and H14XL under that and my Eagle and Comanche behind those. Something is getting moved out for a cool and upcoming announcement.

And the Eagle is tucked away into my container while I am away to college. It may get moved out soon though for an exciting upcoming announcement. Don't worry, its not getting sold.

Well, this one got sold this week. The buyer plans on bringing it out to CO for his son. I'm going to miss it, it was a terrific rig, but it didn't get used much anymore because I have the two of my vehicles and my mother's JKU gives a similar open top feeling, but fits all of us better and drives a little nicer.

@cquinnball, any updates or still just waiting to try to track down the missing pieces?

Build Thread- Year/Model - 1987 Comanche Chief 4x4 manual 5 speed – The War Horse Drivetrain- - 2.5, 4 cylinder - Rebuilt engine bored out 60 over, new pistons, rings, cam bearing, rod bearings, main bearing - Upgraded Borla exhaust header - Rebuilt transmission and replaced gears - New clutch pressure plate and throw out bearing - New front driveshaft and rear driveshaft - New universals in front axles - Flowmaster Super 44 chambered muffler Cooling- - Stock, new crossflow radiator Electrical/Ignition- - Electronic Fuel Injection Suspension/Steering- - 4 inch lift with Skyjacker MAX Hydro Shocks Interior- - Completely gutted(twice) - Originally Red/Maroon, replaced with Gray - Both floor pans were rusted through and replaced. 3M Har-Hyde rust converter applied - SoundSkins Pro and Thermo-Tec Acoustical/Heat control shield - Charcoal Vinyl flooring - Bench seat, re-upholstered with Raybuck cover - Rockville 5.25 door speakers with NOS door panels - SMS Headliner with Dirtbound Overhead Molle rack and Baja Designs dome light - Minuit Enhanced Radio with Auxiliary input, Blue LED illumination, button backing - Ghetdjc320 Enhanced HVAC panel with LED back light - 97+ Wrangler shifter console(with cupholder! Not installed yet) Brakes- - New brakes all around and new rear drums Lighting- - New Euramtec Universal 12V Auto Courtesy Flip pillar lights - Lasfit 3” LED Sport Series Off-Road Fog & Spot lights - HWstar 2022 Bright Anti-glare LED headlights Exterior- - Currently only has a primer paint job until remaining rust and body work is completed. Will be finished with Jeep Dark Blue 5J paint color, original to 1987 Jeep models with matte black accents. Wheel & Tires- - 15 x 8 Mammoth Boulder Wheels with BF Goodrich All-Terrain K02 tires Misc- - Oscar Mike Compass hood decal - Moto Built Jerry Can Mount with Jerry Can(mounted in bed) - Fab Tech Spare Tire Angled Mount with spare tire - Dirtbound Short Bed Comanche Rock Sliders(not installed yet) - Black Trail Rated 4x4 & 1941 75 Years Anniversary badges - 5% window tint(driver/passenger/rear slider) - 25% window tint on windshield Best MJ story- Prior to purchasing my Comanche I had a 2000 Ford Ranger, which literally fell apart. I had the great idea of replacing the Ranger with a Comanche. After finding my truck on Craigslist, about an hour away the endless ideas of what I wanted it to be started running through my head. As a kid I was never interested or entertained by anything automotive, much to the disappointment of my father. Working on this restoration with him in the garage on almost a weekly basis has quickly become one of my most favorite things, while enjoying a brewski or 2! Not only being able to see the progress from week to week, but having the ability to spend all this time with him has been awesome! I can’t calculate the amount I’ve learned over the past few years. CC is Awesome! Why? The Comanche Club is AWESOME! Without this club my truck would undoubtedly not be what it is now. The amount of information readily available with a quick search is amazing. The members here are the most knowledgeable and happy to help people around. Without the Classifieds section I might still be searching for a variety of different items. Kudos to @GrandComancheand his father for fixing that truck! Check out the build thread for pictures of that bed--it was ROUGH. These projects that are completed with family members are the best!

Nice thing about these old Pontiacs is that all of the 60s-70s blocks were the same. There was no big block or small block, so if for whatever reason you need a different engine, just about anything would work. Of course, I’d want a 400 or 455, but you could put in a 326, 350, or 428.

You’re going to have to weld it back up and paint at least that part to fix it correctly

Last I saw (no gas stations within viewing distance of my part of campus), gas is about $3.59/gal down in Tucson, AZ. As of last Tuesday, gas was about $3.50/gal in Holmen, WI.

Looks like it should be a good one!

Sorry about the delay, but here are exhaust pics. It routes just behind the bellhousing to the passenger side, the goes under the driveshaft near the rear end and out the driver side.

I’ll have to run it with the REM then. Thank you.

I always thought that the electric fan kicked on at 235

Mechanical engineering. Same as you, correct?

I’m flying out this time, but I’m sure I’ll be driving something there or back at some point and definitely will! I’m just not going to be able to quite have a bed collection the size of yours And that might be trouble for me… Will do!