89 MJ

He has FSJ D44s under his. JK/JL/JT wheels won’t fit. But any GM truck pre 87 will!

August 2021- @Muncher’s 87 Comanche Chief Build Thread- Year/Model - 1987 Comanche Chief, The build date is (5-13-87) and it has 73k original miles Drivetrain- Renix 4.0 AX5 Transmission 231J Transfer case Dana 30 Front with Stock Dana 44 rear with trac lock differential Cooling- Went with an open cooling loop and a 3 core all aluminum radiator. Running a new style 12 fin electric fan Also added a mishimoto racing thermostat and aluminum radiator cap Electrical/Ignition- LED Headlights and H4 headlight harness upgrade KSuspension 2 gauge battery cable kit with 300A fuse Renix Engine Monitor II + (V5.3) – NickInTimeDesign New alternator, distributor, cap and rotor, spark plugs and wire along with a new coil. Suspension/Steering- Suspension and steering are all stock except a sway bar and links that I got out of the junkyard. Believe it may be a rough country. Interior- I took out the whole interior and patched many leaking holes, I then grinded down all the rust and used 3M undercoating on the floor. Then I finished it off by using closed cell sound insulation on the floor and the back wall. eBay map lights Red leds in the gauge cluster and leds everywhere else including in switch panels and floor lights @ghetdjc320 Switch panel for REM and Factory style roll bar lights. Went from the bucket seats and console to a mini console and bench seat. Headliner was redone by myself to a red flannel material Pioneer Bluetooth single din radio Suction cup rear view mirror also added Brakes- Brakes are all stock with new calipers going in soon. Lighting- Stock ROL fog lights with one be a NOS unit. KC daylighters on the roll bar. Zoffroad Led headlights with running lights/ Blinkers Led plate light holders Exterior- Old school Rhino brand brush guard BadDadFab BTSB winch mount with d rings IronMan 9500 pound steel cable winch Dirtbound offroad rear bumper and hitch receiver Wheel & Tires- KJ Renegade rims with the wheels that came off of them. Plans to most likely keep the rims and go with 32s or 33s Misc- Just putting some plans in here which are to go to a Zone 4.5 inch lift kit. And some bigger tires. Original Comanche Chief stickers being put back on the first week of september Best MJ story- My best mj story isn't so good really seeing I don't have my license still and don't daily it yet. But I Guess my best story is getting it and how happy I was. I really wanted one the first time I saw one because I always loved jeeps but the useability of a jeep which this ended up being the best combo. I looked at a couple of comanches but my mom would not let me get any of them, I looked at some other vehicles in the time being such as wranglers or chevys but about a year ago my mom sent me my truck and basically it was this one or none and we went and looked at it and ended up buying it. I know its a lame story but better ones will be soon to come! CC is Awesome! Why? Comanche Club is an amazing thing! One of the most fun, caring and helpful groups I have ever been in, you can meet some amazing people here and can find out anything about our trucks. IF you need help on anything there's almost definitely someone here to help. My favorite part about the club though probably is the super nice people you can meet and be friends with such as the moderators @eaglescout526 and @Pete Mthe admin of the group. Congrats Caden! Also, I think you are the youngest MJotM to date. Can anyone confirm or deny that?

@eaglescout526

I have 4.10s on 31is in my truck. When it comes to needing tires, I plan on going with a 33 because I feel like I am turning too many RPMs in 5th gear. 60 is about 2200 and 70 is about 2550. I wish I would have gone with 3.73 gears in mine. Even for towing, I feel like I have too much gear. I have towed well over 1000 pounds many times and I feel like I have more heating than I need even then. My biggest complaint though about having 4.10s and 31s is how short 1st gear is. I don’t even make it half way through an intersection before needing to shift. I use 2nd gear to start moving most of the time. With all that being said, I also get around 16 mpg with mixed city and country driving and the pep of the 4.10s is nice.

Tower of Power. I like it.

Curbs not rough enough anymore?

I love this truck!

Holy cow! I never knew it had the fuse block problem. You are making great progress though!

My dad has a 17 Ram 1500 for a company truck. 5.7 Hemi and 206,000 miles on it, runs and drives like new.

I like it!

I think I’d rather watch from the ground.

I’ll get a thread up about them in the pub sometime soon.

Today we used the truck to move some of the generator lights to our local baseball field for the Army Golden Knights nighttime jump. Very cool experience.

Yeah, but those ones sucked. The 88 and earlier are much better.

You should post up some pictures of the truck! Also, be sure to add yourself to the original owners thread in the pub.

Very nice truck! The one thing that I think you may come to dislike about the truck is going to be the bed. I feel that you might dislike how short the bed is and you may prefer using the MJ for hauling stuff in the bed. We have a friend who bought one of these when they were knew in 2014 (I think) and I haven't heard any complaints from him.

I put an AAL in my truck. No regrets. It helped towing and hauling tremendously and made the rear end feel more planted. It did hurt flex a little bit though, but it is still really good for a 30 year old truck on leaf springs.

Seems decent to me. Price is $4500

https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ram/cto/d/saint-paul-89-jeep-comanche-sport/7356722510.html

For reliable power, you can’t go wrong with modern, I’ll give ya that.

Don’t get me wrong, I really like the late model engine swaps, but I think a 426 Hemi would be even cooler in that.

Oh I would have a hard time giving up on this truck. For my purposes, it is perfect.

Ummm, don’t you have a little truck that could do this kind of thing?

Making good progress!