89 MJ

JUNE 2021-BIG IRON Build Thread- Year/Model - 1987 Sportruck, 187k miles build date 10/28/86 Drivetrain- 4.0L BA10 NP231 4wd Stock Dana 30 / 35 Bored Throttle body by Leigh performance machine Stock 3.07 Gears New Extended Tom’s driveshaft Bosch 4-hole injectors Upgraded ECU Spectre Cowl Air intake Cooling- Stock but added the hood louvers from Rod Louvers Electrical/Ignition- LED Headlights with headlight harness upgrade from KSuspensionFab, Battery and Ground Cable upgrade from JeepCables Rough Country breakout box for auxiliary switches in-cab C101 Connector eliminated, @cruiser54’s tips completed Renix Engine Monitor II + Suspension/Steering- 6 inch lift kit from Rocky Road Outfitters, Spring over axle conversion, Old Man Emu springs, Iron Rock Offroad Adj track bar, RC sway bar quick disconnects Interior- Gutted the floors and headliner and por15 / rustoleum rust converter, many plans for interior but just keep getting busy Brakes- Also would like to build out here, just reconditioned and resurfaced the drum brakes. Everything else has performed well to date. Lighting- A-Pillar Mounted Curved LED Bar, dual pod auxiliary scene lights, underbody rock lights, rear LED spot lights Exterior- Dirtbound Manta Ray rear bumper, DB Extreme from winch bumper, Dirtbound Rear panel armor connected to bumper custom built rock sliders from ScarFab, Ares Fab Bed Armor with DOM tube rub rail Custom Vinyl from jeep stickers Badlands Apex 1200 Winch - it's fantastic and i tend to be the one pulling others out of the mud, it's been a good investment Wheel & Tires- 17” Mickey Thompson with 33” Travelstar Ecopath tires Best MJ story- I had just bought a 93 s10 for a project truck but it wasn’t 4wd. A month later I see the comanche come up for sale on CL, shared with my buddy/coworker and got him to buy it. Two years later and after getting my s10 stuck in my yard, I told buddy I need to get something with 4wd – he says he’ll sell me the comanche. He decided his son needed something with airbags for his first car. Me getting stuck: CC is Awesome! Why? It’s the best source for knowledge and perspective onthis truck, but it’s also great for constructive feedback. Like when PeteM told me my bed armor made it look like I was rocking a junk yard bed. He was right and I made some tweaks I ended up loving. This is an awesome looking truck! I really love the tan! Congrats, @billyblankss

I really like the Broncos, personally. I’d rather have one over a new Wrangler.

That would be pretty cool!

As are you and I.

I think after even one more, I’d be living in them

Is this the plan with yours when you come into a pile of money?

Will do. Thanks.

Bout dang time! Happy to hear it’s home.

This is kinda what I figured, I just didn’t know why it was there. If you are ever up in WI, you could play with mine.

New wheels and tires on. The front end still needs to go up about an inch or so. We will probably make some ball joint spacers to get it up so as to not wreck the suspension geometry.

New-to-me wheels and tires today. The tires are about 75% tread and the wheels have a crappy spay bomb paint job, but they should work for this car for now. The tires are the same Firestone Destination AT that I have on my Comanche, just in a much smaller size. 225/75R15 vs 31x10.50R15.

Thank you!

At a local JY. I may buy the wheels and the rear end if it is a 3.55 D44.

Love it enough you’d want to be an MJOTM?

Exactly. And the Comanche has been getting very reliable.

No, that is not factory. I will have to find a factory one that will fit this carb because the carb is much larger than the old one.

Yeah, this was the best I could do at the time because we had to push the Eagle off of the trailer. Once I get my new battery in it, I’ll take the duo out into the yard for some real pics. Here is a better one. And the new carb, distributor, and plug wires. I know, the air filter is getting replaced.

Full cluster installed 5/16. 6/19 it hit 1,000 miles. Granted my speedometer shows 7/6 of my actual speed, but wow, I drive this truck a lot.

It’s also a 34 year old truck. It’s hard to tell what’s original anymore.

Apparently an admin in one of the Eagle FB groups thought the Eagle and MJ were cool enough to be a cover photo. Clearly the Comanche is the pretty one in the picture.

It was worth a shot anyways.

HEI Distributor and Motorcraft carb upgrades are both installed now. It really woke the engine up, it does burnouts now.

Alright. I will just ignore the ports then.

Gotcha. I wasn’t sure if it was a Renix only port.