89 MJ

I was always told the pinion angle should be within 2.5 degrees of parallel. If they make a 3 degree shim, that is probably the way I’d go. And let me guess, you’ve got an XJ rear end in your Eagle? That’s what’s in mine and despite everything I read about the pinion angle being correct, it’s not. I have probably the same amount of travel in the driveshaft, but no vibration, even at 75. Maybe it has something to do with the wheel base, but I’ll let someone who’s smarter than me chip in for that.

If I get them, I’ll definitely post a picture!

I know that most of those by now seem to have SBCs or LSs. I’ve always thought they were a neat looking car.

I would do the same thing, makes it a ton simpler.

Have you checked out @Greenjeans XJ build thread? That’s what he did. Except he might have a 700R4 in his.

Good to see that you're back and looking forward to more frequent posting.

You could always see if they would take a picture of the part with a piece of paper saying today's date on it. Or a newspaper from today, or something along those lines.

As a whole, it looks pretty darn solid though. The soft spots in the frame are unfortunate, but don’t look too bad.

I really like the GM 4.3 V6 and I would say it is probably a worthwhile swap, but I don't know if I would do it myself, unless I had one laying around like you do. These were nice because they shared a lot of parts with the small block V8s, so many conversion parts should work on the 4.3 as well. In terms of transmission to run behind it, that would depend on what you want for the truck. If you want an automatic, I would personally look at the 700R4 unless you have a 4L60E already with the engine. The 700R4 is nice because it is not electronically controlled. If you wanted a manual transmission, there are companies out there that have parts to convert Jeep AX-15s and NV3550s to GM engines or I would do a GM NV3500 that would come out of an 88-98 GM 1/2 ton truck. For a transfer case, I would run a driver side drop GM NP241C if you're running a GM transmission, or the stock Jeep transfer case if you use a Jeep transmission.

You should be able to do most of the work yourself. Make yourself comfortable with the forum and ask questions with you have them. There are tons of great people here willing to help.

Here are two others that I found. This is the best that I have for now.

Those are some aggressive tires

I don’t think either of these are quite what you’re looking for, but here’s what I’ve got for pics.

Same here, works with my iPhone

Frunk has been built.

Good to see you’re back at it!

Agreed! Looks so good it became MJOTM.

April 2024 - A Pioneer Metric Ton Owned by @EUREKA Build Thread- Year/Model - 1988 Jeep Comanche Metric Ton Long Bed Drivetrain- 4.0/AW4 Cooling- Converted to an open cooling system. FlowKooler water pump. Electrical/Ignition- Optima Yellow Top. “Jeep Comanche MJ Big 7 Battery Cable Kit” from jeepcables.com Suspension/Steering- Stock? Interior- Reupholstered factory bench. Custom headliner and sun visors. Kicker 6.5” speaker front and rear. Brakes- Stock. Lighting- LED headlight and headlight switch bypass system. Exterior- House of Kolor Snow White Pearl. Factory style strips in US flag colors. Line-X spray in bedliner and rocker panels. Wing vents eliminated and windows converted to full sized glass from late model cherokee. Dirtbound Offroad Manta Ray rear bumper, hitch/receiver and rear frame brackets. Wheel & Tires- Alloy 5 spoke with BGF KM2 Misc- All of Cruzier’s Tips. Best MJ story- I once drove 350 miles to purchase an MJ, drove it 350 miles back home, then three days later another MJ came up on my local craigslist, so I bought that one too. CC is Awesome! Why? I would never have gotten this far without help from the great folks here at Comanche Club! The depth and breadth of knowledge here, and willingness to share is truly awesome! Congratulations and beautiful truck, @EUREKA. A long bed, 4x4, Metric Ton with a column shifted automatic is one of my favorite specs for these trucks. The pearl white also looks fantastic!

I think you're onto something here. Neither of my parents last two plow trucks, nor the chassis donor for my dad's truck have had one (2000 Silverado 2500 base model, 2005 Silverado mid-level, 2000 Silverado base model) had the On-Star buttons, but my parents' 01 Suburban and 04 Suburban did, both of which were pretty much fully loaded.

More progress has been made. The filler panels between the running boards and the bottom of the bed and cab have been made. The fuel filler neck has also been built. It is in the front driver side stake pocket. The filler neck goes into the stock 2000 tank. With the exception of the ABS being deleted, this truck will be a completely stock 2000 Silverado. All of the drivetrain is unchanged, as is the suspension.

They look really good!

What size tires did you put on? 215/75R15? They look a little smaller than my 225s on roughly the same size lift.

It would be really cool to find period correct stickers of places that you guys have been on some of your camping trips, but finding some of those might be difficult.

It was weird, but definitely kinda cool. It probably would've stuck around if it weren't falling off.

My Comanche didn't have any stickers in the glass, but my Eagle did and my parents old 59 Chevy did (I'd assume that the stickers were added in the 80s). The Eagle had a sticker of a face with a mustache and a sombrero and said Chico above it. Kinda weird. The 59 had one in the triangle window right behind the rear doors that said Car Crazy.