1989commanche

I’ll take a picture next time I remember.

My favorite ratchet for tight spaces is a 3/8 ratchet guts in a 1/4 “ swivel body.

Most of my Craftsman tools are from the 80’s before they turned to crap. Now most of the good stuff is Snap-on. I do have a few sets of gear wrench ratcheting wrenches I use all the time.

Yeah that’s what I meant. They are all 3 initials anymore 😬

In the front I had to add 2” bump stops to keep the tires from eating the front fender. So if you lift high enough and bump stop appropriately you shouldn’t have too much of a problem. In the rear before I changed springs it needed 1-1 1/2” of bump stop to keep from bottoming out the rear. The rear did rub slightly off camber the tops of tires would kiss inner wheelwell. May be ok now. I need to go flex it out and see. Pics of JCR front bump extensions. And rub marks in wheelwell.

No it has 1” shackles in rear

Front I think was a 3” Rancho kit had that on for a few years tires are 31x 10.5R15. I have Currie adjustables top and bottom in front.

All finished

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Then had to get an extended brake line. Old line was on its way out.

Few last pics

Welded them up shot a little paint and buttoned it up.

So I got them tacked in place then burned in.

Third step was shocks. They were at their extended limit at rest so an adjustment was needed. Plus the shock mount is the lowest hanging part of the axle. On the lower part of the bolt plate. Decided to move shock mounts to the axle. Had to fab up some brackets.

After was 37 3/4” to wheelwell and 18 3/4” to rock rail. So total lift was a little over 4” to the rear and almost 2” in the middle.

Measured before I started, middle of the wheelwell was 33 1/8” starting point and 17” to the rock rail.

Ok I received them in 4 days after ordering. Took a few weeks to get time to install them. Install was easy.

Ray buck has kits for the bench seats.

Sounds like timing

My 89 4.0 Comanche has 343K and still runs like a top.

I would start at the battery terminals and grounds first. Shine them up and see if it improves. Sometimes that’s all it takes.

I’m a maybe. I live up north in Palmdale. Anaheim can be a 3 hour trip at the wrong time of day.

You can straighten up the metal line, move the mounting point down and get about 2” more out of it but it’s close. I’m going to order longer lines soon.

345K