500 MJ

:rotf: I'd love to be there but I'm going to say right off the bat that I won't make it. I already have plans for new years. Unless they change, and they might, I won't make it this time around. Looks like Rob gets to wear the awesome Comanche pin on his own.

Do you know if its a 4.0L or 2.5L? Thanks for posting!

Pat and I had things planned for this weekend to swap the front end parts over at his place, thats what I'm sticking with...

That looks like it was a BLAST. I'm Jealous. Welcome back Darren.

Ok, Some news from my little corner of Wisconsin. I've acquired a '96 Dana 30 that I'll be ripping down and BUILDING UP for the front of the '88. Plans are to rip it down, sandblast (its pretty clean already) and start from there. The basic laundry list goes as follows: - OX Locker - Geared at 4.10 - Superior Axle aftermarket shafts - JCR Offroad 1-ton Steering (I haven't decided OTK or UTK) - Frozen Rotors slotted brake rotors with Friction Master ceramic pads - All bearings, seals, ball joints, etc.(probably go with Timken/Moog) I'll also be doing some suspension work to remove the spacers I currently have up front. I'll probably go with some 5.5" RE coils to replace the 3.5" RE ones I have. Also looking at limit straps, sway bar possibilities and reservoir shocks... This will be the biggest project the truck has ever seen and since its going to be built out of the truck and swapped in over a weekend I've got all the time in the world to play with it to get it done just how I want it. The rear won't be so nice. I'm planning another OX back there with matching 4.10 gears but that will have to be done in the truck. :) I'm also planning a trip over to see Pat (and maybe Wade?) next weekend and stopping by Correy's to throw my old slip-yoked driveshaft in his '91 on the way... Then comes Chrismas = back to lower Michigan for 2 weeks. Thats whats new here. What are you guys doing to keep busy?

yep, sure does remind me of someone else's '91 though...

I'm not so sure I'd hold the fins on with JB weld... I would think that stuff is the last thing I would want to get stuck somewhere in my fuel system. Doesn't it have a melting point too?

He has been a member here and tried selling the truck on here before.

Great Story for a PHENOMENAL MJ! Congrats Don!

We've needed this for a long time! I was just starting to notice the decline in people who don't post up if the item they are looking for is for sale or wanted AND their location AND their price. Way to go Admins! :dunce:

Be glad it egged out on the axle end. I had the joint at the frame egg out on mine. No hope for saving that one. I just had to upgrade to the Rubicon Express setup then. Its solved EVERY problem I ever had with deathwobble. :brows: http://www.rubiconexpress.com/Products/ ... art=RE1660 http://www.rubiconexpress.com/Products/ ... art=RE1665 http://www.rubiconexpress.com/Products/ ... art=RE1670 I always torque all my suspension stuff down to 80 ft-lbs, nice and easy number to remember.

Nice Score!

He's going to be down in that other state for awhile I think. One that doesn't have a border on the Great Lakes. :nuts: You coming through town or something this weekend Rob?

:clapping: - Only CW would have a trail cam pic! Here are some pics for ya: Before: After: In Progress: If you are really going to send these in, here are a few of my thoughts I'd like to have included with them: I'd be severely disappointed if the Comanche namesake was brought back and the 4.0L was not brought back with it. IMHO - either go all out or don't go at all, don't throw us this V6 minivan engine crap! You can't tell me that this 3.8L V6, an engine that looks like its been condensed into a nice and tight little package by a cardboard baler, is gonna make me think it is God's gift to the consumer... I want something that I can take apart, see how it works, diagnose and fix on my own. Just looking at this V6 makes me not want to buy any vehicle with it in it cause I don't want to be the sad sap who has to work on this thing. http://www.jeep.com/en/2010/wrangler/ca ... owertrain/ So Jeep, What is up with Electronic Throttle Control in the Wranglers? (Just one more expensive electronic part to replace when it breaks to me - NO THANKS!!!) The whole reason that we love these trucks is because they are one of the closest things to being based highly on basic principles as we can get anymore. Both of my trucks have MANUAL windows, I doubt I could even buy a new vehicle with manual windows anymore. I engage the 4wd system in my '88 pickup by using a linkage, not some push-button electronic junk that I can't feel if its in 4wd or not. I turn my headlights on myself and my brakes are a simple hydraulic system that is not governed by sensors and electronics like ABS is. You see, we love the trucks because they are simple. This brings me to my next point, Keep It Simple Stupid! Give me a vehicle that I can work on (average Joe, Saturday afternoon and a small collection of basic tools - GET RID OF TORX FASTENERS) and I'll gladly buy it. It'll be cheaper for you to produce this way because you skip all of the extra bells and whistles and it will be fully repairable by people who actually still work on their own cars. Think of the savings you can have in a car by skipping out on your super duper automatic electric windows, digital readout climate controls, spiced up cruise control, 5 mega watt automatic volume increasing stereos and self timing interior lights. Replace these items with basic versions like are in our old MJ's that require SWITCHES to either turn on or turn off and a radio that you can listen to and not go deaf by age 25. The sad thing is that I'm not the only one who thinks this way, there are others of us out there that are looking for a very basic domestic-made vehicle. I'm really surprised that our crowd hasn't been discovered yet. All I want is something to get me from point A to B that is well built and will stand the tests of time and abuse that a REAL truck should. Whoever does give us something we will want to buy will pretty much have struck it rich FAST!

Been gone up to da great nort for Tanksgiving, eh. Now I'm back down in Madtown... Correy, I got your driveshaft while I was up there and I should be able to get over to your place and try it out sometime next weekend if not sometime throughout this week.

:brows: http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/ ... _200405530 My suggestion when the day comes that you decide to look into getting your own welder, buy the shielding gas tank first. The welder is easy to get at a good price compared to the tank... 80 cu ft is the largest you can legally own without a license IIRC. I'm not too into the whole renting a tank thing. We don't weld THAT much and welding gas has a long shelf life. Cheaper to buy the tank outright IMHO.

How's it coming along Wade?

I'll be out the door and headed over shortly, hope you are up Correy.

This is great info so far, thanks guys!

Ok, good to hear.

So now its just you and me Correy? This oughta be fun with me at 50%... :help:

I've got a set of tires that I want to dismount from their wheels. I'm wondering about some of the creative ways you guys have come up with to mount and dismount your tires? I've heard good things about this guy... is it really worth $220 though? http://www.randrbeadbreaker.com/products.php

Should I bring anything over tomorrow? Jacks etc.?

:clapping: :rotf: ...only Roger would come up with something sooo original! Get the matching hairdo and you are all set!

Wade, I was gonna drive the '88 over there just for you. Guess I'll have to drive it over there for Jakeman now... It needs to get out and breath again from time to time you know, all this sitting under the maple tree in front of the apt. isn't doing it any good...