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Good looking truck. I love seeing these older vehicles regardless of manufacturer brought back to life 1989 Eliminator 4.0L 5 speed 2wd

Didn't know titles for sale was a thing 1989 Eliminator 4.0L 5 speed 2wd

Yeah I looked at shipping it out to Arizona and a freight company wanted close to 800 that didn't include me packing it so its would survive the trip. I was going to have to build a crate for it. Sale didn't happen for obvious reasons. 1989 Eliminator 4.0L 5 speed 2wd

Glad I got mine when I did. 1989 Eliminator 4.0L 5 speed 2wd

Wow. Mine was backordered as well but only about 2 months. Probably stuck on a ship drifting 150 miles off LA waiting for a berth. 1989 Eliminator 4.0L 5 speed 2wd

I have one in eastern NC. Not the best pics but its what I have on my phone. If you are interested and willing to go to eastern NC I can get some better ones. Made by Leer. Fits perfectly. I believe it was made for the Comanche. 89 long bed Pioneer. Shell needs cleaning, but its in great shape. Gas struts on the back window are shot. All glass is good. 1989 Eliminator 4.0L 5 speed 2wd

I bought mine here https://www.ocautocarpets.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAuvOPBhDXARIsAKzLQ8Gc1XpkrPQ_Qid1B3YcKfC5gWWQV5f5A5TpYUZGU-vq-lP2TYo8uYMaAqHiEALw_wcB 1989 Eliminator 4.0L 5 speed 2wd

I just ordered mine. Been holding off buying when he announced this model last year. 1989 Eliminator 4.0L 5 speed 2wd

I had to meet conditions which I don't fully know what they are but my electric company supplied a 200 amp service to my building for free. That included burying it for a run of about 250 feet from the road. Call them up and see what your supplier does. I do know the biggest requirement was a separate meter. Which along with that is a minimum charge every month. Even if I'm not home and don't use Any electricity that month. And the meter had to be at the front right hand corner, closest to the transformer. 1989 Eliminator 4.0L 5 speed 2wd

No such thing as too much light 1989 Eliminator 4.0L 5 speed 2wd

Just today, my wife found the official notice from the county on the front door of my house (put there yesterday) telling us everything is approved and I'm officially done with the construction. Now I get to set everything up and hopefully pull the first Comanche inside and redo the interior and weatherstripping. 1989 Eliminator 4.0L 5 speed 2wd

If its not already in the registry here, list it. You'll eventually get a build sheet from one of the guys around here. Maybe antilock brakes were an option back then???? 1989 Eliminator 4.0L 5 speed 2wd

I have a lot of interior blue parts off an 89 Almost that entire interior us the same as a Cherokee. Lots of them in junkyards and plenty of people still making stuff for the Cherokee. 1989 Eliminator 4.0L 5 speed 2wd

I think the antilock is your clue. That is for antilock brakes. I don't think 88s had antilock brakes. I know my 89 doesn't. I don't think that panel is original. 1989 Eliminator 4.0L 5 speed 2wd

I just want thru this. Somebody probably pulled the bulb. Its on a timer. There is no sensor hooked up to anything. When it hits the "magical" time, its a reminder to service your system. Mainly the O2 sensors. Here's the catch, you can't reset it. So take the bulb out. The "reset" was too replace the gear driven timer. Yeah, they don't make those anymore. You can open it and reset the gears, but 30 years plastic won't survive taking it apart. Its a reminder....nothing more. Has no effect what so ever on engine performance. Take the bulb out. 1989 Eliminator 4.0L 5 speed 2wd

Its official. At 1005am EST , Duke energy turned on the power. The building is done and I can stop spending money on it and get back to throwing it away on vehicles. Maybe next time home, Ill setup the benches and tools and maybe even bring one of the commanches in from the cold. 1989 Eliminator 4.0L 5 speed 2wd

Two truck loads and 2 trailer loads of benches shelves and toolboxes. Got 90% of it in the shop. Got frustrated when one of my toolboxes fell over dumping all my sockets and breaking one of the drawers. I was already thinking about a new chest but not that piece. Its only 5 years old and was 1 of 2 of my best pieces I've added over the last 20 years. (I have a conglomeration). Further more its been discontinued and no parts to be found. Just so happens Lowes has a Kobalt rolling tool cart on sale for 159. And I got 135 dollar store credit there. Not really what I want as its another footprint instead of stacking higher. But it'll do the job. And right now I just can't do a thousand dollar or more tool chest like I want. But I'm looking hard at the Harbor Freight stuff. May just think on it for a month as I have to go back to sea next Tuesday 1989 Eliminator 4.0L 5 speed 2wd

Got the electrical approved yesterday. Meter is supposed to be installed today. Today is Last good weather this week. Actually calling for snow in Friday. Really? Its the south we do hurricanes, not snow. So, today is move in day. Just trying to get the stuff in the building. Man I got a lot of stuff. First truck load. 1989 Eliminator 4.0L 5 speed 2wd

@expatmjguy garage was built precisely to house a lift. I'm too old to be crawling under stuff on my driveway. I built as large as my wallet would allow and then some. I also had to consider the footprint on my land for it. Built a large as I could, 24x36. And I wish it was bigger and I'm not even moved into it yet. 1989 Eliminator 4.0L 5 speed 2wd

I get the place in life. I've only gotten "comfortable" in the last 10 years or so. Not rich just not paycheck to paycheck. Some good life choices and investments have enabled me to play. Up until I was in my late 30s life was a struggle like everybody. Mortgages, mouths to feed and educate. In general life happens. But now I'm 50, kid is in last year or his masters and its paid for. Only thing I owe money on in my house. And the garage I guess as technically I borrowed on my 401k for that. Bow I can do stuff with my vehicles That my dad did as I was in high school and off in the military. These jeeps are easy to work on and fun to drive. Once my lift is installed them "good" jeep will spend some lengthy time on it as I got thru the under side and then paint it. Once done the tail rig is going up on the lift and will be blown apart and redone. 10 years ago stuff like was just a dream. Now I'm able to make it happen while I still good health and earning a decent living. Cause in 10 years I retire and play time will be on a serious budget. 1989 Eliminator 4.0L 5 speed 2wd

A lot of truth to what you say. My background is in restoring vehicles. (Done three now a 66 Fairlane, 67 VW Bug, 98 Suburban) And doing some southern redneck muddin' in Fords and Chevies. I do not have a "Jeep" background. The only one I ever "owned" was my father's 89 Comanche he bought brand new in 1989 when I was 17. It was a commuter nothing more. But I learned how to drive with it and did teenage stuff with it. Paid my Dad 50 bucks a month to drive it from Friday night to Sunday night. And I had to leave him a tank of gas in it for his Monday morning drive. And I usually got it on Friday afternoon with a full tank as well. Fast forward 30 years and I stumbled on one exactly like it (hurricane got the original). Nostalgia and a whim got me to buy it. I was also working with a Jeep guy that wanted a Comanche bad. Yeah he's pretty jealous. I love the thing. That's one going completely back to factory original with slight upgrades (modern radio, suspension, and open cooling system) But i picked up another 89 cheap from a junkyard mainly for parts. But once I got it home and dove deeper, Its completely restorable but has been registered as a junk vehicle and can never be titled or have a license plate again. So this ones tailgate is now a table in my man cave, the bench seat is my couch and I've started selling some of the parts I know I'll never use. (I'm keeping the tail lights) Tailgate is also my spare if ever needed. This is one that's a perfect candidate to be bob tailed, jacked up, etc. And right now, that's what I'm planning to do with it. (Not going to cut up the perfectly good bed). Since getting into the "Jeep world" I found the one on Bleepin Jeep and that's what I'm going after. But I'm keeping the 4.0 but I may stroke it. Not sure about roll cage and everything he has done, but that thing can go anywhere. My junked 89 is the perfect candidate to chop up and modify etc. I've fallen in love with the Comanches so much I've spent the last 10 months and a sizable portion of my retirement savings (picture wife eye roll here) building a garage so I can do both of those projects. My next large purchase with be an enclosed trailer to haul the trail rig places (Moab is screaming my name again). But that won't be for a couple of years. To sum it all up...The best of both worlds. 1989 Eliminator 4.0L 5 speed 2wd

So 3 weeks later my electrician is still MIA. Hasn't returned phone calls or texts. I clearly left him with instructions to have this done and inspected before I got home on Jan 5. He's had 21 days. I get home Wednesday night. He has until then to finish the job. I'm not calling him anymore. Ill just do it myself and take my chances with the inspector. I've been waiting on other people for 3 months now. I'm done waiting. What he don't know is I know how to do this and the questions I had about codes (only reason I hired him), he answered. 1989 Eliminator 4.0L 5 speed 2wd

Well I know of at least 2 unregistered trucks. I own one of them. 1989 Eliminator 4.0L 5 speed 2wd

Yep, I capped mine off when I did the open cooling conversion. And just cut all that out. 1989 Eliminator 4.0L 5 speed 2wd

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