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The Comanche has been running great. Used it at the property the other day cleaning up brush and dragging the utility trailer up and down the hills to the burning pile.

That turbo 2.5 sounds like fun, is it pretty boosted or just enough to take the edge off? Looks like fun to wheel!

I am glad you got this sorted out! Random theory since I design rubber parts for a living: So the cracks are on the outside of the bend on the wires. I'm guessing the wires were bent over hard in their installed state. The wires are coated in some sort of rubber, rubber in tension like in the outside of a hard bend is highly susceptible to ozone attack which will make the rubber crack. I doubt it's abrasion because the sensor body looks untouched.

I like this quote, and live by this mantra. I've daily driven an Austin Healey Sprite. All but one of my cars are eligible for antique plates. The car that is newer, a 2009 Honda Civic Si, has all sorts of electrical gremlins that make me not particularly trust it far from home.

I took a different approach, filled the holes with JB Weld and redrilled out the hinges as 1/4". Worked great. Link to the diy post: https://comancheclub.com/topic/73387-sagging-door-hinge-repair-jb-weld-method/?do=findComment&comment=768444

Is it an ok idea, yes, but I recommend keeping it stock. I purchased a very nice (almost rust free and most importantly stock) Comanche with 250k miles on it. It had had a fair bit of differed maintenance so required a few thousand in the following year to really put into tip top shape. It's 100% been able to get me where I needed. Though the dumb internal throw out bearing was a frustration that required me to bleed the clutch frequently until I laid out the money to buy the Novak external slave cylinder conversion setup. A sorted Comanche is definitely able to be a reliable daily, but a quick read of this forum will show heartbreak too. Many trucks with no start problems that eventually get sorted but not always in a few days. If you can have access to backup transportation that is good. I have been in the situation of owning 4 cars with the only one running being my 62 Austin Healey Sprite. If you are willing to put the preventative maintenance into the 30 year old vehicle, then yes, MJs can be great. Good luck finding the right one! Occasionally a forum member here is selling one so check that out.

Yup, going to be the ultimate car guy house. 2400 sqft of attached garage/workshop with 2200 sqft of living space. I can say, showing up the the job site with a Comanche makes you an instant rock start with the crew.

Back when I used to own a 2002 BMW M5, a near pristine example at that, I definitely got lazy one day installing a new mesh guard in front for the AC condenser fan. 3 of the 4 attachment screws were easily accessible, that last one required the entire front end of the car to be removed to reach. I decided to drill a hole covertly in the front of that extremely nice M5 to access said screw and call it a day.

My twin brother and I are building a house. Currently we have a completed foundation.

I have a cousin that lives in Tampa, about 1 foot of water in his house. Otherwise he got out lucky. His neighbors boat wasn't tied down well enough and ended up upside down in the street next to the water. I wish the best of everyone. The picture of the trees down is incredible. I'm so glad to hear people are helping neighbors.

I'm a big fan of Google sheets, but haven't needed it to inventory stuff. I have very few Comanche parts around except a small box of things removed from the truck. Generally I try to pretty quickly sell the food stuff to people that might find use of it so it's not cluttering up my garage.

I had an excellent experience selling my first Comanche on BaT. Let me know if you'd like any tips selling with them. As others have said, do make sure it runs well or explain it fully in the ad if it doesn't, you'll save yourself much explanation when the questions roll in.

Cool cool! I've visited Italy for work a handful of times, it's a lovely place to check out. The cured meats are amazing as you have probably found. Definitely interested in hearing more about the diesel XJ.

Check to see if all of your header nuts are tight or even there. Sounds like a small vacuum leak to me.

I was asking about the servo. That is pretty cool that it has cruise on a 4 cylinder.

Is that vacuum actuator on the passenger side firewall for cruise control?

That's a fine looking Comanche. The wheels really make it with the bonze paint.

I've towed 5k lbs with the Comanche once, it did it but it was about the limit. A few weeks ago we almost used the Comanche to tow an 86 Mercedes 560SL across PA on a Uhaul car trailer, but thought better of it and rented the Uhaul truck as well since we needed to carry some large stuff. Using the Comanche would have made the 7 hour trip into a 10 hour trip.

I don't know that actual torque values for the u joint straps. My issue with them coming loose was that I had only finger tightened them and never came back with a wrench to finish the job. It happened after we spent 4.5 hours attempting to get the darn pilot bearing aligned installing the transmission so we were not in a clear state of mind.

Fantastic!

Of the 4 vehicles I own that are road legal, to MJ is the one I was most trust to hop in and just drive 1000 miles. The newest car in my fleet, a 2009 Honda Civic Si has scary electrical gremlins, and the 99 BMW M3 has a couple coolant hoses that I really should replace. The 62 Austin Healey Sprite is a good runner, no faults at all, but it is actually ancient tech and would be a challenge to drive for a long distance. The one thing I like most about 80s and 90s cars are their simplicity, fuel injection and electronic ignition are fantastic improvements in reliability, but the controls are still simple and all analog. That generation just blends simplicity and reliability better than any other Gen of cars in my opinion.

When you reinstall the front driveshaft, make sure you remember to actually torque the bolts. I'm very lucky I didn't make a huge mess out of the bottom of my truck when the front u joint straps came off and the drive shaft, pointing forward was lightly bouncing off the ground as I drove it around. A great tool for the little bolts is a ratcheting box end wrench.

It's been my general observation that the stripe color usually matches the interior color of the truck.

Yep with the factory aluminum valve cover on my stock 90 Renix 4.0L.

I used the popular blue fel pro one. Works great, doesn't leak.