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For sure. I just recently watched a video where a guy addressed his rust and then put down some Por-15 and put down some Noico. Maybe it was your video if you have any on YouTube.

Looks great.

Great looking truck. Enjoying the project posts.

I had def. planned on it eventually but I think I am going to make that one of my tops now. That way I can address any rust (hopefully) before it gets to be too much.

Maybe that will be my next step on this one. Pull the carpet and assess any rust.

Thanks. I was happy to find this one. I almost made the very long trip to Pennsylvania to get one but decided the price of the trip plus the price of the truck just wasn’t worth it to me. The day I turned that one down this one fell into my lap and it was much cheaper and in my state.

First up on the list of things to do is the front brakes. These things are rough. Not sure when the last time they were changed but I can see and feel big groves in the rotars. The previous owner also stated that one of the calipers drags so I am going to replace the entire front brakes. Now that the front brakes are done I also gave it a much needed bath. The paint is a dull Colorado Red but not the worst I have seen. Maybe I will buff it and see how clean it will come but for now a simple wash will do. Being new to all of this I will no doubt have to purchase tools along the way. First tools purchased were a jack and some jack stands along with a allen key socket set.

Once it was home I could actually go over it a little better. At the moment it has Corbeau Moab Seats. They are very comfortable but I got a bench seat with it and I will clean that one up and put it back in the truck more than likely. I am pretty sure that the rear end is a D44 and the front is a D30 from looking at other photos and shapes. Although I have driven other Jeeps in the past and actually have a JKU right now......this will be my first time actually having a project Jeep so I will hopefully learn a lot on this project.

Okay, I figured I would go ahead and post up my new project here to document over time the changes made. Truck: 1988 Comanche Pioneer Short Box 4.0 5 speed transmission D44 D30 axles NP 231 Transfer Case Very solid truck over all. The only rust I can find is some small scratches on the bed rails that have a little surface rust. The truck had a spray on bedliner or something under it. It is starting to wear off now but at least it protected it for many years. Floorboards from the bottom are solid as a rock. I will eventually pull the carpet and make sure they are solid from the top. Dash cluster does not work so I will need to try and figure that out. I will try on my own first and have been reading over some links provided here to try and figure that out. This will be a project that may take some time as I am learning as I go and going to try to focus on one thing at a time rather than a bunch at once which my A.D.D. wants me to do. I feel like if I caved into that I would have a truck in a bunch of pieces and may be overwhelming. I am not sure what my full plans are for the truck but I do know that I would eventually like to run 33 inch tires and keep a fairly stock looking truck other than the lift. Not wanting to cut the fenders and such. Also, if you are on Instagram I made a page there also. 88ComancheJeep First up are some pics of when I purchased the truck.

100% agree with that point also. Photobucket was great for us all on forums but really messed up a lot of things wanting people to pay or whatever they did. I lost hundereds if not thousands of good pics.

100%

Just read every post on your build. Love the way its coming along. Very inspiring. The knowlege of you guys here is amazing to an amature like me.

Looking great.

Coming along nicely. Like what you're doing. Also glad you're okay from the fall the Jeep took. I had an uncle that was killed working under a van that fell.

Great looking space.

Thanks. I’ll look into all of this. Lots to do on this old Comanche. Going to put all new brakes on it this weekend so it can travel safely to my father in law’s. He has a much nicer shop and tools than I. Once it can go there I’ll be able to really dive more into it.

Awesome. Thanks

I had actually just stumbled upon the electrical manual on here and downloaded it. I’ll do the renix also. Appreciate it.

Thanks guys. Great info either way.

Oh okay. Yeah. I’m still learning the site. Will check out the link now. Appreciate guys.

Well I have discovered that the electrical issue may be a little harder to figure out than I had hoped. At least for me. When I turn on the blinkers neither work inside or out. When I push the brake pedal both blinkers light up inside the truck and the passenger blinker lights up on the front.

which tags are the warranty tags ? is that the build sheet above? That’s pretty cool if so. one question it gives me though is that it says the truck has the dash cluster with tach. It currently has one without a tach and I was wanting one with a tach so does this mean that the one in it currently could be a replacement?

Done. Thanks.

1988 Jeep Comanche Pioneer 4.0 5 speed transmission (not sure kind) 4x4 Dana 44 rear Dana 30 front NP 231 AMC Transfer Case Located in Louisiana Still on the road Just about 112k miles Currently owned by me (purchased 01/03/2022) Color is red with the stripe down the side that says Pioneer Came with original wheels along with another set from a different Jeep Has Corbeau Bucket Seats in it now but came with the original bench seat that I will be having redone and put back in the Jeep. Runs well Very solid truck. No bad rust.

Of course. I did not get much time with it today. First day back at work in after a few days off. I will be sure to check the fuses first.