farmboi

Noticed the busted ballast resistor when I went to test drive it so that was the first thing to get replaced. Oil in the air box so Cruiser54's valve cover mod moves to the top of the list Ordered all new vacuum harness and a fel-pro VC gasket

Brought this home to be the new farm truck. 1989 Base model SporTruck, 4.0 2wd, original and unmolested. Got it from the original owner's family, it was only titled in their name for a couple months. The only rust I can find on it is surface rust on the roof and a stripe on the tailgate where the topper has worn off the paint. Test drove it at 45-50, runs decent, no wobble Plan to use it on the property and for short runs to get feed, fuel and such. Need to get it running better, upgrade a few things then maybe paint. An upgrade to 4wd is in its future somewhere down the line.

Went to a few auto parts stores looking for options, nothing panned out. In the end I booted it with as tight a boot as I could get on there. Fits pretty snug down over the existing rubber washer.

Here is the new cable attached. I put it on to see how it looked/ how I felt about it. The old rubber boot was on a smaller gauge wire so I couldn't make it fit the heavier jeepcables.com version. I'm at least gonna go get a new boot for it before I finish up and try it out.

Doing the 'Big 7' upgrade and I like to follow instructions whenever I can The instructions from jeepcables.com say that 'it is ESSENTIAL that the shroud remains in place'. Mine does not have a shroud; the connection was just covered by a rubber boot that has obviously been there for quite some time. Soooooo, how essential is it actually? How would you proceed?

1989 Base Comanche SporTruck 4.0 2WD automatic on the column black with grey interior currently resides in N GA