I just got back from deployment, and since I've been gone my wife found a job. So our 1 vehicle wasn't going to work since we're on wacky time schedules. I found a 1988 comanche pioneer on CL for $1,400 (talked down to $1,250) The body besides in dire need of a paint job is almost perfect. Hardly any rust, not even inside the bed even though it had a comanche bed cover in it. 157k miles, and gets me to and from so far.
I'm thinking about restoring it, or at least making it look a lot better. First I want to fix the engine up though, such as making it start faster than 5+ seconds and various leaks.
What I'm working on right now is the coolant reservoir system. It came from the previous owner with a jerry rigged pvc pipe splitter for the hoses. I went to the junkyard and snagged what I think is the right part from a decent looking 92 cherokee that someone ran into from the rear so the engine was fine. I'm just not sure if it's the right one. I bought a haynes repair manual and I still can't figure it out. here are pictures of the pvc pipe setup.
And here is the part I picked up from the JY.
Also if it is the part, and the guy messed the setup beyond being able to figured it out myself. Would any of you have a diagram showing what tubes go where or pictures of your rig? Sorry for the blurry pics, I developed the shakes in Afghanistan after some close calls and they won't go away lol.
