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Curious if this is the AX-15 or AX4? Which conversion did you get?

The last of the service manuals arrived today. Good things to have inside on cold days! An engineer by trade, I try to do things to spec, and by the book. That said, books can be wrong, especially old books. Still, a good place to start understanding and troubleshooting any system. If these can help anyone else, glad to look things up and send photos. M.R. 278 (the factory body manual) 1986-1990 Throttle Body Fuel Injection System MOT. I-4 B.V. AX 4/5 w/I.S. Notes

I know this thread is ancient, but here's a compliment to the jack stowage photos above - I just ran across it this morning - since somebody asked years ago. Random, and informative.

Shop manuals began arriving this weekend. Found a good selection of these here: https://www.faxonautoliterature.com/1986-Jeep-Comanche New Detroit Iron reprint of the original service manual: With the I.S. notes: A used original electrical troubleshooting manual:

Thanks for that. This has so many problems it's just going to be one system at a time. The entire vacuum system is deteriorated, new line just arrived this weekend. The electrical has been monkey hacked, manuals just started to arrive this weekend. Things are miswired, disconnected, rotten, and removed. Fortunately parts aren't too expensive for most of this truck, compared to a 3/4-ton Dodge 2500 Diesel I used to maintain, the work at the moment is mapping the damage.

I was able to get the hood open and take some engine compartment pictures. I can't make sense of the wiring into the ICM, but I don't see anything going into the coil. It looks like I might have the "ICM & COIL" on this truck, here's a pic. Sorry for he bad angle, this is a hard thing to photograph well! Where should I look for the red wire?

I have some more information on this vehicle, here's a photo of the engine compartment tag: I found a parts catalog online that has a page describing how to decode the VIN: This document is a little confusing, but what I think I'm seeing from this: 1JTHL6571GT042543 │││││││││││└────── Production sequence: 042543 ││││││││││└─────── Assembly plant: T = Toledo │││││││││└──────── Model year: G = 1986 ││││││││└───────── Check digit: 1 (valid) │││││││└────────── Model: 7 = Comanche X (STD Payload) │││││││ │││││└┴─────────── Model: 65 = Comanche Truck (4WD) 7 FT Box ││││└───────────── Transmission: L = 5-speed Man. PT Trans. Case (AX5/NP207) │││└────────────── Engine: H = 2.46L I4 (Gasoline/Domestic) └┴┴─────────────── Manufacturer: 1JT = Jeep Truck (AMC)

Same! I struggled with that for quite a while, and tried all that too, nothing worked! You all are keeping my messes clean behind me! Thank you all for the help folks.

A unicorn? More likely my bad eyes! Double checked the paperwork tonight, and I had the last two digits off! The VIN in my sig now matches the paperwork: 1JTHL6571GT042543 Can I change the title of this thread?

Interesting. That had to have been confusing for the production workers, or somebody didn't RTM. I think I'll leave it upside down, it's fitting that she came out of the factory a little not-right-in-the-head! Still too cold to wrestle with the hood much. I got a pair of vice grips on the hood release cable and I can get a good tug on it. I hear the mechanisms moving under there, but it's not releasing. I found the post describing the headlight removal trick for freeing the hood latches, that may be next. So much good stuff here...thanks to you folks for this treasure of information!