Derek

well game was canceled today due to no freaking umpires oh well got the 60 , rebuilt, with all new seals and grease, also added these mad 4wd outer axle seals, seem to be wicked sweet

progress has been slow, summer is always my busy time, with work and baseball and my girl being 150 miles away got the 60 tore down last night, wednesday ill put it all back together with the new seals and grease and such thats all the time i have till the following week

granby is in western ma, out by springfield, umass amherst, and most of the good public wheeling in MA

yup well from the responses i have gotten on other boards i guess it is a factory installed trac lock, no wonder most of my old videos had both front spinning guess ill keep it till after the initial build then I'm going ARB

some new parts d60 inner seals sweet MAD4X4 d60 outer seals adapter and clocking ring for the AW4/d300 i also have a d300 twin stick on the way and I'm picking up my 300 this weekend also is this what i think it is? a stock d60 traction device? i didnt think chevy ever had a traction device in any of their 60's?

i never did this so i might as well go ahead 88 MJ 4.0 4x4 free and i have made 700 dollars off this thing, after insurance cutting me a check for 1100 after some lady in a fucus hit me as i go it, except i had cut the rot out of the fenders fit 32s on it for wheeling and threw a lock right in the rear sunk it and filled EVERYTHING with water Image Not Found patched her up so i could drive her fr about another month till i graduated no she is going through big changes go here to follow the build if you like http://comancheclub.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1405

i totally agree with you brett and i wheeled at 121 for a season :mad: i think i have a video from before i hacked into the mj ill find it later

don't worry i don't get my feelings hurt much anyway, I'm not saying i disagree with you , if you buy quality bolts all around something else most likely will go first but there is a reason it is designed that way

thats good info, as far as milage that doesnt matter to me as this is only a trail truck

why not just chop and bob your bed

for those of you reusing ubolts, you may trust them but from an engineering standpoint you should not trust them the reason you should never use u-bolts twice is because they are a torque-to-yield fastener which means when you torque them correctly they move through the elastic deformation right to the yield point of the material, after that point they reach the yield point they enter the plastic range, which means they will not rebound back to their original configuration, this is also why you should never over toque them as they will become plasticly deformed and become weaker which in the basic sense means they streach and SHOULD NEVER be reused

Nothing deflating the tires wouldnt fix. :brows: That thing is a beast. any plans to stroke or swap the engine? sticking with the stock 4.0, it runs great and they are a mad cheap to replace plus if i don't have enough power/gearing i am planning on 4:1 lomax d300 gears

stock tank will be fine for me as soon as i mount it correctly, plus it only has like 300 miles on it cause i replaced it about a month before i took it off the road as stated above it will be getting one it should fit out the door, if it doesnt i have a set of 33 rollers to use

deadline is 56 days because that is when i needs to be loaded on the trailer to head to the NEA's Fall Crawl weekend of wheeling, camping, and having a good time

ok so thats where i am at now picking up the trans and springs this weekend, so i can start mocking up the front still need a d300 have my steering almost all pulled out to send to matt at west texas offroad for a rebuild, port, tap and hydro assist stuff need to run all new brake lines, and get a new MC finish off half doors some sort of tube bed, roll bar, cage, i have ideas in head we will see how it goes driveshafts, square all in the next 56 days, and still have a life

had a productive day yesterday - cut doors down for half doors, still need to box in the tops - gutted interior for bare bones trail rig interior, only kept the sun visors and cb, going to get some aftermarket gauges i think and ditch the stockers also - pulled tranny and t-case and gave myself a nice jack handle sized welt on my forehead also sold some stuff this weekend so i have a few more bucks to put back into the mj

well with the long weekend and baseball i havent really got to work on it much got a little time after dinner yesterday, so i started ripping out the interior, as it is going to be bear bones also gutted the doors to be cut to half doors this weekend i am planning on dropping the case and tranny, and getting the front ready so when i get the springs i can get right to work fabing brackets, ripping out the old brake lines and crap and running new lines should be picking up springs and trans next week, still looking for a d300 also anyone have the info on what MC to run, i havent looked into it yet at all, but i know I'm going to need something more beefy then the stock jeep stuff, just didnt know if someone already knew which one i should use

more work today got the front end ripped out this is going to be one big mother stock jeep tire for reference

got some more work done tonight also got my "junkyard" cleaned up and on the trailer ready to go to the scrap yard all in all very productive afternoon/night

hey guys, I'm new here, found the stie sometime last night while :cheers: got a big project ahead of me with a deadline that only seems to get shorter and shorter I'm copying this all over from my club forum so bear with me beat 1988 comanchee with 4.0 AW4 (23 spline version), still need to pick up D300, also still need to pick up D60, 4.56's, highsteer, still open at the moment, hopefully locked tho 14B, 4.56's, welded 38.5x15.5x16.5 TSL's on stock ferd rims, hopefully grooved, maybe beadlocked misc. tube and metal oing to leaf spring the front to hold the 60, Fat Kid Fab hangers, YJ springs (or something simular). Spring over the rear, and bastard pack the leafs if i need more height. Swap in new 23spline AW4 amd Dana 300. Square tube drive shafts. No bed, eventually a tube bed. Tank mounted behind cab. Move exhaust to drivers side so front shaft can be on pass side. Hoping to get a locker for the front, maybe ill weld up and extra set of spider/sides. I will appreciate any and all help i can get. UPDATE Last night me and my friend Joey went to town on the bed Pulled everything attached to it, including gas tank, pulled bed then dragged it outside for scrap i wanted to make this still mobile so i threw a couple 2x4's and mount the tank ontop of them, don't worry i am not that much of a hack, it is really just to move it in and out of the garage