DirtyComanche

I like how you've got another dropped truck in the background, and the bed is loaded full of $#!&. You'll fit right in.

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Sorry to burst your bubble, but they're scrap. Unless you need body parts. The 2.8 blows. And I feel the same towards the 2.5. And the entire drivetran that goes with it blows. Even the Tcase is useless. The HP30 fronts are also worthless IMHO (hey, if you like them, I'll sell ya one cheap, comes with 4.10 gears! Make some funny noises) and the D35 rears are really only good for pulling pranks. IE, leave one on somebody's doorstep in the middle of the night, ring the doorbell and run away. All the fuel system is not interchangeable. So you can't even steal the tanks. Same goes with the cooling, etc. Rear and front suspensions are useless, unless you like stock parts. Only thing really is the body/interior. Edit, you've got a 2.5. I guess you can use some of that crap. And the front axles will be HP.

At least you know how to cut sheetmetal. I don't mind street trucks, but that's a little too low for me.

It's got potential. If you're stealing parts off the XJ, the front doors will fit. Might save you some time. Looks might you might need to do some poor boy bodywork. (Sledge hammer and a block of wood)

That's just cosmetic damage.

Ever thought of teaching her to drive stick? I know it may seem like an odd concept to have a girl who knows how to use a clutch, but it's worth it in the end.

Yeah, it's from the chrysler (later) FSM. No scanner, sorry.

Yup. And you'll need a longer brake line/shocks to make everything work. You might want to have shock mounts welded to the axle too, as the stock ones are on the spring plate (plate that holds the spring pack to the spring perch) and are really useless after you go SOA. Pretty straight-foreward. Unless I'm forgetting things. (It's been a long time since my truck was stock). There's the brake porportioning valve to deal with too. It's umm, annoying.

Just use the D44. Disk brakes are nice, but not really a huge deal.

I don't think he's asking if the 86 tranny will bolt up (it won't). He's asking if the 2wd AW4 can be converted to 4wd. The answer is yes, but it's a total rebuild to do it. Better to find a 4wd AW4.

Drive shafts are within 1/2". Normally it will be fine. Or better as the Ax-15 is the longer one of them, I think. Tranny mount differs. Crossmember needs to be moved. And the pilot bearing is different.

.188 at least. I'd just go .250. It's not going to cost much, you could get all you need as scrap.

Up to $650. $200 is a 'good' price. You can pick them up for $100.

Replicating the stock style of ear is the best method. I'd take some heavy channel and weld it to the end of the tube to create the ears. However, I don't intend to run that type of bracket on the axle. Like these: Image Not Found

YJs don't have control arms. They're leaf spring bushings....

Well, that was the purpose of the thread. Unfortunatly I got lazy and never bothered to finish it, and Pete doesn't believe in FAQs anyways.

Just going to stick with a radius arm setup in the front. They're proven and any moron can make them (suits me). The axle end will be the typical rubber LCA bushings for the uppers/lowers, or yj ones, depending on fit. The bushing where the upper connects to the lower will be another LCA/YJ one, with a 1" stud to allow adjustment. Frame ends will be curry johnny joints, again with 1" studs. Arm material will be 2x2x.250 HSS. I will have to build a new crossmember/skid for them to attach to. I also think I will be needing a YJ tranny so my tcase actually will clear where I want to put the mounts. And the rear will just be leafs for now, as I'd like to get it working again. This is all providing that the rusty's crap is sold (as it appears).

Well, as an update, looks like I'm going to be pretty much starting over. The rusty's LAs seem to be sold. Hell, maybe I should just leaf the front of it.

Np231 in the tcase. You've got a 4.0 and an 88 5spd, it's a BA10/5 peugeot. They like to explode. What ya want to swap in is an AX-15. There's a million posts on how to do it. :cheers:

I hate to blow my own horn, but you might read this thread: http://comancheclub.com/forums/viewtopi ... hlight=faq It just covers the basics, and has my opinons thrown in it... I think.

I'm thinking I should read that book at some point. See how many things I've done 'wrong'.

Yeah, with SOA. Guess I should have clarified.

Nope, they'd been off about a month before to do a gear setup. Only thing I can say is I'm glad I wasn't trying to change a shaft when I discovered they were that tight. You shouldn't need impact tools to get them off... But if they're seized or overtorqued, have fun.

You're looking at about $120 a set for spacers, width being .75", 1", 1.25", 1.5". Or you can go the custom route for a little more and get different widths, don't know why you'd want to... I wouldn't use them unless ya got 'em cheap. It's way easier to get cheap rims that fit a jeep. I sold my AR-767s (5) for $200, but I imagine they'd have only been worth $100 at most in the states.