DirtyComanche

Highway 16 basically dissolves into nothing when you come in that way. You're supposed to turn left on Victoria, but the better route is to turn left on Queensway only a couple blocks into town. Otherwise yup, you wind up going over the Cameron Street bridge, then you're over by the brewery and get turned around, then you get onto Highway 97 and go back to the actual junction of 16/97 in the middle of town. They've talked about a bypass route and fixing some of that... Hasn't happened.

Look into the clocking difference on the tcase with the Wrangler transmission. If you're okay with the potential fitment issues then you might as well steal that engine/tranny/tcase and use them. I would swap the Renix accessories onto the HO engine, and either adapt the Renix sensors to the HO intake or just throw the Renix intake on (use the Renix intake/exhaust gasket). The bonus of this is you will get to embrace the superior fuel injection system of the Renix. The rest of the YJ just isn't really useful.

My Dakota bumper looks like crap.

I forgot to replied to this, Prince George actually. Vanderhoof is the center, but they're just a suburb of PG. That picture was taken somewhere farther east, Bowron River area. Right on. I like Terrace, it's on the short list of places I would live.

Recommendation? Sell the YJ junk and get an XJ for a donor. YJ D30 is leaf spring... Waste of time to use one because you need all the 5 link brackets. YJ HO engine could be used, but you pretty much need a HO XJ wiring harness, so again, a donor XJ is a better choice. The YJ trans has the tcase clocked at a different angle, not a bad thing but not always what people want. You will need the XJ tcase shift linkage anyways, or to build your own... Again the XJ is a better donor. People pay way too much for rusted YJs, while rusted mechanically good XJs are cheap... If you're sold on using the YJ parts I would keep the Renix fuel injection and just swap the trans and tcase in (or the whole engine too but adapt the Renix controls to it), and then part out the YJ or trade for an XJ front axle.

I doubt they'll update it, but at least they made it right.

Looks like April here! Cool to see you're still enjoying this thing.

It's oddly common on forums. I think the theory is so the OP can't confuse everyone (including mods) by changing the title after the fact.

Tell him it's his fault because this is a known issue and he's too lazy to update his literature. It is NOT just the Peugeot tranny that uses the forward mounting location.

Yeah, that's a steal.

I'd just ask him to send you the correct arms and leave it installed as it is.

I'm fairly certain you needed the shorter control arms. You can tell by looking at what set of threaded inserts you crossmember installed into from the factory, there is 2 sets of them (4 inserts total) in the bottom of the frame. You have to cut that extra cab brace (extra compared with an XJ) to install a bracket setup like his with the crossmember in the rear set of inserts. If you take the brackets off and look, I bet you will see the other inserts... They may be packed full of undercoat or mud though.

www.fsjnetwork.com is where more of them wound up after IFSJA was down for an extended period of time...

You're only 370km from me if you want to get rid of it... But it would die at my hands.

I'm reading they were built until 73 in Argentina, and that engine is a major redesign in that they went from 4 to 7 main bearings. Maybe there is another engine based on it, but it also would likely be quite different. IMHO it's not worth trying to rebuild, especially with the little bit of reading I did on the M715 forums that indicated lots of stuff is not easy to find (and those guys are in the US where they have access to much more NOS and surplus).

I did the same, I was all "Those greedy capitalists!" and deleted it hoping they would lose enough accounts to lose advertisers. Then the workarounds came out.

Did you delete your account? Because otherwise the pictures should have been saved on ComancheClub by Kryptonic.

This is the 76 J10 that's either getting wheeled into the shop as the next project, or it will be sold. If I buy this Gladiator I will sell this truck. It's complete, but the engine is trashed and it's a Quadratrac, and it needs some other serious mechanical repairs and fixing some of the sketchy 'fab' work...

I'm aware of that but I got my problems with buying vehicles nobody else wants.

A friend/acquaintance, actually I bought my two MJs off him, has what I believe is a 64 or 65 Gladiator that his wife is going to try to make him sell. The body is very nice by the standards of them in this part of the world, and the box isn't actually rusted much (or even beat up). The seams on the front fender flares are starting to rust to the point it probably needs fenders. The downside is it is original. And I mean original. It came off a farm where the older farmer allegedly bought it new. So it's got the OHC Tornado engine, some sort of 3 speed, manual brakes, steering, etc, and I don't even remember what for axles. He actually sold me the MJs because his wife wouldn't let him buy the Gladiator until the MJs were gone. He never really did anything to the MJs and I don't think he has to the Gladiator. When I last saw the truck was when I was picking up the second MJ. Anyways, my dilemma is I want it, it's cool. But the driveline is likely entirely junk. Am I going to upset purists/destroy history by pulling the Tornado and dropping something else in? Can you even rebuild a Tornado and make it reliable? Also, I have a lot of trucks/projects, which I am neglecting. I would like to make a project of my 86 MJ at some point, but decided to put it off because I have a good from 20' 76 J10 I wanted to throw a different drivetrain in first (it's not original anyways, and the 258 in it is very tired). I think it's a bit of six in one, half dozen in the other, so I could sell the 76 and fix this one instead... No pics right now, sorry...

I like trars.

4, 8, 5, pretty much the same.

There's nothing I can think of. Some stuff is a little hard, but they made enough of these things that there is typically a couple different aftermarket options for everything, plus most of the sensors seem to basically be GM in nature (some require some rewiring), so that leaves lots of options. I think the true Renix parts might be worth hording a bit. If I can find ECMs and ICMs I will always take them. More because I'm worried they will become really expensive rather than just being unavailable.

If you're going to drive it a bunch just order a FiTech or Holley Sniper right meow. The frames aren't that strong compared with modern trucks, it is a true half ton. Do not expect to go out and tow 10klbs with it. Otherwise they're pretty simple, make sure the bed seams aren't rusting, along with the cab corners, the fender flares, the bottom of the cab where the cowl drains, and pretty much everywhere else. Oh yeah, spring hangers, they like to rust off. If it has a steel gas tank it will probably be rusted...

I don't know what I'd do with it, but I'd take it if I was close.