89Comanche4x4

I'm a little confused. do you have perches on the top and bottom of your rear axle?

some progress did the front u joint taking it apart took it out moved it outside for some space too work what do you guys think so far?

I have a 89 4x4 and was going to do the SOA on the rear with the stock leafs on there. This will give me about 4.5 - 5.5 incus right ?

That is sick!! How much lift did you put up front to match the SOA on he rear? Hoping to do this to my Comanche. Also do you have any problems with the driveshaft? What pinion angle did you use?

allright guys here's an update: first my dad and i put some spacers under the rocker so the lifter would be pushed down back onto the cam, which elimated the knock. but we decided its better to replace the cam and lifters. so basically i tore down the engine to get out the cam and the lifters pulled the head off replaced allll the lifters and the cam! put the whole thing back together, and realized no oil pressure!!! soooooo.... i took the pan off and change the oil pump we put it alllllllllll back together for a second time! and then still no oil pressure, was a major disappointment, so we dropped the pan a second time and realizer that the main bearings and crank were shot. crap!

Thank you! I think I mentioned in the first posted that the guy I bought it off of had two!! Not really a mechanically inclined guy so couldn't fix this one that I now own

This truck is sweet! I wish I had the time knowledge and experience to build that!!! Oh and money haha

Thank you! I'm very glad I found it. It has 255ish Kms on the spedo. As for the engine the guy told me it had been rebuilt about a year or two ago by a place called Canada engine. However the warranty expired and this is when the noise appeared. So it sat and the guy I bout it from bought it and then to me. For the rust I have gone over this truck and I see nothing, well. Little bit of surface rust infer the drivers side door, and it feels like a bit of bond at the rear bottom of the bed. Other than than that none. From underneath I can't see any but I haven't pulled the carpet up yet. My plans are to fix the engine and get it on the road. Fix the minor problems, lights/interior lights, radio. Tires are cracked so they will be replaced. I think I'm going for the 31 inch tires. I forgot to mention I'm only 18 so not to much $$ and experience I've been searching around for lifts and found he rustys 4.5 SOA lift to be the best. So with time I will get that! I do have. 86 cherokee (well technically it's my dads. It went through him then my brother and now me. It's been through a lot. Has 355 km on it and still running not to mention being towed across Canada and the year it had he spedo disconnected. It's a 2.5L 4 speed as well. The Cherokee

How much lift do you have on there?

pics added!

Hey guys I am new to the site so I thought id tell you about my truck. It's a 1989 Comanche 4x4 with a 5 speed tranny in it. One day I was searching craigslist like I usually do, so I typed in Comanche (always wanted one) and one popped up very close to where I live for 500$$ in shock I emailed him and got a reply that he had someone looking at it at 530 so I called and called and he said he would be home from work at 5 so I said i would come them and he said sure. So I checked it out. No rust to be seen, it ran but had a knock in it. So I said 400$$ and it's sold. So he agreed. I went down to the licensing place and got it insured and met my dad there who was just off work We went back and my dad who's a mechanical engineer diagnosed the problem right away. The knock that the mechanic said was a rod hitting the block was actually a backfire from the exhaust valve on #1 not opening from a collapsed lifter. So we pulled the spark plug wire and drove it home. here's some pictures. sorry if the size really bugs you (tell me how to make it smaller) this is when i first bought it (still hadnt taken it home.) the guy also had another comanche sportruck but it was a 2.5L auto and not 4x4... everything i didnt want! do i got the good deal. anyways... this is when i took it home, i took the canopy off to see how it looked. here it is next to my cherokee annnnnnd the work begins!! tell me what you guys think.