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MMMmmm new carpet smell I left it like this for quite some time, not putting the rest of the interior like the seats, console and dash. Done with the interior for the time being, I started on painting the engine bay, roof and a little body repair where my driver's side cab corner kissed a corner post. Engine Bay prep, I used about 3 cans of this stuff for the bulk paint remover. Burns like a @#$%^&* ! Seriously, if you use it be VERY careful. After a little sanding Primered Painted, talk about shiny, thankfully it dulled after a few days. So now the engine bay is done, onto the roof.

Well, i'll be honest i don't know for a 99 XJ, but from the description you gave the calipers would be on upside down if they were MJ calipers. On my Comanche the bleeder valve is just above the hydrualic hose. They can be put on upside down simply by putting the one meant for the Driver side on the Passenger and vise versa. They will never ever bleed properly. But, I wouldnt bother swapping them until someone else chimes in.

Are the bleeder valves on your calipers on the top or bottom of the caliper?

Time to paint The entire floor board of the truck got 2 coats, sorry no pictures. Turned out real nice. With the floor boards painted reassembly of the interior could begin. Fancy insulation from EZ cool came in Laying into place, clearly a pro job. I went super cheap and got batting from an XJ at the junkyard, turned out to be pretty clean acutally Image Not Found Then the new premolded carpet came in, practically identical to the original color. FYI even if you think the carpet needs to be cut, don't. Ask me how i know this.

Ya, I found the equivalent of an entire roll of silver duct tape while tearing apart my engine bay wire harness, it was all from the factory.

Well, thankfully it doesnt really matter if its XJ or MJ, so long as its from the right year. :dunno: On a side note, would it break your heart to part ways with that condensor? :brows: Looked like it was in perfect condition. Let me know if you ever get around to pulling the line from the XJ. Soak it in Aerokroil for about a year, put a little heat to it, and use two SNAPON (very important) wrenches to wiggle the fittings back and forth until they loosen up. If that doesnt work nutin will.

Alrighty here we go. This is where your Green/wht stripe wire ENDS Image Not Found From there it goes to a large grey (gray?) plug Image Not Found Image Not Found Comes out and . . . Image Not Found Makes an immediate U turn and goes into a large Black Plug Image Not Found Image Not Found I did not trace it from there, but can if need be. Of the three large wires, here. . . . Image Not Found There are two more large solid green wires. One that goes exactly where you thought it should. . . her Image Not Found Image Not Found and the other goes to your Starter Image Not Found

The metal fittings are ment to spin freely on the tubes, but if they are seized together your only option is a lot of PB Blaster or the like, maybe a little bit of heat, and putting a vise grip on the pipe to hold it still while turning the fitting. Otherwise you are going to do just as you fear and tear a hole into the metal line.

Cutting begins Finished cutting of the rust and onto restoration. 2 coats of rust inhibitor and 2 coats of black tractor paint I used extremely thin wood paneling and a jig saw to mock up how I needed to cut the sheet of 12 gauge. A really B.F.H become my best friend during fitment of of the floor plate. Only picture i have for a finished product Finished product Passenger side

Dielectric grease and wrap it with electrical tape? :hmm:

So long as you brought it back with a full tank heck ya! :D

Sadly there is no "building" as such :( , more of a poor man's restoration, but as soon as that money fairy drops in again you can bet your butt there will be. So where was I. . . Engine pulled and bay gutted So now with the Comanche inoperable for the forseable future, i decided now was a good time to start on restoration and general maintenance. Off with the bed Original taillights still fully intact and old rusted holy gas tank After a little poking it was determined the bed had a few rust spots, it was the same story on the other side too. Rust on the bed frame Dirt caked leaf springs After a good power washing, ignore the arm Then came time for sanding and paint, I got impatient and painted a section before i remembered to take a picture. I had got a killer deal on a paint stores entire stock of this stuff (8 bottles for $8 bucks) and decided to paint the entire frame inside and out. Final product after painting Took about 4 good warm sunny days for it to cure, but once it did this stuff meant business. With the frame more or less finished, work on the engine bay and interior could begin. Driver side carpet Oh joy Peddle this thing Fred! Driver side carpet and batting pulled. Extensive repairs had to be made as the rust traveled up the entire length of the frame rail Passenger side was literally soaking wet, but was in decent shape overall Driver side before any work One sheet of 12 gauge cold roll for the main floor and about 4 2x2 sheets of 22 gauge for the really technical bendy sections

Ya, tell me about it. :yes: Wanna chip in? I am always open to donations. :brows:

Man i wish i could help you, i know PSL like the back of my hand. I was pretty much raised there. All my family and friends are there too, but i'm stuck here in Tennessee. :shake:

1989 4.0 5spd Truck spits and sputters at WOT (wide open throttle) otherwise its perfect, no trouble starting driving or idling. Fuel pressure is good 40psi at start, 32-33psi while running. Started today, pretty sure its my fault too, since i decided my MJ was a boat and went playing in a rather deep creek. :peek: Get the one for an automatic right? Anyway to prevent this from happening? and don't say keep it out of the water (you guys :rant: .) I might as well be part duck. . :MJ 2: .

Yes, your on the right track. I will check mine out tomorrow and report back. I know that green/wht wire has something to do with the starter, i just have to see how its routed.

Well it was around august in 2011 when i finally was able to bring the Comanche up to our place in Tennessee. It was several months before i figured out the electrical problem, thanks to the good folks at JeepForum.com Once i knew i had the electrical issue knocked out i drove the truck some just about every day whether to work or just to play around on a few local trails. At the time I was doing hours and hours of research on jeep strokers and how they were built. I learned tons from the guys on Jeepstrokers.com and finally decided that it was the right path for me. I found my machine shop, bought a 4.0 short block off craigslist, dropped it off and waited and Saved my money. 9 Months, 2100 hundred dollars invested, and my own motor pulled later, my machinist and I determined I was 300 short of having enough to build my stroker. I had just left my job, so i could focus on college and did not have single dime extra to put into the project. I have never been so unhappy to recieve 2000 dollars in all my life. I was so close it was literally painful, but the money simply wasnt there. It turned out for the better because I ended up needing every cent of the 2K to pay for college classes. So, now my MJ sat engine less in a bay of our barn. BRING ON THE PICTURES!! 88 cherokee, craigslist motor $150 79 CJ 258, craigslist also, 100% complete engine for $70, all acc, intake, exhaust, carb. Unfortunately it was determined later the 12cw crank was damaged beyond repair. Motor ready for machine shop "Work shop" Original 89 Renix motor, still ran like a top when i pulled it. Tearing the engine down Engine Pulled More pictures, as soon as my computer unfreezes :fs1:

Any ting? :crossfingers:

Well, i have been putting this off for quite some time now. But now that i have all my pictures sorted out i think its time i start a Project page. Unfortunately, this will be updated very sparingly seeing as how i am an eternally broke college student. Regretably i do not have any pictures from the day i bought it, but i will do my best to paint the picture. It was 2010 and I had just graduated from High School in middle tennessee and decided to take advantage of the 1 year "vacation" period financial aid gives newly graduated senoirs. I decided i would spend that time in our home in South Florida, Ft. Pierce to be precise, and work to pay for my food, gas, and a small amount of rent. I needed some kind of transportation of my own and had been searching Craigslist for quite some time without much luck. Fords and Dodges were out of the question, just my personel preference, and most chevys were either not 4x4, were beat to hell, or were to expensive. I had been in Forida now for about a week now and my brother was getting tired of chaperoning me around. Fortunately for him and me my mom called and said she had found an interesting add on craigslist about some kind of 1990 jeep truck, she said it was called a Comanche. She said it was 4x4, but had some rust, but in general looked like something i should check out. So the following day, i called, it was indeed for sale $1500 bucks, started and drove fine, but had a few cosmetic issues. We set up a time to meet that same day. Me and my brother went to look at it together, at the time he was the "mechanic". We arrived to find a small squatty jeep pickup truck. It was white with the word ELIMINATOR on the bed sides, crome trim, a nice bull bar, a straight rear bumper, dent free straight body and factory skid plates for the steering linkage, fuel tank and t-case. Now at the time i knew about the J10s, 20s, and Kaisers, but i had never heard of a comanche until now and only knew what a quick google search could tell me. Fairly reliable and fairly rare, good i like unique. The truck was in decent shape with the typical and fortunately minimal rust above the fender wells, at the back of the rocker panel, and on the bottom of the tail gate. After asking a bunch of questions and learning that on top of the rust the a/c, manual windows, and radio all did not work. The truck did not start with the key either, the owners had hard wired a toggle switch straight from the battery to the starter. It worked fine, just turn the key to run and flip the toggle, not to big a deal, but it did mean some kind of electrical issue. Now knowing the full extent of the trucks problems there was no way i was gonna pay the full 1500 and so ensued several minutes of intense negotiation. Eventually money prevailed and we agreed on a price of a 1000 dollars cash. The lady was even nice enough to put in the bill of sale, which i still have, that if the truck was NOT to make it home i.e. broke down, i could return it for a full refund. Either way on a hot July, 6th, 2010 i bought my very first. A White 1990 Jeep Comanche Eliminator, Vin# 1J7FJ66L0LL174338 This is the oldest picture i have of my Comanche. Probably taken a good month after i bought it. I had taken the truck back in a large track of woods behind my cousin's house were we would all ride motorcycles. We called it the Circle Track because it was basically a large sugar sand clearing with a great big mud hole in the center. This is a deep hole on the outside of the center that i let the truck slide a little to far into. From the day i bought the truck it was used as both my daily driver and weekend/daily warrior. I can't count the number of times my friends would be left breatheless as i walked through mud holes they didnt even attempt. They loved driving it to, for such a small truck it would really sh*t and get. While i was in FL i had the front bumper torn off, my muffler blown apart, and several close calls due to the worst electrical problem i had, or anyone else i knew, ever encountered. To make a long story short, me and my parents spent close to $1000 in parts and labor trying to fix what ended up being a single loose nut. Ya, that nut. The one at the end of the dip stick. There are SO many stories i could tell its not even funny, driving wihtout axle shafts, brakes going out, letting my friend borrow the truck for the day, stuck for 6 hrs waiting for my brother to get off work, Caliper seizing in rush hour traffic, learning about CAD. Unfortuately i was forced to leave my beloved MJ in Florida due to the eletrical problem that was not figured out until almost a year down the road. To get me back home and act as tranportation i bought another little truck. This time it was not an MJ but instead an 1986 Isuzu p'up for $1900. It was by far and large the worst deal i have ever made. But i that is another story, this is about Comanche's for crying out loud. Fast foward one entire year, after working all year i had finally saved enough money to pay for both a car trailer and gas in my dad's truck to go down and retrieve my long lost love. More to come and don't worry i have TONS of pictures to put up once i get to that point

That is exactly what i was thinking, Definately a nice touch using the serrated flange bolt. :thumbsup:

I have noticed that all of your grounds are up against paint and not bare metal. Is this ok to do? I always thought that for it to make a good connection the mating surfaces had to be ground to shiny metal. When I painted my engine bay i cried a little when i ground down a spot for my body grounds. case in point

Nope. PW &PL were not standard in any trim package. Expensive optional only. Ah, On an off note there was a pristine black Eliminator for sale not to long ago and it had PW and PL. I would have given my left nut for that truck, but i found out after surgery it had already sold. :fs1: You were having your left nut removed BEFORE you had confirmed the swap? Out of everybody, i knew you would be the first to catch that jim. :rotfl2:

Nope. PW &PL were not standard in any trim package. Expensive optional only. Ah, On an off note there was a pristine black Eliminator for sale not to long ago and it had PW and PL. I would have given my left nut for that truck, but i found out after surgery it had already sold. :fs1:

Funny story, I did and the owner didnt. It was parked in a "exotic" car lot, i went in and talked to one of the sales guys, said the company had bought it a few days ago, the sales rep gave me the list. The truck was parked way out back, so i figured what could it hurt to take a peak. B)