Lowrange2

It depends on your point of view, doesn't it? I see jacked up trucks driving down the street and I think they look very silly. Not to mention when you see one of these lifted trucks in an accident. I see lowered cars with air bags and I wonder what is the point of going down the street with 1 inch of road clearance. No way to get a decent size bed on an XJ conversion. Also, XJ conversion lacks the proper factory transition to a cargo box frame. The XJ conversion is just a weakened unibody structure with the top cut off. So if you want to convert an XJ to a truck the "proper" way - you should follow the example of the factory engineers. I am quite sure they did the math. Seriously Lowrange2, don't you think if it were just as simple and easy as you propose, the factory would have done it your way? They must have had good reason to do it the way they did - don't you think? What does a jacked up truck or lowered vehicle have to do with this? lol Yes, I'm sure they did it the way they did for a reason. They didn't build a 4 door MJ because they would have to have a 4ft long bed to look halfway decent. Not at all the same thing. Lots of people have done the Cheromanche mod, and you get a vehicle that has a load bed that's no more than two feet long. Now HERE's a nice crew cab XMJ: Meh, then you end up with a hideously LONG land yacht of a tuck. That red "quad cab" looks terrible, IMO.

Honestly, I think it'd be pretty silly to build an Extended cab MJ when you could easily chop the back off of an XJ, close it in and build a tailgate with MUCH less effort and end up with basically the same thing.

Yay! Baby deathwobble at 60mph.

I have a 99 Grand Cherokee. I can mail them to you for $20 shipped. PM if you're interested.

Did the cap come with it? Yes.

I have a set. $10 shipped. PM if you want them.

Nice. I went to Highschool in Due West. I live about 4 miles from the highschool. You're from this area? No, I'm from down around Barnwell/ Blackville , but I've got several friends that live in Due West. Gotta love that Waggy. I miss my 89. Gotcha. Who are they? I'd imagine I know them.

Saw this guy at LKQ. Never could figure out who owned it. Harmonic Balancer "installer" tool. Didn't know such a thing existed. This stuff did a fine job cleaning the over spray off the factory paint. (Already had it sitting on the shelf) Gave it a bath: It sure is nice to have a truck bed again! Now, if I could just make the OEM paint a little shinier...

Nice. I went to Highschool in Due West. I live about 4 miles from the highschool. You're from this area?

Cleaned the over spray off the fenders and bed, replaced the fixed windows with some minty wing windows I had laying around, slapped some late model mirrors on it so I can see, replaced the harmonic balancer and belt, window seal, bent the rear bumper back up, replaced the glove box latch, drivers side door lock cylinder, etc... Lots of little things. Nothing major. For now, I'd like to find a set of nice looking factory aluminum wheels to stick on it and drive it. I'm fairly certain the TPS needs to be replaced. The engine stumbles any time I have the throttle pedal in a certain spot. I can make the engine misfire on command by pushing the pedal to that spot. It also has the typical oil in the air box issue and I think it's puffing a little smoke but not sure why yet. Gotta get that fixed... I need the plastic trim piece that sits on top of the rear bumper. Window seal: Late model XJ mirrors... Ahhh, I can see so much better now. I have dummy gauges, bought a cluster to swap the real gauges from.

I'll pull them out of the trash and sell them to you. :) I'll have Stump deliver, even. Idk how I got lucky. The ad had been up for 6 days when I saw it. I txt him and he txt me back within about 1 hour. I never could get him to call me. I managed to get an address out of him. I told him I'd be there at 6pm and never heard back from him. I showed up at 6pm and knocked on the door and he took me back to look at it. He was a MAJOR pain to communicate with via txt. Turned out to be a younger dude. Maybe 20. He'd replace the truck with a Malibu. lol Where in SC are you?

Rode around the property in it today. Runs pretty good. I noticed a little misfire every now and then. The belt is also squealing like a stuck pig. Pulled the camper top off for now.

IT LIVES!!!! Turned out to be a typical CPS failure. It purrs like a kitten.

Yeah, not sure what else I'll find. Though, it looks pretty much untouched. My goal right now is to simply make it run. Then I'll go from there. I have a ton of things I need to try when I get time.

You rang?

Yup! I can't believe it stayed on CL for 6 days and was still there. The dude I got it from was a major pain to communicate with via txt message...

lol, Not yet. It's gotta make me real mad first. Sweet! I need a few other things but that'll get me started.

Great looking truck. Your attention to detail and the fact that you want this truck to be original at your age is quite rare. Good job.

You can see more pictures here: http://comancheclub.com/topic/48811-89-pioneer-now-what/

Ha! Just happened across this thread.... Lookie what I just bought. Sorry, not sorry. lol

I already know I'm looking for the knob that goes on the end of the column shifter.

First off.... I'm back. I'm not new to Jeeps but I'm fairly new to halfway decent MJ's. I've had several MJ's in my possession but they've always been beat up 2.5's and I always sell them or part them out to good homes rather than put in the work to fix them up. This one may prove to receive a different fate. Over the weekend I just happened to stumble across a Craigslist add that had been up for 6 days. "1989 Jeep Comanche. 4.0, auto, 153k miles - $600" I thought, there's no way this thing is still available... After 2 days of suspenseful txt messages I pulled up in the guys yard to find this fine specimen of MJ with my name on it. He had a camper top that I gave him an extra $50 for. 1989 MJ Pioneer, Metric Ton, Column shift auto, LWB, 2wd, 153k miles. It was cheap because it doesn't run. He was driving it and it shut off on him. He parked it and has been throwing parts at it trying to make it run. He mentioned replacing the distributor, ign coil, starter, alternator, ign switch, etc... Now, I have to figure out what to do with it. For now, I think the plan is to make it run, general maintenance and drive it as-is for a little while. I part out XJ's as a side job so I have everything in my possession for a 97+ swap and a 4wd swap so that'll probably come along eventually. I have 3 kids so I can't really make it my primary vehicle. I also have 2 other XJ's I switch between driving. What would YOU do with it? Now, here's the fun part: This is what I see when I get to the guy's house. Nice leaky Dana 44 and 5 leaf packs. Aweful red interior but soooo clean. If anything, this terrible red interior will be what sparks the urge to do the 97+ swap. Headed home. Pretty sure the only thing this truck has ever hauled in the bed is pillows: Needs some door locks. I've never even seen one of these still in place. Much less working. Pretty clean engine bay. Needs some touch up and a few gaskets. Holes where the Old guy PO had cab lights mounted to the hood. lol A few more pictures I snapped when I got home before I called it a night. New tires. Cheap tires but new. Old man mud flaps must go. Of course the bumper is bent. Remnants of Pioneer stickerage: Botched flair painting job. He didn't even try to paint the other side, Thank god. Anywho, more pictures will follow.

Nice truck ya got there. POs usually have an awesome way of surprising you on down the road.

Found a buddy of mine that just happened to have a bearing retainer just sitting on a shelf. Getting it for the price of shipping. Sweet.

I'm honestly wishing I had just put the internal slave in it and called it good. This is a 400 dollar truck and the only reason I'm making this effort is its a rust free truck with a good shape cab. The bed, fenders, hood and grille look like crap but all that can be replaced to look good. I don't even know what the plan is with the truck right now. It'll probably be used to haul trash to the dump for a while. I spend all the big dollars on the 4 XJs in the yard.