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Does that mean your '88 just might get the dust knocked off it?

There was pictures of a gray MJ floating around years that had a V8 swap with a ZJ donor and the guy swapped the whole dash over. Everything seemed to fit with trimming but if I remember right there looked like there was just about zero leg room under the dash. Can't find it right now, but I know it's out there... :hmm:

I was planning on using the load levelers and Sensa Tracs up front. Didn't work out with the levers on my LWB so I went with the Sensa Tracs all around.

From page 1. :thumbsup:

http://comancheclub.com/topic/43751-rusty86-full-frame-build/ Maybe your truck is next in line? :wrench:

Damn dude! Sorry to see that. :(

Been waiting to see this! :rotf: Diggin' the old man feel of this one. Probably get a line of people wanting that visor too.

Check the windshield right around the VIN plate. Nice. :laughin:

Yup... traded some stuff with Rob when he was up here a few weeks back. I replaced the speedo, then the cluster itself, trans speed sensor, tested the t-case speed sensor and it came out fine. I'm going to start at the sensors and go from there checking continuity all the way... again. :wall:

Hu! Already on the map!

New cluster installed today to get rid of the mix-n-match cluster I was running. However, it still doesn't work. Any thoughts on that?

So I've had this speedometer problem for a while now with this truck. Sometimes it works. Other times not so much. I changed out the speedometer itself in the cluster and that helped... as in, it worked more of the time. Then it went dead again all together and hasn't worked for a few weeks now. Today was the day that I decided to change out the whole cluster assembly for a different one. I now need to change out the oil pressure and temp sensors, but that's not a big deal at all. Trouble is... the speedometer still does not read. Fuel and volts read just fine and I assume that the oil and temp will also when the proper sensors are installed as they jump around with the key on. Anything special that I don't know about these clusters? Only thing I did with it was clean it up a bit and swap over the old fuel gauge/gear selector from the old cluster. Not sure what year it came from. Any new suggestions besides killing it with fire?

I don't see why not. Here's a link to a thread that the guy has an '87 but used a '96 for the donor. Did a really good job of showing how he rigged up the fuel pump too. :thumbsup:

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Come on guys! Time to get your rally hats on for the write in vote!!!

Sorry about the DW, but to be honest I had a nice giggle over this. :teehee:

Agreed.

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/dak/cto/4669165040.html 1988 Jeep Comanche Eliminator Pickup - $3300 (Rosemount Mn) It was bought new in California and has very very little rust on it. It has a recent tune up and brakes. This ia a rare truck! It has 143779 original miles on it. It has the 4.0 inline 6 engine. Manual 5 speed transmission. Radio and cloth bucket seats. This may be your last chance for a Jeep pickup. Do want. :rock on:

Alexandria, MN but willing to drive a little ways. Totally in for trying to get something to work out.

Perhaps. I think this is where most efforts to put something together always falls off the rails when people start looking at how far they'd need to go. I'd be the first to say something about west and east Pow Wow though... were do us central guys fit in? Especially the ones that are way up here? Sure there could be regional Pow-Wows, but that's still difficult for those on the outskirts of a few regions. Can't please everyone. If it'd mean small groups then so be it, I guess. Maybe try a new method and just have someone toss a dart at a map? It'd keep it random them anyhow! Probably end up somewhere in Sweden or something... not a bad thing for huricane4 though. Hell of a drive for the rest of us. :laughin:

That'd be the logical thing to do, but I think there might be more of a draw if there were some other activities as well. Perhaps for those either not all that into wheeling or too afraid to do so with their truck... :peek: I'd be more than happy to host a CC Pow Wow at my place... just throwing that out there. Plenty of room for camping right in the yard, Appleton, MN is an hour and a half drive south for some wheeling and could make a big caravan down there, I've got a state park just a mile around the corner for those looking for a little more secluded camping, there are hiking/horse trails there too, neat little downtown area for those who need to find something for a significant other to fill their time if not interested in getting drowned in CC nerds, there's a winery that does tours and samples, there's a distillery that does tours and samples, really good fishing year round, strip club all of a half mile down the road... lots of good stuff in my little town! I'm a little out of the way for most, however. Central to the country if you include Alaska! :yes:

I don't know if I'm shocked or insulted that you'd ask such a question, Don! :fs2: ... no leaks, of course. :D

I love the idea of getting as many CC members in one spot and then actually see it happen! The topic comes up over and over again... just once I'd like to see it happen. Anything somewhat centrally located to get a draw from the whole country? Anything cool in Nebraska or Kansas? :dunno:

Tires!!! This little car took on a whole new personality today. First time it's ever had anything more than those tiny little bike tires. I think it looks tough! Everything is mobile again! Best part is one less pile in a corner. Now to pick something else from the box.

Holy old thread! Figured I might as well let everyone in on what I've been up to lately. The majority of this last summer has been a total pile of garbage so I've been lacking on all of my projects. Little by little, I'm getting back to things. I wanted to return to something that I could come and go as I please with little projects when I've got a few open hours at a time. Even though my white truck could probably get done faster than this, I felt is easier to get back to a simpler vehicle to pick at. So... lets get up to date. Here it is after a couple more years of sitting and waiting patiently for its turn. I wanted to get things rolling again on what makes it... well... roll. Obviously these wheels/tires are just for moving it around. Not a whole lot of cool factor in pizza cutters on a dune buggy. My plan from the start was to run 295/55s on the rear and 235/60s on the front. I had options but not much in the VW lug pattern variety. Either find a nice wheel and run adapters or redrilled hubs, or get creative. I chose the to get creative... and a little old school. Ever hear of a steel wheel that's been "banded"? It's kind of a gray area as it means to cut a wheel in half and add in an extension to the barrel. Personally, I wouldn't ever run a set of wheels that I didn't know who did the welding, but I wouldn't even give it a second thought if it were my own work. So this happened... I got the first one done, painted, and a tire mounted as an experiment. I spent a ton of time keeping the wheel spinning round, but more on that later. I ended up with this... Yup... it's wide! I I started with a 4" wheel and ended with a 9". The fronts also started as 4" but are now 7.5" wide. Want to know how I did it? Thought you'd never ask. It all starts with making sure they're all the same backspacing. This is where things turn into a bit of a hassle. For those unfamiliar with my shop, I'm a bit of a minimalist. Ideally, I should be using a lathe for cutting the wheels in half to keep everything nice and true. Well... I have no such fancy things. So, measure everything a bunch of times and slap on some red tape. Then I scribe a line with a cut wheel on a grinder. ... and send it home. Now was a good time to clean everything up. Again, proper tools would be a big help here. A sand blaster would be best, but a grinder with a wire wheels works too... slowly, but well enough. I sheared some 3/16" material and gave it a whirl in a slip roller. This is where things start to take shape. Fancy tools thrown out still, keeping things round was done with a square and some TIG filler. Let's compare. Anyhow, some other stuff happened and I ended up with one more rear and two fronts. Going to be sweet! With everything welded up, the reborn wheels got some paint this afternoon. Tomorrow the rest of the tires mounted. Very excited to get this one back on the ground and mobile again. Then on to something else. I'd really like to be doing some tube work this winter... which means I need to figure out a bender. Stay tuned for that or whatever else might be next.