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^THIS!!! :rock on:

Remember back when the news was going around that they were making them again? It was actually two years ago this month when the fire started to spread. The excitement was amazing! Just the thought that a company would spend the money on such a task and the research and development behind it all is truly an honor to what Jeep produced so many years ago now. The lines were dead on. The customization was just as workable as original. The body being totally susceptible to rust was totally what we needed! That's right, this month's MJTOM goes to... THE RC MJ!!!! These things are amazing! They're just what the Comanche Doctor called for when it comes to all the offload action without the headache of playing nice enough to drive it back home. Hell, they're easy enough to keep around that anyone can build their own RC fleet that could rival even the very Jim Oshel! Let's have another look... So, there you have it... your MJOTM for August, 2013! Nope, there's no specs listed this month. However, I would invite everyone to post up their own RC MJ! Make sure you list the usual drivetrain, suspenion, wheels/tires, even your best MJ story about your RC truck. Let's see what you've got, CC!

In the ground! Hello future space people!!! :wavey:

Today was the day. For the capsule itself, I used some 2" PVC and a couple caps. Inside, we put a letter about who we are and what was going on at the time, an AMC Jeep badge, a broken iPod, a dollar bill, and a picture of us on our wedding day. Hello, future!

I had the same thing happen on my '88 a few years ago. New o-rings... couple new injectors... changed out the fuel rail to find a small crack on the bottom side right next to one of the injector cups. Everything else is looking really good though. Diggin' the cleanliness of the build!

Another day of a few hours to fill... that means more paint! Hood, fenders, cowl, other such front end parts... that sort of stuff. In remembrance of its past self, I managed to get a couple of the saw tooth stripes off without totally destroying them. They need a little smoothing out, but it's nice to have another Jeep oriented decoration on my tool box. :D Next will be to get the front sheet metal hung on the truck. Then I've got a good axle out of a '98 XJ that needs to go in. While that's out, I've got a RMS to go in along with a new oil pan gasket waiting to go. Brake lines to the rear... rear brakes... front brakes... metal work on the bed... paint the bed... and so on.

I've been seeing a bunch lately around my place too. Not any that I haven't passed before, but it's nice to know that they're still out there. Here's a bunch members with similar experiences: http://comancheclub.com/topic/36402-how-many-comanches-are-in-your-area/ :thumbsup:

It's done!... as far as I can get it anyhow. The ventilation is on hold until the HVAC guys come back to connect the dots. They dropped off an adapter ring to weld on at the business end of the vent tube. Belting went in place. Everything got run back and forth to check for clearances. Paint... final fit up... had some professionals come in to level and square the frame... now it's all up to the school's electrician to drill for some new grounds through the floor. More pictures! I made up some temporary table slats with high hopes of cutting something with it this week. Still need to wait on the rest of the world for that though. Very happy with how everything came out! Even the pros asked where we found such a custom engineered vent system! The for real slats will be made up similar fashion. Planning to make up sections of slats so they'll be easier to replace and easier to clean out the little bits and pieces out of the bottom of the table. Otherwise, everything fits very well with the rest of the shop. It's a little tight, but it was placed in a way that it would use up a bunch of odd real estate in that lab. Now to finish cleaning up the rest of the shop before the students come back.

Wheeled a fork lift today right over a curb. Granted, it wasn't the kind of wheeling that was intentional, but wheeling none the less. Sorry, I didn't manage to grab any pictures... I don't think it was all that much flex anyhow. :roll:

Careful, Pete... with great power comes great responsibility. :smart:

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... but improper punctuation is okay, Jim? :D

That looks way too clean for any sort of tough truck racing.

http://duluth.craigslist.org/cto/3980371800.html 1991 JEEP COMANCHE 43,000 MI ON MOTOR, ETC - $1500 (DULUTH) 4.0 High Output 6 Cylinder, 5 speed, 7' bed with liner, alloy wheels. Rebuilt engine, clutch and transmission run beautifully! Powerful and super-peppy! Body and frame are very rusted, but following all have 43,000 documented miles: - Locally rebuilt engine as of 1/20/11 - Starter - Water pump - Block heater - Clutch Set - Entire brake system (master cylinder, wheel cylinders, rotors, drums, even brake lines!) - Radiator - Gas tank - Four Heavy Duty Firestone Destination A/T tires (41,000 miles with lots of tread) Drive it! $1500 cash. Call Jeff @ 218-590-6188. I can't imagine what the frame looks like under this thing with the body lines it has! Vintage ARE wheels though. I think Austin needs to buy this.

Nothing wrong with that! I've found myself a few times picking up parts without any plans for what to do with them at the immediate time. Good luck on this build. I know I'll be watching! :popcorn:

Thanks Jay! :cheers: I had a little bit of time to fill today. Got the doors, cowl, a-pillars, and tons of over spray on an already terrible windshield.

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Why is it that no matter what is typed in the "Topic Title" the outcome always has the first letter of each word capital? Say for example I want something to read as "Fun Topics on CC", it'll show up as "Fun Topics On Cc". 'Sup with dat?

I know what you're thinking. "Next Greatest Thread on CC?!" And you might be right! Don't get me wrong... there's some real heavy hitters here: What Did You Do To Your MJ Today?, Counting With Pictures, Crazy Mad Flex... the list goes on. Granted, these threads are all located in the Popular Threads section and this maybe should've been posted there. However, this is not a popular thread... YET!!! Will it happen? We'll soon find out. The thought behind this is that while many of us love wheeling, not all of us have the opportunity to take out our trucks and enjoy them for one reason or another. How about we get a little creative? Here's how it works: What did you wheel today? Any special features of this machine? Pictures... because everybody likes pictures. For example... Craftsman LTX 1000 21.5hp Briggs V-Twin, 42" cutting deck, 15x6.00 front / 20x10.00 rear tires, mild body damage... but chicks dig body damage anyway. Poser shot to check for binding clearances: Easy trail riding: Flexing out: Even did some rock crawling: There you have it. Could this be the next greatest thread on CC? Let's see what you've been wheeling today and we'll find out.

I've said it a few times before, but I teach at a Technical College. School has been out for a couple of weeks now, and I usually have about a month off during the summer. Not so much this year. I had a week off, then the school decided that it would be a good idea to bring me back for a couple weeks to take care of a project that has been on the back burner for the past couple years. Here's the back story: I went to school eight years ago now and we had this amazing CNC plasma table that nobody seemed to know how to use or what to do with. Well, that just wasn't good at all! It was me and another student that took it upon ourselves to stick around after class and figure things out. We did. We made some cool stuff. Then we graduated. Fast forward a few years and I take on a job at the same school I went to. The thing is, class sizes kept growing and space was limited in the shop... and the table was taken apart and put into storage. Mega bummer! A couple years later and we expanded the shop. A couple years later again and it's now time to put it back into service! Just set it up, right? Wrong... Originally, there was no ventilation for the table and it was just grandfathered from year to year. So even if we were to set everything back up exactly where it was, we would have to add a $20k air cleaner and a way to feed said air cleaner from the table. Enter a side-draft table! I went around to a few local shops to see how their tables were set up. Being that we're a school, most shops love to let me in and poke around and be nosey! I found one that I liked and it had a simple design... simple in terms of moving parts and easy of fabrication, anyhow. Pictures!!!... crappy cell phone pictures, but pictures none the less... Air cleaner and frame: Now, originally, the frame and plasma were bought but the slat table was built here. It had good bones, so I decided to strip it down and use it for its frame. Here's how it's going to work: As the gantry moves back and forth with the plasma head, there will be a torpedo shaped suction head that moves with it. This side of the table was totally cut off and I cut out the new side with these windows. The suction torpedo then extends down into a tube. The plan is to put some rubber belting on each side of the opening of the top of the tube. As the torpedo travels back and forth, the rubber will open and close around it keeping the suction localized through the head. In the end, there will be vertical slats for the material being cut to sit on to keep it up and off the table. Those slats will run in line with the line with the head to keep the suction right where the material is being cut. See? I said it was easy! More pictures... Everything is adjustable both up and down and left and right. Originally, there were all kinds of legs on the table. Being that I cut off two of them to make room for the suction tube along the frame, I had to get creative to at least put one back for some support. Let's make it a table! One sheet one... ... two sheet two... Had to make up a run off bumper also. Being that the head is centered to the cutting head, some of it will always be farther further than everything else. This was made up to keep the suction on the table and not from the rest of the room. Added some expanded metal to the windows to keep smaller debris from entering the suction tube. Then the ventilation guys came over and had a look at things. Ideally, the suction tube should have as gentle of a curve as possible for the best flow and performance. Being that everything had to be close to the wall to save space, this could not happen. Fortunately, our air cleaner is way bigger than it needs to be. Hopefully I can open this up a little more once I know how the rubber belting will go. Obligatory close up of tube fit up... even if it is 10" tube... Obligatory close up of weld... While this was happening, I had already brought the table out to paint everything. Might as well make it match the $20k air cleaner and $45k plasma cutter! I try and think about the future too with projects like this. For the ease of moving it around, should it ever need to move, I added a lug at one end. Keep in mind that this all happened over this week. I was hoping to get further along, but things are always more difficult than they should be when one is working by themselves on a project like this. Next week will include fire brick to line the bottom of the table. At the end of the day, our electrician got done with his portion too. Very happily, and after over six years of sitting, a breaker was flipped and a green led display came back to life! Incredibly excited to get this up and running! I'm already thinking of all the cool stuff I could do with it!... granted, all while keeping things education oriented. :D Stay tuned for more next week.

Some good stuff happening here. I have a couple weeks before I'll be ready to cover everything back up. Leaning towards some of Jay's suggestions along with some CC gear. Probably make up something cool out of stainless to drop in there too. Not sure what just yet, but probably something cool anyhow.

http://duluth.craigslist.org/cto/3955359325.html 1987 Jeep Comanche Pickup -Low Miles- - $2250 (Two Harbors, MN) 87 Jeep Comanche pickup, 72,000 original miles, 2.5L 4 cylinder, 4 speed trans, new clutch and exhaust. Nice shape, drives great. Please email me if you are interested.

Just wait until you get another!... and another... then another... and so on...

Can't get over how awesome this truck always looks. Totally worth the 1st place!

My schedule had to get rearranged this week so that put me with another day to try and figure something to do. I decided that it was a good enough as any time to start the paint. The beauty part of a rattle can paint job is that you can quit and come back whenever you want! I got the roof, rear of the cab, and cab sides done... with minimal rework and runs to chase out later. Oh! So many colors this truck has already been! Found some filler too. ... and then a bug landed right in the middle of the roof. :fs2: