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My dad lives in St. Cloud but drives into the metro area every other week for work. Seems as though that he saw a white MJ with a tonneau cover and a Comanche Club decal in the back window and MN plates. This would've been this afternoon and this really got me thinking who it could've been... more importantly, who's truck in MN don't I know? Anyhow, more curious than anything else. Good to see the Comanche Club word getting around in the north country!

I did the same with my 8.25 swap. It does. I had my driveshaft made up when I did my 4wd swap years ago. At that time, I kept with the dana 35 and I had a couple inches of lift. Since then, I've swapped to an 8.25 and about another inch and a half of lift due to my Metric Ton springs. The driveshaft was a little short for comfort after the springs, but after the different axle went in the shaft was just about right. Clean off all of the mounts before anything else. I want to say that there would be clearance issues with the u-bolts otherwise. Also, if you're going as far as an axle swap, might as well add some dana 35 Grand Cherokee disk brakes too. Easy enough to do... just enlarge the center hole a but and everything just bolts in place. ... and don't be silly with yourself like I did. If you're going spring under or over, just add the spring perches that you need. Hauling around extra steel that'll never get used... all I'm doin now... why would I think that was a good idea anyhow?... should've just left it alone... I digress...

We had a ton of people slowing down when passing and even a few coming up and asking what the heck it even is! 8)

LOVE this pic! Totally! I saw that picture and instantly a playful voice starts singing in my head... happy little tractor... puttering off back to the farm... tra-la-la... Truck looks good, Rob. You too, Wade.

... okay, so this thing is a totally awesome place to call home. I was thinking that it would be cold being that the canvas isn't insulated. Planning for a few cold nights dipping down to about fifty or so degrees, the wife and I bundled up the first night and just about died of heat stroke. With everything in place and the tail and lift gate shut, this thing stays tight enough that bugs weren't even an issue! Sure, with the windows open for the whole day each night started off a little cold, but after about a half an hour with two people inside the temperature stays very comfortable. Very happy with our weekend! The weekend started with actually finishing the camper enough to use it... what, you guys finish projects on time? I didn't get the axle finished but all that it needs are lower shock mounts and shocks. Being that we didn't have to go all that far, I just took it easy around the corners and kept an eye on it bouncing around in the rear view. Couple little odds and ends that we could live without, but one thing that I had been worrying about were the fiberglass wands that keep the tent tight. Maybe something out of aluminum or finding something that'll bow and go back... tough to find or so I thought. While on a last minute camping cruise through Fleet Farm and I walked by the perfect solution... Coleman universal repair tent poles! Cut to fit and in place they were just the ticket. Next I finally fixed the corner on the canvas that had ripped the screws out of the fiberglass and we were off! That's where this came in: So we did! Made our way all of a mile and change around the corner to Lake Carlos State Park. Why so close? Well... just in case I suppose. We did some reconnaissance a few weeks before and found the campsite that was the most out of the way from the rest of the park. Being that we couldn't get to our site until after 4:00, we didn't have a whole lot of time for much activities... so how about some camping food?! The first night's dessert included some pie iron cherry pies. Yummo! Enter the blazing night of Satan's breath and the next day was filled with hitting the hiking and biking trails... after a camp stove breakfast, of course. Bacon, peppers, onions, and more than a few eggs. Yes please! After a day of biking and hiking, we were ready for another evening of dinner over the fire. Aluminum foil wrapping some steak cubes, potatoes, and peppers were on the menu. Throw in a few smores and some tasty libations and another day past rather quickly. Sunday was pretty much a rinse and repeat of Saturday except we needed to leave the park by 4:00. Didn't take a while lot of pictures, but again we had a great time! Some nice change of scenery... ... a fair amount of this... ... and a whole lot of this. Good weekend. Good weekend.

Just about to leave the house... can I say it now? LET'S GO CAMPIN'!!!

Didn't quite get it done just yet... but today is the day for the maiden voyage! Still need to fix the corner and clean the tent. Not sure if I'll get on here again before we take off so expect some good updates on Sunday. Have a nice weekend everyone! :jump:

Welcome! I've got nothing to add here other than asking what the story is on the blue Chevy in the background. '67? '68? I'm kind of a sucker for that body style... Good looking MJ too! Oh geez... :hijack: ... already?

^ Maybe not just the exhaust from the axle back but also everything else of what's going on from the axle back... like the backside of the roll pan. I don't suppose Brandt would be willing to remove the goofy rivited panels to show how the mounts are figured on the side steps?

4wd Action thread Does Brandt have the molds too?

Underhood, interior details... all the way down to how many miles are on it, exhaust from the rear axle back, tire carrier showing both how the spare fits in the carrier and locks in to how it is mounted in the bed, more pictures of the racer back like how the lights are mounted, the best he can do of taking some pictures of the inside of the headlight buckets, maybe some pictures off the grounds and more in some forest type of setting, and flex shots... just stack up some pallets or something. Brandt is the man! All hail Brandt! :bowdown:

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... or a centerfold!! :brows:

I think the first H looks more like an M and wouldn't the L be a T? 1: United States J: Jeep Corporation T: Truck M: 4.0L L: 5 spd manual, floor shift, part time 4wd 63: 4wd, 6' bed 5: Comanche Eliminator 8/3: ? H: 1987 T: Toledo, Ohio 00075 Doesn't look right to me. An Eliminator with 4wd with a date of 1987? I think I did that right... anyone verify?

I used to give a name to every vehicle I owned. Then after selling off a few and getting really bummed out because I was missing them I stopped doing it. Had a VW Beetle named Slugger and an MJ named Scrappy... I especially miss Scrappy... the list goes on.

I can dig it. All of it. I'm totally diggin' the bizarrness of everything in your posts on this thing and now I really want one. Just so you know, I'd motor boat that. I'd motor boat the hell out of that.

It's beautiful. Just the details behind it whether it being the simplicity of the lift, the hints of pictures showing the crazy '80s interior, or the near crudeness of the pop rivets holding on the covers that are hiding the internals and mounts of the neat side steps and skirts. I'll say it again... it's beautiful. I especially enjoy the pictures showing off the cracked fiberglass and sanding marks left behind in the bondo on the bottom side of the flares and steps. Keep in mind that this thing was built by someone! Someone who probably saw these trucks everyday and thought of them as something more. Something that was both a tool for work but also a toy that could benefit from some cool touches like a lift and some bigger tires... just because it looks cool! He saw that though the interior was both comfortable and functional it also could use some added flair... again, just because it looks cool! There's the changed front end, the spare tire mount, the fiberglass work all around the truck, and the fuel filler. Oh, the fuel filler!! This guy was one of us! He saw the Comanche and dreamed of what it could be! A change here and there, but it's still a Comanche at heart. How many of us add some accessories here and there, throw on a few sets of lights, lift it up and mount some aftermarket wheels and big tires, then finish it off with a flashy paint job with hopes of catching some attention while enjoying our truck. Yup... the builders of the Thunderchief may have been the spark that started what we have and enjoy on a daily basis that we call the Comanche Club and I thank whoever they may be. Looking at it now, the truck is showing its age and even some rust showing through it's painted undercarriage. Rust? Yup! Still a Comanche at heart! Call it a passion for these trucks or just the appreciation of someone else's work of seeing something in real life or seeing something in their mind and making it a reality these pictures really take me back a few steps. I'll say it again because it just is... the truck is beautiful. Thank you Rob for looking into this for us and be sure to thank your source for the effort that he put into getting you what he did.

... and welcome to JohnX!

Trade you your old '91 for it? '91 for a '91... sounds good to me!

I think it's cool. Neat truck with a cool look. Congratulations!

Thanks dude! I'd like to paint the wheels a dark graphite color eventually... because black and white is all kinds of cool. Kinda like an old print ad. WHAT, WHAT?!

The battery is not quite two years old. I've been reading up on beefing up my grounds, but I have not done so yet. I have not. Again, this just started without proper time to investigate. Thanks for all the suggestions from everyone.

I'm going to call the kitchen done. I only have to finish the water tank fill but that includes going out and getting a foot of 1 1/4"ID tubing. The outside just needed some finishing touches. I also figured out what to do about that nasty mattress pad that came with it... threw it away... it was for the best. To replace it was a tough find because the WilderNest uses a goofy size mattress that isn't a standard size. The closest I could find was a twin size air mattress... way more comfy than the original too. Not quite a perfect fit as the original was a little bigger. It'll work. Soon... soon.

... then there's this. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=35772

Did some running around in the Eliminator this morning and it seems to have picked up yet another annoying habit. When turning the key to start, it'll turn over just as usual (several more times than what is desirable... typical Renix) but then it seems like everything cuts out then restarts the whole process. Have a look: It doesn't do it everything, but I will say that it does it more when I'm running around from place to place shutting it down and starting again. Sometimes it'll do it just once and sometimes the starting lull will occur multiple times when trying to start. At its worst I counted out eight times before starting the engine. Not sure where to start with this. A few years ago when the engine was built, it got a new starter and CPS, the fuel pump relay lost its 12 volt supply (still not sure why... ran another wire) that was repaired, the battery was replaced about a couple years ago, and the starter relay was changed out when I got the truck about seven years ago. I'll be honest: I'm getting fed up with this truck. From random wiring issues, to the leaking fuel rail fix only to have a valve cover leak start, or the windshield leaking leading to finding a little rust that'll only come back, breaking an a pillar cover, and a roof that's scratched to hell, then the windshield still leaking and making a soggy sponge out of my headliner again, and now this being its latest gift. Unfortunately, I won't have much for time to look at it this weekend so I'm hoping that someone will read through this and will have had the same thing happen and know what's up. This does get me thinking though... would I be better off leaving well enough alone and keep the Renix or swap the whole harness and HO components from my '91 (the '91 is getting swapped into something whether it be my Eliminator or my '89 that the wiring is all kinds of a rat's nest) when I've got the time and place to really dig into it? Either way... any ideas on the starting issue or opinions on an HO swap are greatly appreciated. Thanks dudes.