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It's genuine. http://comancheclub.com/topic/46737-1987-jeep-street-comanche-san-diego-ca/ http://comancheclub.com/topic/45893-the-sleeper-jeeper-street-comanche-59/

I remember back changing out the clutch in one of my old MJs using a floor jack with a homemade cradle on it. If you get the truck high enough on jack stands, align the jack in such a way that you can just work in a straight line with it. Pull the trans back, lower it, and then pull it back towards the rear axle to give enough room to take care of the clutch. I don't really see the need to separate the transfer case from the trans.

Never fails, Wade... no updates for a while and then when you do there's always less and less original steel. :shake: Remember when?... :D

All the cool kids are doing it.

Jim, I think you need this.

... and it fits up in there pretty tight... The long box guys have it easy with their miles of room both in the bed and under it. I've played around with fitting a 33 under my old Pioneer and it wasn't near the squeeze that it is to fit a 30 under a short box! While I was fiddling around back there, I checked to make sure that my new license plate light doesn't interfere with the tailgate... Neat little LED unit I found on Amazon. They had mixed reviews, but for the space it takes up I'll take a chance on it. Speaking of lights... ... the headlights are getting some attention too. I've got a three core copper radiator waiting to go in soon that'll free up tons of space for putting in the new harness. Had to move things around in the garage back to "summer mode" and I think this is the first time the Eliminator and the Ape have ever been properly introduced... I remember back when I thought that having a 3.5" lifted truck on 31s was a big deal! :laughin: They both look a little sad right now. The Eliminator is due for a face lift while the Ape just looks like that all the time. I'm still getting bumpers sorted out for the truck. The rear needs a little bit of finish welding on it and then paint, and I need to pick the best one out of my pile of bumpers for the front. Yup... as stated before, going back to a stock bumper. I really miss the clean looks of this truck from when I first got it! That big ugly bumper was never intended to be hung on it! Fortunately, it's just nuts, bolts, and paint that's been mostly holding things back. That and a long search for a couple very specific pieces of trim is the start of a sign of things to come. I think it looks a little Chiefish, but that was a risk I was willing to take. That bright (currently dirty as hell) red paint really pops with a touch of chrome! That's right, Don... you're slowly converting another. :shake:

30x9.5

Right?! Just ordered up a set of Jeep tailgate decals... finally. Now that the spare tire is back under the bed were it belongs, the rear of the truck needs to properly advertise. :brows:

Ball is rolling on this little guy again.

I stopped back at the salvage yard today for a couple small parts and saw this poor XJ again. Seems as though I had my "disregard everything rusty" glasses on the day. Granted, it's still salvageable, but it's a little worse than I first remembered it. The rockers are surprisingly nice, the doors all have some rust, and I was very surprised with how the floors look from underneath. Looks like a couple very small holes and some puckering at the seams, but no giant pieces of carpet falling through. The interior is beautiful. Power everything, although I'm not sure if anything works as it still needs a battery. I asked if I could start it, but the couple guys that were there were... and I quote... "super busy" with their hacking away at a something or other sedan sub frame. Here's some better pictures of it. Just for fun, I did ask the owner this time if he'd be interested in selling it. He kind of himmed and hawed over the idea because he got such a good deal on it and that they're kind of rare. The rarity didn't seem to bother him though with his intentions of tooling around the yard with it. I talked with his wife again on my way out. She says to hang in there and that he knows that they have my number. It's starting to get picked over unfortunately... I hate to admit that I'm actually a guilty party of that as well. She said that the more that it gets picked, he'll either be more willing to either sell or scrap it. It could still make for a driver from the looks of it if it had taillights again. Not sure what works and what doesn't but I would imagine that it would mainly be considered a drivetrain donor. Some work has been done on the engine at some point. I was a bit low with my first post as it actually shows 221k on the odometer. Still a damn shame seeing it there... waiting outside their garage... quietly sobbing to itself... :(

1.5L VW diesel powered Dodge Rampage So many layers of awesomeness colliding in my eyes! :eek:

:shake: Nor have you paid attention to the badge on the fender. :D

Agreed. I had to mount the spare and a toolbox on the front of my camper to get the tongue weight just right.

Finished product... bare frames... whatever you've got, Jim. I don't think there's a whole lot of science that goes into any pickup box trailer regardless of make or model, but even just the basics are fun to look at. Just like anything else, there's mild to wild. Simplicity, I really like how the frame of Rob's trailer turned out that it was just the back half of a Comanche frame with a tongue welded on... ... others have utilized more of the original frame too... ... and then when I built mine, I started completely from scratch out of stainless... The bottom line is that people love pictures regardless of how it's built! :popcorn:

It's based after the original three. Max is on his own and then yet again falls into someone else's business.

Bringing back an old thread!... again! So this finally happened, eh? Went and saw it at the drive-in this weekend. Mel or no Mel, I think this was right on par with classic Mad Max movies. Not much for a plot... action... cars... action.... people dying... action... more people dying... action... the end. :D

Got a trailer? Post it up! :typing:

buffalob's trailer that's been passed around a bit...

Rob has one too...

Here's another: http://comancheclub.com/topic/42219-jpr-slpr/

Control arm mini skid done today along making up a new mount for the stabilizer. No idea what it's supposed to be for, but an XJ it is not. Would it make more sense to get one that's actually designed to fit? Probably. On the other hand, like the new crossmember it makes for potential future changes easier when the time comes.

Correct. Couple pieces of 1/4"x2"x3" angle and one piece of 1/4"x2"x3" tubing for the bulk of it along with more weight than I probably needed. Others have used just a piece of 2"x4" tubing and doing away with complexity, but once again I was just using whatever scraps I had. Some assembly required. Easy, peasy.

So National Trails Day came and went today! And... I... didn't get out there and be a supporter. :( Too much to do on the Ape before getting out and using it again, and a growing list of demands from the higher up at home. With that, and for the lack of pictures in this thread, how about we shift gears to MJ trailers? There's a bunch of us around here with them and it's a partial month that we have left. Partial month? Partial MJs. Makes sense to me!

Yup. Tied into one more hole that was already in the frame too.

Well... I was hoping to get out for National Trails Day tomorrow with this thing, but I just plain ran out of time today. Got most of my new list taken care of but the driver's side control arm mount and steering stabilizer still remain. The new crossmember took a little more time than it should've... I kept adding things and complicating things. Second, there was the exhaust that also took more time than it should've. Then I finally got started on the control arm mounts by making up a couple mini skids out of some 1/4"x3" tubing. Pictures!... Only a few subtle changes between old and new. Yeah... I lost a little bit of ground clearance, but what I wanted to do was open a few potential future doors for control arm mounting points should I ever decide to go with long arms. ... and then some boring stuff...