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I agree ....... assuming you plan on towing a mobile home. A Comanche towing capacity with the Class I hitch was 2,000 pounds; 3,500 pounds with the Class II. Running the 4.0L/auto trans combo increases it to 5,000 pounds with the Class III. Class I —up to 2,000 pounds (910 kg) — light loads Class II —up to 3,500 pounds (1,600 kg) — light loads Class III —up to 5,000 pounds (2,300 kg) — larger loads (campers, boats, etc.) Class IV —up to 10,000 pounds (4,500 kg) — larger loads (campers, boats, etc.) I agree with what your saying about spreading out the footprint but I don't think a fifth bolt is necessary. The way I see it, if 3 bolts is all that's required for a 5000lb hitch, then 4 bolts would increase that part of a hitches capacity by at least 25 percent (6250lbs) in which is more than what our trucks are rated to tow. How much more do you need? For the 5000 lbs towing you also need a weight distributing hitch.

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/pts/2242453538.html Wants $400 obo Phone call 6194147171 Not mine, know nothing about it other than it has been on craigslist for about a week and should age off today.

If you want to know about the "Big Ton" package, count the number of leafs on one side. "Big Ton"/MetricTon had 5 leafs. Also check the width of the rear brake shoe. Factory Big Ton had 2.5 inch wide drums, not 1.75 inch wide. Also, the Big Ton package only came on a Long Bed, 6 cyl, and automatic transmission.

The stock spare tire is 9.5 inches high which is much shorter than a Cherokee gas tank. I looked at it for my 91 long bed. From memory, you will need a tank about 30 inches square and 9 or 10 inches high. Ford F150 gas tanks are close with 18 or 19 gallons. Even at that you will loose some ground clearance and have just your bumper between your gas tank and some other car or truck that can run into you. I have a trailer hitch bolted to my frame, so have that in addition to my stock bumper. Best solution is to replace your stock tank with another stock tank. You get them on Ebay for less than $100

I have a front mounted Drawtite hitch. Yes, I had to cut some of the front air dam. But it was not difficult.

Forget about the XJ tank. Wrong dimensions to fit. It has been looked at by others and always abandoned. Buy a new gas tank for your truck on ebay as on the topic above.

Know we have to do a smog check every two years on 4 or 5 year old cars. How does it change if you are over limit on HC and can not get it down below limit?

You need to SLOW DOWN big time on the truck. Your mom and dad have to give you the money to buy it. Who is going to pay for all the stuff you want to do with the truck? Let's see - DADDY. Young man, Listen to the folks here: They are telling you this is a BAD choice. Most of these guys have made a bad purchase and know one when they see it. There are many Comanche's out there. Most could be better choices. Sorry to rain on your party.

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How much do they want for the power seats? I would flip the seats upside down and see how they "bolt" to the seat frame. If your old seat and the "new" seat have the same attachment points - I would give it a try - depending on the price of the power seats. If this is a Pick a Part yard, you should have no problem doing this before you decide to buy. Take a look at this thread for some very good pictures that may help: viewtopic.php?f=9&t=8093 Let us know what you discover. I would bet you can do this.

AMC 20 has 1.75 inch wide rear drum brakes Dana 44 has 2.5 inch wide rear drum brakes. Advantage Dana 44 Need to find spare parts? Advantage Dana 44.

Wonder what a carfax would show?

Pete: Drive shaft twice??? Thought it was ONE turn of the drive shaft and 3.5 wheel turns equals a 3.55 final drive? Not 2 drive shaft turns and 3.5 wheel turns equals 3.55? 3.55 to 1? Right???

My Comanche is 2x4 and I don't do any off roading. But I do like the idea of 4x4 in the rare Southern California rain. When we first get rain, we have so much oil and rubber on our roads, they are slick as hell. In the rain, I tend to insist Anita drive the 4x4 Isuzu Rodeo, just because. Also took the Rodeo on a December Road trip from San Diego to San Antonio because of possible snow and bad weather. Well we ran thru 400 miles of snow and ice from Santa Fe to south of Flagstaff. No issues at all. Not that 4x4 is a cure-all for snow and ice. Rented a Jeep Liberty for 6 weeks a couple of years ago in a Wyoming spring. Turned out OK on black ice when others were turning sideways. Just did not understand right away that the anti lock brake system was doing its job. Took me about 5 seconds to figure out what was going on. Anyway, back to my topic. Since I want to use the 4x4 on the street, should I stick to the 242 or will the 231 work for me just fine? Your thoughts please. (Yes, I would take the Rodeo first to the snow. The Comanche, will most likely remain a work truck. But, it may turn into my primary tow vehicle, so hence the question.) The GM auto trans in the Rodeo does not have a great record. And I have no intention of paying for a new or rebuilt GM auto trans. My fleet: 91 Comanche -224k miles (13 to 17 mpg) 96 VW Passat TDI - 206K miles 36 to 48 mpg) 2000 Isuzu Rodeo - 102K miles (17 to 21 mpg - towing 13 -16 mpg) 2003 Camry 103K miles (25 to 36 mpg - really) I would take at least 3 of them anywhere, any time. Anita would not go in the Comanche.

Thik he has been selling on ebay for a while. Don't know anything else. Just glad to see somebody still selling for the Comanche.

Mike, Did you ever sell the visor???

Please explain "seafoam treatment"? Cheap gas and too much ignition advance would also cause the problem. Plugs that are too hot can also cause the problem, me thinks anyway. Might want to look at water injection to get rid of carbon on the piston and head. The steam will clean out carbon deposits.

My spare fell off because of a rusted cable a couple of weeks ago. Fortunately it was 15 feet from my garage. I have read how others fixed the broken cable. But has anyone looked for a later model vehicle with a similar/adaptable cable lift mechanism? Would be nice to find a 2005 vehicle I could get near new parts off of to fix this.

You would be the guy to ask this question. Would it be possible to use the old style interior door trim on a new style door? Do you have any pics of the two?? Jim, Very good question! I don't think the bolts that hold the arm rests on match 96 vs. 97. Then, perhaps you could pop rivet a panel onto the 97 door, then drill the correct holes? Would think the rest of the door panel could be reworked to fit with some time and care.

Gjeep: Where are you in California? May want to look at your work on the doors if you are reasonably close.

Several thousand dollars worth of paint and body work a year ago mean I do NOT want to repaint any existing parts of the truck. That I why I am asking the question. Should have done the door swap before I did the paint. But I did not like the fact that the glove box can not be opened with 97 doors on the Comanche. (P/W, P/L, Pwr mirrors). Besides, Nothing would match the Laredo gray tweed interior trim.

Has anyone put the 97 windows in the early doors? Not sure it is possible because of the different mirror base in the two doors. Or at least what I think is a different mirror base. Yes, I know the total door swap should be very easy, but I never like doing things the easy/smart way. May just have to buy a couple of doors and saw them up to check it out.

So it is these old eyes!! Maybe I need new glasses before I get my drivers license renewed next month!!! Thank God for mailorder license renewals.

Not sure who made my class 3 hitch (Valley?), but it has been on the truck since it was first sold. It has the top plate, but was never bolted to the bumper. I can not see the very light weight bumper adding any strength to 2 inch square steel that the hitch is made from. Also don't trust the bumper mounting points to hold any real load. I can get some measurements of the hitch on the truck. But I don't want to remove the hitch for fear of "loosing" the captive nuts in the frame rails. Can also put a set of calipers on each part of the hitch to record the thickness of the steel if you like. But not sure I can get good measurements of the bolt locations to the frame. Also have a front mounted Draw-tite hitch on the truck to carry a Honda CT-90 trail bike at the same time I tow a camping trailer.

That is the story I have read a number of different places.