Pseudosport

Definitely go with standalone engine management. Megasquirt is cheap and will do the job. You can even build a plug and play setup if you want to.

Picked up a 1988 Eliminator about a month ago because I needed a truck and always liked Comanche’s. I have one before a few years ago but I over complicated that project and it never really worked out so I’m starting fresh with this truck. New truck is a 4.0L 2WD with a 5 Speed. Current plan is to swap in an AX-15 / NP 231, fix all the little things, and drive it. After that who knows. Here is a picture from when I first saw the truck on Craigslist. Paint doesn’t look that great but it as bedsides, rockers and cab corners! Add said the truck runs and has a new fuel tank and pump but the clutch slave was leaking. Figured it sounded promising so I drove up to Manchester NH to check it out. In person the paint and interior was worse then I expected but over all it was pretty solid so I decided to buy it. Since I don’t have a garage my friend has been letting me work on the truck at his place in NH. Originally I was going to replace the clutch and swap in an AX-15 in a weekend. I dropped the BA10 and found the lines from the clutch slave were rusty and leaking. I tried ordering a clutch kit locally from 2 different places that showed they came with the slave but none of them did. I ended up getting a kit from Ebay but the whole thing set me back 2 weeks since I can only work on the truck once a week. While I was waiting I also ordered a new clutch line from the master just to be safe. Here’s a picture of the clutch being installed. Main reason I took the pic was to remember the position of the trigger wheel at TDC incase I go with MegaSquirt later on. AX15/NP231 installed. I still need to pick up a D30 from the junkyard. Comanche needs to be up and going so I can get its own parts so the 2WD axle is going to stay for now. Some quick engine pictures of the rest of the truck. Engine is crusty but complete. Interior smells like mouse poop but the bucket seats are in good shape. Found a mouse nest under the center console. Truck came with a set of snow tires on it but the front were pretty worn and were not holding air. One of my friends had some 30” mud tires on Jeep wheels he said I could have. 2 have very low miles and the 3rd has 75% left but the tread it feathered. Decided to move the 2 good snows to the front and run a pair of 30’s in the back just so I can move the truck around. I’ll figure out wheels and tires later. So the truck runs and drives but the brakes felt like crap. I was hoping to just clean them up and bleed them but the master turned out to be junk. Blah, truck is going to sit at my friends house for while I track down some brake parts. Instead of ordering a master cylinder I found someone selling a 95 XJ booster with master on CL for $30. It even came with the proportioning valve and lines. The following week I pulled the master and found this: Glad I picked up the XJ stuff. Swap was strait forward since I’ve done this in the past on my old XJ. I drilled out the whole in the new booster to 5/8” and made a flat spot for the brake light switch. Bolted the booster in and made up some custom brake lines. Bleed the brakes and should be finally ready to test drive the truck. Bleed the brakes and should be finally ready to test drive the truck or so I thought. After the booster swap the truck decided to crank and not start. I started to wiggle wires under the dash and found the connection to the ignition switch was poor. I cleaned the contacts but the switch was still pretty corroded. And the turn signal switch contacts were pretty bad too which would explain why a bunch of other stuff didn’t work. Sigh… decided to pull the column and bring it home with me to fix everything since it would be another week till I see the truck again. Here is the new switch compared to the old one.

Nice! Let me know if there is anything else you want to see or have any questions.

Since we had no way to bend our front axle we just a small pie section out and rewelded it for -2.5 degrees of camber per side. So far it's holding up well.

I’ll be keeping an eye on this too. Here is a picture of the XJ-R for some inspiration.

A little off topic but does anyone have pictures of the front suspension? I’d like to see how they modified the front axle and if they changed the control arm mounts. We have been running a modified 2WD axle in the XJ-R since 2009 but I’d like to see how ours compares to the Archer Brothers. Also our team might have placed a few bids on the truck that was on eBay but the reserve was higher then what we thought it was worth.

My MJ was having the same problem. Turns out the socket for the flasher had corrosion on the ternainals. It would either not blink, blink slowly, or stop in the middle of blinking. A small file and come contact cleaner fixed my problem.

When to college at UNOH for High Performance Automotive Technology and Alternative Fuels. Worked at a Chrysler dealer right after school for a year until they closed a year later. No other dealers or decent small shops were hiring so I ended up taking an entry lever position at State Street Bank. 7 years later and a few promotions I’m now a Senior Pricing Analyst. Yeah I work in a cube but the money is decent and at the end of the day I’m eager to go home and work on my many projects.

It still looks better then the 2014 Jeep Cherokee

I’m surprised at how something this ugly can make it into production. There must have at least been a few people at Chrysler who said “guys, I think this is a bad idea…”

Looking for a rear driveshaft for a 4.0L 4x4 AX15 SWB D35 Comanche. Thanks.

Not mine. http://longisland.cr...3623875730.html "168,000 miles. radiator is leaking. burns oil. hole on drivers side floor. I'm not handy enough to give it the love it needs. make me an offer."

Hmm, that might be an option depending on the price. I just sent him a PM, thanks.

Looking for a headliner board since the 88 Comanche I just bought didn't come with one. It doesn't need to have fabric since I plan on recovering it anyway. I'm located in Hanover, MA