gogetemturbo Posted September 17, 2008 Posted September 17, 2008 Just (yesterday ie: monday) purchased a 1992 4.0L M/T 2wd MJ... My fiance and I drove up to Sacramento (from the OC) yesterday and bought this little beauty. Not perfect, by any means, but not bad at all. Especially for $900. She's got 227k on the clock, but that's ok, I have a fresh motor to put in. Typical Jeep, leaking from every oriface it has, short of the rear pinion seal. Got them to knock $99 off bcuz of a cracked exhaust manifold. Still deciding on which path I shall follow, but here she is in all her glory! Image Not FoundImage Not Found Image Not Found Above: This isn't an actual height difference. Driveway has a slight slope, I was kneeling down, and they aren't pulled up at the same point. Image Not Found Below: First Mod! No red stripe. Image Not Found Second Mod: No Gray stripe. Looks so much better. Can see the difference though in the paint. I think this thing might have been repainted at one time. Not exactly sure though. I have only found a little overspray. Image Not Found Is it retarded that I got excited that it has factory rear speakers and ONE key for both ignition and doors, FROM THE FACTORY?? HaHa! Craziness I know...
Pete M Posted September 17, 2008 Posted September 17, 2008 Not retarded. It's simply a side-effect of MJ addiction. :brows:
ORCA Posted September 17, 2008 Posted September 17, 2008 So I'm not the only one with 3 keys for my MJ? (1 different one for each door and a seperate one for the ignition...)
jpdriver1 Posted September 17, 2008 Posted September 17, 2008 Pop just shakes head and wanders off --- again 8)
jpdriver1 Posted September 17, 2008 Posted September 17, 2008 Mom shakes her head at "Why" one month before the wedding. But being your father's son I do know why.
gogetemturbo Posted September 17, 2008 Author Posted September 17, 2008 Hey now! Yea and the key thing, I don't even have a key for the passenger side door lock. It's irritating!
gogetemturbo Posted September 19, 2008 Author Posted September 19, 2008 To give a little insight as to what is in the future of this little 92... Currently is... Image Not Found Will be... Image Not FoundImage Not Found This motor is in my blue 87 MJ, just recently built. I was building it at my buddies shop, and he decided to play a practicle joke on me after I finished painting the block and oil pan...He didn't think I would keep it. LoL, you have no idea how many laughs I get when people start looking around the truck and find it! Basically everything on the blue truck, will end up on the 92. Freshly rebuilt 4.0L H.O. w/ late late model intake manifold, freshly rebuilt 42RE manual valve body trans, freshly rebuilt NP242 transfer case with slip yoke eliminator. Fresh CV (yea I know, not a "CV") rear driveshaft that will need to be cut down for the SWB truck, suspension lift, D44 rear axle (currently with a spool and 4.10s, but will have a Detroit and 4.88s before it's reinstalled), the front Barnett Performance Products X-Rock and Steering Box Brace, late model front end and fiberglass fenders, Currie Heavy Duty Steering, 96+ Brake Booster, Optima battery, Jeeptricks Aluminum radiator, BRX silicone hoses, etc..........oh, and the partridge in the pear tree. Image Not FoundImage Not Found Image Not Found I have a high pinion D30 that I trussed up, just need to finish welding all the bracketry and Barnett Gusset kit on, install the Johnny Joint conversion for the upper control arm mounts, 4.88s and an ARB air locker. Hopefully the money tree will have a branch fall down to fund getting the Alloy axle shafts as well. And she'll get 35" BFGs on 17s...plenty of room for future brake upgrades. I'll try and keep things up to date on what's happening.
BREEZE1 Posted September 19, 2008 Posted September 19, 2008 what finder flares are you running on the blue truck. they look nice!!
gogetemturbo Posted September 19, 2008 Author Posted September 19, 2008 I think the smilie faces are a sweet too. Just pops out. The front fenders are full fiberglass fenders from Trailer Products. They really only fit with the newer front end, but man do they look clean! I love that they don't look like the typical "beer holder"/"flat top" fiberglass fenders. And the rear is the stock bedsides stretched out with new supports made.
pineymike Posted September 20, 2008 Posted September 20, 2008 Nice pan art! ?whats wrong with the blue truck?
gogetemturbo Posted September 20, 2008 Author Posted September 20, 2008 Ultimately, nothing. I swapped out the powertrain to that of a 2001 XJ a little bit ago, and I need to make it california smog legal. Which is a royal pain bcuz in 2001 Jeep had to toss in A LOT of smog equipment. Damn thing has 3 catalytic converters and 5 O2 sensors, a battery temp sensor, ambient air temp sensor just to name a few of the stupid things I would need. Then I came across this 92, decided I would rather swap everything over to the new truck and kinda start over. The short bed will be better versatility for me (the LWB likes to drag on canyon walls) and hell, it's a 92!
gogetemturbo Posted September 23, 2008 Author Posted September 23, 2008 Got my temp registration yesterday...should be able to start driving the truck around and finding any issues that it may have. Anyone else have an unusually high clutch pedal? Blasted thing is like 3 inches higher than the brake pedal...
92comanche4x4 Posted September 23, 2008 Posted September 23, 2008 man before you took that stripe off it was idenical to mine
gogetemturbo Posted September 25, 2008 Author Posted September 25, 2008 Yea, it's kinda funny. I am beginning to think that ALL of the 92s were white with these stripes! I have only seen a small handful, but every single one has been them same.
SoloCamo Posted September 25, 2008 Posted September 25, 2008 Man...I would kill for that setup you picked up... Perfect start for a street comanche...and a rare year as well.. How much ya want? :brows:
92comanche4x4 Posted September 25, 2008 Posted September 25, 2008 you can buy mine :D with the gas its takin I'm thinkin bout gettin a 4cyl mj or xj lol
gogetemturbo Posted September 26, 2008 Author Posted September 26, 2008 Yea, it is a pretty sweet set up. I am finally able to start driving her, and it doesn't feel like it has 227k on the clock. But I bought it from a lien sale, so I know nothing about the truck beyond what I have in front of me. Unfortunately she isn't for sale! The rareness of it is one thing that I really like about it. Comanches getting rare as it is, let alone 92 4.0L. I think the only one more rare (other than metric tons) is the 92 4.0L 4x4. I can't wait to get going on this rig. One thing I am debating on.... Keep the 5 spd or put my 42re manual valve body trans in that I just rebuilt and installed on the blue truck? 5 spd has lots of power, but so does the 42re, with out needing to deal with the clutch and my tempermental left knee... What do you folks think?
gogetemturbo Posted October 30, 2008 Author Posted October 30, 2008 Well the 5spd is gonna go. Not just cuz the pilot bearing is going out (she gets difficult to shift after it warms up, which is a common sign of the pilot going bad), but because my bum left knee doesn't like it after a 20+ minute drive. Oh well, atleast I've got a rebuilt 42re that's already paid for to drop in! I need to swap the trans out for a 4wd unit anyhow, so why spend more money right?
gogetemturbo Posted October 30, 2008 Author Posted October 30, 2008 Got to do more work on the blue one this week-end. Image Not FoundImage Not Found Image Not FoundImage Not Found Image Not FoundImage Not Found Cleaned and painted. Stay tuned for the next episode...
gogetemturbo Posted October 30, 2008 Author Posted October 30, 2008 Those shocks actually need to be rebuilt, the valving is waaaay to light. But they serve the purpose up until I can afford some real shocks (King 2.5 bypasses with reservoirs). Just out of sheer curiosity................do I put a kid vibe off?
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