anyone know where to find the metric ton badging

[Lewt2007]

does anyone know where i can get the metric ton badge

[88XJSport]

I don't think there was one.

[Catatonic Comanche]

...at the metric ton badge store? :D Hehe!

 

Seriously...what is a "metric ton badge"?

 

:cheers:

[HOrnbrod]

It's a badge located on the tailgate for the Metric Ton package. :nuts: The part number is 55013576. Maybe Brent can run it thru the locator and by some miracle some dealer will have one on the shelf. Doubt it though...

[88XJSport]

Didnt know there was such a thing...now I know something.

[Pete M]

Not every Big Ton/Metric Tonne MJ has it. (my 86 doesn't) Some of them have only a sticker in the back window. Although we can't be sure that wasn't a dealer thing.

[Lewt2007]

i seen it in a photo of one on the tailgate

here's where i seen it http://www.jeep-comanche.com/jeep-comanche-pictures.asp

[HOrnbrod]

Not every Big Ton/Metric Tonne MJ has it. (my 86 doesn't) Some of them have only a sticker in the back window. Although we can't be sure that wasn't a dealer thing.

 

Hey Pete, does plastic rust in MI? If so, maybe it's gone. :D It's a regulation AMC / Mopar factory part and is (was) located on the lower right corner of the tailgate.

[Pete M]

Now, I didn't buy the thing in 86, but it wasn't there when I got the truck in 98. It was a farm truck though, maybe it broke off. :dunno:

[jtdesigns]

Now, I didn't buy the thing in 86, but it wasn't there when I got the truck in 98. It was a farm truck though, maybe it broke off. :dunno:

Maybe a cow ate it? :D

[HOrnbrod]

Some of them have only a sticker in the back window. Although we can't be sure that wasn't a dealer thing.

 

According to the parts manual, the decal on the back window said BIG TON in caps, then underneath had the numeral "2205". I'm guessing payload?

 

There was also a decal available for the back window "OFF ROAD PACKAGE". No idea on this, maybe D44 equipped. Interesting...........

[Pete M]

According to the brochures, the Offroad packages didn't come with the 44. That came with Big Tons and Towing prep packages.

 

And yes, 2205 pounds is the payload.

[Sir Sam]

Weren't there some "metric ton" vinyl stickers on the side too?

[HOrnbrod]

According to the brochures, the Offroad packages didn't come with the 44. That came with Big Tons and Towing prep packages.

 

So what came with the off road package? 4WD, D35, D30 only?

[Pete M]

From the 88 brochure. The offroad package comes with: gas shocks, 225 tires, steel rims, full spare tire, skid plates, and tow hooks.

[WahooSteeler]

According to the brochures, the Offroad packages didn't come with the 44. That came with Big Tons and Towing prep packages.

 

So what came with the off road package? 4WD, D35, D30 only?

 

Looking at my factory order sheet at this exact moment, Off road pkg includes: gas shocks, 225 tires, fullsize spare, skid plate pkg, tow hooks, and 15x7 white styled wheels.

 

There is a member here whose avatar is the "Big Ton - 2205lbs. Payload" sticker. Can't remember who it is........

[CWLONGSHOT]

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[Lewt2007]

mine didnt have either but it does have a D44 under the rear from the factory it wasnt there when we bought it six years ago

[WahooSteeler]

mine didnt have either but it does have a D44 under the rear from the factory it wasnt there when we bought it six years ago

 

Lewt, you have the D44 but do you have the MT springs? You could get a D44 w/out the MT pkg.

[Lewt2007]

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Lewt, you have the D44 but do you have the MT springs? You could get a D44 w/out the MT pkg.

it had the heavy rear springs when i got it but as of now the rear springs have been replaced with the ones out from under the front of a Jeep J20 3/4 ton truck. but it didn't have the build sheet with it when i got it had been used by a tree service

[WahooSteeler]

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Lewt, you have the D44 but do you have the MT springs? You could get a D44 w/out the MT pkg.

it had the heavy rear springs when i got it but as of now the rear springs have been replaced with the ones out from under the front of a Jeep J20 3/4 ton truck. but it didn't have the build sheet with it when i got it had been used by a tree service

 

Are those J20 springs bolt on or did you have to fab some new mounting brackets?

[Lewt2007]

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Lewt, you have the D44 but do you have the MT springs? You could get a D44 w/out the MT pkg.

it had the heavy rear springs when i got it but as of now the rear springs have been replaced with the ones out from under the front of a Jeep J20 3/4 ton truck. but it didn't have the build sheet with it when i got it had been used by a tree service

 

Are those J20 springs bolt on or did you have to fab some new mounting brackets?

full leaf pack with the eyes cut off bolted to Comanche main leaf with a 2 in add a leaf added to them

[WahooSteeler]

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Lewt, you have the D44 but do you have the MT springs? You could get a D44 w/out the MT pkg.

it had the heavy rear springs when i got it but as of now the rear springs have been replaced with the ones out from under the front of a Jeep J20 3/4 ton truck. but it didn't have the build sheet with it when i got it had been used by a tree service

 

Are those J20 springs bolt on or did you have to fab some new mounting brackets?

full leaf pack with the eyes cut off bolted to Comanche main leaf with a 2 in add a leaf added to them

 

Damn!

[HOrnbrod]

From the 88 brochure. The offroad package comes with: gas shocks, 225 tires, steel rims, full spare tire, skid plates, and tow hooks.

 

Thanks Pete. Have to get me some of those brochures. :cheers:

[WahooSteeler]

From the 88 brochure. The offroad package comes with: gas shocks, 225 tires, steel rims, full spare tire, skid plates, and tow hooks.

 

Thanks Pete. Have to get me some of those brochures. :cheers:

 

Don, what's amazing is that was a $796! option in 1988. Wow! That's a lot of jack for about $100 worth of parts, errr, $50 worth of parts.....maybe!

 

FYI, I got my mint 1988 sales brocure on eBay for @$10 delivered.