neohic Posted January 10, 2023 Author Share Posted January 10, 2023 Had a mostly good first day back out into the world today. Got going fairly early to get to where I needed to be. Backed it out of the shop to find a clean(ish) piece of cardboard under it. No new spots since yesterday anyhow. That cardboard has some real history with this truck. It has been under it since the truck came home to my first shop back in 2009. Prior to that it was part of one of the boxes that one of the garage doors came in for said first shop. Anyhow… up the hill and on the road. Everything went fine heading down and then the truck sat for the day at my buddy’s shop. I came back in the afternoon and it had a bit of stumble off idle. Granted, this was also the first full tank of gas in this truck in over six years. I’m hoping that something got knocked loose so I picked up a fuel filter on my way home. Felt good driving this old truck. I think I got way more thumbs up and waves from other Jeep owners than I do in my CJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatslug87 Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 4 hours ago, neohic said: Felt good driving this old truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohic Posted January 11, 2023 Author Share Posted January 11, 2023 Went out to check under it again. Looking… looking… looking… crap. Rear diff cover it leaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89 MJ Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 21 hours ago, neohic said: Felt good driving this old truck. I suppose you'll have to get used to that feeling with the CJ going under the knife soon. Do you just need to snug up the diff cover bolts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohic Posted January 11, 2023 Author Share Posted January 11, 2023 1 hour ago, 89 MJ said: Do you just need to snug up the diff cover bolts? Don’t think so. I didn’t use a gasket… just a bead of RTV. Everything got tightened with a small impact driver and then checked by hand. I’ll pull it apart and reseal it. Need to do the fuel filter yet too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohic Posted January 20, 2023 Author Share Posted January 20, 2023 Felt cute. Might delete later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohic Posted February 24, 2023 Author Share Posted February 24, 2023 Truck stuff. Getting rid of the old 4.2 from the CJ on Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvagedcircuit Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 1 hour ago, neohic said: Truck stuff. Getting rid of the old 4.2 from the CJ on Monday. Hell yeah, lookin great! Must...find...rollbar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohic Posted February 27, 2023 Author Share Posted February 27, 2023 More truck stuff. With the old CJ engine gone the bed got filled with the borrowed engine hoist and stand. I ran the 4.2 down to FN Jeep this morning. If you’ve never heard to them, it’s an indoor used parts dealer that caters to everything Jeep related. There’s a new owner as of about a year ago and he’s been moving things into a bigger online presence. Super good dude and I invited him to join us in the vendor section in the classifieds. He’s got some MJ specific parts but also tons of XJ/MJ stuff. There’s also a big crate filled with 2.1 diesel stuff. Need something specific?… he probably has it. Before I left I picked up a ‘97+ wiper motor to do Airborne Janitor’s upgrade. Looking forward to my wipers not sucking anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohic Posted September 28, 2023 Author Share Posted September 28, 2023 This poor truck really only gets out to do truck stuff. Needed to run to the lumber yard today. Still gets a ton of looks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvagedcircuit Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 37 minutes ago, neohic said: This poor truck really only gets out to do truck stuff. Needed to run to the lumber yard today. Still gets a ton of looks! Mmm, I smell full dimension 6x6's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohic Posted October 22, 2023 Author Share Posted October 22, 2023 Truck got washed. That’s all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 dang that looks good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drahcir495 Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 On 7/1/2010 at 8:56 PM, neohic said: /uploads/archive/72db7ddb67bce7006e21265936c1fac1/62a9e16942880b74cd1f69ee4b8e43c6.jpg Still plenty of space between the mount and the tailgate. /uploads/archive/72db7ddb67bce7006e21265936c1fac1/9bd932ecbe729ca4963d40c615c632cf.jpg /uploads/archive/72db7ddb67bce7006e21265936c1fac1/d5a55ff1d20cade34324b10106723bb5.jpg /uploads/archive/72db7ddb67bce7006e21265936c1fac1/bb4fb85a67825ebd2a4cc402e6b4487a.jpg Working my way through all of the pages and pretty awesome. That tire carrier is sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohic Posted October 26, 2023 Author Share Posted October 26, 2023 3 hours ago, Drahcir495 said: Working my way through all of the pages and pretty awesome. That tire carrier is sweet Dang! Old enough that even the photo links were like, “naw”! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drahcir495 Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 Wow - just read all 15 pages and there was so much I would have liked to comment on lol. Better late than never! Well done . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohic Posted October 28, 2023 Author Share Posted October 28, 2023 1 hour ago, Drahcir495 said: Wow - just read all 15 pages and there was so much I would have liked to comment on lol. Better late than never! Well done . Thanks, bro! This is a truck that sits a bunch, then I start threatening to sell it, then I need it for truck stuff, and then I love it enough that the threats stop for a while. Thanks for taking the time to read the whole thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatslug87 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 I thought you were about to sell it with that post title change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89 MJ Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 12 hours ago, neohic said: This is a truck that sits a bunch, then I start threatening to sell it, then I need it for truck stuff, and then I love it enough that the threats stop for a while. I go through this same thing. And going to school on the other side of the country doesn’t help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohic Posted January 7 Author Share Posted January 7 Small update on this old truck. Daily driver status has been moved from our Focus to the Eliminator. Last weekend I noticed that the car was low on coolant and I ended up dumping a gallon into it. “That’s weird… it’s practically new!” I did some poking around and found a crack in the side of the cylinder head right next to a water neck. It’s under warranty yet so off to the dealership it went. Enter the Comanche to pick up the slack. Of course, the weather hasn’t been great… seems like whenever we need a second vehicle there’s typically snow in the forecast. Driving has been pretty well uneventful minus the alternator dying on me, and then today it was stumbling bad followed up with a no-start. Harrumph. It felt to me like a fuel issue so it got tested at the rail and things looked great. Ignition maybe? The coil tested fine, but not great. I replaced the coil with my fingers crossed only for it to start and then immediately die. Then I knew… the bank of relays got rearranged then the starter wouldn’t spin. I obviously had a failing fuel pump relay. For now, it got a cheap relay thrown at it with another one on standby in the center console. Runs great again! Found more oil where it doesn’t belong than I’m happy about though while I was under it. Lately, this truck has taken the personality of, “Oh! So you need me now? Well that’s just interesting, isn’t it?!” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatslug87 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 I think it’s jealous of all the attention the CJ has been getting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohic Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 44 minutes ago, fiatslug87 said: I think it’s jealous of all the attention the CJ has been getting. Probably. The CJ has been getting out for little errands around town. Think I’m learning the secret handshake with the new transmission. It has been really nice driving this truck daily but I’m making a list of things that need attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvagedcircuit Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 2 hours ago, neohic said: Then I knew… the bank of relays got rearranged then the starter wouldn’t spin. I obviously had a failing fuel pump relay. For now, it got a cheap relay thrown at it with another one on standby in the center console. Runs great again! Found more oil where it doesn’t belong than I’m happy about though while I was under it. Lately, this truck has taken the personality of, “Oh! So you need me now? Well that’s just interesting, isn’t it?!” My comanche must have came with stock relays or really old ones. They had stamped: made in Britain. I thought to myself, holy schinikes did this sail with Columbus? All my relays worked just fine. I ended up grabbing some newly produced bosch ones that were made in Portugal, also interesting, and installed them as a matter of course. I kept the old relays though because its just cool to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzaman09 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 On 1/10/2023 at 6:59 PM, neohic said: Felt good driving this old truck. I think I got way more thumbs up and waves from other Jeep owners than I do in my CJ. I find this funny, one of the only Jeep owners that's every given my Comanche a thumbs up was a person in a CJ. It gets tons of attention but not really from other Jeep owners unless their Jeep is vintage. I'm glad you are getting to use yours, it's a beautiful truck and will be happier if you drive it more frequently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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