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Comanche of the month, Feb 2010 --- RESON46's 1988


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Be sure to congratulate this month's MJOTM. This month we are highlighting a wheeling rig, and a great member.

 

---------------------------FEBRUARY's 2010 - RESON46's 1988 LWB----------------------

 

 

 

MODEL AND YEAR

1988 Comanche

 

ENGINE & PERFORMANCE:

Renix 4.0L

Borla headers

Willy C's 2 1/2" exhaust with a FlowMaster muffler

 

DRIVETRAIN:

AW4 transmission

D&D Machine 231 Doubler

NP231 with HD slip yoke eliminator

Tom Woods rear driveshaft

Two piece front driveshaft with a 1994 Mazda B4000 carrier bearing

4.88 gears

'98 XJ D30 with ECTED

Ford 8.8 with ECTED

 

COOLING:

Open cooling system with a CSF radiator

Dual late model XJ fans

SPAL controller

B&M transmission cooler

LeBaron hood vents

 

ELECTRICAL & IGNITION:

Electrical by the blind

 

STEERING:

Over the knuckle, one ton, crossover steering using a JB steering bracket

 

SUSPENSION:

Front:

TNT Y-link long arm front suspension

Rusty's 4.5" coil springs with 1 3/4" spacers

TNT track bar bracket

Modified TNT track bar with a Ballistic Fabrication rod end and offset track bar bracket

JKS shock conversion brackets

Willy C's bar pin eliminators

Hockey puck bump stops

Rancho RS5000 shocks

RE sway bar disconnects

 

Rear:

Spring over

Rocky Road extended shackles

Willy C's cross over shock mount

DIY4x lower shock mounts

 

INTERIOR:

Full gauge cluster

Autometer A pillar gauge pod

Autometer transmission and engine temperature gauges

Pre and post transmission cooler sending units

CD player

Sirius satellite radio

XJ rocker bucket seats

XJ center console

 

BRAKES:

WJ booster and master cylinder

Deleted rear load sensing valve

Rear discs

 

LIGHTING:

Marginal

 

WHEELS/TIRES:

35x12.5x15 Mickey Thompson Baja MTZ on black Pro Comp 15x8 steel wheels

 

MISCELLANEOUS:

Willy C's front and rear bumpers

Winch hidden behind front cross member

Willy C's rock sliders

Willy C's tail light boxes

Riddler front differential cover

Ruff Stuff rear differential cover

Synthetic winch line

1/0 gauge battery cables

 

Best MJ story

Attempted to help get a Range Rover off the trail. It had a plastic(!) idler pulley that melted and proceeded to overheat. Half the group he was wheeling with abandoned him. I pulled him off to an easier section of trail to where one of the other rigs in his group could drag him off the trail. The trail basically made a big loop. We finished the trail and caught back up to them about 45 minutes later in the same spot we left them. They were trying to figure out how to disengage 4WD on the broken Range Rover. :doh:

 

What owner loves best about CC

Seeing what others are doing with their MJs and getting inspiration for new projects. :yes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Congrats Willy! That's a good looking truck, and should be with such a great member standing at the helm. I can't wait to see whats next, and hope everything turned out just the way you wanted it to.

 

Awesome Rig man! Congrats again! :yes:

Rob L. :cheers:

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Thank you everybody!

 

The next big update is going to be a while. It is going to include bobbing the bed, a cage, and some type of bed sliders to fend off the trees. There is no timeframe at this point because we have a couple of home projects that need to be completed before I start work on this - plus maybe a little work on my Scout project.

 

Thanks,

Willy

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