86 2,8L long box comanche X

[wannabeMJ]

well with the rain and snow we had this week I couldn"t do any work so I kept myself busy

 

when I took out the bench seat I kind of f*cked up my seat mount so i fixed it yesterday and installed it today

I had to cut the top part that atatch to the seat and redo it

I used an angle bar 3/16 thick and started mocking one up

 

here is the part that I did and the seat bracket once I've wirewheel them and painted

 

now a couple on the seat

 

and the fit test ...... like a glove

 

soon Ill finish the interior by replacing the dash where it belongs and putting all the interior back in

 

and tommorow my friend is comming to give me a hand and get the front suspension done

[wannabeMJ]

finaly got to put up the front suspension

 

and on the way did little things that I won't have to do later on

everybody said that the LCA on the diff use to hit on the metal bracket on the diff so I cut that

 

and the UCA use to hit underneath the arm bracket so cut that to

 

also out with old and in with the new

4,5'' longer

 

some pics on the way and with the diff out of the way

 

and now the truyck at new ride height

thats 25'' at the door step

[wannabeMJ]

today I went to wall-mart and bought myself 2 sets of speakers I wasn't quite sure if they would fit

I know the doors were 5 1/2'' but I bought 6 1/2'' and suprisingly they do

and I also bought 6x9 for the rear so I will do new bracket so fit them

I didn't have originals in the first place anyway

now I need to get a new deck

[wannabeMJ]

well Ive worked on the truck this weekend

 

almost finalised the inside of the truck and all the wiring thanks to the thread on the '' how to connect the XJ harness to the rear MJ one ''

made my life quite easy

 

I also installed the rear speakers and the dash

here is a couple of pics I took

that's the speaker and the bracket I made

with the dash

I saw that in an other project thread and I tought it would look nice with the black interior

and finally a shot with the passenger seat in with all the interior

[wannabeMJ]

got to finish the timming chain cover and reinstall all the front end looks a lot better

and I also started to sand and prep for paint

[wannabeMJ]

got a friend to help me today and put the bed on it

[Comanche County]

Great build you've got going, can't wait for the finished product... :popcorn:

[wannabeMJ]

just found an other 86 long box in town for sale !!!

should have bought this one for my project .........but its........ gold :yes:

 

no its ok now the guy was in a front end crash and the grill and the fenders needed to be replaced

but I got it for 100$ and the 2.8L works good :???: I think I just robbed the poor old man I offered him 100 and he said yes

so next weekend Ill be the owner of an other MJ

that will my 4th jeep in the yard

but the next monday 2 of them are going to the JY

I'm quickly gonna part the other MJ then send it on it's way

 

if you want parts come to medicine hat july long weekend

(but I keep the bed) the rest is up to grab

[wannabeMJ]

got the other manche yesterday :beerhead:

it had a prestone leak but still made it to my place

so I got to work and started taking everything away from underneath the bed

then with the help from the girlfriend and the roommate we got the topper off

then we switch box from my truck to this one

then I went on to fix my cab corner

fixing the rocker panel first

then the actual corner

hopefully it will look nice when I finish the body work

 

also had a prestone leak from the waterpump gasket wich was installed 2 weeks ago :fs2:

changed it again and still had a leak

so I said f*ck it and put gasket maker instead and it worked nicely (so far)

 

more to come soon as its a long weekend here and I will work some more

sorry for the pics size

[shawn]

:popcorn:

[JeepcoMJ]

wtf is a prestone leak?

 

 

 

don't you mean COOLANT?

 

 

stupid region-based verbal dissensions.

[MancheKid86]

wtf is a prestone leak?

 

 

 

don't you mean COOLANT?

 

 

stupid region-based verbal dissensions.

 

lol once again you made me lol :rotfl2: :rotf:

[wannabeMJ]

yeah coolant

 

prestone is the brand of coolant :fool:

my bad

 

it's a french thing you woudn't understand

 

:thumbsup:

[JeepcoMJ]

yeah coolant

 

prestone is the brand of coolant :fool:

my bad

 

it's a french thing you woudn't understand

 

:thumbsup:

 

 

it's a french thing....NO ONE understands (not even the french) :doh:

[wannabeMJ]

once again working on my truck

I bought the rubber thing to remove pinstripe and holy rubbery thing batman it work wonders

 

so I moved on to getting the rust out of the ''new to me'' bed and after a days work this is what's left to do

 

and now 4 different colors on the truck

[freakjeep93]

what are ya gunna do with the other mj?

[Automan2164]

How is that bed so rotten on the drivers side, and the passenger be mint?

 

Rob L. :nuts:

[wannabeMJ]

sorry the other comanche is already at the JY it left saturday morning

it was the only way the wife let me have it (it had to go away fast so she can have her parking space)

 

automan dunno it think its because its the street side so receives more $#!& being park on the street

[freakjeep93]

i always found that my jeeps rotted like that too. i think its because the left side of the truck gets more salt

[wannabeMJ]

I got some work done on the MJ lately

got a lot of body done with the help of some friends

almost all the bed is done

and I started to cut the rear fenders and I kind like the look

here is some pics I took along the day

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and finaly the cab corner that I replaced

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sorry about the giant pics photobucket doesn't seam to resize them

[wannabeMJ]

here is the why of my tech Q's

 

and my score of this sunday morning 20$

[wannabeMJ]

after the window seat is fix and the fenders are cut Ill be starting on the paint job ......

wish me luck it will the first time I'm atempting such a thing

 

I guess like everything else after a few hours at it I shouldn't be to bad at it

[wannabeMJ]

well this is what I'm looking at around the windshield

 

any advice on this??

[MancheKid86]

spot weld's + some really good grinding or fiberglass, autobody filler. :D

[wannabeMJ]

well F*CK MY LIFE as I was trying to bleed my clutch something gave out

and fluid is leaking at the bottom of the bellhousing and the dust plate

I'm strongly suspecting the slave cylindre and that was an expense I wasn't expecting :wall:

 

well I got a tech Q's in there

 

please I need some encouraging