raviolli Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 ok, so i know any car can last as long as its kept up with as far as maitenence. my dads s-10 has about 280k and looks and drives like new. but I'm wondering about how the 2.5L holds up. my girlfriends dad was going to scrap his comanche and told her she could take it in the woods and have fun with it til it dies but i decided to save a jeeps life.....maybe it was his daily driver for quite some time so its been in running order this whole time, but its up to about 276k. its an '88 pioneer 4cyl 2wd with a 4spd. my guess is that if i wanted to do anything with it, id have to completely rebuild the motor or replace it right off the bat. does anyone agree? disagree? how about the tranny? I'm not looking to build a mud truck just yet or anything, i think i mostly just want heat, a fuel gauge that works and to be able to shift gears myself. how long do you think it would last as is? :dunno: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 if the engine runs fine now, there's no reason why the hard parts won't continue to do so as long as you take care of them. :thumbsup: sudden internal failures are rare in the 2.5 and 4.0 engines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raviolli Posted December 12, 2010 Author Share Posted December 12, 2010 thanks, thats good news :cheers: i know there is something wrong with the ignition. thats why it currently sits about 50 miles away. I'm goin to mess with it again in the morning. I'm hoping the key was just stuck and its not the ignition switch but i might have to hotwire it to get it home. anyways, it was running before the key "got stuck" (my gf's dad sold it for a few hundred bucks but they brought it back for their $ because the key wouldnt turn. now thats a common problem with any car, but also an easy fix. but right now theres only half the steering column's components still attatched because her dad thought there was something wrong with the tumblers and they tore it all apart so idk whats gonna happen now) but shouldnt i be worried about anything being warped if i wanna make it a new daily driver? is it an easy motor to clean up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyboy Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 I wouldn't worry to much about it,the 2.5l is a tough engine. Besides the 2.5l isn't all that hard to find if you need to replace it,you can usually find someone doing a 4.0l swap and pick the engine up cheap or get one from the wrecking yard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raviolli Posted December 13, 2010 Author Share Posted December 13, 2010 i figured there would be a lot of people doing swaps... though every time i go to the junkyard all i find is 4.0s with the head taken off already so its basically open cylinders filled with rust colored water :wall: anyways i just saw the truck again yesterday...though i didnt spend much time with it. i had to work at 2 andy my gf now drives a mini cooper so i was just drivin that around for a while instead :thumbsup: ...fun lil car. especially with the 5spd but yeah, first time seein the comanche in the daylight. the floors are rotted out but other than that i should be able to clean 'er up really nice. ill have to throw up a pic. still not sure what i wanna do with it yet so if anyone wants to make an offer, I'm sure ill consider selling. I'm in central FL....space coast area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raviolli Posted December 13, 2010 Author Share Posted December 13, 2010 the side markers on the front are missing so it looks like the front is smashed but its just because theres nothing there but a bulb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87Warrior Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 That truck looks good! Be sure to start up a build thread in the projects section of the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echdaviem Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 if you're really want to sell it, i'd love to come take a look at it. i may be interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParadiseMJ Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 The key is maintaining and fixing as you go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raviolli Posted December 14, 2010 Author Share Posted December 14, 2010 I'm going to at least get it home first. I'm going to clean it up and maybe do some light body work on it first. i mean, my gf's dad was going to scrap it, so he would have gotten at least $100 out of it but since I'm taking it for nothing, i can't really sell it off of his property ya know? but i should have it home within the next couple of weeks probably. ill give it a good cleaning inside and out and then ill figure out what i wanna do. but theres a big possibility i would sell it i would have posted in the classifieds if i knew for sure but thanks for lookin...ill keep posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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