camjeep3 Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 truck looks great! and my sis just moved from meridian. i never got to visit but from what i heard there wasnt too much going on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche County Posted December 16, 2010 Author Share Posted December 16, 2010 I like that idea glad your making it. don't them tires wine on the open road tho? lol Brandon Not too bad, but yeah, they are a little loud,,,but they're such a great improvement over my Creepy Crawlers that I'm happy with them. Yum copenhagen! Ya that's a 2 can trip easy , looks like it was a fun one . The longest trip iv ever done in the manch was a 300 mile round trip. I think I'm on Can 3 now.....haha. truck looks great! and my sis just moved from meridian. I never got to visit but from what i heard there wasn't too much going on Thanks man, I love the south, although you can tell just by driving through that some of the towns down here have been hit pretty hard in the wallet over the last few years. Meridian seems like one of them. I like Birmingham, AL,,,,,if I could live anywhere in AL or the Deep SE, it think it would be there - second to Savannah of course. That is if I couldn't afford a place on Mobile Bay, Destin, or anywhere on the FL west coast......FL east coast - forget about it,,,,way too poor to live there. It was a good trip overall,,,, Gas - somewhere around 200 bucks Hotel rooms - $0 slept in the cramped MJ cab and it was 18 freakin degrees outside in a Birmingham Walmart parking lot. Alternator - $106 bucks Multiple bags of Funions - around 5 bucks Making it across the country with presents in hand for my daughters 10th birthday - PRICELESS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocy Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 I love road trips in my Comanche, I drove from Ohio the outer banks straight through once and I've driven it up to Newport Maine. never had a single proble , but when I did get back from Maine the next day a joint in my drive shaft took a crap lol luckily it didn't happen on the way back becaue I took back roads all the way home from Maine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COMJNUT Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 We need to make an "Official MJs across America" thread with pics of MJs in iconic locations around the country. Needs to have pics like an MJ at the Statue of Liberty, on top of Pike's Peak... I can make that trip next summer, but it's not a "challenging" feat when a miata can make it up to the top :rotf: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitbull4x4 Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 I drive my 89 Comanche,2WD,2.5, 5 speed. Between my job and a paper route I put over 500 miles a week on her.(26,000 miles per year) Only one time did it leave me setting on the side of the road. This last Saturday the alternator went out. Got new one on yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streetjeep2.5 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 We need to make an "Official MJs across America" thread with pics of MJs in iconic locations around the country. Needs to have pics like an MJ at the Statue of Liberty, on top of Pike's Peak... I can make that trip next summer, but it's not a "challenging" feat when a miata can make it up to the top :rotf: My daughter has an early red miata black top also! She has had it for close to 15 years and just put a new top on it. Drive only during non winter weather. She named it "spike"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACKED88 Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 No guts .... No glory. I'd pack up and go anywhere in mine. (as long as somebody else was buying the gas) JEEP ON TRUCKIN!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mule13 Posted December 25, 2010 Share Posted December 25, 2010 Comanche, i blew thru today on ym way back to Bragg, I didnt call you because it was Christmas. didnt wanna bother you. i'll be going to Fla again sometime this summer, maybe catch you on that trip John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche County Posted December 26, 2010 Author Share Posted December 26, 2010 Cool, I'm thinking about heading up to PA in the MJ to see my old Iraqi interpreter, we may cross paths again I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mule13 Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 well if you come thru fayetteville let me know i wouldnt advise coming next couple days lol its alot of snow here last night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMCJeepMJ Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 87 2.5 4x2 DD from Sep-May (LeSabre has no working heat). Usual drive is 40 mile round trip, five days a week. Longest single drive in one day was from home to Salem and back- 270 miles, most of it twisty and steep (for a highway) mountain driving til I hit the valley... its bad when I'm being passed by a 15 year old Kia on an uphill on Santiam pass. Taking off the KC light bar adds 5mpg and lowers wind resistance quite a bit. I have never driven it out of state since I purchased it in 07... never had a need to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mongo Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Drove mine down to Texas this summer from Denver. Had to park it once I got here though, too hot and no AC (did not buy it with AC cause I lived up north) Now that it has cooled down though, the brake master cyclinder gave up after 23 years so I havent pulled it out of the garage since the move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Moab would be a neat destination, but only a few rigs are set up for that. phooey on that. bone stock Jeeps can have a blast at Moab. ya just have to be more careful about which trails you choose. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btm24 Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Moab would be a neat destination, but only a few rigs are set up for that. phooey on that. bone stock Jeeps can have a blast at Moab. ya just have to be more careful about which trails you choose. :thumbsup: Sounds like a plan come next summer then :D Brandon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche County Posted December 30, 2010 Author Share Posted December 30, 2010 I think disaster has struck. :( After finally getting my door open and departing GA back to TX, I think I may have spun a bearing in Vicksburg. I was going to leave the MJ in GA but plans changed, plus the clutch went out in Dad's F250 again and I'd have needed all my tools which are in the back of he MJ. Wish this would have happened in Birmingham, I'd be slappin in a stroker in the Hesco parking lot tomorrow morning. It's still drivable and has plenty of power, I'm not sure if it'll make the 500 miles left to go to get home. I'm hoping I could make it to either Jackson or Monroe, LA if needed. If anyone wants to come on an MJ rescue mission I'll provide the beer, but bring an engine hoist. At least there's casinos here, might win enough to pay for this one. If I don't find an engine nearby I'll procure a tow rig and get her home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche County Posted December 30, 2010 Author Share Posted December 30, 2010 It's a whirling noise coming from the front of the engine. I'm hoping it's perhaps the timing chain, maybe a cam bearing? Oil pressure and temperature are good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimoshel Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 You sure it's the engine and not a accessory? Might try removing the belt and see. Hope for the best but expect the worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche County Posted December 30, 2010 Author Share Posted December 30, 2010 Good call you're right! :cheers: that brand new O'reilly's alternator I installed on the trip in is the culprit, whew, that was scary!!! It sounded just like a freaking bad bearing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mongo Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 I hate oreilly parts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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