Dirteatr717 Posted February 1, 2014 Author Posted February 1, 2014 Washed all the salt off my truck and finally took some pics! Doesn't look half bad B) here's the artec truss and fel pro diff cover gasket And the fitment of the new rear window, I spent 5-6 hours tweaking the body as best as I could and its still pretty messed up but it's fully sealed and that's all I really want since the doors will be off from May-August when there's no rain in the forecast :)
Dirteatr717 Posted February 3, 2014 Author Posted February 3, 2014 Well my waterpump decided it didn't wanna do its job anymore so slapped a new one in today along with a new thermostat and idler pulley. good to go :thumbsup:
JT31 Posted February 3, 2014 Posted February 3, 2014 nice work :thumbsup: turns out i am returning to the east coast this spring so this summer we will have to go wheelin, maybe a trip to rausch, iv got a whole crew that wants to go down there.
Dirteatr717 Posted February 9, 2014 Author Posted February 9, 2014 Started on my truss after work today, hopefully I can MIG the truss to the housing with enough preheating! Ill find out tomorrow
Dirteatr717 Posted February 21, 2014 Author Posted February 21, 2014 Been working a lot the past couple weeks and its been snowing a decent amount every couple days so haven't done much... A good friend and I picked up a clean running and driving 82 wagoneer for $450 bucks last week! We've have been tinkering on that when we can and I'm picking up a running 01 5.3 LM7 from intake to pan for free today!!!! That's going in my little manche B) ill post up more pics later!
Dirteatr717 Posted February 24, 2014 Author Posted February 24, 2014 Jeep tough with Chevy stuff :) Still on the hunt for a t-56 and a truck intake manifold
RockMJ Posted February 25, 2014 Posted February 25, 2014 Looking good man. Glad you got her back together. Looking at those pictures makes me glad I got out of the NY winters years ago. Is that block cast or aluminum? I have been on the hunt for a good donor for mine as well.  RockMJ
ComancheHungry Posted February 25, 2014 Posted February 25, 2014 This has been my most favorite build by far. it was like watching a movie i cried when it died and then felt joy as it came back to life! I didnt really cry tho... But anyways great looking truck man i wish i had friends to buy me a jeep like that!
Dirteatr717 Posted February 25, 2014 Author Posted February 25, 2014 Thanks guys! My parents always said to surround yourself with good people and you'll always have a good time, guess they were right! It's an 01 Lm7 so it's a cast block and aluminum heads, I plan on keeping the motor relatively stock besides a mild cam and all that goes with making it a happy setup :) that build will have to wait until this ones "finished" I'm tired of daily driving a half put together truck... I get more weird looks then usual haha
88whitemanche Posted February 25, 2014 Posted February 25, 2014 Thanks guys! My parents always said to surround yourself with good people and you'll always have a good time, guess they were right! It's an 01 Lm7 so it's a cast block and aluminum heads, I plan on keeping the motor relatively stock besides a mild cam and all that goes with making it a happy setup :) that build will have to wait until this ones "finished" I'm tired of daily driving a half put together truck... I get more weird looks then usual haha Don't you get that already? Driving a comanche? I get it all the time...I always read people mouthing "look a jeep cherokee, no! That's a jeep truck"
johnny quest Posted February 25, 2014 Posted February 25, 2014 NICE 5.3 SWAP!! but itll be more helpful at the other end of the truck ;)
Dirteatr717 Posted March 8, 2014 Author Posted March 8, 2014 Working on getting that 5.3 situated in its new home, I still need a 5 or 6 speed tranny and motor mounts before I can do any test fitting B)Â on another note I ordered the 3/4 Ruffstuff hiem steering kit today and washed all the salt off my truck as it was mostly grey and white instead of blue and black... Yuck Ill post pics when I finally get some real work doneÂ
Dirteatr717 Posted March 25, 2014 Author Posted March 25, 2014 Over the past couple weeks I've been building bumpers and other stuff for other people and finally got to finish up my truss for the most part, still didn't weld it to the cast housing because I ran out of oxygen for my oxyacetylene torch lol eventually ill get to that but for now here's pics. Also got a free set of doors and painted them and swapped all my stuff over, finally got my ruffstuff hiem steering in too! Ill put that together tonight :) Also went camping at Montauk last weekend and saw the st pattys day parade... In the parade was the cleanest Comanche I've ever seen :D At Montauk
JT31 Posted April 3, 2014 Posted April 3, 2014 jeeps lookin good! beachin the jeep looks like fun :thumbsup:
Dirteatr717 Posted April 26, 2014 Author Posted April 26, 2014 Thanks man! Cruising the beach and camping over the weekend is always a good time, regardless of weather. Lately I've just been driving my truck until I finished up my axle earlier this week and slapped it in today, I forgot to pick up the 92+ caliper bolts and can't find my new brake pads I bought a month ago :facepalm: oh well I'll pick up that stuff tomorrow and finish up but I got everything that I could get bolted up and tight and finished my steering and my draglink hits the steering stabilizer mount so Ill chop that off and mount another one somewhere. I feel like I drank more beer then turned wrenches today but I got a lot more than I expected done in 6-7 hours. I even painted everything :thumbsup: I'll post pics tomorrow
Dirteatr717 Posted April 27, 2014 Author Posted April 27, 2014 Got it back on its own weight in the pouring rain today and everything's tight and ready to roll, still have to put fluid in the diff and do an alignment and should be good to go! It's nice having all new everything!
Dirteatr717 Posted May 16, 2014 Author Posted May 16, 2014 Changed the fluid in my front diff after 600 miles and the gears look to be wearing fine, the oil wasn't too sparkly so that's good too. Got my alignment adjusted perfect and all my wheels balanced so it drives MINT. I had to put another thermostat in last weekend because it wasn't opening in the truck... Slapped another one in and it's good now... Hope to start a cage asap and get some lockers and she'll pretty much been done! Here's some pics since I've been slacking A couple weekends ago I went up to MaBell and spent the day there with some friends, it's an awesome trail to have access to :)
Dirteatr717 Posted June 6, 2014 Author Posted June 6, 2014 So these fell into my lap. :D Fox 2.0 12" travel with 30/90 and adjustable valving! Slowly collecting more bling and ill hopefully have some more stuff soon :)
Dirteatr717 Posted June 15, 2014 Author Posted June 15, 2014 Just ordered these new LED headlight bulbs and I'm hoping to have better luck with them then with HIDS like ive had in the past... http://olympusoffroad.3dcartstores.com/Zeus-LED-Headlights_c_75.html So I got bored and bought some paint last weekend. Turned out halfway decent looking. I used Krylon Satin black B)
88whitemanche Posted July 1, 2014 Posted July 1, 2014 Looks good man! Are you going to run front fenders again? I bet you don't worry about crushing your fenders no more lol
Dirteatr717 Posted July 1, 2014 Author Posted July 1, 2014 Thanks! Eventually ill throw some fenders on there, it's not illegal in NY but finding a nice set of old style fenders around here is hard. I've been thinking about getting fiberglass fenders like the Hannemann prerunner ones but those are $$$$
Dirteatr717 Posted July 3, 2014 Author Posted July 3, 2014 Thanks outlaw! Roadtripping to my other house this weekend and hitting some trails B)
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