animal99 Posted March 6, 2011 Posted March 6, 2011 [I'm g][/img]0034-20110305-1208.jpg[/img] Hey guys 88 comanche being brought back to life after six years of it baking in the sun!!! With the expertise of my buddy Tim at Cannutillo toy factory I'm gonna be using a 92 xj to revive it.
SubSonic Posted March 6, 2011 Posted March 6, 2011 Looks like you got yourself a project. ;) Good luck with it and of course keep us posted with progress. Oh, and is the bed at a slight angle down from the cab, or is that just the picture?
KCsurfer420 Posted March 6, 2011 Posted March 6, 2011 na the beds not at an angle it just looks like that in the picture :dunno: Can I just say we kicked @$$ on striping this thing down today???? And You have to hate thoes things that previous owners do..... I realy need to get slick ricks number so i can give him a good ole :thwak: It was kind of crazy how bad the fuse box had become after all of the brake fluid had leaked all over it. We should be making some prity good progress on it but were limited to the weekends working on this one.... DAM THAT SLICKEST RICKEST..... :doh: So did you get any thing cool at the junk yard after leaving my house? Just a little insite the Robert for got to mention is that its geting a full ho conversion and the 99 front end and doors. I have yet to see the cherokee thats geting parted for this one but were going wheeling tomorow so we shal see, O Robert, Tell slickest rick torefrain from doing any " custom wiring on the XJ before we strip it down :shake:
animal99 Posted March 6, 2011 Author Posted March 6, 2011 Lol good one Tim, looked at an 86 with the bucket seats thinking about leaving the interior the tan color which the donar vehicle already has we shall c. Good filling in the blanks on the project man. Oh and here's a jeep parts site for trim and other goodies, you might not like the prices tho lol https://www.jeeppartsdept.com/jeep-comanche-parts.html
animal99 Posted March 22, 2011 Author Posted March 22, 2011 Ok so here are some more pics for you guys, so far the donar xj has been stripped down to a bare rolling chassy. The new engine is gnna have a set of dynomax headers, 99 zj intake, all new gaskets, new clutch, sensors, and if all goes well paint job. Ill keep you guys posted as best i can with the pics. Donar xj donar p://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z377/roby915/redxj.jpg[/img] new tranny new guts engine
KCsurfer420 Posted April 10, 2011 Posted April 10, 2011 hey a$$ ho!e check this out... viewtopic.php?f=9&t=19695 your gonna need it.... :wall: :shake:
KCsurfer420 Posted May 19, 2011 Posted May 19, 2011 so mr slick rick........ :dunno: but you might need this.... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/97-01-00 ... ccessories
animal99 Posted May 24, 2011 Author Posted May 24, 2011 well gusy here's the progress so far, the old man camper is coming off, just gonna get some doors this weekend and she should be ready for paint.
animal99 Posted May 30, 2011 Author Posted May 30, 2011 well guys were almost there, had to cut out the existing door latches since I'm upgrading to 99 xj doors here's the before pic marked where i had to cut after i cut out the old latch newly welded latch fished product with the help of my buddies welding skills 99 xj limited doors on 88 mj not bad if i must say so myself ha ha
KCsurfer420 Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 Hey a$$ hole.... Trucks looking good.... Now If we could source a front bearing retaner for your ax 15 external slave swap we would be great :headpop: Check this out.... this is what it looks like this is the cheepest i could find it, I'm hoping that hank over at the jeep barn has one on that junk ax 15 that he has..... call me when you get this.... http://www.4wd.com/Front-Bearing-Retain ... CRO4636382
KCsurfer420 Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 o yeah buy some adjustable upper and lower arms and an ajustable track bar so that we can get the truck a little closer to sitting level and help thoes control arm angles!!!!!!!!!! Here check this guy out. http://www.ironman4x4fab.com/index.html or here http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Adjustab ... ccessories
KCsurfer420 Posted December 12, 2011 Posted December 12, 2011 hey so...... since i allready know..... wheres the progress? :shake:
animal99 Posted July 19, 2012 Author Posted July 19, 2012 here's the progress so far ready for spray in bedliner it came out pretty good and for about a quarter of the price i would have been charged by a shop picked up my ford rear axel before after [/img] the day off paint my buddy tim was nice enough to let me swap him for a cleaner tailgate thanks tim ready for paint tailgate time
KCsurfer420 Posted December 2, 2012 Posted December 2, 2012 Robert, I have to say this truck has done a full 360 from the junk yard truck you brought me.... I'm glad that your finaly driving it. now finish up that interior and lets see what that front bumper youve been working on.
KCsurfer420 Posted December 3, 2012 Posted December 3, 2012 It has been a long project. When i first met robert he asked if i could help him put a motor in his comanche, I refered him to this site and said sure. when he drug the truck and the motor to my house, First the truck looked like it had just came from the junk yars and a second after pulling the valve cover on the WJ 4.0 he brought it had 3" of sluge on every thing. I called him and told him either scrap the idea or buy a good running donor... With the limited mechanical skills at the time that he met me, I have to say i am amazed that he made the right decision, and dident sell me the truck, and bought a bad @$$ donor. Robert could almost do the swap him self now ant the truck speaks for its self. It is in no way finished but it is getting there little by little... and best of all he is driving it agian...
Dirteatr717 Posted December 3, 2012 Posted December 3, 2012 Good work! Looks awesome now, keep it up :thumbsup:
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