duster1971 Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 Looks great so far I'm watching this with great intrest. Steve irwin was a child hood hero of mine aswell. Seeing how my boxsides are prety much junk I may have to build a flatbed for mine aswell. I always loved watching him runaround in that old toyota.
gaucho919 Posted April 22, 2011 Author Posted April 22, 2011 Looks great so far I'm watching this with great intrest. Steve irwin was a child hood hero of mine aswell. Seeing how my boxsides are prety much junk I may have to build a flatbed for mine aswell. I always loved watching him runaround in that old toyota. Thanks, yeah Steve was the man. I watched his movie yesterday just to get some inspiration. The man just has a way of motivating me. He might have lived a short life but when you take into consideration everything he did during his lifetime, he had an extremely eventful action packed life.
gaucho919 Posted April 26, 2011 Author Posted April 26, 2011 Got some more progress, Welded the spring perches and shock mounts on the 8.8 Got a driveshaft from the junkyard, sanded painted and put fresh u-joints in it Also my Old Man Emu springs came in
gaucho919 Posted May 17, 2011 Author Posted May 17, 2011 Hello Gents, its been a couple weeks since I last posted. Got quite a bit done, currently at a standstill waiting on funds... Buttoned up the front grill Got the claytons on the 2wd front axle bc I just recently acquired my HP D30 with 4.10s Also drilled my crown victoria $5 junkyard rims for the jeep hubcaps and painted them. I think they look great! only things left in order for it to drive comfortably are shocks, sway bar links and a shifter lever Let me know what you think so far! My brother from another mother's Comanche
comenschen Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 Lookin great! I envy your progress...truck time for me is thin, plus the motor just crapped out on my air compressor :wall: What vehicle did you nab the driveshaft out of at the junkyard, another comanche? I've been wondering what to do after my 4.0 and 8.8 swap. I like the wheels...but for some reason my brain says no on a red truck. Not sure why. :dunno:
gaucho919 Posted May 17, 2011 Author Posted May 17, 2011 thanks!! The truck won't be red for long.. It's gonna be Tan colored kindda like the new JK's and the FJ cruiser tan...
comenschen Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 Ha! Tan was the first thing I thought of when I saw the wheels (and some bigger tires of course)
gaucho919 Posted May 17, 2011 Author Posted May 17, 2011 Yeah I'll be getting 33x10.50 BFG A/Ts soon.. the driveshaft came out of an auto 4wd D35 comanche, the length matched perfect to my manual and 8.8 swap.. got lucky
Jeepman Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 The VIN is 1J7FT26S2NL225254 Build date of April 14, 1992
gaucho919 Posted November 10, 2011 Author Posted November 10, 2011 sorry for taking so long to update but I'm back from Arizona and have had some time to work on the jeep. so far.. -I got the BFG 33x10.50s installed. -Installed new bushings on the Dana 30 that I will be installing this weekend. -IPF driving lights -Clayton HD adj. trackbar -put 1.5" wheel spacers in the back and .75" spacers in the front to even out the axle widths The whole squad, the green TJ is mine Got dark out but here's the IPF lights
cody4359 Posted November 11, 2011 Posted November 11, 2011 i had a chance to buy a ARB bumper on craigslisst for $350, shoulda done it just for the ease of not having to make one. looks good on there
shelbyluvv Posted November 11, 2011 Posted November 11, 2011 The ARB is a over priced POS. I had one on my WJ and bent the living hell out of it. They are way to thin to be of any use in the rocks or trails where you might have to squeeze through trees. They do look good though.
gaucho919 Posted November 11, 2011 Author Posted November 11, 2011 Thanks Cody, I got mine from craigslist too. I don't rockcrawl with my comanche so thats not an issue.
Thunderbear Posted November 16, 2011 Posted November 16, 2011 The VIN is 1J7FT26S2NL225254 Build date of April 14, 1992 "There was a riot on the streets, tell me where were you..." Seriously nice work. Interested to see the rest of the build.
ryno56 Posted November 16, 2011 Posted November 16, 2011 The VIN is 1J7FT26S2NL225254 Build date of April 14, 1992 "There was a riot on the streets, tell me where were you..." Seriously nice work. Interested to see the rest of the build. I believe that was April 26... Just sayin.
ryno56 Posted November 16, 2011 Posted November 16, 2011 April 29, 1992 Right! I knew I should have looked it up first.
Naterenfo1 Posted November 18, 2011 Posted November 18, 2011 Good choice with the BFGoodrich A/T's!! I Really really like mine How are you liking the old man emu/ clayton long arm combo so far?
gaucho919 Posted November 21, 2011 Author Posted November 21, 2011 Thanks gents, I really like the BFG's the rims are a bit too narrow even with the 10.50s, so I have my eye out for a different option. The clayton stuff is great, I'm coming from driving a TJ with a 6" lift on short arms so the MJ feels like a sports car. the D30 is already in I'll post some pics as soon as I can. I still have a few things to work out; -longer brakelines -bumpstop extensions(my MJ's bumpstop cups were smaller than my TJ's and they are welded on)
gaucho919 Posted December 24, 2011 Author Posted December 24, 2011 Alright I've done some work to the truck, it's taking forever to update bc I broke my laptop so I gotta use my friends computer.. I installed the ARB snorkel the airbox, kindda hard to see the connection, here you can also see the new HD 3 row radiator All new exhaust, head pipe, oxygen sensor, catalytic converter, 40 series flowmaster. my old cat and muffler were so clogged, the new exhaust combined with the cold air from the snorkel opened it up and the truck had a significant power increase I still have to work on those nasty rockers here's another pic.. Thanks a lot for the comments, helps lift the motivation levels
Kernel Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 steve would be proud... u just need a canvas top. :cheers: and with ur rockers just hack out the rest of the rust/rocker and weld in a 2x6 tube. get a rock slider with out loosing the ground clearance. .02
gaucho919 Posted December 28, 2011 Author Posted December 28, 2011 Thanks Kernel, I have looked at the one canvas top I think it's called the softopper, I really like it. And the rockers thats a really good idea, I was thinking of trying to add some thicker metal on there, I gotta do the floor boards and the rockers real soon bc they're getting bad quick
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