My Badass Metric-Ton Comanche Build! (The End)

[MancheKid86]

BEST UPGRADE YET!

 

 

i do the shock mounts after school tomorrow :banana:

then she's on the road

[MancheKid86]

[shawn]

:thumbsup:

[MancheKid86]

had the death wobble,

what an experience, my jeep turned iinto an eep

and I'm shy of more than a few pairs of pants,

ive narrowed the problem down... (shhh)

i think its my track bar :shake:

 

so..

i installed this steering stabilizer to mask the problem until i can buy another one

 

forgot to post pics of my shocks mounted :yes:

 

now time to start on odds and ends,

got my wiring harness adapter installed

 

re did all the connections on my positive + negative cables for my amp

 

got my subs installed.

i had to remove the top of my center consol to get it in,

then re-attach it

 

more to come,

i need to fix my speedo

[camjeep3]

Good luck with the Death Wobble...

and as far as your track bar, we werent crazy when we said it wasnt right.

Either way the truck looks good, keep up the good work. you are going a whole lot faster than I am

[MancheKid86]

decided to join the "cool" club

put my other 97+ mirror on :banana:

 

this is what i mean when i say i turned my jeep into an eep XD

 

during the install this happened, i don't know how but it did,

took a razor blade to the end of it until it popped back in

 

while i was out i decided to investigate why my left speaker wasnt working,

hmm...

 

:wrench:

[Blue88Comanche]

 

are those electric mirrors, or manual?

[MancheKid86]

used to be electric :shake:

now they are manual :thumbsup:

 

went to a meet n greet today,

bout 4 people didnt make it,

 

but it was alright, all different rigs were there

 

[MancheKid86]

went 4x4ing with my buddy,

but i sketched out and turned around and he decided to keep going

ended up rolling his truck down the cliff

 

so went up today,

got to say i told ya so,

started cutting his truck outta the side of the mountain,

luckily there is a trail below,

here's some pics,

 

doesnt look to steep from this angle

 

winch to move all the logs holding him up

 

 

 

 

and to put it into perspective, hes standing straight up

 

almost out

 

going out on wednesday to finish the job

 

 

and here's a pic of my manche :D

 

[Dirteatr717]

If I were you I wouldnt weld on your rear shock mounts like that, I just put the u bolts through the plates and bolted them up, it looks like you have another 1" or so left on the ubolts to do it too

[MancheKid86]

U bolts weren't the proper size, they bent the radius too small,

Trust me they are not coming off

And the shocks were an after though the bolt holes didn't lime up where I wanted them,

And the welds are burned in there deep a lot stronger than ubolts would be :P :thumbsup:

[MancheKid86]

new project,

do alignment proper,

chewed through a brand new set of rubber in roughly 2 weeks

 

TRE's rusted solid, a bit of seam foam deep creep

and this handy vice with the pipe bender and they came out like pie

clamp a vice grip as hard as possible on it, vice grip in tube bender, apply all weight on crescent wrench

 

cleaning the inside with the deep creep (breaks down rust)

 

purple power :D

 

all done, 1/8" toe in with tape measure

 

gotta start this project some time

 

[MancheKid86]

recovered my buddys vehicle, its done,

but its in his yard now,

parts truck

 

jeeps to the rescue (well mostly jeep obsessed, couldnt have done it without him)

 

 

clearining out the rest of the tree's

 

jeep obsessed doing his thing

 

a happy 4x4'er

 

 

 

no more forest left,

who wants some fire wood?

 

back on the trail

 

tire changed

 

my rig down,

corroded wires +loose terminal

 

on the road again!!

 

 

[rockin]

[89Comanche4x4]

wanna do my alignment?

 

nice recovery

[MancheKid86]

finally got my speedometer going

swaped gears, took a torch to it, hammered it out with punch while stacked up in sockets,

and install used a vice to press back in, don't have a pic of the final product but here is the left overs

 

dash ripped apart,

connected the other end of the speedo cable, in the process i some how made my oil pressure sensor on my gauge stop working,

will fix in the future

 

look all my interior lights work :yes:

 

changed my spark plugs

look at the gap old vs new!

 

 

time to take the old man topper off,

summer is here

 

found some rust :(

 

upgraded from my non air box, warm air intake,

to the stock cold air intake

 

adjusted my e-brake more,

I'm almost running out of adjustment but atleast i don't roll down hills anymore

 

 

whats this thing do?

mine kills my truck when ever i plug the other end in

 

more to come,

almost snagged a set of brand new jks acos coil spacers,

too bad the seller had a winch, he said otherwise they'd be mine.

 

 

oh yeah.

i got COMANCHE OF THE MONTH!!!!

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[ComancheKid45]

That thingy is the EGR solenoid. don't as me how it works though....lol

 

Keep up the progress :wrench:

[MancheKid86]

went 4x4ing and i parked at the top of the mountain to enjoy the view,

starter gave out on me, luckily i parked on a slope and my buddy with gaintism,

he gave me a push and off we went.

 

so out comes the starter

 

bad solenoid vs good soleniod

 

back together and re-installed

 

ran a new ground while i was at it

 

on the road again

 

 

fixed my IAC, pulled it out cleaned it up,

took a screw driver and pried the seized solenoid free,

good as new, lost camera somewhere today, no pics :(

 

[MancheKid86]

enjoyed the simple things in life,

cleaned it head to toe just to get it muddy again

 

 

I'm also selling my winch,

at the moment I'm stuck in college,

i need brakes and exhaust more than my winch,

once I'm done school ill be a 2nd year aircraft maintenance apprentice,

will make enough money to get another one

[MancheKid86]

went about doing my brakes today,

worse than i imagined,

went 4x4ing 2 weeks ago and i heard a clunk and then my rear locked up,

my inspection before putting my professional grade pads on turned out displeasing

 

good side,

don't know where all the moisture came from, brake res. is full as is my rear diff (which has black fluid in it now :???: )

so much grease inside any takers of what it could be? (water from mudding?)

 

just a small amount of the grease inside

 

this is what fell out

 

the BAD side

looks can be deceiving, keep scrolling

 

BAM found the problem!

 

 

 

i need new drums

 

this is what fell out on this side...

yes thats a clutch dog, brake pads and retaining spring,

my old pin that held the retaining spring in failed from the e-brake arm shearing it in half

 

GOOD VS. BAD

 

and this is where i called it a night

 

well, looks like I'm off the road for a few days,

I'm broke, atleast i won't spend money on gas :shake:

 

atleast my lug nuts are still good!!

[vaquaro]

:wrench: Riveted brake shoes / pads the only way to go :yes: :yes: :yes:

[knever3]

Have you checked your axle seals and wheel cylinders for leaks? Brake fluid will EAT friction material turning it into paste. I completely disagree, bonded brake shoes are much better since you have more wear area before the rivets ruin your drums when ground down. Whatever works for you I guess. Glad to see you got it fixed up!

[MancheKid86]

seems like i have an admirer,

found that a few days ago

 

after checking my diff i found the gear oil was black inside,

i made er puke :brows:

 

 

the hard ware,

i only picked up one drum, since the other one was still usable

 

all bare

 

fully loaded

 

drums back on

 

good to go

 

 

my work station,

dam rain :shake:

 

just have to wait for the diff cover to cure then i can tighten the diff back up and put fresh gear oil in,

also found a leaking axle shaft seal so i used black rtv to solve that problem, will be cured tomorrow as well,

then bleed brakes and I'm on the road again

 

[MancheKid86]

went 4x4ing about a month ago,

bent my LCA mount,

finally let go

 

 

 

bent + twisted

 

straight enough

 

figured id spend more time bracing the old bracket, so i made a new one

 

out came the plasma cutter

 

old vs new

 

mocking it up, i think it fits pretty good :thumbsup:

 

final draft, cambered the edges to make more ridged

 

look at that not so good flex!

 

welding it on

 

bolted back into place :D

 

 

 

 

[87Warrior]

welding it on

 

That's your problem right there. Those LCAs are not designed to twist, therefore your axle mount did. Weld a johnny joint to the end of the LCAs and you won't twist off any more brackets.

 

Nice work on the new bracket. Looks like an exact replacement!

[MancheKid86]

tid bit of an update

decided to reseal my axle shaft,

p/o cheaped out and used a destroyed seal when re-doing the axle

 

 

first time grinding off a bearing + retainer,

watched lots of vids, every one did it straight across which scored the shaft and destroyed the retaining plate

i did it on an angle, worked perfectly

 

see not a scratch!

 

pressing it on,

my man power didnt have enough force to press them on, ended up bending the bar

took it to school and used the 12 ton hydraulic press

took about 5 seconds to get it on the last inch

 

all pressed on and ready to install

 

also replaced my fuel filter,

I'm assuming the original was still on

 

also gapped my spark plugs to .035

 

more to come