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1988 Jeep Comanche Aka The Penny Sniffer ,pic Heavy


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Hey everybody I have been on this fourm since I bought my Mj in Feb of 2012. I bought it with a rough country 4.5 inch lift up front along with a SOA conversion in the back and I HATE IT!!!! it rides terrible and looks dumb haha. But I am changing all of it so it won't matter. This winter I will put a 6.5 inch long arm kit on it just haven't decided which one yet.

The truck is a 1988 4.0 Pioneer 4x4 with a automatic trans (not sure which one) and a np231. I have come to find out it was 2wd from the factory and has since been converted to 4x4 by a previous owner.

It had 99,000 miles on it when I bout it and has about 101,000 now, It was born in canada cause It has a kph speedo, Celsius temp gauge and oil in bars pressure. It also has a block warmer. It does have some rust but nothing to bad and I plan on stopping it asap/


I have done alot of work to it and keep meaning to start a build thread. Its going to take a me a few days to get this build thread up to speed on where I'm at to day with it but Ill go a head and start it off. Here is it the day I bought it.



And then the next day I thought I would see how it would flex


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Since its so tall in the back, you could swap in some factory shackles. Do you know what leafs you have in the back?

 

Yea I was looking at getting the Iron man 4x4 adjustable ones. I know they are not stock, some sort of leaf pack I believe but not that's all I know.

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And now the wallet takes more of a beating. A 97+ Cherokee electric fan to add inline with the stock mechanical fan cause the manche didnt come with one from the factory, and It would get a little warm when I would get into the really soft sand.

 

A long with a New flow cooler water pump, A high flow thermo stat, Thermostat houseing and new gaskets.

 

 

Last but not least I won some datsun louvers for cheap on ebay!

 

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i had a import muffler on my old manche,

sounded like a ricer rocket! :thumbsup:

 

 

can't wait to see pics of the installs :thumbsup:

 

 

IT is coming very very soon! Prob tomorrow. Already did the instal just haven't posted the pictures.

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  • 2 weeks later...

And next it is to install them after A fresh coat of Super silver to match the decal, since I plan on painting it back on after the paint job in the future.

 

BUUUTTTT First I had to do some Cutting

 

 

And this is how it will sit after the 6.5 inch long arm lift

Final product!

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Ok this is going to be pic heavy. I started tearing a part the 4.0 to install new Iron man motor mounts, a pacesetter header and a new trans mount. Up untill now it has been mostly just buying parts, then I started to get a abundance of parts.

 

the start of the tear down, labeled everything.

 

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