New Comanche, New Thread....

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Browsing Craigslist for parts (constantly heehee) and spotted a ton on them, attached to a truck-with payday right around the corner there just was no choice :)

 

1988 4.0 4x4 long bed with a couple mods

AX15 swap

NP231

Dana 44 (93 Cherokee) SOA conversion

HP30 non-disconnect (95 Cherokee)

6 inch long arm front

New radiator,water pump and non pressurized bottle swap

New front calipers, rotors, bearings and u-joints

New rear shoes, drums, wheel cylinders and parking brake cables

Braided rear brake lines

Rear main, clutch and master/slave cylinder

Rancho 5000 shocks

 

Needs longer front hoses and slightly longer front shocks to articulate 100%

 

No rust anywhere, but bed is pretty beat up-was hit down passenger side, torn metal and amateur repairs attempted-pretty beyond fixing IMO

 

Plans are:

Today:

See if that long bed at pick pull is still there

Some interior plastics ^^^ from same

V8 ZJ steering links^^^

Longer brake hoses^^^

Swap seats from parts Cherokee I bought for 4wd swap

Swap rubber floor cover from my daily Comanche (bare metal now-too loud) or some kind of mat

Swap wheels/tires off daily-this one needs the offset

 

Later:

Regear ( stock.55 now) and some kind of spool or limited slip

Shocks and hoses

Softer springs for front

Front bumper/rock sliders

Track bar for rear-I can feel the rear twisting the springs...due to SOA I guess

 

building it with 3 purposes in mind

1. Get to work in snow ( only 9 miles)

2. Tow dirt track car (light car, flat tow for now) to local tracks-farthest is 45 miles

3. Get dirty and HAVE FUN!

 

Since I bought my 86 2 months ago this is my third Jeep, guessing I have a new addiction......

 

Will post pics after photobucket is working again