sherpa Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 just picked this up this past week Image Not Found Specs: 1987 MJ bobbed bed 4.0 AW4 NP231 Dana 30 open 4.56s Dana 40 welded 4.56s 5.5" Rubcon Express lift, short arm w/ front drop brackets 35" MTRs black steelies w/ matching spare rock sliders no rust The good: lift 35s geared ARB front bumper XRC8 winch engine and trans seem to be in good operating condition bucket seats No CAD 297 axle ujoints The bad: interior appeares to be from 3 trucks body is beat, shes lived a life in the rocks clunk in the front end rear is welded exhaust leak busted transmision mount The plan in order: redo interior (picked up all grey interior from 1990 cheroke limited already installed floor shifter and matching steering coloumn) fix front end clunk (I think may be a unit bearing) selectable rear locker add to rock sliders (step rail) stock up spare parts tube doors build tire gate with fuel can holder aquire straight bed and bob aquire new fenders trim to match rear repair right cab corner Rubicon Express long arm kit upgrade sound system paint, either keep it black or posibly go to rescue green or similar light bar/a pillar slide upgrade to front coilovers This weekend we swaped out the old column shift steering column w/ badly worn tilt unit. Installed floor shifter. Replaced the rear drive shaft, it had a spiral dent that ran half its length, Universal Services in Charlotte retubed it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherpa Posted September 20, 2012 Author Share Posted September 20, 2012 Got the grille replaced over the weekend also. Pulled the right unit bearing, where i belived clunk was coming from and found this pulled apart in 2 peices by hand. Got it replaced tonight after work and topped off diff fluids. Still has clunk but its no where near as loud. It did fix a vibration i had Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockinMJ Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 I like. Love the ARB bumper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rymanrph Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Good to see another Comanche near by. Welcome to the CC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherpa Posted September 23, 2012 Author Share Posted September 23, 2012 Been a productive day. Started out by fixing my tail lights, found a short where the original license plate lights were. Repaired short, instlled new light and mounted tag, no pics. Then replaced the busted trans mount, I was able to completly lift the trans/tcase until i saw day light between it and the mount, again no pics. Then we comenced to tearing into the interior before during where i stopped Image Not Found Swapped on door panels that match seats old new Image Not Found And dyed panels for reinstall tommorow after they bake in the sun and once I'm finished swapping dash Goals for tomorow, swap dash, recover carpeted panel that mounts to rear of cab, mout tool box and install cb radio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherpa Posted September 24, 2012 Author Share Posted September 24, 2012 I almost finished interior today. After i got the dash out I found a mouse had made a home there at one point in time and snacked on some of the wiring. I patched all that up and took some time to familiarize myself with component and wiring. Also cut out the 14 splices in the speaker wiring, radio sounds much better. As of right now the only original interior peices that I know are left is the b pillar and rear cab panel covers and the gauge cluster, which will be swapped in time. I was lucky and managed to pull dash, door panels, a pillar plastics, lower door opening plastics, headrests, steering coloumn and wheel all from 1 jeep 1991 cherokee limited. The seats it already had matched new interior. Hopefully one day this week I can get the rear cab panel recovered and installed, all that will be left then is mount cb, fire extiguisher and first aid kit..... Until i track down a couple needed parts here's only pics i got, had to have it back together for work in the morning Image Not Found Image Not Found what it started as Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherpa Posted October 1, 2012 Author Share Posted October 1, 2012 Went yesterday to meet up with Rymanrph to wheel URE but on way down one of my rear brake shoes seperated from backing plate. Was interesting having a wheel lock up while raining and with locked diff. but got it all sorted out yesterday amd made it out to day. Finished off some control arm bushings, but it done very well. Its definatly my most capable rig yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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