87shortbed comanche Posted December 20, 2012 Posted December 20, 2012 i have been looking at this site for a while and finally got to posting some pics of my MJ. it has a 44 hp ford front we narrowed to waggy width. and a dana 60 rear out of a 66 f100. both axles have eaton e-lockers and 4.88 gears. the front is a 4 link longarm. it has been lifted 8.5 inches. i have put in grand cherokee front seats. I have done the 2lo kit for the transfercase. just got done putting in a 96 inline six with the higher flow intake from a 2001 cherokee.
neohic Posted December 20, 2012 Posted December 20, 2012 Heck yeah! That's a cool truck! :thumbsup: What's up with some pictures having 5 lug and most having 6 lug hubs?
billyzj Posted December 21, 2012 Posted December 21, 2012 not to much into the rock crawling,but pics like that I'm ready to wheel places like that :thumbsup:
87shortbed comanche Posted December 21, 2012 Author Posted December 21, 2012 the reason for the difference is that i had a 6 lug waggy rear 44. I just swapped to a 5 on 5.5 dana 60 rear that is a wider axle than the 44.
buffalob Posted December 21, 2012 Posted December 21, 2012 Awsome truck! awsome pics! (keep em coming).
87shortbed comanche Posted December 23, 2012 Author Posted December 23, 2012 here are a few more pics of Moab wheeling. and a desert wheeling in utah. the desert wheeling is before i had bushwhacker pocket flares. the next project on this i am in the process of doing is high steer and a roll cage. i will post more of those pics once I get going on it in the next week or so.
87shortbed comanche Posted December 29, 2012 Author Posted December 29, 2012 here are a few more down in moab. there is one of my dads newly rebuilt jeepster commando. he has coils and long arms he did on it. drive up everything. i just ordered my high steer stuff so i will get pics of that up soon.
87shortbed comanche Posted February 14, 2013 Author Posted February 14, 2013 here's the new yellow top battery i just put into the comanche. the old battery gave up. so I splurged a little more and got this one. it starts like a champ now. will be done with the high steer today. so I will get pictures of that up.
johnny quest Posted February 14, 2013 Posted February 14, 2013 . :MJ 1: . hell yea! lookin good! glad you posted up on here. I see your truck every now and then and love it. Youll have to come to the pow wow in Moab this fall :thumbsup: ill also be following your cage build closely as i need to build one before long as well. you gonna keep the roll bar?
87shortbed comanche Posted February 14, 2013 Author Posted February 14, 2013 ya I am going to get rid of the roll bar. it would look a little off to try and convert smaller tube to the bigger stuff. it would be fun to go too the Moab thing this fall.
87shortbed comanche Posted February 15, 2013 Author Posted February 15, 2013 here's the high steer all done. thanks to summit machine for the billet joint for the track bar and parts mike for the machining of the high steer knuckle and arm. plus put some new sway bar disconnects on.
87shortbed comanche Posted March 5, 2013 Author Posted March 5, 2013 here's a couple picts of my new bully bar/light bar on the comanche. it was a good time making it. tons of hard angles on the bars to compensate for. to get it looking good.
zackcj7 Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 Like the bar. Did you bend the tube yourself? Who makes the bumper.
87shortbed comanche Posted March 6, 2013 Author Posted March 6, 2013 yep I did the bending of the tube myself. the bumper is made by rigidco . the bully bar is designed after rigidcos one they sale. I did some changes to it so it would be different. my brother in law has the same bumper and the bully bar from that company.
87shortbed comanche Posted April 7, 2013 Author Posted April 7, 2013 this our latest trip to moab. we conquered pritchett canyon. and had fun on metal masher.
earl*t Posted April 7, 2013 Posted April 7, 2013 The landscape is incredible. Could you give us a closer look at your rock rail and rear bumper. The bumper appears to be exactly how I intend to build mine with additional side protection.
87shortbed comanche Posted April 7, 2013 Author Posted April 7, 2013 ya I can get some picts of the bumper. The side protection is quarter inch plate that we plasma cut to fit the dimensions and bent the plate to go around the sides.
earl*t Posted April 8, 2013 Posted April 8, 2013 Quarter inch is very substantial. In your posts it appears you do a little tail draggin on approach angle. I'd guess the plate is reinforced to the frame? If it works for you, I'd like to borrow your design.
87shortbed comanche Posted April 8, 2013 Author Posted April 8, 2013 ya it is reinforced to the frame where the bumper bracket goes and behind the flares. its all cool for you to copy. i will get the picts tomorrow.
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