thejim42 Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 My uncle bought this truck brand new in 1988. Fall of 2001 he hit a deer and parked the truck in his garage where it sat until June of 2013 when he gave it to me in pieces. Defiantly quite a project for a 17 year old to take on but well worth it. its an 88 Comanche pioneer swb, 2wd, 4.0 I6, 5 speed with almost no rust. Motor got rebuilt in 2006ish by my uncle, he wrapped it up in 8 or 9 layers of plastic and duct tape and set it in the bed of the truck and it stayed there until i got it. Here she is all cleaned up Here is some of the boxes i got with the truck Got the motor all unwrapped, now its time to go through it Had a couple friends give me a hand finishing getting the motor put together and ready to get put in Engine and trans are mated and ready to go in! Its all hooked up and has spark so now to clean out the gas tank. It was half full with gas from 2001 and the tank rusted from the inside out. New tank for $93 on ebay. The sending unit doesn't look to promising but dad and i got it to work Got the new tank it got fuel up to the rail and now i don't have spark. Stupid coil went bad...although after sitting for 12 years i probably should have expected that one. Went out to the jy and found me a factory chief roll bar for $50 that i just couldn't pass up. Makes the truck look so much better! Got the front end all put together and it is on the road! Got the jeep In action. Took it to my aunt and uncles farm Still got a long way to go but came a long way in 4 months. Still gotta get a new front bumper, tires, figure out why it has a misfire and high idle. Eventually it will get 4wd and some other things but i will probably drive it forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87Warrior Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Great start on the truck! She looks pretty solid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejim42 Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share Posted January 2, 2014 I've only had her about 6 months. Its been in storage the last 2 so it doesn't get eaten up by the salt here in Indiana. And the heat is only Luke warm...not sure why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejim42 Posted January 3, 2014 Author Share Posted January 3, 2014 Got my new full cluster in the mail to replace my old 1/2 cluster on ebay for $40 got the mileage turned back to the correct mileage old idiot light cluster Got the new cluster in and the new sending unit for the oil pressure gauge. (has pretty good oil pressure) Now i need to change the coolant temp sender. Does anyone know the part number for the coolant temp sending unit for the gauge? I found a couple online at advanced but it doesn't say whether or not it is for a light or a gauge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronbtxnc Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Good save but your grill is upside down. Use the search feature, there's a good write-up on here about the sending units somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejim42 Posted January 3, 2014 Author Share Posted January 3, 2014 I did notice that the grill is upside down, when i get some extra money I'm going to get a new one since the one on the truck is cracked. I need a bumper and headlight trims pieces too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejim42 Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 I got my knew injectors and regulator in. Got a set of rebuilt Bosch 3, 4 hole injectors for $100 on eBay. Runs a lot better now but i still have a high idle and slight miss. I'm thinking it might have something to do with my tps since its off of an 89 with an automatic that looks like it was running like $#!& judging by the shape the throttle body was in before I cleaned it but i gotta run a compression check to make sure its not something more serious. I'm still having an issue holding pressure. I have a constant 30 psi at idle but as soon as I shut the truck off it drops off to nothing in about 30 seconds. it holds a tiny amount of pressure at the rail but not enough to show on my gauge. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejim42 Posted March 5, 2014 Author Share Posted March 5, 2014 Well I got it running good. Still not 100% because i think i got bad rings because i have half the compression i should and when i put oil in the cylinders it goes up about 20psi but it gets me from point a to point b at 15mpg city. Got new tires at walmart on sale for 74.50 ea. out the door mounted, balanced with road hazard for $408. Got some new speakers, got my headlight trim pieces and side markers on, just ordered my bumper and my 2" budget lift kit shipped to the door for $68. its coming together. Image Not Found Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejim42 Posted March 20, 2014 Author Share Posted March 20, 2014 well jeep is down. Clutch went out after 1500 miles. Waiting on the parts to come in so i can get her put back together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejim42 Posted March 20, 2014 Author Share Posted March 20, 2014 I'm still looking for a 3 pane sliding rear window if anyone has one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenwr02 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Looking good so far. How's the performance/traction of your new tires? Need to replace mine soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejim42 Posted March 26, 2014 Author Share Posted March 26, 2014 Not bad. Truck defiantly drives a lot better. Ive had these tires on my Dakota, my f150, and my durango. they are a good aggressive looking tire that isn't so hard on the wallet...haven't tried them off the pavement yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejim42 Posted June 11, 2014 Author Share Posted June 11, 2014 Been a while since ive posted. Been really busy but the jeep took her first road trip at Easter from NW Indiana 700 miles down I65 to Birmingham Al loaded down with a bunch of stuff and still got 20 mpg the whole way!! Finally got a bumper be fore the trip. last week I coated the fender flares and from the trim line down with rustolium spay bed liner, put the roll in liner in the bed, on my roll bar, sprayed the grille, headlight doors, and the louvers behind the doors with bed liner, hopefully going to mount the roll bar and run the wiring for when i get fog lights when it stops raining, and spray the bumpers with the bed liner stuff. bumper on, bed loaded and ready for the trip coated the flares and rockers Bed liner in and trim pieces coated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectormj Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Clean truck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minuit Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 This is a pretty bad@$$ little truck. Every time I see a shortbed with a roll bar it makes me want to get one for mine more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejim42 Posted June 13, 2014 Author Share Posted June 13, 2014 I found it out at the junkyard i paid $65 for it and they even pulled it for me!! I mounted it today and got fog lights mounted and wired in...it looks awesome. still got to put the ones on the front bumper. will post some pics tomorrow . the cap is going to go up for sale in the not too distant future if anyone knows of someone looking for on for a shortbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejim42 Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 Just bought a running parts truck! 86 xls long bed 4x4 4cyl 5 speed. clutch is messed up and the brakes don't work. I think I'm going to pull the trans and see what went wrong with the clutch replacement and get it going to drive around while i paint my 88 and then ill take the parts i need and part the rest out. anyone ever swap in cruise control, and a/c? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minuit Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 I see the addiction's got you too. These stupid little trucks tend to multiply. :doh: No clue on adding cruise control, but there have been a few threads recently about adding A/C. Here's one (click). I've been wondering about cruise control myself recently. Off topic, but is that an Impala in the background? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejim42 Posted June 16, 2014 Author Share Posted June 16, 2014 Guess its something to look into and if your talking about the white car its an 88,Pontiac fiero gt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejim42 Posted June 16, 2014 Author Share Posted June 16, 2014 Idk about the red car. The 1st 3 pictures were from the craigslist add Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejim42 Posted June 17, 2014 Author Share Posted June 17, 2014 well pulled the trans out of the 86 today, looks like either the fork shifted when the PO put the trans in or he put the fork in backwards. How is the fork actually supposed to go in? is there a retainer clip or something that is supposed to hold it in place? id like to get it ready to put back together tomorrow so i can test the t-case and trans. After all that i had to give the beast some attention. I painted the grill with bedliner by mistake instead of flat black earlier this week and liked it so must i painted the headlight trim and louvers with bedliner too. Mounted my roll bar a couple days ago and got my lights on it. got another set for the front bumper after it gets the bedliner. hopefully that will get done tomorrow and paint my hitch. Put new bulbs in my parking lights so hopefully they will work now and put new sockets in for my headlights so my high beams work now. The next thing will be painting the center console out of the 86 and figure out what to do about the bucket seats since they are red and my 88s interior is gray. Is it hard to swap in a tilt column and change the ignition tumbler and steering wheel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejim42 Posted June 17, 2014 Author Share Posted June 17, 2014 got some lights Got them on the roll bar, got the roll bar mounted and all the wiring hooked up THE BEAST HAS BEEN AWAKENED!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhickman Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Just bought a running parts truck! 86 xls long bed 4x4 4cyl 5 speed for $800. clutch is messed up and the brakes don't work. I think I'm going to pull the trans and see what went wrong with the clutch replacement and get it going to drive around while i paint my 88 and then ill take the parts i need and part the rest out. anyone ever swap in cruise control, and a/c? I've been looking for a set of wheels like the ones on your parts truck. Let me know if you decide to part with em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejim42 Posted June 17, 2014 Author Share Posted June 17, 2014 i havent decided if i should paint me steel ones gloss black or take the ones off the 86. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejim42 Posted June 21, 2014 Author Share Posted June 21, 2014 Started taking the dog house of the beast to get it ready for paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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