johnj92131 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I'm using the phone app, still trying learn the site. I prefer the full site rather than the mobile view on the phone (Galaxy S4). At the bottom part of the mobile screen, you can go to the full site. I still prefer to use my laptop or my desktop and view the site on a 20 or 28 inch screen. Easier on these 67 year old eyes. Not to mention the full size key board vs the phone keyboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyboy Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I use the full site on my phone too, i don't care much for the mobile version. I'm on the Facebook groups too and I can tell you that you will get much better tech here and the ability to be able to search old post makes the forum way better then Facebook. I am probably one of the main tech posters on the Facebook MJ groups and I would most likely refer you here for swap info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggcnash Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I don't think he is talking about the mobile view on web. I believe he is referring to an app like tapatalk, which in my opinion is the only way to use forums if you got a smartphone or tablet. Give it a try, good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyboy Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I don't care for tapatalk either, I've been using various forums and bulletin boards for over 20years so I like the full site option. Too many years of using forums on the PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yxmj Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Telling me to "do your homework" is rude. I was trying to get the right answers, i appreciate the link. Did you pout and storm out of class every time you asked a question and a teacher/instructor/professor told you to do the same? Read back on your posts in this thread......with the amount of open ended poorly asked questions (not to mention spelling errors) you are lucky that people took the time to help you at all. . :MJ 1: . IMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggcnash Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I'm using the phone app, still trying learn the site.FYI when searching the forum Google search meaning go to your Google bar type "comancheclub.com" then what your searching ex. "Comancheclub.com 86 engine swap"Works much better good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj86 Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 Johnj, mnkyboy, and ggcnash thanks for your suggestions. Yxmj- I'm glad not everyone on this site judges people by there spelling, or questions they may ask. Thanks to everyone for all the help, and as long as my spelling doesnt bother you ill be back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yxmj Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Their......doesn't.......I'll........ :thumbsup: .......Looking forward to you contributing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richasco Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 No one has yet mentioned that you will need to move the crossmember. It involves drilling new holes in the frame and welding or inserting nutserts. The firewall mod is the easiest part of this swap, it is an area six inches tall by two inches wide and only needs to be one inch deep. The crossmember and radiator support are the most time consuming/difficult parts. Also on my '86 swap the frame rail brackets matched up almost perfectly except for two bolts on the trackbar mount which required some grinding to get a good alignment. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjrev10 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Johnj, mnkyboy, and ggcnash thanks for your suggestions. Yxmj- I'm glad not everyone on this site judges people by there spelling, or questions they may ask. Thanks to everyone for all the help, and as long as my spelling doesnt bother you ill be back. Hello again.... This IS the best research for anything MJ. Those Facebook groups are a joke.. Good English and spelling are a dying art form on forums. It makes it hard to understand what you are trying to say. Please retread before you hit the post button and it'll be fine. You are taking on a big project swapping a 4.0 into a 86.. But many folks here have done it and if you want to know it, shut up and read. You could always to to Pirate4x4 and ask the same questions. They are really friendly over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelbyluvv Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 There are even a few idiots who swapped fuel injected V8s Magnums into 86s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogmorgo Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 I personally have to laugh at YXMJ correcting someone else's spelling. I pointed out one of his errors once and got ridiculed in his signature for a while for it. :rotf: MJ86. hope you can figure out what you need to know for your project. Putting a motor where it wasn't "supposed" to be isn't always an easy task, but it will be rewarding when you finish up having done it all yourself. I'd offer you luck, but if you need luck, then you haven't done enough research first! Go break a torque wrench. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yxmj Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 I personally have to laugh at YXMJ correcting someone else's spelling. I pointed out one of his errors once and got ridiculed in his signature for a while for it. That my little Saskabushian friend is exactly why I did it...... :thumbsup: No one has yet mentioned that you will need to move the crossmember. It involves drilling new holes in the frame and welding or inserting nutserts. You might get away with this.....my 2wd 87 has both sets the bolt holes there....as well as a bolt in blank pre cut out for the 4wd stick......but the 86 might not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 They r way more friendly than Hornbrod that is for sure. ??? Respectfully, are you categorizing Hornbrod as unfriendly for agreeing with you that you are in over your head? That's certainly what it seems like, and if that's it ... IMHO you're making a serious mistake. You absolutely will not find more in-depth knowledge of the Comanche anywhere on the Internet than here. Period. And we're all willing to share our knowledge and information with anyone who is interested in preserving the MJ line. Many of us have already made the mistakes that other people are just beginning to contemplate, so if someone here says "DON'T DO THAT" ... there's probably a reason. Do we always agree on everything? Nope. After all, a bunch of idiots who persist in messing around with trucks that have been out of production for 23 years are likely to be independent thinkers and probably have more than a little bit of a stubborn streak. Such people are unlikely to agree on much of anything beyond today's date. On occasion, after having spent much time answering the same questions from different people, there's a tendency to not spend as much time re-writing the same information but just to refer the new guys to previous discussions that cover the same ground. That's not unfriendly ... it's efficient. Also, recognizing when someone is getting in over their head, and agreeing when the person suggests that they already know it, is also not unfriendly. Dissuading you from spending a LOT of time and a LOT of effort, and probably a lot of money on a project that may very well never be completed because it's beyond the person's capabilities is not unfriendly ... it's about as friendly as it gets. Ever hear the expression "Dutch uncle"? A Dutch uncle is the guy who always tells you the truth, even when you'd rather not hear it. Sometimes that's what we need. You acknowledge that you're not a mechanic. You are embarking on a project that many mechanics would avoid, simply because there are too many variables and subtle factors to be addressed. You're not doing a simple engine replacement. You are looking to swap in an entire drive train, electrical system, fuel system, and cooling system that are ALL completely different from what you have now. Can it be done? Sure. Is it easy? No. Then it gets more complicated because you are also looking at body/chassis modifications. You need a 4.0L radiator, and that means changing the radiator supports. You need to decide whether you will go with the "open" or "closed" cooling system. That alone will give you a headache that'll last for months, because there is no consensus as to which is "best." You want to mate an HO transmission and transfer case to a Renix engine. They are from different generations of the MJ, so there will be factors you'll need to account for. Every swap of this type is unique, because everyone does it differently. For that reason, there is no single discussion thread or book that can tell you exactly what you're going to encounter and exactly how to overcome it. So if you're not experienced enough to dive in and work out solutions to the problems that will inevitably come up (even with help from guys here), then you ARE in over your head and it would be better to know that before you start rather than after you've sunk 100 man-hours and several hundred dollars into it and you still don't have a truck that can be started and driven. You think some of us are rude? Try posting on Pirates4x4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjrev10 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Thanks Eagle. That pretty much sums it up. That's why I love Comanche Club! I think most members would agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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