1986 - The Jim Oshel Edition

[Pete M]

great to see he's in good hands.   

[FenderBender]

Now for a style choice I made that y'all may not agree with. I was never that big on this marooooon interior.

 

 

In fact a girl I knew described the interior of my truck as "rapist red"  considering she was one of the few ladies I knew who would even step in J.O.E and my strong desire not to scare off anymore potential mates...  I dyed the interior Toyota grey...   

 

Side bar: These energy drinks; Xyience are delicious, they don't sell them anymore in Denver. If any of you know where to get them close by  PM me.

 

I have a friend who works making mascots and puppets for corporate events or sports teams make me a new headliner. The fabric is out of a late model Camry, yes I know its not sexy, cool or in anyway proper but it was grey.

 

The dash had begun to crack, So I took some thin gauge sheet metal, beat it into shape, sprayed it hot rod red and screwed it in.

 

 

[FenderBender]

The gauges! 

 

 So the top one is fuel pressure, why do you need that?

Well, the current in tank fuel pickup is a bit lack luster. When the truck gets below a third tank of gas, high angle maneuvers will cause the fuel level to dip below the pickup and the truck will shudder or even die.  After this happened a couple times, (one such time I had to leave the truck over night and come back with a new fuel pump) I added the pressure gauge as a sort of poor mans inclinometer. When I start to see large pressure fluctuations that means I'm too low on gas so I find a pull out () on the trail and add fuel until I'm back in the range of 37-45 psi.  I think that when the pump cavitates  or has to push out air bubbles out it gets hot and bricks itself. I don't know for sure but I do know that replacing a fuel pump is not fun.  (I checked there is no emojie for syphoning gas)

 

The bottom is Trans oil temprature: 

I added that because I was worried that running up the converter while the front tires are against a ledge could generate enough heat to break down the ATF, I wanted to know for sure if that was the case. Sad to say it is, If you go HAM even with the second fan on you can get trans oil temps of 200 degrees.

 

The real story is me playing musical fittings because I was  too stupid to go to a plumbing supply house for a god damn NPT barb tee... 

 

A friend who plays with NOS on civics hooked me up with some shiny aluminum bits. but the sender for my bargin trans temp gauge was too long and would not thread in.  So I bought two adaptors one male on female and spaced it out.  My barb tee went from free to $20 of aluminum. 

 

 

[FenderBender]

Last is just the stuff I threw in the bed, or don't have pictures of

 

Subtitle:  a veritable garage sale of stuff.

 

In the bed(room): Second bed box with all kind of spares:  nuts, bolts,  fuel pump,  serpentine belt, recovery straps, Fluids, Extra gas, tools and the obligatory hi-lift.

 

The T case:  It's got a Novak lever now.  

 

In the Engine bay: New horns (the originals got packed with mud), New coil, Rotor, Cap, Plugs, Wires, Radiator caps, All the BS emissions equipment...

 

The exhaust: So this one is not interesting at all. I put a 50 state cat in so I can have it in Denver. Due to hook and craigslist crook I have some Nissan GTR-R35 Exhaust. So I chopped up some super duty expensive 2.75" pipes to do the cat back dump, I've never felt happier.

 

  

 

[neohic]

8 hours ago, FenderBender said:

... I was never that big on this marooooon interior. In fact a girl I knew described the interior of my truck as "rapist red”...

 

Pretty sure the proper term is “porno red”. 

[cord367]

Hello I'm the new owner of this Comanche (not sure if I'm the 3rd or fourth owner or who knows) and i pretty sure the fuel pump is already going out on me and I'm not sure what's going on with the custom pump work. i would like to know how its set up if anyone remembers before i take it out and or i go and buy a new assembly or just a replacement pump. if i can get an answer for this i have some pictures and I'm willing to share more progress as i continue to take care of this Comanche.

[neohic]

I built this truck. Last I saw the fuel pump it was the chassis of the original ‘86 sending unit that I cut to accept the pump from the ZJ drivetrain donor.

 

 

I don’t think it went all the way down to the bottom of the tank though. I want to say the next owner tried to do something about that? 

[cord367]

yea ill have to pull it out of the tank later when i pull the trans and transfer case sometime in October because a seal or something is leaking somewhere. and the trans has found made its self a crack in the bottom of the bell housing that I'm gonna get welded by a buddy. in the end I'm really just trying to find out what to buy to replace the pump i don't really want to pay more for the whole sending unit but well see. I do believe a junk yard near me has a zj tank that i might look into to see if its punctured and possible to replace to original mj tank with the zj one 

 

anyway this weekend I'm hoping to run Handcock pass and a few other trails with my dad so ill have some pictures of it on the trails later this week.

 

i also ended up buying a new dash ill get a picture when i get home but i cut a bunch of bits up and made a OEM bezel fit around the ZJ cluster. 

[neohic]

Rad that the truck is still around. 

[neohic]

Fairly certain I saw you taking 24 up the hill from the Springs this morning. 

[cord367]

i did go that way this morning sadly didn't get on the trail today had some heat issues and might've lost a "little" coolant. do you remember seeing a white jk in front of me? i think that was the last trail run my dad has planned before winter too so i guess i gotta see how many things i can fix before spring. i also keep forgetting pictures ill try to remember to get a few tomorrow when i finally get a chance to get it in the shop.

[neohic]

9 hours ago, cord367 said:

i did go that way this morning sadly didn't get on the trail today had some heat issues and might've lost a "little" coolant. do you remember seeing a white jk in front of me? i think that was the last trail run my dad has planned before winter too so i guess i gotta see how many things i can fix before spring. i also keep forgetting pictures ill try to remember to get a few tomorrow when i finally get a chance to get it in the shop.

Didn’t notice. For how many JKs are out there on a daily basis, they’re just a part of the background at this point. A Comanche though?… those stand out. 

[cord367]

Alrighty things will be happening soon I ordered a Zj tank to replace the current tank with and fuel pump still be a bit before the trans come out. I still haven’t take Any pics but I have one. I’m hoping by November I’ll have the low ish fuel pressure and the cooling issues all sorted out to I can put my focus into some body work.(floor pan are rusted again it seems)