wind's 88

[a1awind]

i have now decided to call my 'manche "project olympic"

 

any way i noticed that my truck has an "open cooling system" was this factory for 88 4cyl or has this been converted?

[sinnaevd]

as far as I know it should be converted. my 89 was a closed system....and a PITA lol

 

Pop up s ome pics of ur rig when you get a chance!

[DirtyComanche]

All the renix motors were closed.

 

 

For many years it was a 'fad' to convert to the open system.

[Kenosha Warrior]

4bangers are open.

 

In mine it had a rad with a cap, a nice little coolant overflow bottle that had a lid.

[mfpdm]

4bangers are open.

 

In mine it had a rad with a cap, a nice little coolant overflow bottle that had a lid.

 

Same here. My 88 4 banger was open.

[a1awind]

ok i mentioned the mj in the boneyard by my house and i wanted to buy it... $400 it runs and has a title. all all it needs is a rear end...the wife said i am not getting it period... its her or the truck .....hmmm tough one!

[ejndssn]

if it was not for the my wife & i have been together many year and she helped me get this one i would have said it was nice knowing ya hunny :laughin: but she is a keeper and she like jeeps too

[a1awind]

man i wish i could say that... she thinks cars are appliances. and she thinks that i'm silly for wanting one of these "ugly" pickup trucks. she said i have one that is enough. her stance is if i don't "need"it, then there is no point in having it.

[BIGHEEP]

see my signature :D Sometimes I wish she would have said no.

[a1awind]

wow, id love to own A scramble geez you have 2. and in an un jeep question ... is the merkur fast. you don't see many of them anymore. I realize it is a rebadged ford sierra but i have heard good things.

[ejndssn]

here is my wife's idea for her 89

nice 3in lift kit ;)

stock engine :oops:

and change the paint scheme to hot camo pink metallic :cry:

And i told her that there is no way in on this planet that i would drive it and she stated that was the idea.

[JOMJ87]

NHScrambler I can take the willys if you need me to :D :bowdown: Like to see some pics maybe in another thread.

 

Cole

[a1awind]

Ok well, i just changed my insurance to 21st and they insured the manche along with my other 2 for $400 less than what i was paying progressive. so that being said the first half or making my truck road legal is done..... now, if i can just get it to pass inspection we are good to go then the ball can really get rolling here! i have a couple lines on a bed. two people on the forum have beds and i found one in a boneyard near me from florida ...it just has one dent.

[Car RamRod]

what kind of bed are you after? Ive got a shortbed here in nyc that needs a good home.

[a1awind]

I'm looking for a short bed that is rust free and little or no dents, I'm in pittsburgh and I'm looking in the 150 to 250$$ range.

[Car RamRod]

pm sent.

[a1awind]

hey how much of a P.I.T.A is it to change the pass side front fender????? what is involved?

[JeepcoMJ]

hey how much of a P.I.T.A is it to change the pass side front fender????? what is involved?

 

involved?

 

you'll need a torque set.

 

remove header panel (8 bolts, you'll need to take off the headlight bezels. 2 bolts on each side, and 4 on the header panel assembly).

 

4 torque bolts on the front, somewhere around that many on the top, and 2 o n the bottom by the rocker panel, and 1 or 2 up front of the fender flare on the bottom. you may have to drill the bottom ones out. not sure which size torque it is.

 

don't forget to remove your antenna from the fender too...a crescant wrench will take the antenna off, and same for the base. reinstall the base on the new fender before hooking it up. if you needed a new antenna, now is the time to do it.

 

the inner fender, pop all the plastic snap-bolt things out, and you should be able to pull the fender with flare intact out. however, if you're changing the fender you'll need the flare anyways so get the correct socket and remove the 9 bolts on the inside of the fender that hold the flare on, and the 2 on the bottom that hold the flare to the front air deflector

 

reinstall is opposite.

[TNT]

Pat it's a Torx set... not torque set..... :cheers:

[JeepcoMJ]

Pat it's a Torx set... not torque set..... :cheers:

 

yeah that

[mfpdm]

get the correct socket and remove the 9 bolts on the inside of the fender that hold the flare on, and the 2 on the bottom that hold the flare to the front air deflector.

 

Should have read, "get the correct socket and try to remove the 9 bolts without snapping them off".

 

I haven't done one yet that at least half of them snapped right off.

 

:wrench:

[a1awind]

well as rusty as this truck is ...i should go get new flare bolts

thanks jeepco that is exactly what i was looking for

[a1awind]

hey guys i was thinking for a color... desert camo ...not the splotched kind..but like a humvee would be painted...then instead of putting the comanche badges back on the side ... do a military font stencil. but would the desert camo work with the red interior?

[JeepcoMJ]

hey guys i was thinking for a color... desert camo ...not the splotched kind..but like a humvee would be painted...then instead of putting the comanche badges back on the side ... do a military font stencil. but would the desert camo work with the red interior?

 

nope, then you'd need black or tan interior

[cromanyak]

I think a black, grey, and white camo would be cool.