I found a comanche! :D

[The86manche]

89 2.5 5 speed 2x4 short bed. Says pioneer but the trucks been sprayed over so no clue if its true. Sadly forgot the grab the vin. Will tomorrow when i go back.

Grabbing the roll bar, got tail lights already and other obvious odds and ends. This yard is litered with renix parts!

My friend tipped me off to this place. Which is actually a service center that amassed cars in the back. And this was one of them. Talked to the owner and hes allowed me to wander the back and buy whatever parts i want :)

Bunch of renix cherokees, two door and 4 door all of them late 80s

I'm just excited because i never find them! 

[eaglescout526]

Nice find! Grab that VIN and we can truly see what she once was. That MJ though looks like factory color judging by the door jambs. I can't imagine someone going through the trouble to repaint and restore only to junk it.

[fiatslug87]

Nice score! It even has the Marchal lights! Does it have the Sportbar light switch panel? And is that its plow? Grab the rear window gasket, people are always looking for them.

[Zambeezy]

Dang, great find! I'd love to get my hands on a roll bar...

[rylee144]

If you see some turbine center caps id be grateful if you picked them up for me. I need a set. Great find. Hope prices are good for you 

[Sir Sam]

So they wanna sell the whole truck?

[Pete M]

yeah, I'd try to buy the whole thing.  that bedside looks shockingly clean for a north/east truck. 

[Eagle]

6 hours ago, Pete M said:

yeah, I'd try to buy the whole thing.  that bedside looks shockingly clean for a north/east truck. 

 

I agree. My first thought was "Buy the bed!"

 

Get the rear window, too. It's not a factory slider, but it is a proper window for an MJ.

[Dzimm]

You should still be able to buy the entire truck, I doubt a service center would retitle these as salvage or junk if they aren't actually a junkyard. 

[Martlyon]

The car was abandoned? Did you bring it back? Would love to see it after the rebuild the tires for car. I'm wondering, if you take the car home will you be able to fix the tire on it or will you replace it? And I have some winter tire recommendations for it for the upcoming winter, hope it helps https://tireer.com/best-snow-tires-for-trucks/

[fiatslug87]

I wonder what what the bed looks like under that forest litter.

[The86manche]

I never got any notice of the comments going on here.. oops lol

I grabbed as much goodies as i could. Rear window seal came out perfect. No tears but that is sold.

Tail lights, also sold though lol

 

The truck is for sale!

Has a title!

Owner of the shop said hed let it go for a whopping $300.

Supposedly the motor is blown but it does at least crank and i did hear the fuel pump prime.

 

On 8/15/2020 at 12:05 PM, fiatslug87 said:

I wonder what what the bed looks like under that forest litter.

The wheel wells have some crust but its actually surprisingly solid for a new england jeep

 

On 8/15/2020 at 10:57 AM, Martlyon said:

The car was abandoned? Did you bring it back? Would love to see it after the rebuild

Sadly no room for it. Otherwise i would bring it back..

 

On 8/14/2020 at 10:40 PM, fiatslug87 said:

Nice score! It even has the Marchal lights! Does it have the Sportbar light switch panel? And is that its plow? Grab the rear window gasket, people are always looking for them.

It did have the sport bar light switch! And I'm keeping it for my truck. I know how rare this little switch is. Lol

The plow was not for the truck, it was just there.

 

On 8/14/2020 at 10:40 PM, eaglescout526 said:

Nice find! Grab that VIN and we can truly see what she once was. That MJ though looks like factory color judging by the door jambs. I can't imagine someone going through the trouble to repaint and restore only to junk it.

It was resprayed but the same color. It was smacked in the nose and the motor supposedly blew which is why it was parked. But not junked. Can still be saved!

[The86manche]

On 8/15/2020 at 1:25 AM, Pete M said:

yeah, I'd try to buy the whole thing.  that bedside looks shockingly clean for a north/east truck. 

The whole truck is shockingly clean! Very little rot. Cab corners are only just starting to bubble and scale.

However passenger front got smacked good. So needs some body work and a new fender/header.

 

Ill be going back ill grab more photos and the vin. I forgot again lol

[Pete M]

1 hour ago, The86manche said:

I never got any notice of the comments going on here.. oops lol

 

did you get an alert about this reply? 

[The86manche]

48 minutes ago, Pete M said:

 

did you get an alert about this reply? 

Yes i did! The others though i did not.. don't even have a history on previous comments. Weird

[Pete M]

I quoted you that time.    It's something you can change in your settings

[87MJTIM]

Drip rails

Interior trim: backside of cab carpet board, top panel, head liner. B pillars and light.

seat brackets (looks like a bench seat)

Parking brake pedal

 

If you can get under it, the fuel sending unit/pump.

 

To name a few.

 

[fiatslug87]

@The86manche  Can you get the VIN and post it in the registry?

[The86manche]

4 hours ago, fiatslug87 said:

@The86manche  Can you get the VIN and post it in the registry?

Yes sir i plan on getting the vin

[The86manche]

5 hours ago, 87MJTIM said:

Drip rails

Interior trim: backside of cab carpet board, top panel, head liner. B pillars and light.

seat brackets (looks like a bench seat)

Parking brake pedal

 

If you can get under it, the fuel sending unit/pump.

 

To name a few.

 

Honestly i know all those parts are valuable i don't want to take too much from it. Id rather see it stay.. mostly intact and have someone save it.

But drip rails are black and getting rusty.

don't remember if it had the carpet board but i did grab the b pillar lights. Broken though, no big surprise.

It is a bench seat truck and the headliner was still up there(there was a wasp nest in the fabric though) so i didnt want to yank things out carelessly..

The truck was also sunk into the ground a bit so fuel pump and sendor wasnt happening..

 

If someone on the east coast wants this truck for parts or project i have the location. I just don't want to be posting someones service center on here without permission and having people flood there just for parts, you know?

[fiatslug87]

On August 20, 2020 at 7:01 AM, The86manche said:

It did have the sport bar light switch! And I'm keeping it for my truck. I know how rare this little switch is. Lol

Nice, post a picture of it.

[The86manche]

On 8/22/2020 at 10:36 PM, fiatslug87 said:

Nice, post a picture of it.

coming right up!

 

 

One sport bar light switch. With part number!

Displayed in my truck though its an absolute mess.

 

I also need assistance with finding the wiring for it in my truck.

Ive found two plugs that could work on the left side, one being used by the factory fogs the other was tapped up. But it does not reach the right side ans there are no plus for that spot on the right side. Weird.

[fiatslug87]

Nice! The wiring will not be there, it's not part of the factory wiring it's an add on. I'll find the diagram and add it here.

Edit: found it, originally from Gjeep

MJ Sportbar Lights.pdf

[eaglescout526]

Or you could always go back to the truck and snag the wiring.

[The86manche]

21 hours ago, fiatslug87 said:

Nice! The wiring will not be there, it's not part of the factory wiring it's an add on. I'll find the diagram and add it here.

Edit: found it, originally from Gjeep

MJ Sportbar Lights.pdf 69.22 kB · 2 downloads

Crap! Had i known that i would have grabbed that from the beginning! 

Thank you for the wiring diagram though!

21 hours ago, eaglescout526 said:

Or you could always go back to the truck and snag the wiring.

I might have another trip planned. I found an 87 xj with a factory dana 44 i wanted to grab for my truck in the yard.