Salvagedcircuit Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 Hi. I've been slowly resolving issues with my comanche and I've come across some oddities. Was there ever a retaining clip on the ignition coil? I notice there's dedicated plastic tabs on the main spark plug wire from the coil and it leads me to believe there was some plastic or metal clip over the main wire from the ignition coil. Was that stock? should I make one? I noticed that my distributor sender has a 4 wire connector, but only 3 wires enter the sender housing. There are no cut wires at the body of the sender either. I'm thinking the previous owner replaced the sender electrical connector for some reason. I looked online and of the images I saw, some senders are 3 wire and some are 4 wire. What's going on? Why the disparity? Should I replace my sender? When comparing engine bays to other cherokees and comanches of the same era, I noticed mine is missing an air vent hose that connects to the side of the air box intake. There is a circular port on the side circled in the attached image. My comanche is missing that entire hose. What does that hose do? Where does it connect? Is it the direct cabin air input? I have a power trans and comfort switch on my dash. My switch is completely toast and I can feel it not engage anything. Does anyone know is there's a replacement switch made or is it a junkyard only part? Should I just solder it to power mode? Does anyone know if the rubber linkage bushings for the tailgate are available anywhere? Are there any 3rd party ones? I'm tempted to make my own out of a block of rubber and just laser cut some. Thanks for any input! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cruiser54 Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 No coil wire clip. Pretty sure that's normal regarding the dizzy connector. Junkyard only on the Power/Comfort switch. I would bypass it anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 check the Vendors section of the classifieds for 3d printed tailgate bumpers. that hose/duct from the airbox goes to the exhaust manifold. its purpose is to pull warmer air from around the exhaust manifold to help speed up engine warmup. after like a minute the airbox goes back to sucking fresh air from the front. it's not all that important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvagedcircuit Posted July 13, 2022 Author Share Posted July 13, 2022 You guys are the best. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvagedcircuit Posted July 29, 2022 Author Share Posted July 29, 2022 Interesting. I Just saw a parts for sale post by Kody Kilmer on some fb group and he has a "Distributor harness hold down clip." If I rotated my ignition coil down, that hold down clip looks like its the perfect fit. I think I have found my answer. Dang. Time to make one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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