My 1987 Comanche and it's internal clutch slave cylinder

[4x4ever]

I just joined the comanche club yesterday, and I see I need to prove I'm not a bot.

 

I bought my 1987 Jeep Comanche new, a 2.5 liter 5 speed, and the first major issue I had was the internal slave cylinder at only 40,000 miles.  When I realized the tranny had to be dropped I thought there had to be a better solution.  After a bit of research (back then there wasn't the internet as we know it today), I found out in the 1986 year model there was an external slave cylinder.  I began to search the salvage yards to see if I could find the parts to switch from the Internal to the external cylinder.  It took a while since there weren't that many to choose from.  I'm sorry I have no pictures to share, as even in the 1990's when I did the upgrade, it never occured to me to take any.

[89 MJ]

You’re all good. @eaglescout526 is very familiar with that swap too. 

[fiatslug87]

Do you not have it any longer to take current pictures?

[4x4ever]

It's currently stored, so that would be difficult for me right now.

[fiatslug87]

Post your story in the attached thread and update it when you get pictures.

 

[eaglescout526]

Yup! Did the swap. Much better than the internal and more service friendly than the later externals. Fork is damn near impossible to find. 

And because of that is why I didnt do much of a write up but honestly its straight forward.