April 2026 - The Dually Comanche

[89 MJ]

April 2026 - Crispy

The 1989 Long Bed Dually

Owned by @88mjsally

Build Thread-

 

Year/Model - 

 Dually Swapped 1989 Pioneer

 

Drivetrain- 

High mile 4.0/ 2wd auto aw4 currently but I have plans to swap to a 5.3 LM7/AX15/np321 hopefully later this year. Currently has a HP d30 from a 1996 Jeep Cherokee up front and a 1995 ford F-350 cab and chassis dually sterling 10.25 in the rear. Stock drive shaft from a 2wd 2.5 manual mj with a 1310/1350 ujoint. 

 

Cooling- 

 Stock from a newer Cherokee with the open cooling system. 97+ electric fan wired with a relay to a switch so it can run all the time. 

 

Electrical/Ignition- 

Completely stock currently

 

Suspension/Steering- 

Front lift is a 4.5” rough country short arm kit. IRO adjustable track bar, rough country extended brake lines, 1.5” pucks on top to level/ account for the bumper and winch weight. Stock steering for now with new tie rod ends. Rear is stock springs and shocks with Barnes 4wd perches welded to the 10.25 spring over. 

 

Interior-  

Mostly stock interior with XJ buckets and a console. Newer grey ACC carpet and floor mats. Currently set up as a non tilt column shift but will soon be a manual transmission with a tilt column. Has a full gauge cluster as well from a XJ

 

Brakes- 

Stock rotors and brakes from a 96 xj up front with rough country extended lines. Rear has the stock drums from the 10.25 and stock lines which hooked up perfectly to the mj hard lines. Rear proportioning valve has been deleted and it has an xj valve under the hood. Booster and master are from a 96 XJ with the same year pedal swapped in so I didn’t have to grind the booster rod. Brake light switch is for a C10. 

 

Lighting- 

New cheapie marker and turn signal lights up front with LED bulbs. Amazon LED headlights that are probably knockoff Truck Lights with a relay harness. Fog lights are ROLS from a limited XJ with an aftermarket harness. The rear is stock taillights with LED bulbs installed. Dually fender marker lights are for a newer Chevy 3500 wired into the running light circuit. 

 

Exterior- 

Mostly stock other than the dually fenders and front bumper. Crappy single stage paint job that needs to be resprayed pretty bad. Dually fenders came out of Florida from a truck that was being parted out. Fuel filler door was deleted so I used a boat filler neck which turned out pretty nice. ARB Front bumper was on my 2001 XJ for a while but I thought it would fit this build better. Has a 12k badlands winch in it and a roller fairlead with a flip up license plate. 

 

 

Wheel & Tires- 

Metric 32” mud tires up front on stock JK wheels with rough country adapters. Rear is stock 16” 8 lug ford steel wheels painted black with 32” skinny mud tires

 

Best MJ story- 

 So far with this truck I just like seeing the looks when people realize that it’s a Comanche dually which most people have never seen before. I saw one a few years ago and have been wanting one ever since so decided to make this truck into one

 

CC is Awesome! Why? 

Great resource for the community with lots of great knowledge and help

 

[Pete M]

sexy   

[watchamakalit]

Definately one of the cooler mj's out there. I really dig the look and the idea. 

[NHMJXJ]

Love this thing!