Dirteatr717

I don’t think I ever posted my 2 newest additions either, I picked up another 89 pioneer that has been wheeled heavily in the northeast, I did some work to it for a friend and it ended up being my get me by wheeler, I also picked up a early 90s Sunlite hawk slide in camper that fits in a Comanche! Rebuilt that and its maiden voyage was a snowboarding trip for a long weekend and camped in it, can’t wait to use it in one of my Comanches at some point lol

Moved the steering box forward 3” to make room for the track bar to clear the front diff. Using my old box for mock up and threw a WJ pitman arm on there, I now have the perfect amount of steering throw Next is getting the front axle set up and making a radiator mount. Coilover and bypass mounts after that. Hoping to have it on its own weight and running soon

I had an idea to do this with a 4door Comanche body, looking forward to seeing more!

Got some more goodies in, waiting on a kevko ls1 oil pan, locking dipstick, flywheel and clutch kit and I can stab the motor and trans in 😬. I picked up 2 ax15s and a advanced adapters bellhousing a few weeks ago, Speed Engineering S10 LS swap Manifolds which are stainless and have V bands welded on already and are also half the price of Novak manifolds! Picked up a LS6 intake the other day too

Cutting is my favorite part got the LQ4 mocked up, I knew I was going to have to move a lot of stuff but sheeesh

Made a little progress last weekend, got the tired, non running 4.slow out, inner fenders cut out and started plating the inside of the frame and got the LS motor mounts in. Next is mounting the custom built AGR steering Box 2.5” forward of the stock location and moving the track bar bracket about 2” forward as well. Then I’ll get the LS mocked up and start with the front tube work

I never posted it but in between the last time I posted in 2016 and May of this year I bought a 06 LJ and built and sold that for some of the funds for Comanche parts I bought a pair of stock rubi44s from a friend and slapped on some trusses and put chromoly shafts in both axles. I also swapped in a rubicon express Y link kit and bellypan, I made a motor/trans skid plate that connected to the bellypan as well. Finished it off with a 4 link in the rear and artec relocation brackets for the coil springs. It performed very well on and offroad for a LJ on 37s but just wasn’t the same as wheelin a comanche.

Thanks everyone! More goodies showed up this week I got a full steering setup from Josh @ Steerco. He made a custom box for me with a quicker ratio and is flow matched for the pump. Also got all 4 coilovers in today. Once I get the drivetrain in and most of the other parts mocked up I’ll weigh it and order the correct springs! I also picked up a Dana300 a couple weeks ago and started cleaning it up and prepping it for a HD 32spline output and new gaskets all around.

I’ve been meaning to post on here for quite some time, forgot my password to the email address I used to have for my login and just recently found it. I still have it, still collecting parts but I’ve made some more progress and acquired a lot of the expensive stuff. I’ve rebuilt everything on my Dodge in the last 4? Years except the trans that I built in my last reply I picked up some sticky BFG KR2s, Battleborn beadlocks, Installed a ruffstuff battery box in the back, some amazon special, utv rear lightbar, factory taillights, built a tailgate, motobilt 19 gal fuel cell after the jeep sitting for 2? Years and I couldn’t get it to run, threw a bunch of parts at it and my diag came down to the harness being messed up somewhere and I'm not dealing with it anymore. Currently have almost a complete LS swap in boxes Using a 6.0 from a 00’ truck, NV4500 and either an atlas or ecobox/D300. Using Novak mounts, headers and a 2core aluminum radiator that I found in the internet somewhere, I don’t remember the brand. Still have to order a custom harness and a Dorman LS2 intake. I have fox coilovers and bypasses waiting to go on, a full ultra4 4500 race style steering setup from Steerco. (Formerly AGR) Ported box, high flow pump, double ended ram, cooler and reservoir. Artec low profile truss and double ended ram mount, weld on high steer. The list can go on for awhile but I’m finally at a place in life where I can finally finish this thing lol.

Somewhere between July and now my auto tranny went boom in my dodge so I bought a wrecked 97 12valve,NV4500 truck to swap the Nv4500 and anything else I needed into mine as I didn't have nearly enough money to pay for a built auto that would hold up. So I rebuilt the NV4500 myself and swapped it in. I also painted it purple because why not? Bye bye stupid slushbox

I bought a 30' gooseneck 2 weeks ago because I'm moving back to NY. My life's been a complete sh!tshow since July but I've made some progress, in all aspects. I just haven't had time to update anything! hopefully after this move I can get my life back on track again. I have an awesome job lined up and all of my friends and family waiting for me to come back so I'm excited. Things will get rolling on my jeep once I'm settled in because I REALLY need to go wheeling again. I went down to Sand Hollow state park in Southern Utah not too long ago for Trail Hero and had a good weekend in the sun and got to put some miles on my trailer to get a better feel for it. I had some free time a couple weeks ago to put my front axle together with 35 spline outers and Yukon Drive flanges, cut down my front driveshaft to fit and had a rolling jeep again. I also cut up a not so pretty CJ tailgate for a tailgate skin and cut up a Longbed MJ bed for bedside skins. I never finished them or took any pics with them in place but they look bada55 B)

I'm flying back tomorrow night for a week, I might try to get out there for a day trip. There's no place like it anywhere! I never did hear anything about that runway shoot. I have a couple buddies that aquired some nice cars over the last year or so if you ever need to film some tires being mutilated haha. If you're coming out to Glen Helen I'll have to catch up with you there

Hey Will, it's Nick B from Long Island. I'm still very jealous of this thing and the Montauk pics! Glad to see you got that cps situation figured out! Hope to see more updates soon

I'll regear them whenever I finish my Truggy, so probably never haha I'd just like to get them under my maroon Laredo so I can move it around, my landlord isn't the happiest with all my stuff in the driveway

Picked up a JK30/44 for free last weekend from a buddy in moab, remember that Maroon 87 Laredo I have? I have just about everything to slap those axles under it and make it drivable besides shocks/ wheels and tires... I'll get some pics up whenever I swap them in