I sold this to buy/build this

Decided to do a build thread because my comanche is going under some big changes ...
Started life as a 2wd auto 4cyl
From Vermont I drove 6 hours to get this truck because it WAS in great shape ... Well yeah you no how that goes ...
How she has been sitting for a while now

it's now 4.0-ax15-np231-d44-hpd30... 3 inch coils 2 inch spacers soa in the *** end 33's just been getting it running right and having fun with it ... What the big changes are that I'm doing well have planned are long arms , 35's , some armor and fix what I don't like ... Any criticism is welcomed I don't give a fack

 

Sweet comanche man...
Similar to how mine started except I stayed with the squirrel in a box....

 

Since the truck was only 2 wheel I need to make a t-case selector . I always had problems with the factory shifters popping out so I decided to fab my own
This is what a factory tcase shifter looks like for those who don't no

Here is what I came up with ...
On the tcase I flipped and cut the selector arm in half and added an inch so it would have enough throw without issues

Figured I'd throw a ruler up just incase someone wants to do this on there own
Here you can see the tcase selector cut ,flipped, and added to

This is the style hiem joint I'm using so under unibody flex nothing pops out grinds or that nonsense plus they were about 5 bucks a piece at my local hardware store


Here is the bottom of the floor board

Don't mind the screws it's holding it in place while I replace one by one with a welded nut under the floor board so this all bolts together
Here is what it looks like inside the truck


And all together underneath

 

Thanks man it's getting there!

 

Looks nice with the front end swap, are you going to swap interiors too?

 

I doubt it , it would be nice but I plan to do my own center console and I would like to keep the bench .

 

Fixed the leaky rear main seal

Got the front end stripped down


Long arms came in! I went with iro because josh has the best customer service out there and is always there when I need him I highly suggest doing business with them...



Steering parts came in , I went with ruffstuff hiems well because you can't break them everything is over kill




Also got my tires in , I've had numerous brand names out there in all different sizes and I went with the km2's because I never hear anything bad said about them from the guys that daily there rigs to the guys that run them on there wheeler



NOW IT IS TIME TO GET BUSY !

 

Damn that xj was sweet! But ill be watching the mj now hopefully become as clean. Good luck man!

 

#drool

 

Looks good so far. I have the same tires. Ran my first trail a week ago on them 1 day after I got them put on, they stuck to rocks and kept good traction in mud.
Get 4.88s for those axles. It's a perfect ratio for wheeling IMHO
Let me know how you like them long arms, I've been looking at the same ones
Keep up the good work man

 

Yeah I loved it , but I was hunting for a comanche for a while and living in the northeast it's hard to find a solid one . So when this popped up I sold the Cherokee right away . I'm gonna keep the patina on it tho I think it looks good haha

Haha thanks dude!

Yeah I haven't heard. Bad thing about them yet and they've been out for a little while now. And my plan is to do 4.88s just have to swing the money is yours manual? How the highway with them ? I had 456 in my Cherokee and that felt great but it was auto. And the long arms I'm gonna love I haven't heard any negatives with them so far so only time will tell !

 

Mines an auto, I run about 2200 rpm at 65 on the highway. But down a hill climb or steep trail in 1st gear I don't have to touch the brakes and I'm going like 1 mph if that

 

I'm gonna end up doing 4.88's mine is standard so I hope I have a lot of bottom end and at least the same top end I have now I cruise at about 14-1500 at 65 but my speedo don't work haha , got a gps now so I got a speedo again ...

 

My Speedo don't work either. Because yours Is a standard I would do more research on what gears to run. I saw someone who said they like 4.10s and 35s with the manual a while back

 

On to the right path now welcome to the MJ side of wheeling