Justin's Comanche Build

[Justink]

Here it was when I got it.
'89 Comanche 4.0 BA10 NP231, SOA rear, home brewed spacers front, 33's

Now in the shop patiently waiting 

Cherrybomb glasspack

BA10 to AX15 swap


The all mighty Comanche Dana 44 

Any guesses why my lights didn't work?   

Header panel, Bumper, and  Rad pulled

Current Plans include:
New exhaust manifold
closed to open cooling system
Aussie locker (Ordered)
New shocks
New front U-Joints
Lift coils instead of home brewed coil Spacers
Front winch bumper and new rear one.
New LCA's
Nothin to major, just lookin for a fun, capable bush toy
(Pictures came off a 7.2 megapixel camera, don't think I had the settings right )

[Justink]

Well I pulled the manifold off...biggest PITA job I have done so far (yes, that is including doing the waterpump)
Can anyone spot a problem? 


Needless to say I am looking for a new manifold

[Shearcon79]

Looks like you need to ease up on the whiskey when you're taking pictures...lol.  Looks like a time sensitive project, have fun!

[Justink]

Haha not quite old enough to be drinkin the whiskey    Hopin to have it done within a month or 2

[Justink]

Put the new manifold.  If you "massage" a little a H.O. manifold will bolt right up. 
Also:
Bolted on some newer Rancho rs3000's,
Got my wiring working for the most part.
Cleaned throttle body,
Extended the wires on the O2 sensor so as they will work on a Cherokee downpipe.
Took about half as long to put the manifold in as it did to take it out 
Doesn't seem like much when I write it down, but it was all very time consuming.

[Justink]

ot a few things today:
Back bumper

And found a few older pics. 
Pressure bottle converted to overflow for open cooling system conversion

Possible gas tank being as I am running out of screws to fill the holes , will fit right in front of the fender.

Also got tranny back in, driveshafts in and downpipe on.
Aussie locker is on backorder so Stan at Northridge is giving me a lock right for the same price  Should be here monday.

Also Picked one of these up yesterday:  1988 Nissan 300ZX.  Came with turbo parts motor 

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And now for the recent:
-Couldn't get an Aussie due to them being on back order, but the guy gave me a lock right for the same price, it's installed in the carrier. But found out I needed new axle seals.
-Got the exhaust just about finished ned one more weld.
-Got most of the wirin done, P.O. lit it on fire and didn't bother rewiring lights.
-Found out my fuel pump is screwed, so I put a tank in out of an old cherokee
-Need a shift linkage for the AX15 due to using it elsewhere.
-Still need rear shock mounts.
-Re installed the closed cooling system again as the other radiator for open conversion leaked like crazy.
-Got some different LCA's due to P.O. "modifying them to minimize tire rub"    Pics when I swap them out.
Sorry for the lack of pics but cannot find the camera
And got it running tonight   Had to run new fuel pump wires, gas gauge still doesn't work?