Jeep Comanche 4x4 Swap Interior Exterior BEFORE Restoration

In this video I give you a good look at my 1988 Jeep Comanche which started life as a two wheel drive truck. It's now been converted to 4x4 with an AW4 automatic transmission, 231 transfer case, slip yoke eliminator, and custom Tom Woods drive shafts. I show you the current state of the interior, exterior, and undercarriage before the restoration starts. Lots of future plans for this rig so stay tuned!

[kidd]

That's sweet. Some guy drove his 89" 2-door xj from California to Missouri. He spent some time living with a high school friend. He wound up getting cancer and dieing.
The friend ended up selling me a similarly rust free jeep xj for $1600.
Also nickintimes renix monitor is a very valuable tool

[tecate]

Great little truck that is very capable. I owned an 88 Comanche Chief with a tool box and a lumber rack on it. I ended up selling as it started rusting under the pedals and the firewall pretty bad. Additionally the motor was losing compression and I unfortunately did not have funds to rebuild.I had so many great memories in that truck with over 10 years driving around Hawaii. Nice ride you got there, take care of it and it will do the same for you.

[WedidLandONtheMOON]

I have a 91 XJ limited (167, 000 miles) that needs some TLC. The paint is faded and clear coat is peeling off... The frame is solid other that the rear frame being pushed in and up alittle. Needs pulled out. On the driver side the rear quarter panel has a small rust hole right below the window. The rockers on both sides have some rust. Not to bad. The inner rockers are solid. The fire wall right above where the Brake booster sits has alittle rust which causes when it rains water to drip in on the floor from the cow. I did cut out and weld in all new floor pans. I Monstalined the floor pans. Had to redo the brake system because in had ABS which failed. It now has non abs. Works great. The Trans has a small issue where when im in 3rd gear it drops down to 1200 RPMs and kind of bogs down and does not want to rev up unless i really step on it. Maybe a bad solenoid? The trans works fine when i switch it into power comfort. The 4.0 does have a lifter tick issue only in extreme heat. On cold start ups it does not tick. So i may just replace the lifters. The engine runs great. Burns little oil (1/4 quart). Leaks more than it burns. Maybe half a quart. Down 1 quart on 3500 mile oil changes. Needs all new suspension its at least 20 years old or original. I think that's it so all that being said would i be crazy to want to restore it?

[elevj]

Keep the slider. Pull up the carpets far enough to check everything underneath if you can. I swore my xj had no rust and when I pulled the carpet on a tranny rebuild I found some rust on the passenger side trans tunnel. Was from water getting in slowly through firewall and then sitting in its previous life. Wasn't expecting to weld in flooring but glad I checked. Will turn out to be wicked manche.

[craigwood]

Keep up with the updates I have a 87 MJ that I’m starting to clean up

[DustySteel]

Are you maybe willing to bolt up the 35s just to see the clearance with your size lift? Probably would have to bumpstop.

[JoseFlores-qogp]

Where did you get the corner side lights

[oldmanebikes]

Nice rig. You should hit up nicktimes on youtube he knows everything about renix and he builds alot of electronics for them. He has a 88 xj and a Comanche to. Good luck. Nice

[Calikov]

Front axle is 3.55 gears, I took it off my old XJ. I broke the 2 part shaft for the CaD which is why it has a one piece shaft on the long side now haha

[ronnierabell]

1500 bucks 😬 fuck what a deal.... the old owner probably hating him self