1988 Jeep comanche AKA the penny sniffer

[zebvance]

Time for a up date. I got these Datsun 280z hood vents and I had never installed them so go figured it was time.


First I made a cardboard template



The I started cutting and the next thing I knew I had 2 big holes in the hood!!!
I also positioned them so that the left vent opening was not directly over the distributor cap.



Then I used e6000 epoxy to glue them on. I don't know how well it will hold up but we will see.



Then it was time to dry. ***



And here is the final result.





Under the hood shots

[zebvance]

Went to the junk yard last week and scored a 97 explorer 31 spline 8.8 with disk brakes and 4.10 gears for 200$ Wahoo. Now I can get rid of the TURDYFIVE!!!


The load and unload was intresting to say the least.....

[zebvance]

Im going to order the purches, drive shaft adapter and what not soon to hook this bad boy up.

[zebvance]

Decided to take a run to the beach this weekend and do some fishing. Broke a pole in the bed last time so this time im fabed up a fishing rack.

[zebvance]

Oh also went for a spur of the moment early morning duck hunt. This is the weekends kill!

[zebvance]

So I have been putting off this one for a while. Got some vibrations from the angle of the drive shaft and it is also to short. But the stress on the tail housing of the transfercase finally took its toll anbd blew the seal. So I figured if Im going to fix it Ill fix it the right way the first time.....







So here somes the new stuff..


Tom woods drive shaft and a Advance Adapters SYE kit







Now this is not somthing I did by myself. I have never opened up a transfer case and I was told it was just best to get it all professonally installed. SO I ended up getting it installed a J&P transmissions (aka J&K). they did a great job. Havent snapped a picture of it all installed yet though.

[zebvance]

Got some new Halo headlights and clear corners as a xmas present. Also painted the old woreout head light bezels.


BEFORE:




AFTER:

[zebvance]

Still havent hooked up any of my lights or my E-Fan to I got the switch panel ready for that. Also got a Digital tach cause I dont have one.

[zebvance]

So I have had a slow drip from the oil pan and Rear main seal. The oil pan has some rust on it also so got a oil pan and oil pan gasket.

[zebvance]

Looking to put some XJ apillar lights on soon so I got these from DETOURS they are the SNORKLE A-PILLAR Friendily ones.



this is what they will look like. I havent decided what lights im going to go with yet.

[MR.ZAP]

Awesome job on the louvers! I would suggest KC lights if you are going halogen. Just make sure that you get light locks, I got mine stolen awhile back.

[zebvance]

Thanks didnt even think of light locks. I also have been thinking about getting HID's.

[zebvance]

Had some blow by in the air filter. The CCV system is all new and I and get it to stop. Apperantly this is a problem with the 4.0's in jeeps. Did a compression test and the rings are good to everything checked out. turns out the problems is the intake flutes in the top of the valve cover sit to low in the head and suck up oil. The solution to this is to trip about 1/2 inch off the flutes. However I just got done pulling the valve cover off and just put a 40 dollar fel-pro gasket on it. So the solutoion for now is a 20 dollar oil catch can. and so far it has worked great.

[MR.ZAP]

Thanks didnt even think of light locks. I also have been thinking about getting HID's.

Awesome technology, but with a price to match haha

[zebvance]

Any body had any experiance with this?

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