Comanche 87 to 97

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Then I spray paint it for a better looking finish

 

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This hole is no longer needed so i use a plate, some rivets and seam sealer and paint it

 

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This hole from the right side of the truck where the old antenna used to pass is also no longer needed so I use 2 washers, a rivet and seam sealer

 

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Then I drill the spot welds and remove this brackets

 

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I didn't take pictures of this process but what I basically did was drill the spot welds from this two brackets from the Cherokee and attach them with rivets in the same location in the Comanche
This two brackets will be the support of the dash and steering wheel support.

 

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The left side of the cabin, (where the comanche parking brake is) needs to be modified in order to put the steering wheel support,

This is how the comanche looks like

And this is how the Cherokee looks like

So what I did was remove the screws from the comanche, place the cherokee steering wheel support in the bracket that I just install and drill the holes to install new hardware

This is how it looks

And this is how the bolts looks from the outside

 

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Dash in for measurements...

Top left side

Top right side

Note that the holes for the screws do not match
I'll be cutting the dash support of the Cherokee and again attache it with rivets to the Comanche and screw the dash on

 

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And this is how it looks,

I use a reference hole to line it up in place and use rivets to hold it

 

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Then I place the fuse box in place using the same screws from the Cherokee,

This is how it looks from the outside

 

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Then I did the following holes

 

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Install the windshield washer reservoir tank

 

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Back to the dash:

This is what I did in the lower support for both sides and works great!

 

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I forgot to take pictures of the heater unit install but is almost a bolt in, only 1 hole needs to be drill

After days of measurements, cuttings, riveting and drilling, the dash is finally in place

Also to connect all the harness for the dash took a lot of time to complete,

 

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Next step: the engine!

I'm also using a 4wd AW4 transmission into my 97 harness, ECU etc...
Can someone please help?!

 

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Remove the 97 2WD AW4 from the engine

 

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I'm trying to match this 4WD AW4 from a 94 XJ to my 2WD 97 harness, I read in this article http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1053970 that only need to "cut and splice the wiring harness connector" so that's what im going to do...

Before I start cutting the connectors, I remove the 94 gear position sensor and put the 97 in place, I'm also using the same oil lines.

 

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Turns out that the colors for the wires of the 97 and 94 transmission are the same, I just cut and match the wires,

Note that the 97 does not have 4X4 indicator so 2 wires are left over without issues

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And the engine/transmission goes in...

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Engine in