Dave's "S200KYS" Jimny 'laner Build...

Thanks Daniel30

I fixed the rear shock today...



I emptied everything out of the Jimny...



And removed the rails for my two storage boxes - tools and spares



I stripped the tar sound deadening with a hot air gun and a chisel



And then cut a matching hole in the offside, I did the nearside a few months ago! :lol:



To be able to make a new mount to weld under the old failed one...



And the painted it with Hammerite before...



Welding the patch back into the floor and painting that too...





'New' Trailmaster Combat shocks fitted



Drilled the spring seats and...



Swapped the rear springs from Mercedes saloon ones, back to JimnyBits front diesel +4" springs...



And secured them with some spring clamps.



Whilst doing it, I coudn't help but notice a small hole in the jack well, so I had a pick at it, and it got bigger and bigger



So I made a trusty cardboard template. and then transferred it to steel sheet...



Welded it in and the hammerited it all again...

Just need to sort, check and reload everything back into the Jimny, now I've hoovered and cleaned the interior...

Trailmaster combat? Are they a new thing and any firmer than the sport ones?

Lambert wrote: Trailmaster combat? Are they a new thing and any firmer than the sport ones?

Definitely not a new thing as they've been hanging round in the Bits4Vits stock for years after being returned by a customer (for squeaking if I remember correctly) when I used to deal with trailmaster (by Maas, the German company not the US one of the same name).

From memory they were a competitive range, to 'combat' cheaper brands...?



They just happened to be the same length as the battered ProComps I took off... hmmm, or actually, they fell off themselves?! :woohoo:

Another month, so of course another trip out with the Jimnys...

This time around all the Tight and Scratchy 'lanes in my neck of the woods!

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Some more 'lanes to cross off on my local Landranger map... we keep finding, researching and driving new ones even years on!



The drawing pins are all 'lanes we've driven, the yellow pin is my house, and the black circle is a fifteen mile radius of it...



Enjoy the blog!

Some repairs to do before next trip (to Northumberland for the weekend) though -



A tree claimed the passenger side door mirror...



And some others gnarled my snorkel guard too! :lol:

Superb but way too scratchy for me :laugh:

See you in September

We did remark in that on the day

Yes, looking forward to it!...