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Giving the Jimny a birthday

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15 Mar 2021 23:19 #233750 by Mike G
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I'm dreading the wire wheel now. There's a lot of previous underseal to come off and it takes forever!

2" Trailmaster suspension lift, 2"body lift, snorkel, full breather kit, 29" steel wheels with BFG tyres, tinted rear windows, CRT CB radio with modulator antenna mounted on rear, dog cage and tray in the back.

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15 Mar 2021 23:40 #233751 by Mike G
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Monday 15th March

Jobs done:
  • Welded on another sil plate and reenforced two rear points where the body gets jacked up
  • removed front wings
  • braced up the front and cut out the old slam panel
  • cut back the rusty mess at the front and test fitted the new panel
  • pressed in new poly bushes to the radius arms and a panhard rod
  • put new ball-joints in steering and tracking rods.  Cleaned up threads as these were shockingly bad.
Think I just needed a break from welding today, so I decided to get a start on the slam panel.  I removed the front wings, then braced the front of the vehicle using a flat bar, drilled and bolted to the wings and proceeded to drill out the spot welds.  Most of the old panel came off quite easily (with a 12 inch petrol grinder), but then again, it was mostly rust.  A test fit of the new panel looked promising, but I'm not going to commit to it's position until I've seen the body back on the chassis and how all the lights and wing panels look, not to mention the body mounts lining up. 

I'll have to think about getting a bunch of new fasteners for the suspension components as it's about time I got that in a rolling state again.  I also tried to remove the grease nipple from the drive shaft that slides on splines, but gave up on it as it was like warm chocolate...and as the shaft has already been painted, I didn't want to heat it up to remove it, bit close to the UJ bearings anyway.  I decided to pack the splines with grease and put a new cover over it, but I made a boo boo and seperated both parts when of the driveshaft when cleaning it without marking its position first.  Looks like I'll be removing and refitting the driveshaft at least 15 times now to find the correct balanced position   Ah well, that will teach me for switching off my brain.

Jobs for tomorrow:
get back on the grinder and start prepping up the underneath of the body for its first coat of primer.
maybe put some paint on some parts

2" Trailmaster suspension lift, 2"body lift, snorkel, full breather kit, 29" steel wheels with BFG tyres, tinted rear windows, CRT CB radio with modulator antenna mounted on rear, dog cage and tray in the back.
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16 Mar 2021 21:12 #233786 by Scimike
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It's an amazing amount of work in a very short time. You appear to have tackled a Jimny with every conceivable rust spot in full swing, it's going to be amazing when it starts to come together. 
Cant be that far from this turning point.
It's made me feel worn out just looking at the pictures. Good work.

Yokohama Geolanders, Sony head unit, NAUTILUS Air Horn, DRL conversion, Rear cargo space, Elvis Bobblehead, transfer Guard, Indian hanging Elephant, Koni Heavy track dampers, Custom SS exhaust, Voodoo Doll, Adventure Rack with LED ight bar, vintage ERIBA caravan usually attached (yes it's slow)

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16 Mar 2021 21:21 #233787 by X8GGY
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Mike G wrote: Monday 15th March

... I'll have to think about getting a bunch of new fasteners for the suspension components as it's about time I got that in a rolling state again. ...


If you're short of anything I try and stock all the nuts'n'bolts needed for suspension rebuilds -  www.zookbob.com/bolts

 

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16 Mar 2021 23:08 #233790 by Mike G
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Thanks Scimike,

I'm about worn out myself working 7 days a week for 2 weeks now. Mind you, its been better than sitting around the house sedentary all day like I have been doing recently.

I'm starting to see some results from my labour. Hopefully within the week, I should have it back to a rolling (starting?) vehicle again. I didn't fancy buying another jimny as I've grown attached to this one, plus I passed the point of no return when I said yes to the rental of the shed. It was 'all in' or nothing once I'd started.

2" Trailmaster suspension lift, 2"body lift, snorkel, full breather kit, 29" steel wheels with BFG tyres, tinted rear windows, CRT CB radio with modulator antenna mounted on rear, dog cage and tray in the back.

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16 Mar 2021 23:13 #233791 by Mike G
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thanks,

If I get stuck, I'll give you a shout. I think I have most stuff on order arriving. I've tried to be proactive along the way.

2" Trailmaster suspension lift, 2"body lift, snorkel, full breather kit, 29" steel wheels with BFG tyres, tinted rear windows, CRT CB radio with modulator antenna mounted on rear, dog cage and tray in the back.
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