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Giving the Jimny a birthday

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24 Mar 2021 00:43 - 20 Apr 2021 22:02 #233972 by Mike G
Replied by Mike G on topic Giving the Jimny a birthday
Tuesday 23rd March

Jobs done:
  • Jimny taken home on trailer and now on my drive
Well, that's it for now until some new stuff arrives in the post.  I'll potter around putting all the kit back into the engine bay (possibly minus the air con unit) and messing about with the front wings, although not much can be done until I know how much I'm cutting off for the arches.

Jobs for the next few weeks
connect all connectors
paint fuel tank
fit fuel tank when qd connection arrives
fit rear prop shaft
fit exhaust
assemble and test engine
kingpins both sides
paint front hub assemblies
check wheel bearings

I'll post an update when I get a reasonable amount of work done, however, the financial inscentive pressure is no longer there, so I won't be working massive long days at it now.  Thanks for your time folks!
 

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.
Last edit: 20 Apr 2021 22:02 by Mike G.
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24 Mar 2021 16:12 #233990 by maverick
Holy Moly ... might've been easier to buy a decent donor Jimny Body ... awesome thread though

Jalapeño, IISY?

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24 Mar 2021 16:21 #233991 by Roger Fairclough
It's as much about the satisfaction.

Roger

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25 Mar 2021 02:45 #234004 by Mike G
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maverick wrote: Holy Moly ... might've been easier to buy a decent donor Jimny Body ... awesome thread though

Probably yes, but I just thought, why not just start as my rental of the shed had started, it's already split and I already have one.

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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25 Mar 2021 02:48 #234005 by Mike G
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Roger Fairclough wrote: It's as much about the satisfaction.

Roger

Definitely Roger.   Plus, I enjoy taking things apart.  Learned a few new skills 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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28 Mar 2021 16:25 #234083 by Mike G
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Did a few jobs this weekend:
  • primed x4 and topcoated x2 on swivel joints
  • dismantled rusted A/C unit and cleaned it up.  No idea if it works, but it's back together again.  Perhaps a job for another day.
  • primed, painted and stone chipped fuel tank with gravitex
  • ordered stainless jubilees for fuel tank
  • made some brackets for the handbrake and ABS sensors on the rear
Just pottering away whilst the weather is good as my jimny now sits outside.

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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