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Have a friend who has offered there jimny to me for a grand, so just trying to find out wether its worth it for offroading and the odd commute to work. Getting rid of my LJ80
He is a bit dumb every time somthing goes wrong he puts into Mitsubishi main dealer to get it fixed and is no giving up on off roading :huh: last straw for him was four wheel drive has stopped working, i'm thining i may be able to fix this myself.
A grand is a steal unless it is particularly knackered!
In standard form they are not much cop off road but with a suspension lift and some bigger tyres Jimny's are ace.
The 4wd not working is probably just the vacuum operated front free wheeling hubs - bin them and get some SJ/Vitara manual free wheeling hubs and either cut down the front wheel bearing nuts or buy a pair of spacers from this website's shop to make them fit and you're laughing.
You can use the fixed hubs from an SJ instead if you want. They will be cheaper but the front diff will always be spinning causing un-necessary wear and more fuel usage.
Do it - you know it makes sense ...
Kirkynut
The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win - Edgar Watson Howe.
As Kirkynut says, 4WD failures are straight forward to cure but a great bargaining point against sellers who do not understand.
Good luck with the new car but why are you selling the LJ, this is rapidly getting classic status!
Martin
2003 M13 early KAP build.
3" Trailmaster lift with 1.5 Spacers on front
Customised winch bumper and roll cage
235/85R16 Maxxis Bighorns on 16" Rims, 4:1 Rocklobster, Rear ARB locker and on-board air
Corrected arms all-round, rear disks, Recaro seats and harnesses
I need some thing that i can use all year round and to get to work in the winter.
Classic yes i would say so, and look i have two on my drive also very hard to get hold of, the one on the letf i have borrowed off a friend which i have been using for the three months for a refrence and drive every now and then the one on the right is mine a project started but one i will not finish i put an SJ410 engine in moved battery and fuel tank to the rear cut down the doors.
Going to refurb the wheels on the one on the right and attempt to put them on the Jimny
And here is my last 4x4 that i really did not want to sell but new baby meant somthing had to give, so i amd just making a come back now starting small again
Aha! - I think I know who you are! I guess therefore you know who I am!
And if I am right then I also know the gold Jimny! "Woodley" and "TV4x4" will mean something to you and the gold Jimny was last run by a young lad in Woodley who's girlfriend lives in my road so we saw it regularly. Another club member with a Jimny, my son will be overjoyed. Drop around anytime (well almost anytime!) for a chat/advice (and we loved the Paj, you will find the Jimny a bit different!)
Martin
Martin
2003 M13 early KAP build.
3" Trailmaster lift with 1.5 Spacers on front
Customised winch bumper and roll cage
235/85R16 Maxxis Bighorns on 16" Rims, 4:1 Rocklobster, Rear ARB locker and on-board air
Corrected arms all-round, rear disks, Recaro seats and harnesses
Aha! - I think I know who you are! I guess therefore you know who I am!
And if I am right then I also know the gold Jimny! "Woodley" and "TV4x4" will mean something to you and the gold Jimny was last run by a young lad in Woodley who's girlfriend lives in my road so we saw it regularly. Another club member with a Jimny, my son will be overjoyed. Drop around anytime (well almost anytime!) for a chat/advice (and we loved the Paj, you will find the Jimny a bit different!)
Martin
Yep thats me, i think i did see you out in the snow, out and about having fun pulling people out and yes that is most likley the boy, he just bought it and thought he could just abuse it with cleaning it or checking any parts. :ohmy:
Yes i really miss that paj i work very hard on it and spent alot of time and money on it, i was speaking to the guy who bought it the other day on TV4x4 forum who goes still goes out with TV4x4, he showed me so magazine pics of it out with TV4x4 i think i nearly cried
Might take you up on that other to pop in some time and take a nose at yours.
he just bought it and thought he could just abuse it with cleaning it or checking any parts. :ohmy:
I didn't like to say until you mentioned it that it was certainly scruffier than a scruffy thing that was scruffy. However it will clean up well.
Martin
Martin
2003 M13 early KAP build.
3" Trailmaster lift with 1.5 Spacers on front
Customised winch bumper and roll cage
235/85R16 Maxxis Bighorns on 16" Rims, 4:1 Rocklobster, Rear ARB locker and on-board air
Corrected arms all-round, rear disks, Recaro seats and harnesses
he just bought it and thought he could just abuse it with cleaning it or checking any parts. :ohmy:
I didn't like to say until you mentioned it that it was certainly scruffier than a scruffy thing that was scruffy. However it will clean up well.
Martin
Yep it certainly looks alittle messy even to the point were my other half is telling me to not bother and go buy an SJ, but i am going to look at it either tonight or tomorrow so hopefully it looks like i can bring some life into it.
Even if it needs some welding from rust and some servicing and maybe a bit of putting right - you'll still have got a bargain!
It's lifted and has tyres that will be fine for a while by the looks of it and are of a reasonable size too. So it's just a case of change all the fluids, check all the bearings, change the cambelt if it is that engine, drive it and have fun knowing that if you scratch/dent it, you didn't pay much so it doesn't matter!
Looks like you'll have great fun in it and it sounds like you know what to do with a spanner and you have the Bigjimny shop/all the advice you could ever need on your door step too!
I think you're onto a winner there!
Kirkynut
The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win - Edgar Watson Howe.
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will post details soon. 
also very hard to get hold of, the one on the letf i have borrowed off a friend which i have been using for the three months for a refrence and drive every now and then 
the one on the right is mine a project started but one i will not finish 
i put an SJ410 engine in moved battery and fuel tank to the rear cut down the doors.
