What did you do to your jimny today?

supergaz wrote: Took the jimny for a spin then got home and declared it SORN Saving the money to buy a lovely lady a nice xmas present But if any snow arrives I will be taxing it online straight away

Yes I have gone all soft!

It is what the Jimny is for being good on tax (pre 2001) and so on. Sometimes you can lay up the insurance too.

helijohn wrote:

markyp2000 wrote: it was a mess in there worst iv ever seen

OMG, must have been bad!!

Well the long shaft killed its cv joint the hub was full of mud water some grease and lots of metal
The short shaft had a seized cv joint and where the shaft seal sits wrecked the shaft and the metal ring on the rear of the hub was in 3 bits and the lower pin was seized solid took me half an hour to get the pin out

helijohn wrote:

supergaz wrote: Took the jimny for a spin then got home and declared it SORN Saving the money to buy a lovely lady a nice xmas present But if any snow arrives I will be taxing it online straight away

Yes I have gone all soft!

It is what the Jimny is for being good on tax (pre 2001) and so on. Sometimes you can lay up the insurance too.

TBH I wish my jimny was a 2001 model not a 52 plate 2003 model :evil: The insurance is so cheap on my jimny that I just always just let it re-new itself Also it allows me to drive any other car 3rd party if need be.
Handy as the Jimny is only a weekend toy and not my daily driver.
It will more likely just sit on my drive unused this month but as soon as I want to use it I will just tax it :lol:

Got the jimjam prepped and packed for first p&p day tomorrow, really excited sprayed the connectors, chucked in some cable ties and gaffa tape, tied everything down. What's the guessing il be walking to work Monday :laugh:

Tightened up all the new suspension bits, drove it around the fam tracks then rechecked.. Adjusted panards to get the axles in the middle. Took old transfer box out and split the engine and box. Fitted new 4 plate clutch and put everything back together. Tomorrow I fit the 6.5:1 transfer box put together by Rockwatt and fitted using his kit (thanks for the call RW)..

Not long now

markyp2000 wrote:
Well the long shaft killed its cv joint the hub was full of mud water some grease and lots of metal
The short shaft had a seized cv joint and where the shaft seal sits wrecked the shaft and the metal ring on the rear of the hub was in 3 bits and the lower pin was seized solid took me half an hour to get the pin out

Yes, that is a mess. :laugh: :laugh:

What's the guessing il be walking to work Monday

About 60/40 in favour. Well you did ask. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

supergaz wrote:

helijohn wrote:

supergaz wrote: Took the jimny for a spin then got home and declared it SORN Saving the money to buy a lovely lady a nice xmas present But if any snow arrives I will be taxing it online straight away

Yes I have gone all soft!

It is what the Jimny is for being good on tax (pre 2001) and so on. Sometimes you can lay up the insurance too.

TBH I wish my jimny was a 2001 model not a 52 plate 2003 model :evil: The insurance is so cheap on my jimny that I just always just let it re-new itself Also it allows me to drive any other car 3rd party if need be.
Handy as the Jimny is only a weekend toy and not my daily driver.
It will more likely just sit on my drive unused this month but as soon as I want to use it I will just tax it :lol:

bet you wish it was blue as well :evil:

darthloachie wrote:

supergaz wrote:

helijohn wrote:

supergaz wrote: Took the jimny for a spin then got home and declared it SORN Saving the money to buy a lovely lady a nice xmas present But if any snow arrives I will be taxing it online straight away

Yes I have gone all soft!

It is what the Jimny is for being good on tax (pre 2001) and so on. Sometimes you can lay up the insurance too.

TBH I wish my jimny was a 2001 model not a 52 plate 2003 model :evil: The insurance is so cheap on my jimny that I just always just let it re-new itself Also it allows me to drive any other car 3rd party if need be.
Handy as the Jimny is only a weekend toy and not my daily driver.
It will more likely just sit on my drive unused this month but as soon as I want to use it I will just tax it :lol:

bet you wish it was blue as well :evil:

Na, rather it be bladdered in bird poop than blue! . it will be back on the road very soon, just don't have the time atm

helijohn wrote:

srcars wrote:
Yes changed the dash ages ago so I could see the clock.

Did you do a write up on it that I can read please?

Sorry no write up and it was ages ago so the old memory cant quite recall what was involved :blush:

I seem to remember stripping back the facia and something that resembles a double din cage hold the radio and clock/cubby. This was flipped or swapped and the clock rotated, there was some fettling needed but nothing major. I am sure it was all fairly obvious what needed doing as you got to it, but it was worth doing.

Attended the annual Christmas Rally in the Danish Toyota4WD Club, together with my buddy Thomas (User Frede.gv1) .Even though it's a Toyota 4x4 club, all makes of 4x4 are welcome.

Here's a short clip from one of the stages. This one Thomas drove, and set fastest time, 2:13



As you can hear, the suspension took a good beating. Will have to put on some bumpstops soon

There were in total 12 stages with a great variety of tasks. Speed, trails, hill-climb, wheel-barrow race, bicycle-race on a kids-bike. A great day.

We finished 2nd overall

helijohn wrote:

markyp2000 wrote:
Well the long shaft killed its cv joint the hub was full of mud water some grease and lots of metal
The short shaft had a seized cv joint and where the shaft seal sits wrecked the shaft and the metal ring on the rear of the hub was in 3 bits and the lower pin was seized solid took me half an hour to get the pin out

Yes, that is a mess. :laugh: :laugh:

What's the guessing il be walking to work Monday

About 60/40 in favour. Well you did ask. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

The jimny survived I'm really pleased with how it got on, had dad a bit worried at some points though :laugh:

went a did the route for the 21st on the ny moors,

i'd advise a snorkel, also found 2 lost walkers on the moors so gave them a lift back to civilitation but they didnt want to come down bank foots rocksteps and chose to got out and walk from there