What did you do to your jimny today?

Yep don't think you would be able to use the brakes with two broken legs :laugh:

Went to get it out of the garage, And had a flat battery. Only 5 volts, So chooched.Only other battery i had was a little larger.

So off with the battery box for a trim.

And sorted.

A few more CCA and amp hours. I left a meter connected for an hour to see if there was a voltage drop, But seemed fine, so i think the dud battery had just had it's life.

Not today but recently.

Awesome! :woohoo: Track Day in a Jimny?!

How did that go then?...

Track evening, utterly chaotic no batches for novice intermediate or lunatic, 400bhp on track at same time as 100bhp, very sketchy. Managed 3 hot laps but then when I came in to cool off I was told by the organisers that Ermintrude was not appropriate and not to go back out which got inside my head and really annoyed me. Yes a 1.3 with a novice behind the wheel isn't going to be fast but with a bit more organization it could have been safer.

Dynamically Ermintrude did better than I expected but it highlighted the need for the quaife diff and some more manly springs. These will happen in due course subject to funding and management approval.

I changed the wiper blades on mine today, but not without some hassle....

I'm a huge advocate of flat blades - they don't judder or squeal and just seem more stable and effective when in use - I've fitted them to my previous car (SAAB 93) and my wifes Vauxhall Meriva and the improvements have been tenfold,

My wiper blades on the Jimny were completely shot so off I trotted to Halfrauds.
Now I admit that this was partly my mistake as I perhaps should have checked more closely, but Halfrauds little book on the wiper-blade stand said that I needed Bosch AR 16U wipers. I had also checked online and it said the same; AR 16U both on passenger and driver's side, so thats what I got.

Still being a bit of a noob with the Jimny I didn't realise that the drivers and passenger blades are different lengths.

So off I trot back to Halfrauds once again to get the correct pair - a Bosch AR 16U and an AR 18U.

Curious that when I checked the little book on the wiper-blade stand again, it is only the Bosch flat wipers that Halfords have made the mistake with - the other wiper brand alternatives for the Jimny state the two different sizes. Had I noticed that, I may have questioned it saying to use two AR 16 U blades.

Anyway, prior to fitting, I gave the windscreen a good polishing using "Bar Keepers Friend" (I'm still in the process of cleaning off the previous owner's application of Rain-X, and this stuff brings glass up a treat!) and wipers were duly fitted