What did you do to your jimny today?

Thanks for the heads up. Will indeed give them a lick of paint.

Today I changed the Alternator and PAS V belts, a job that I had been putting off for about two years simply as it looked like a pain.
I am pleased to report it went without any issues and is easy enough to do with the radiator in place, another reason for putting it off just in case it needed to be removed.
The back of my hands look like I've had a fight with the cat and lost, but I am happy with this if it avoids messing with the radiator.
Mike

Well today I fitted one of the Radius arm guards I have. It fitted very well (new old stock ORA), so a pat on the back for that.
It's been at bit of an on / off love affair with these.
I don't need them as I will never push my Jimny into the sort of terrain that needs them, so I was fitting them purely to get them off my shelf.
After fitting it became apparent that they present a potential mud trap between the radius mount and guard. The beveled edge on the Jimny mount reduces the clearance between the two, and it also hides any potential corrosion. The thickness of the mount also potentially reduces the clamping force on the radius arm bush, simply part of the 90Nm is now going into compression of the mount. Probably not an issue, but I don't like the idea of a suspension mounting point not operating at the correct preload, just in case the bush rotates rather than being clamped.
So today I removed the one Radius arm guard I had fitted !
Great if you need them, but not for me unfortunately.
Back on the shelf :laugh:

Fitted my Front Right Recovery point today. Had to cut a wee slot in the bumper but quite easy to do. No way you would know unless you were specifically looking for it. A lot stronger and bigger bolts than the front left. Only problem being that I believe it should have been extended by at least another 20mm. It's very difficult to fit the shackle. In fact you have to fit the shackle back to front. Interested in peoples views on this? I have read and seen elsewhere when a slot rather than a hole it is fine to fit the shackle back to front. Any way using both front recovery points with strap is going to be a lot more secure than the original tie down points. Only need to find somewhere to get stuck now.

where did you get the strop to connect the two points from i've been looking at those for ages but the ones i seem to find are always too long.

Here you go. www.firstfour.co.uk/

I got this one from Machine Mart after a few recommendations on here.

wjamieson wrote: Here you go. www.firstfour.co.uk/

That seems a good price actually considering the shackles are rated ones.

Hi Jamieson,
Just looking at your shackle fit pictures, I quite like the fact they are semi hidden, but as you say could make fitting the shackles difficult in the field. I guess just fit them and the strop in the carpark before you go off-road, no issues then. I also noticed in the first picture what looks like a rust stain at the top of the chassis / body mount. May be worth getting some wax in this area if it is rust (and you intend to keep the Jimny), or at least check it and tell me it's a bad camera angle. Only mentioned as it was a known rust spot on the G3 and don't want what happened to mine to happen on your G4.
All the best
Mike

Nearly there with my bits and bobs.

Roof Rack.
Vinyl wrap the roof in black.
Now new tyres.



I want to try and get some spotlights for the front, if anyone has any recommendations?

Cheers!

Took Dreadnaught out for a drive today. Very interesting. Fired up nicely enough but probably wouldn't have stood a second go if she hadn't caught. Clutch was really squeaky and much higher than I remember. Brakes were nasty and grinding and not happy. By the time I arrived the destination the expansion bottle was like a well shaken bottle of kopparberg, all bubbles. Al things being even not a bad first drive after about 7 weeks sat up and fortunately the destination was to the garage who are replacing the head gasket and fitting a new clutch. There's light at the end of the grand vitara shaped tunnel.