Gaz's reasonably priced jimny..

Looking really good mate! Hats off to you

Little update,2 sundays ago i had a great outing with a few fellow members was a cracking day and really enjoyed it



This was my first real off road experience in the jim since doing all the work to it etc so was a bit of a test,no real problems apart from a couple of times while out the 4wd keep flashing intermitantly,sourced to a loose vac pipe managed to fix it temp while out but i have ordered a length of pipe to replace alot of the old hose,this is on my to do this week.when i got the car i was having issues with a fault code and mpg problems,after my outing my p0420 fault code came back and the jimny did about 170 miles off a tank of fuel,this was combined with steady 55mph driving on motorway,round the door driving,alot of hills some had to be done in 1st and also about 40ish miles in low/4wd driving,i wasnt too fussed as im running the 195 80 mud saharas but after working it out its still around the 20mpg mark,i was hoping for a bit more than this anyway the faultcode relates to cat efficiency,id previously tested the 02 sensors and there fine ive got no air leaks or fuel leaks or anything like that so after a bit of digging im putting it down to the cat itself beign un-efficient so last week rather than just replace it thought id try removing it first so



opened up the cat and removed the element itself,welded it back up and refitted so far so good seems better on fuel and no fault code as yet fingers crossed lol.

Another job i had to sort after my outing was id used hose pipe for my diff breathers this hose pipe was old and thus the front one has split while out,anyway after checking the diff oils the front was full of water so i changed the diff oil and replaced the hose pipe with fuel line much more flexable fingers crossed thats ok.

With my off road mods ive done the jim managed fine on the lanes with a couple of severe ones,in the future im going to fit a proper 2" lift kit but for the time been my spacers will do,only thing that bothered me was no underneath protection so lad i work with him and his cousin are good at fabricating things up so we mocked up a front diff guard a transfere box guard and the trailing arm point protectors all done in cardboard just need to get a sheet of steel then they are going to have a go at making them i will get some pics of this this week,thats it for now cheers.

Thanks for the up-date Gaz, little Jimny did well .....................

Nice work

Thanks guys,got a few pipes changed on the 4x4 system and took the hubs off cleaned them and refitted 4x4 working as it should again,also just had a pic sent off me mate first trailing arm mounting point protector assembled need more metal now for the rest

They look good mate, is the steel not a little thin however? It could just be the picture but it looks pretty thin. I am making mine out of 5mm steel just to be on the safe side.

Cheers,im picking up a sheet of 3mm steel,basically just to keep the cost down and also the weight,im not sure what mm that is in the pic tho it could be thinner,way i see it is its better having something on than nothing and if i damage one its easy replaced,im only ever going to be doing the odd p+p day and mostly laning,my last outing there was a few lanes with big rocks and boulders and i managed to avoid them but having the guards will be piece of mind.sure if they were made out of 5mm they would be indistructable

I am sure 3mm with be perfect, and offer some good protection. I need to get my finger out and do mine now.

Yea dan i think its a happy medium,i popped round yesterday to drop the metal in that he needs and that one is done in 3mm,its very sturdy and well assembled id say it will easily take a hefty impact,he is cracking on over the weekend looking forward to getting them and test fitting see if theres any tweaks needed then just need to decide what colour to paint them think black hammerite will do the job.

couple more pics of the moc'd up arm guard still needs drilling fitting up and paint.





Couple of other cardboard templates laid out on the sheet metal



Since i got the jimny i wanted to fit my own head unit with an aux port when i first got it i pulled the head unit out that was in saw the wiring and shoved it back in,yesterday had a couple of hrs in the garage so gave it a go.this is what i was greeted with after some soildering and tidying up i got it sorted.

Those guards are looking very nice, you inspired me to start in mine today, i got them all tacked up, my welding is no where need as good as that however

Nice one mate be good to see the finished products,im.hoping i get a call to pick it all up after the weekend,yea the lad who is doing it is handy with the welder think he is using tig on them.he does this sort of thing as a hobby has a class little workshop in his garage.i really need to learn to weld ive never really had a go at it.