If so you can have your own thread in this section.
This section on other websites has led to arguments and contention. People are posting pictures of their pride and joy and therefore CONSTRUCTIVE comments only please!
Giving the Jimny a birthday
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2" Trailmaster suspension lift, 2"body lift, snorkel, full breather kit, 29" steel wheels with BFG tyres, tinted rear windows, CRT CB radio with modulator antenna mounted on rear, dog cage and tray in the back.
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Jobs done:
- Welded on another sil plate and reenforced two rear points where the body gets jacked up
- removed front wings
- braced up the front and cut out the old slam panel
- cut back the rusty mess at the front and test fitted the new panel
- pressed in new poly bushes to the radius arms and a panhard rod
- put new ball-joints in steering and tracking rods. Cleaned up threads as these were shockingly bad.
I'll have to think about getting a bunch of new fasteners for the suspension components as it's about time I got that in a rolling state again. I also tried to remove the grease nipple from the drive shaft that slides on splines, but gave up on it as it was like warm chocolate...and as the shaft has already been painted, I didn't want to heat it up to remove it, bit close to the UJ bearings anyway. I decided to pack the splines with grease and put a new cover over it, but I made a boo boo and seperated both parts when of the driveshaft when cleaning it without marking its position first. Looks like I'll be removing and refitting the driveshaft at least 15 times now to find the correct balanced position Ah well, that will teach me for switching off my brain.
Jobs for tomorrow:
get back on the grinder and start prepping up the underneath of the body for its first coat of primer.
maybe put some paint on some parts
2" Trailmaster suspension lift, 2"body lift, snorkel, full breather kit, 29" steel wheels with BFG tyres, tinted rear windows, CRT CB radio with modulator antenna mounted on rear, dog cage and tray in the back.
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Cant be that far from this turning point.
It's made me feel worn out just looking at the pictures. Good work.
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Mike G wrote: Monday 15th March
... I'll have to think about getting a bunch of new fasteners for the suspension components as it's about time I got that in a rolling state again. ...
If you're short of anything I try and stock all the nuts'n'bolts needed for suspension rebuilds - www.zookbob.com/bolts
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I'm about worn out myself working 7 days a week for 2 weeks now. Mind you, its been better than sitting around the house sedentary all day like I have been doing recently.
I'm starting to see some results from my labour. Hopefully within the week, I should have it back to a rolling (starting?) vehicle again. I didn't fancy buying another jimny as I've grown attached to this one, plus I passed the point of no return when I said yes to the rental of the shed. It was 'all in' or nothing once I'd started.
2" Trailmaster suspension lift, 2"body lift, snorkel, full breather kit, 29" steel wheels with BFG tyres, tinted rear windows, CRT CB radio with modulator antenna mounted on rear, dog cage and tray in the back.
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If I get stuck, I'll give you a shout. I think I have most stuff on order arriving. I've tried to be proactive along the way.
2" Trailmaster suspension lift, 2"body lift, snorkel, full breather kit, 29" steel wheels with BFG tyres, tinted rear windows, CRT CB radio with modulator antenna mounted on rear, dog cage and tray in the back.
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Jobs done today:
- found out correct orientation for driveshaft and corrected it
- fitted new boot to driveshaft and filled with grease
- found two holes on underside, welded patches on them
- wire wheeled whole of underneath from rear of engine bay to rear of vehicle including arch areas
- washed underneath down with white spirit ('didn't have cellulose thinners)
- seam sealed all welds
- brush primed whole of underneath with QD primer
Jobs for tomorrow
Unfortunately, I have a course to go on all day, for work, so I'm losing a day. But if I get home at a decent time, I will set about prepping my rusty old rear springs for painting so that they match the new front springs and maybe get a coat of plasticote primer on them. If anyone has a pair of rear 2" lift orange trailmaster springs, let me know as they will make my motor look nice, at least for a little while until the paint decided to fall off.
2" Trailmaster suspension lift, 2"body lift, snorkel, full breather kit, 29" steel wheels with BFG tyres, tinted rear windows, CRT CB radio with modulator antenna mounted on rear, dog cage and tray in the back.
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Jobs done:
- finished off priming by painting the front arches area
- plasticote primed panhard rods
- tidied up workbench area
- went to get argon for the welder as the gas ran out
Jobs for tomorrow:
build suspension and get the chassis rolling
look out more metal to use for the last of the welding
plasticote panhard rods
start polishing exhaust pipe
2" Trailmaster suspension lift, 2"body lift, snorkel, full breather kit, 29" steel wheels with BFG tyres, tinted rear windows, CRT CB radio with modulator antenna mounted on rear, dog cage and tray in the back.
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Jobs done:
- looked out some more metal for repairs on the slam panel fitting areas
- painted gearbox area on body with some left over black hammerite
- removed rear springs from hydrochloric acid (I'd left them in overnight) and cleaned them off
- painted rear springs with plasticote primer and paint
- masked off and painted panhard rods with plasticote primer and paint
- polished exhaust pipe with scotchbrite then wool pads and stainless steel polish
- polished exhaust back box with wool pads and stainless steel polish
- coated underneath of car body and all wheel arches with upol gravitex
- started fitting suspension to chassis
Jobs for tomorrow:
clean up the metal I found and make up some templates for the last few welding jobs
seal the boot floor with tiger seal
put another coat of gravitex on the bottom
carry on with getting the chassis rolling again
2" Trailmaster suspension lift, 2"body lift, snorkel, full breather kit, 29" steel wheels with BFG tyres, tinted rear windows, CRT CB radio with modulator antenna mounted on rear, dog cage and tray in the back.
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Jobs done:
- test fitted new rear bumper to see how far stonechip could be sprayed
- fitted rear suspension components and axle
- ran in brake lines on rear axle
- fitted front suspension components and axle
- cut templates and then metal shapes for 4 welding jobs
- welded in 2 of the plates and partially did 3rd
I really wanted to get the chassis rolling today, however, I was short on a few washers, so I thought it best to just wait until tomorrow when the shop opens and get them first before progressing. So I decided to cut out some metal for the welding jobs that I have left to do and started welding again. Finished quite late today 0130 Sat morning.
Jobs for tomorrow
get the washers and finish the chassis, so that it's ready to roll under the body
put some seam sealer and primer on the newly welded areas
finish off some of the welding jobs if time permits
start moving some of the stuff I'm not going to be able to fit at the shed, back to my garage.
2" Trailmaster suspension lift, 2"body lift, snorkel, full breather kit, 29" steel wheels with BFG tyres, tinted rear windows, CRT CB radio with modulator antenna mounted on rear, dog cage and tray in the back.
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Jobs done:
- cleaned up fuel tank in prep for painting
- finished welding back bumper plates in
- finished welding hole in rear wheel arch near bumper plate
- seam sealed all new welds
Last night, I finished off the welding that I'd planned to do when the chassis was back on the body. As welding takes up a lot of time, I decided just to get it done as soon as possible rather than later. I also found out that the fuel QD connectors that I'd ordered were both 8mm and the tank requires 1x 8mm and 1x 6mm(?), so it will be a while until I get the engine started now. Luckily the trailer I'm taking it back home with has a winch.
Jobs for tomorrow
get the second coat of gravitex on the bottom
wheel the chassis under the body and try to line it up
once lined up, test fit body so that slam panel boy mounts can be lined up correctly
weld up slam panel
2" Trailmaster suspension lift, 2"body lift, snorkel, full breather kit, 29" steel wheels with BFG tyres, tinted rear windows, CRT CB radio with modulator antenna mounted on rear, dog cage and tray in the back.
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I missed a trick when naming the thread. I should have called it from 'Rusty Bin' to 'Metal Mickey' with all the welding that needed done.
Jobs done:
- second coat of gravitex applied to vehicle
- all car parts removed from shed and transported to my garage
- vehicle lined up and body dropped onto chassis
- missed sill hole welded up (oops, apparently a hole in the sil would have been an mot failure)
- handbrake attached and working
- headlights and bonnet catch fitted to align slam panel
- slam panel alignment good
Jobs for tomorrow
finish the slam panel
seam seal sil weld done today (prime and stonechip if time permits)
transport vehicle on trailer to home
have a few cups of tea and catch up on some sleep
2" Trailmaster suspension lift, 2"body lift, snorkel, full breather kit, 29" steel wheels with BFG tyres, tinted rear windows, CRT CB radio with modulator antenna mounted on rear, dog cage and tray in the back.
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