Gaz's reasonably priced jimny..

Winch overhaul,having a bit more time on my hands than id like i deceded to strip the winch down as its been on nearly a couple of years now and last time i used it it was quite noisey the gears were all in good order the motor had a bit of mud and corrosion in it and also one of the bearings was very noisey.full clean regrease new bearing rebuild and a flash of paint good as new also washed the rope and painted the hook.been a while since i was last out hopefully get out soon.couple of pics

Great job, Gaz....that's what I call a good day's work
Well worth the effort

Bit of an update as it's been a while,nothing really of interest but a bit of maintenance.due to financial reasons my jimny has been my only mode of transport for past few months and looks like that won't change any time soon.i dont do many miles at all so its not really an issue although i miss have a car aswell so,i have only been out on the lanes 4 times this year but hoping thats going to change and its going to be a monthly thing again but seen as tho my jimny spends 90% of its time on the road ive gone back to my 410 transfer box and ditched the lobster box the noise was really doing my head in so it went,my 410box has done everything ive ever asked of it and is silent so thats staying.fitted some new shaft seals and fresh ep90 and a dolop of molly job sorted

month ago i fitted 2 new wheel cylinders some brake pipes and a new osr wheel bearing.no pic

last week i fitted 2 new rose joints to the front panhard as there wasa small bit of play again no pic.

so i decided to get a box of bits for some routine maintenance and a bit of a service,i like to keep ontop of little jobs and maintenance as it pays in the log run.

upto now ive changed the alt and steering belts been on nearly 3 year were due a change

today i fitted a new set of front pads as the old ones had gone very wooden i appreciate jimny breaks are pretty poor anyways but these were knackered

and also chucked the new wiper blades on.doing the odd job here and there when ive got a spare couple hours rather than rush it will update accordingly.no more mods on the horizon yet although i do fancy a set of offset rims give me a bit more width again as i squirm in landy rutts had spacers in the past but didnt like them.thanks for looking

new wipers as well ... looks like someone's feeling the JImny love again

good pics thanks for sharing

£1.40 a blade hal be daft not too.may aswell keep on top of it seen as tho its my only mode of transport.

Got the rear uj changed today,wasn't a huge amount of play in the old one but feels a lot better when pulling away

got hold of what I think is a good battery just needs a charge 110 amp off a transit should give good pull on the winch although my current 90amp off a vectra derv has never let me down.

Also picked up a set of 30mm spacers these are the bolt on type going to give them a try see what it looks like got them for a decent price if im not happy with them will sell them on.sure they are solid steel as they weigh a ton

They could be a set of the old LA Supertrux spacers, in which case the thread on the studs is 1.5mm pitch. I had a set of them on my Vit, very heavy but reliable.

Sounds possible I did get a set of wheel nuts with them aswell.going to give them a try but running 7j wheels with 235's id suspect they may stick out too far

Oil and filter done sat afternoon

front diff pinion seal changed aswell

thats just about it for now I tried the spacers but they wheels stick out too far I would need some form of over arch not too fussed at the mo will just leave them.ive got a couple of other jobs to do and Im going to give It a coat of stonechip before the salt is here.

So after playing about with my front springs couple days back I found my osf spring seat locator was in a right mess perished and bits missing.i put a request on here for a used one and dave of bits4vits was kind enough to post me a new one out he had in stock chucked it in today no creaky noises now much appreciated dave

so that's what creaks ?