Dave's la(te)st buggy build...

Thanks Riccy Picked up a new welding helmet today with some bits I needed from Screwfix

Optician can't do much at the moment... the eye hospital have advised me ot to get new glasses for a while whilst my eyes are settling down and hopefully improving with the 4 weekly injections... Yikes! :blink:

Bit more today...




The transfer box is back in! :woohoo:



And all the props are back in place too...

So I then turned my attention to the breathers... You'll remember both axles were tapped and elbows fitted, and the transfer box recently...



So the only one left to do was the gearbox... with this being a soft-top I already knew what I was looking for as S200KYS is / was also a soft-top... on the passenger / nearside of the gearbox you should be just about able to see the stock factory breather with this little cap on it...



It's quite snug but I could just about get both hands up to squeeze a (8mm OD) breather tube into the existing rubber hose on the breather...

Tubes were then connected from all the elbows and separately run up to...



A five-way manifold block on the engine firewall

So the one on the left goes to the rear axle, the three pointing down go to the front axle, gearbox, and transfer box, and the one on the right will go to the highest position possible, in my case, usually up into the top of the snorkel's head

SO.... that's it! All the crawling around under the donor Jimny is complete! the front and rear axles have both been rebuilt, the steering bars strengthened and renewed, and the sspension redone and lifted ~2", and the transfer box has been slung in a cradle for protection... oooh, and the diffs have been swapped for later 4.3:1 VVT model ones and a rear "Lockright" (Lunch Box) fitted along with Trail Gear rear shafts...

So the rest of the project is fashioning into looking more like my buggy inspirational pictures...



More on that at a later date, I'm disappearing into the garage for the winter

Sorry! Not been around much lately... staff holidays, lack of free time, etc., etc...

Some progress though -











Front inner wings / clip have all been removed
Bonnet has been trimmed to shape
Doors have been cut down to 'buggy style'
Metal has been ordered to fill everything back in...

I decided in the end - with grateful input from Riccy = to leave the doors functional, they will still open rather than being welded up - as Alan and I are both old scrotes these days, and throwing ourselves through a small gap isn't the best idea! LOL :lol: so the 'half doors' are to mimic the inspirational yellow buggy, still give enough wading depth, retain the excellent sized door mirrors. and also protect us from side impacts... and will make on-going registration and MOTs, etc, easier too...

More soon!

Looking really good Dave look forward to seeing more doors look great but you will have to stay clear of those scratchy lanes

looking good matey
have you considered having all the front end hinged
so you can lift it all forwards

Looking like it's going to be a real weapon when you are finished. Good work as ever.