Jimny in Blackpool

i thought you worked at BAE as when i saw you at the lakes i saw some chairmans award paper work wjem having a look in your vit, and thought that looks familiar lol, im sure your jimny will do well but be careful with the front diff lock the CV.s are quite weak!

I'm sure I will blow mine with special tracs and a lead foot with no lobster. Think I will be trailering my jimny everywhere.
When does the mods list ever end? or do we just keep going on&on
Rear prop,Uprated CV.s, Rock Lobster, Diff locks,Under body and axle protection, 1.6 engine.................................................................................

I'm never going to be rich! But its worth it

Have you thought about a diesel conversion? My Vitara is awesome with its diesel engine, loads of torque, no worries about deep wading,... well it was, till it turned itself inside out, but I still haven't worked out why that happened, it had no reason to.
Here is the front and rear axle breather I fitted yesterday, nothing special, I am sure you have all seen them before, but it might be the inspiration someone needs. The bottom line comes straight up off the front axle, the right side comes in from the rear axle and is cable tied to the chassis rail and along the radius arm. The left side goes round the back of the battery and up past the air box and ends just above the standard air intake. If I get water that high I have more trouble than water in the axle to worry about. If I ever get a snorkel, I will drill and tap the air box cover and plumb in into there. The pipe is 8mm airline, and the T-piece is push fit, I got elbows, tees any Y-connectors left over from my Vitara breathers.
Here is the full rear bumper, I need to get a number plate light sorted sharpish.

This is the CB that I installed yesterday. It is brand new, but it is only a cheap one (so cheap that if you press two buttons at the same time, it pops the fuse). But I had it lying round, I need to run the cable for the aerial and work out where and how to mount it.

I got a universal number plate light on my KAP cage/rear bumper to be fitted, that I will be removing tomorrow, it looks ok, If it is you are more than welcome to it.
Bit to much work for me to go diesel, the 1.6 baleno engine is a straight forward swap, at the moment my 1.3 is still only on 40000 and sweet, need to sort out the transfer box before engine swap ideas.

seeing as all you guys are fylde coast based, thought id introduce myself, im currently residing just outside kirkham, and building a Winch challenge vehicle based on a jimny chassis!
Gonna be a month or so till mine is finished, are you guys going to the jimny meet in september at wagtail? maybe we could all convoy down together?

James

Fordy, I will have to find the details of the wagtail meet as I don’t know what it is... but I am up for it if I am free that weekend.
Convoy driving makes the boring bit of getting to and from an event more interesting so I am always game for that.
Is there a thread with your build pictures on?

Here is the CB mounting position I chose, I missed the picture off my last post.

I still need to mount the aerial (and source it). The spare wheel carrier looks the most likely place, but it is cylindrical so not as straight forward as I would have hoped.

Thanks for the offer on the number plate light supergaz, let me know if it is serviceable and if it still looks in smart order. I was thinking of a Hong-Kong-special LED sidelight "thing".
Like this

I have one under the rear door handle on the Vitara and it works a treat.

I went to Briercliffe pay and play yesterday. It was really good fun, it was tipping it down all day so everywhere was covered in mud by the end of the day.
I am impressed with the Jimny.
But I was scared the whole time about my ground clearance and lack of any protection under there. I drove round things that I would have driven straight over in the Vitara. I got more and more confidence in the car by the end of the day, and did end up using the lockers to get me out of a sticky situation once or twice, though didn’t need the winch. Which I am quite glad about as it was raining sideways, and I was reluctant to open the window, let alone get out of the car!

Remember the front right fog light that was missing when I bought the car, so I got a replacement bulb and reflector from Light Force… well, I managed to bend it back on its mounting... and completely destroy the left hand side one now. Dammit.
More height required. Or some sort of protection for them. I wish I could weld, then I could make a skid plate/sump guard that extended forwards below the lights.

But to be fair I did accidentally drive into a massive bank under water. (I didn’t realise the shallow puddle I drove through was a 2 ft deep 4 ft wide, vertical walled trench that I drove across) the reflector and lens is now at the bottom of a quarry.