KAP Suzuki Jimny - rebuilt for the road

Looking good did you remove the rear bumper to access the wires?

On the donor Liana? No, I just removed the rear lights and took as much wire out as I could (about 12").

On the Jimny - No, KAP had already done that for me!

Sorry yeah I meant the jimny

Thanks

Only problem I had was water ingress
Settling on the wiring and running under the tape
through the grommet and into rear cabin
But sorted that issue now

I would advise you to leave plastic panels out and keep an eye on it

Jack

Good call, I'll make a low point in the wiring loom before it goes through the grommet, that should stop any water

Last night and today I have been modifying the rear loom to make it work on the rear upper lights, it was a lot of work, but worth it and it tidies up the back end some what. I now LED number plate, reverse and fog lights as well

In case you are looking to do the same, this saved a lot of time, stolen from another thread on here, not sure who wrote it – sorry

sidelights: red/yellow
indicators: green/red & green/yellow
brake lights: green/white
reverse light: plain red
rear fog light: pale green/black
earth: black


Before



Everything turned on



Towing socket safely in the rear (I also added an audible alert)



Rear Fog / Reverse



Phil

Fitted a LED light bar today, I was a bit stumped by the negative switching - I had never come across this before, but a troll of the internet revealed a wiring diagram to suit



I have also tidied up the interior



Phil

Neat and tidy
Has come along nicely
Well done

Thanks Daniel.

I went laning on Tuesday, another 150 mile day, but was lucky to get home. The drives side front wheel had collapsed and the passenger side wasn't far behind! I limped the last 2 miles and was relived to turn into the driveway! The drivers side had about 1" play at the top of tyre. I have ordered new bearings and the bearing removal tool after reading the very help write up on here.

Whilst I am waiting for the bearing bits, I am taking on another small job - an engine swap! I have managed to source a 1.6 Vitara engine and conversion plate that has been in a Jimny already. So I'm putting this in this week. Tonight I managed to drain the fluids and get some of the ancillaries off, I'll hopefully get a few hours on it tomorrow. No pics yet.

Busy days ahead!

Phil

Bloody hell mate you don't mess about
So lucky you managed to get home

Today, I managed a few more jobs. I got the inlet manifold off which massively opens up access and got the engine wiring loom out of the way. I managed to borrow an engine crane for a week, so that's a relief. Tomorrow hopefully I can get the starter off (access is good now), bottom clutch plate and exhaust and then lift the bugger out! Before I refit the engine I have about a day of changing things, clutch, water pump, new cam belt and a myriad of other jobs. I'll also look in the engine bay and do some rust proofing and maybe change out front brake pipes whilst access is good.

Hopefully get a few pics as well

Phil

The engine is oot!

More work then I first thought and very time consuming working alone - every problem you have to overcome yourself!

Getting lined up ready to lift



Half way out - checking for trapped pipes etc



Then plucked out - I used to 205 tyres so I wouldn't have to lift it so high over the front valance / bull bar



Engine bay - needs a good clean



To do and shopping list - I'll be giving James Priestley a call, as hopefully he will have some of parts



I prefer to do a list, so you can score stuff off as you go along, if not you don't feel like you are making any progress. I am really glad I didn't buy a donor car with an engine in, as it would have been twice the work and then have to get rid of the donor cars shell. At least this way the new engine (bought from James P) was already out, I have just to swap some bits across then throw it back in!

Phil