restoration after 10 years in the driveway

kingpin bearings renewed and all new bolts, completely stripped down the front calipers and renewed sliders, rubbers, seals and bleed nipples, New discs as well. The yellow sleeving is just for show and easier to clean, renewed the pressure pipes back to the flexi hoses which drop down to the control arm, renewed all flexi hoses as well, with new spring clips. used kunifer and 6mm brass tees. made new brackets with galvanised sheet steel. putting a bit of silver hammerite on exposed edges. seems to be a lot slicker engaging 4WD. brakes are now instant, renewed the brake pipes all over, only thing I left was the rear cylinders which I renewed before taking off the road.

Also
new stabilising link bars.
new track rod ends

 

made a new bracket for the towbar socket from 3mm steel and welded it on to the towbar

looking very clean underneath, a bit of touching up, its been almost a year since some of it was painted (hammerite of course)

painting all the bumpers with 3 layers of black stonechip then 3 layers of laquer. all new clips, screws and bolts going on as they are shiny and cheap and will last, 

spaghetti time with the wiring, Im studying sound engineering and just passed HND. so need a good system, installing a 10 speaker system, also rewired the connections to the rear lighting and towbar. fitting a 2 din android head unit. not the most expensive at the moment, but will get it all working.

new timing belt fitted, as the manual says 80,000 miles, and the jimny has done 82,000. Never fitted one before so very nerving. watched videos over and over, marked and checked over and over, had multiple cigarettes and coffees before doin the 15 minute swap  cleaned and painted the pulleys when they were off.

expressions of joy as the jim started first time after the timing belt. 
and also the engine sounded better at higher revs as well.

putting rubber flooring in the back up to the shelf before the footwell, jammed some props in to help it stick to the adhesive overnight. 3mm rubber so a cheap heat gun from argos was essential. 

made an upstand at the very rear of the car so it doesnt have an ATSOD trap (all the ..............Day )

still more happening at the moment and the jim is almost ready, doing some snagging and fitted new brackets on the habdbrake cables. just some paint touch up and one weld bead on the sill about 2 inch where I ran out of wire.

then its time for the interior, 

Very good work on the JIMNY

Thanks, theres been opportunities to do things that would just be an MOT pass, but I thought I wanted to do a thorough job, so it takes longer and more expense, but will be worth it in longevity.

Thanks, there was no way it was getting destroyed, jimny's are built on a solid foundation with the ladder chassis thats very well designed. I'm old school with cars, the less fancy things on it, the less can go wrong. I got waxoyl, but decided not to use it, maybe too much surface rust inside the box section at this time. I decided to use a cheap supermarket maintenance oil, which I will spray inside twice a month. maybe waxoyl or dinitrol next year.