What did you do to your jimny today?

I am getting too old for this, it now requires pain killers the day after 

Spent all day Saturday under the Jimny. Full engine / gearbox / transfer case / axle service. Nothing much to report other than my own paranoia for microscopic fuzz stuck to the axle drain magnet. Good job this forum can knock sense into me before I spend cash on snake oil cures for a problem that doesn't exist.

I then fitted front Koni heavy track dampers to match the rears I fitted 12months ago, interesting that the front OEM shocks had failed also (like the rears), but you could only tell once they had been removed from the vehicle. Very poor damping, it's an age thing!

Then I topped up the waxoyl.....please to report it's doing a cracking job, worth the effort.
 

I also checked my refurbish swivels, all still like new. That POR-15 paint is proving to be worth the money. No rust, not peeled off or signs of wear, good stuff.
 


That's it for another 2 years until the transmission service is due. 

That looks great underneath. I have just picked up a jimny 54 reg convertible no rust on the body in the usual spots but the axles and bits have the usual rust what’s this por-15 stuff you speak of? Might need a touch of that and a few wire brushes in the near future!

Thanks,

POR-15 is expensive stuff. The good news is a little goes a long way and if applied correctly is one of the best I've found. It's rock hard once set, to that end it won't come off your hands and you need a grinder to remove from metal (or hands) 
IF you want to try it get the small can, link below. You need to keep the can in the fridge and only remove a little paint into a throw away container, and be prepared to throw away your paint brush also. Keep the can lid very clean or it will "paint" itself shut, hence it's not a paint that's easy to keep once opened.

As far as I can tell only Frost import it.


www.frost.co.uk/por15-113ml-rust-prev/?g...4SPyVjIaAi5aEALw_wcB

 I took advantage of the warm weather with little wind to spray the front of the bonnet.
 

I still have some more 'cutting back' to do, then will have to wait a few days before applying a layer of lacquer.  Then there are a number of other areas that need a touch up.

I did the passenger side panel a couple of weeks ago, but took it off and did it in the shed.
 

Just in case anyone is interested here is a photo of the location of the plastic 'fir tree' clips.
 

I used these to get the panel off, didn't break any clips, but put a small crack in one of the supports, easily glued back with a bit of epoxy.
 

Robin

Changing the front shaft seals and king pin bearings.

 
Top left in the picture is my too small garage TV with Martins YouTube video on the subject, and bottom right my jimny and me trying to find out what I missed. 

Well didn't do it, but a nice man called Keith, fitted a m15a vvt into my jimny , mines a 2003 so it's a mix of m13a /m15a, goes Very well! Thank you James and Keith! GV42 Flo is next!

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Although I didn't make it ti the North Meet, I have got round to cleaning my Jimny and putting the window sticker in.

 

Wasn't today, but a couple of days ago, I finally got round to sorting out an airbag warning light on the dash.  Turned out that the clock spring behind the steering wheel had disconnected from one end. I managed to repair it though.  Burned back some of the plastic insulation of the ribbon cable, exposed the three contacts, cleaned them up and soldered them back on.  M\ust have been damaged by me spinning the wheel too far round when I had the steering disconnected for putting the body lift on.

Also, the wiper stalk only had 2 settings, the third (high speed) had stopped working.  I took it off and had a look inside it, but there was no obvious damage and all the tracks (that I could trace) seemed to connect to the pins, so I put it all back together again and refitted it.  Low and behold it worked.  I think it must have been a bad connection to the steering column, so when I screwed it it, it seated correctly.  Must have just loosened off over the years.  Another decent saving made just by having a look.

Yesterday, I decided to fit a new mechless stereo to the jimny as the old one was having trouble receiving and staying tuned to radio stations.  I never used the cd player anyway.  Works a treat and is much nicer to use.  Next job on the list is to fit the amp and sub, however, that will be a bit more involved running wiring in.