Just bought a Jimny..

Hi everyone, new to the site!

I've just bought a V reg jimny with a 3" lift kit, home made snorkel, 31" tyres etc.

It seems nice & solid which is good.

The main problem I'm having with it is that when I bought it, it had no backbox on it and was very loud & 'bubbly' - I'm not sure if it's missfiring (as when you listen to just the engine there doesn't seem to be anything wrong; just the exhaust note) or if it is just because there is no backbox on it? what do people think? would the lack of backbox cause such a dramatic noise?

Also, should a snorkel have more than just an air filter on top? as I don't want it to just suck water in when it rains?!

Finally, the heater doesn't work; i've read something about some levers getting dislodged? has anyone got anymore information about this or tips to fix it - or is there a fuse somewhere which could need replacing?

Does anyone have any tips for me on Jimny ownership?! haha

I loved the drive back home; despite the fumes, noise & lack of power.

Thanks,
Max

Welcome to Jimny ownership mate

With a missing backbox it's gonna make a right racket lol - get a box on and I'm sure it'll be a million times better.

Peaple do run snorkels with the filter on top - I'm not really a fan of that tbh, your filter is just gonna get soaked and covered in mud and shit etc...

If you get your head down in the footwell and look up by the side of the clutch pedal with a torch you'll see the heaterbox (big, black plastic) and a series of white plastic levers that are connected by cables to the heater controls - these are fragile and are in a bit of a dumb place for getting kicked off - if you're lucky it will just be a disconnected cable. In my case one of the levers had snapped off and had broken the internal shaft aswell. I got a new heater box for £10 from Cam Suzuki - fitting it is a full dash-out job though

The tips and advice on ownership you'll find in this forum mate - it's all here and more

Ahhhhhhh dash out... I know about that one!
Not as bad as people make out but be damed only a quarter of the screws will go back lol

Thanks for the reply! Would the backbox cause a lack of power due to the lost back pressure? (I'm hoping so, as it struggled a bit up hill, unless this is down to the large tyres!).

I'll have to have a look under the dash at the heater linkages tomorrow then, hopefully it'll be an easy fix, if not then i'll have to do it anyway 'cause winter is on its way!!

Cheers

The missing backbox won't help but your defo gonna struggle with those tyres. A rocklobster transfer box helps or even a 1.6 conversion,

Oh and welcome to the forum, some very helpful chaps on here,

Swifty wrote: The missing backbox won't help but your defo gonna struggle with those tyres. A rocklobster transfer box helps or even a 1.6 conversion,

Oh and welcome to the forum, some very helpful chaps on here,

Ah cheers, I'll see how I go on & then maybe reduce the tyre size - depending on how much cash I have spare i've got it mainly for winter because I want to be able to get to my house (or closer) without walking for a mile when it snows!

That's the main reason I got mine (well that's the reason I told the wife) back in March, lol

Can someone please explain this rock lobster?

What's needed and where from... Are we talking mega bucks?

piprice wrote: Can someone please explain this rock lobster?

What's needed and where from... Are we talking mega bucks?

its the transfer box out of an SJ413 with a mixture of 410 and 413 intenals and it lowers the overall gearing slighhtly and halves the low ratio for off roading

www.bigjimny.com/images/documents/rocklobster.pdf

Rockwatt and bigoffroader do them on here and are probably the cheapest at £4-500 ish with mounts
you also need an Sj front prop to replace the rear prop

you can also get a conversion kit for putting the 410 box into the Jimny.. this is both stronger and slightly lower on ratios.. ORA or Redacted should be able to help you out with this cheaper alternative at about £2-300 plus 410 box..

This all seems a bit too expensive for me at the moment, I'll probably stick with the 31"s for a little while until I find some good other smaller tyres. I put the backbox on it today & it's already a lot smoother, quieter & more powerful; I also changed the spark plugs & it runs very nicely.

The engine does rock about a bit more than I'd like when the idle drops, how many engine mounts are there?

Also, I found a bit of rust under at the back of the boot floor - where the two parts overlap - I think I'll just cut a rectangle about 25cm by 10cm (over estimating) and weld a new plate in there - would that work ok? In the mean time would it be best to paint some hammerite on it or something?

Thanks