Well my sammi has been langishing long enough in the garden/carport 18 months plus wife pregnant baby etc all those important stuff so Mot ran out. Now the backnend needs recreating ie rear floor pan inner wheel arches etc the usual stuff. Now the baby is 1 I think its high time I got him a welding ...

I'll have play tomorrow. I'm convinced the interior light is just a light its either on or off or being controlled by what the doors, ignition, locks are doing. Like I said switch in mid position means its switched on or off by what you are doing with the doors, locks ignition etc So a check would b...

Hi I have a 2004 lwb. If you say the interior lights are turned off put the switch into the center position which is when it lights up when you open the door or unlock the door or they come on when you turn the ignition on they also dim quickly when locking on the remote or the door. I have just che...

Hi I never used radio keys to get mine out. Unscrew the console facia,one screw above the radio two behind the ash tray. Facia comes off possible with the ashtray heat sheild. Clock,pocket and player are then held in a plastic frame which is screwed to the dash it should all pull out. Note the ashtr...

Is there a place for the Grand Vitara on the forum? Still got a Sammi but its laid up at the moment rots got a hold again!!!!!!!, but now have two Grand vitara's. One soft top sport and the other is a LWB but not the XL-7, I've only found one good forum for them and its mostly US or Ozz. Although no...

Got it back today and got rid of the awful polo they gave me as a curtsey car. Will straighten the bumper and toe bar over the weekend Job done.

DSCF1686.JPG My Sammi was hit up the arse a couple of weeks ago by a biker. Complete Biker fault etc etc third part admitted blame so no excess to pay etc. As I thought to expensive to repair bearing in mine all that was damaged was Spare wheel Cover Bent bumper Broken reversing Lens Bent towbar £1...

Hi Similar one from a motor factors for my Grand Vitara. Rear wheel bearing kit from Quinton Hazell (QH) doesn't come with the retaining ring that you have to cut off to remove the old bearing. They don't sell it on its own and Suzuki wanted £28.00 for it and had to order it, took it back to shop re...

What did you do when rebuilding engine! Was it a complete strip and change everything? or partially done. Did you have the pistons out? Did you regrind the valves and change the valve seals Did you use loads of oil when assembling stuff back together? Check your oil pressure using a guage and do a c...

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Had the same problem when I rebuilt mine, as i was working on my own, ended up taking the gear box out and then putting both in together. Two days of struggling to connect engine to gear box when in car, 2hrs to fit whole lump