Jordis 1988 Samurai (Re)Build

[Jordi]

New exhaust is on

http://youtu.be/UsmzyrNcnTc

Its mental loud when your driving it.

[kiwizook]

nice, sounds like a real truck now

[turbo-tom]

Did you go for power flow?

[Jordi]

Well, besides being "off work" and doing a little job that lasted from 11 to half 7 i'm making progress getting bits of the LWB.

Just not sure on this diff. The plan was to swap the LWB diff into my Samurai but.... I have started stripping the back axle on the LWB and the hubs/drums are full of black gunky stuff that has a familiar diff oil aroma. I can't tell if the diff bearings are gone or just the wheel bearings.

I may just fill mine up with oil and run it till i have time to do the seals in it. Or strip the LWB diff out and rebuild that then swap them. Could be some complex work to do soon.

[4x4rick]

Could be some complex work to do soon.

hurry up and make a start

[Jordi]

You can't rush a bone idle northerner.

Waiting for my two weeks workshop time / paternity leave in Sept/Oct. The body work is my next priority.

[Jordi]

Quite a bit going on at the moment.

Dan is very kindly making my a YJ fiting kit when he gets sorted. The over heaing issue seems to have been dealt with.

And i urgently need a snorkel for some lanes next weekend. I popped through to Tims earlier to collect some wiper arms and an SU inlet, which luckily is the same size as a standard carb inlet. Plan is to use the standard air box remounted to lineup with the SU then cut a hole in the wing and mount my S/S snorkel and join it onto the air box inlet with some flexi hose and lots of silicone!

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[Jordi]

Gasket made, adaptor fitted.

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The original rubber flexi pupe just isn't as flexi or long as i'd hoped / wished. I need to pop to machine mart / wickes and get some bits to join it up. As with all snorkels i'm going with minimum joins if possible. I may just get a sealed air filter / ebay special for it.

[Jordi]

Why do they make all off the hoses different size?

One step closer any how. Using a mixture of various sized pipes i have made a pipe from the carb to where my snorkel goes through the wing. Its all jubilee clipped up and has a fair amout of suck. With out submersing it i'm not a 100% sure how to make it sure it's waterproof. I have put my hand over the end of it though and it sucks the rubber hoses flat then stalls. Pretty good indication it's air/water tight.

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I don't think it looks too hideous, the aim is functional!

I'm just not sure how i'm gonna fix the actual snorkel to the side of the Zuk. I don't know if i need big p clips, weld/bolt some brackets to the window pillar to u bolt it to?

[Jordi]

Due to a space issue under the bonnet and a lack of the correct size pipes to link to the original air box i have decided to risk one of these http://bit.ly/13QBFBS

Hoping it'll be spot on.