Agreed Andy, looks bang on for a road / user. Harsh on the spine? What, even more than my tired standard ones... hard to imagine. I need a rethink, and a bigger budget.

That table's very handy Scottie, was about to ask the same question. My standard Sami has 205/70s on it and they are shot. I saw one with alloys (proper Suzuki ones I believe) wearing 225s on (maybe 225/75, not sure). Question is, will my bog standard rims take 225/75s? I do intend an add-a-leaf to ...

If your dad is used to doing minis, he must have actually got lost in the engine bay on this one! I used to have a '65 Cooper S... cracking but a complete 'mare to work on, and probably even more rust-ready.

Brilliant thread, and a stunning build. I like SJs a lot, and pick-ups about as much, so
Very tasty indeed, well done.

Ordered some of those Scottie, also found these with Posi on so got some of them too, just in case. They all seem to be 7mm so hopefully that's a standard: these are ebay no 370914964709

If anyone's interested I have looked this over. Seems mech good / genuine. Had a repaint metallic black, stonechip over sills, poorly repainted bumpers and repainted wheels (silver with new surface rust). Non-original seats. No signs of significant rust (wheelarches, floors etc) but bad paint job ma...

Had a closer look today, not sure what I have got now. They are black plastic and core is plastic BUT has a posi head. Unscrewing does nothing, they just turn. I may resort to just extracing one by any means to see what it is. Seems a fuss over a small fixing but i'll need to get the arches back on ...

Brilliant, thanks all. I seem to have both types - the screw version fixes through to bumper end moulding, and the push-in for arches. I'll get one out and check dia.
I suspected that donkeychomp - a lot of fixings go together fast (production) but knacker when taken apart.

Basic question as new to the SJ, I want to stop some minor rust so I need to remove the wheel arches on my '91 SJ, and there are 'plugs' under/inside wheel arch. Do these just pull out? and if so are they then scrapped or re-usable. Found these on eBay which might be replacements: plugs.jpg Advice a...

Thanks Twiss, got it and makes sense. I assume it's the adaptor that introduces this issue. I had thought of the copper tube idea (brake pipe maybe, bends nice?) but had been puzzled by the need. I'm thinking of getting a spare inlet manifold and doing everything remotely then bolting all the new bi...