lol, my last Jimny went to Spain, heaven help the poor guy who drove it all the way as it was a shed !

Gary

put pic's up if you do any mods and how it does off road i like to see things that are not normally used

does in not have a merc engine ? i know tatras did

looks like they all have merc engines petrols and a diesel.

Based on Izuzu Trooper so It should be ok.

yeah its a 2.9 diesel merc engine loads of grunt..

the set up is front torsion bars. so a easy lift just nead to find
out what springs i can use to lift it a little on the rear, its quite high now
running on 31 in tyres None std so for what i want 2 inch will be
plenty, think the shocks should be OK on a 2'' lift

Lee

If it were me I'd be looking for Isuzu stuff, maybe there hare hicap springs availiable, measure the coil thickness, uncompressed spring height and amount of coils, is ir torsion bars on the front, I hear you may be able to rotate the bars to alter ride height....???? did they do an trooper based pickup?


EDIT here.....

http://forum.planetisuzoo.com/viewtopic ... adjustment


You could be onto something good here, there must be plenty of rear spring options in the scrappys.

have to say fair play lee.... nice buy... dont listen to anti-korandos.

dont touch the torsion bars and leave the rear springs standard, rather leave the running gear as it is, and bodylift it 2" or so, put it on bigger tires???

why? as a t-bar anorak, imho when you lift a t-bar'd 4x4 at the front the front ends up with no articulation (or next to none) as the wishbone bumpstops are ever closer to the chassis bumpstops. not good for articulation. so by instead bodylifting it yoour leaving the articulation as standard ans still have room foor the rubbber. you could source some suitablle rear shocks and improve the rear articulation... just my two pennneth... if anyone disagrees... all good

what size tires you gonna run???

ezz.

i bloo...y hate body lifts lol

im fitting some landy springs soon see what happens its a cheap lift
if it doesnt work ..oh well
you can get iron mad torsion bars tho unsure what difference it makes


Lee....oh 31 10.50 15;s

oh right... i see. fair enough.

you can get them 'body lifts that is, a place in Liverpool is suppling them
but seems so much hassel.....re aligning everything
bumbers -gear stick - fuel pipe - stearing rack etc

Lee

there is a good scrappy near me in ruabon...hk motors (maverick loves it there)
quite a few different 4x4s in stock if you are looking for some inspiration with springs and stuff

Well it took its first lanning day yesterday all went well did me proud

BUT its got some strange noises coming from the
drive train underneath...
possabilitys.......diff. back axle.prop shaft....

so off to get a quote from a garage for repairs..if its too much may have to break, of sell it on to some one with more mech knowledge and know how than me cause i just havent got 100's to thow at it as ive already thown 200 at it getting the electrics sorted now spot on. ...but i have to say it has to be one of the most comfy , nicest 4x4;s ive driven , its supprised me

Ill keep you posted

Lee

well things didnt go well at the garage , so another one bites the dust.

im no mechanic and cant afford the repairs or justify them.

so...he it is http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :MESELX:IT

Lee

WHAT EXACTLY WAS WRONG WITH IT THEN...?