KitchnRaider
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I have always thought about getting a samurai for hunting/fishing rig and some mild to moderate 4x4 use, nothing crazy, but well see..
About a year ago I caught wind buddy was trying to sell this tintop. Unfortunately, it wasn't in the cards with my wedding a couple weeks away. After five more months of driving by his place and seeing it sit as pictured below we struck a deal last November and i trailered it home.
at the time of purchase:
header
6.5 t case gears
SPOA with worn out stock shocks and spring bushings
tracker power steering, with high steer
stock gears and open diffs
31" ATs with good tread on super skinny ford mags that rubbed the leaf springs bad
electric fan
warn 3500lb winch
some sort of chrysler seats
some other odds and ends...
The stock efi 1.3 barely ran and only on 3 cylinders. valves were way to tight and the fuel pump was not producing adequate pressure. decent enough compression (155 across the board)
After setting the lash, replacing the pump and filter as well as the plugs/wires cap and rotor, it ran as good as a somewhat worn out 1.3 runs i guess. consumes oil, ticks and is pretty under powered but will be fine for the time being.
the stock alternator wasnt charging some i found a sidekick unit from the wrecker and spun down the front housing and the rear of the pulley to line it up.
Also addressed a cam seal leak due to a rock hard seal, replacing the oil soaked timing belt and noisy bearing at the same time.
here it is about at the stock shocks limits
About a year ago I caught wind buddy was trying to sell this tintop. Unfortunately, it wasn't in the cards with my wedding a couple weeks away. After five more months of driving by his place and seeing it sit as pictured below we struck a deal last November and i trailered it home.
at the time of purchase:
header
6.5 t case gears
SPOA with worn out stock shocks and spring bushings
tracker power steering, with high steer
stock gears and open diffs
31" ATs with good tread on super skinny ford mags that rubbed the leaf springs bad
electric fan
warn 3500lb winch
some sort of chrysler seats
some other odds and ends...
The stock efi 1.3 barely ran and only on 3 cylinders. valves were way to tight and the fuel pump was not producing adequate pressure. decent enough compression (155 across the board)
After setting the lash, replacing the pump and filter as well as the plugs/wires cap and rotor, it ran as good as a somewhat worn out 1.3 runs i guess. consumes oil, ticks and is pretty under powered but will be fine for the time being.
the stock alternator wasnt charging some i found a sidekick unit from the wrecker and spun down the front housing and the rear of the pulley to line it up.
Also addressed a cam seal leak due to a rock hard seal, replacing the oil soaked timing belt and noisy bearing at the same time.
here it is about at the stock shocks limits