Month: September 2010

    with Wayne Flower Repairing an ECU, Petroworks Style You know the story. You have a fuel injected Samurai, but the motor just wont start, or if it does start well it will do weird and random things. That was just the case I found myself in. I found a great deal on a […]

      with Terrina Harris Petroworks Aluminum Dash Kit Install, Part 1   Installing the Petroworks Aluminum Dash Kit means getting rid of the last of the show truck parts from the Samurai. Long ago in the distant past this truck was on the show circuit. I have included a picture just to prove […]

      with Bill Johnston Petroworks CV Carb Kit How many Samurai owners have tried to fix the worn out (sometimes falling off) vacuum lines on their failing Hitachi carb? Did you get them back in the right places? I have the diagrams on the wall of my garage and I still miss stuff! […]

  Click Here To Visit with Bill Johnston Upgrading to an Aluminum Radiator In most cases, the Samurai has an adequate cooling system for the small engine it has to handle. But we aren’t always satisfied to leave the engine compartment alone when it comes time to upgrade. Going to a larger engine, or even […]

Petroworks 2WD Low Option with Bill Johnston You are driving down the trail in 2wd, nothing tough yet, you haven’t even locked the front hubs… coming around a corner you are confronted with a hill that you KNOW is going to be tough in high range.  You know you could make it in 4wd, especially […]

    with Donald Roberts Samurai Power Steering Conversion Photos by Donald, arms by Popeye He’s strong to the finish ’cause he eats his spinach, he’s Popeye the Sailor man! So goes the Cartoon song. With the new 33 inch Baja Claw tires mounted on my samurai it took all the strength I could muster  […]

  with Jbird  The Swap Sunday morning was the point of no return. I knew that once I removed the air box from the top of the carb and started removing vacuum hoses there was no going back. I removed every vacuum hose connected to the carb and unplugged all of the wire connections. When […]

    with Jbird The Problem Ive owned my 1988.5 Samurai for 6 years. The very first modification I made was installing 235/75 tires. After a few years and a few inches of lift, I added 31×10.50 tires. Even though I had stock gears and a stock engine I was still able to use 5th […]

    with Jeff Pollock Roadless Gear Polyshield While driving home from my last trail ride a huge thunderstorm with high winds hit. As I proceeded down a stretch of narrow, winding road a tree branch reached out and smashed my Zook’s windshield. It’s funny, I wheel all day and no breakage and then on […]

        with Jim Mazzola TSV Replacement Pinion Mount Youre out wheeling in your favorite trail. Youve got yourself wedged down against a rock, you grab reverse, let the clutch out and BANG, you hear that dreaded sound from down in front. If your vehicles a Sammy you cringe and write it off […]