Month: September 2010

DirectHits, A Real World Test with Bill Johnston Have you ever seen a late night commercial for an automotive product that was supposed to give you something for nothing? Maybe something you stuck in the air inlet to re-engineer the air flow, or something you stuck on the fuel line to realign the molecules? Install […]

      With Bill Harrop Toyota Turbo Diesel Conversion To begin, this Toyota turbocharged engine is about 98 vintage, from a van. It is about 95 horse power, two liters and has a red line of around 5300 RPM. The original oil pan was not usable for this conversion, but the models used in […]

1. Detent Spring 2. Detent Ball 3. 2-4 Shift Rail 4. Interlock Ball 5. Hi-Lo Shift Rail 6. Detent Ball 7. Detent Spring 8. Plug 9. Shifter 10. Material to be removed 11. Support Sleeve 12. 4-2 Shift Fork 14. Hi-Lo Shift Fork 16. Snap Ring After disassembly, remove material from 2-4 Shift Rail as […]

By Herman Hup Translated by Ko de Dorpsgek Daihatsu Charade 3 Cylinder Carb Swap I was surfing the Internet on the subject Suzuki Samurai technical and I found this article on swapping carburetors originally written in Dutch. As most of us know, the stock carburetor of Suzuki is a big pain in the @$$.  I […]

with Bill Johnston Next we attack the Spring Perches! If you were planning to do a SPring Over Axle conversion then this is the time to do it! The perches need to rotated so the pinion points to the transfer case. It is much easier to just weld on new perches and go. Otherwise you […]

    with Bill Johnston Next, we concentrate on the pinion flange. This will either be easy or very hard depending on how ‘weathered’ the components are. On the right you will notice a stock pinion flange in the foreground and the machined flange from earlier in the background.  To remove the pinion flange, you […]

    Diamond Plate CornersBy Bill Johnston Diamond plate is usually something you see on fire engines and show trucks, usually in chrome or polished aluminum. The difference is that one uses it for durable protection in tough environments, and the other… well, it looks good. We are going to use it for both reasons […]

      with Bill Johnston Replacing the Clutch Cable You are driving down the road and you go to shift. You press in the clutch pedal and shift out of gear, it makes a popping sound as it comes out of gear but it won’t slide into the next gear! It won’t go into […]

with Bill Johnston It only takes a first glance at one of Tom Wood’s drive shafts to realize the quality, workmanship and attention to detail that is put into each and every unit that Tom ships. The photo on the right shows the new CV drive shaft and the stock Samurai unit side by side. […]

    You got Crabs? When Myron Thorson first told me he had Crabs, I had to wonder why he would be bragging… and then I saw the new Zuks Off Road differential protection he had just finished producing and it all fell into place. The quarter inch steel bash plate he designed looked like […]