Month: September 2010

Rock Monster 6.4:1 Transfer Case Gears with Bill Johnston Going from stock transfer case gears to something lower can be as easy or as hard as you want to make it. You can get a ‘kit’ from an aftermarket manufacturer/distributor that includes gears, seals and bearings or you can just buy a complete case to […]

Roadless Gear’s Polyshield with Bob Norman     When building the Killer Bee this past year, one necessity that had to be put in was a new windshield (wind screen for you “pure English” folk) The old one was cracked and wiper scratched pretty bad. I didn’t want to replace it with just another piece […]

LED Lighting with Bill Johnston We keep piling on electrical equipment and it takes a toll on our systems. New winch needs a new battery, that new welder needs a bigger alternator, the new lighting needs…  well, needs nothing if you go with LED technology. I have five rather large, high amperage flood lights under […]

RockNob with Larry Harris  Photograph courtesy of RockNob Orem UT.   Looking for a way to dress up the interior a bit, or are you looking for the perfect gift for that hard to please person. iZook has found a fun solution! While shopping the Rocky Road web site we found a link to the […]

JackMate with Bill Johnston   Remember when you got your first Hi-Lift Jack? You figured you could do just about anything with it, right? Then you found out the ‘bolt on’ top jaw wasn’t as strong as the rest of the jack. And you found that it was easier to leave the base disconnected all […]

with Larry Harris JackGuard Installation This is a new product we at iZook found just before the 2001 ZookiMelt. It is one of those sure wish I would have found this years ago type products! Of course you do not think of it until you are backside deep in mud while pulling out your trusty […]

ABS Interior Replacement Panels with Bill Johnston photos by Bryan Greaves If keeping the outside of a Samurai looking decent isn’t hard enough, try keeping the interior looking good. The interior panels warp quickly and the vinyl covering tears even quicker. I have looked for a nice set of replacement panels at an affordable price […]

 A Book Review by Bill Johnston Written by John Richardson 128 pages 263 photos and diagrams Veloce Publishing ISBN 1-904788-91-2 John Richardson takes us through an excellent history lesson that few Zook aficionados know about. While taking the reader from the little known Hope Star ON360 through the LJ’s, SJ’s, Samurai, Jimny, Vitara and on […]

 Ideal Heated Knife By Jeff Pollock Have you ever found a tire you like but you felt it needed a few more grooves?  Now you can have it the way you want it.  Ideals Heated Knives are the answer to this question.  Tire lugs can be modified however you want with this great tool.  The […]