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Spidertrax Fairlead and Winch Ropewith Jeff Pollock On my last trail ride while flipping a fellow zooker’s rig upright my steel winch cable developed some serious kinks in it and bound up. It was so bad I had to unravel the cable and re-spool it a couple of times to get it back onto […]
Continue ReadingTrail Tough Rock Block Auxilliary Gear Box For Samurai Pg. 3
At this point the Rock Box floats between the tranny and the transfer case. You can see the mount under the Rock Block where it will mount to the new crossmember. Next, we mounted the new transmission yoke to the place where the old transmission mount had once been. Placing the […]
Continue ReadingSamurai – Rotary Engine Installation Pg. 6
with (TD) Troy Graham Rotary Engine Install: Part 1, Page 6 2:30AM, 23 April: After 3 weeks of intense knuckle-busting, swearing, coffee consumption, and sleeping in the garage, Mazuki cranked over and fired! She did not run well though, missing at idle, and stumbling under heavy load. Due to the 1/2 […]
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with (TD) Troy Graham Rotary Engine Install: Part 1, Page 5 The shifter base sits at the very rear of the tranny, so I had to do a little creative work with a sheet metal nibbler. However, as close as it looks, everything still works, BARELY. To avoid any hassles, the […]
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with (TD) Troy Graham Rotary Engine Install: Part 1, Page 4 All is not necessarily joy in Mudville, however. With the motor sitting at the proper height, the pitman arm *just* misses the corner of the oil pan, but the drag link WILL hit it upon compression of the suspension. There’s […]
Continue ReadingSamurai – Rotary Engine Installation Pg. 3
with (TD) Troy Graham Rotary Engine Install: Part 1, Page 3 This is a view of the motor sitting in the engine bay. As you can tell from the pic, there’s all kinda room everywhere: Overall height is not a concern, either: With a 2×8 posing as a radiator, you can […]
Continue ReadingSamurai – Rotary Engine Installation Pg. 2
with (TD) Troy Graham Rotary Engine Install: Part 1, Page 2 To make this whole process easier, I removed the front valance on the Sammi. Since it is held on by about a dozen difficult-to-reach phillips-head screws, this was a real, major PITA: The first trial fitting revealed a […]
Continue ReadingSamurai – Rotary Engine Installation
with (TD) Troy Graham Rotary Engine Install: Part 1, Page 1 Disclaimer This page is not meant to be used as a “how-to” at this point. It’s purpose is merely to highlight parts of this install in semi-real-time for interested parties. Please note, this conversion is very much NOT a bolt-in affair. After I’ve […]
Continue ReadingTrail Tough Rock Block Auxilliary Gear Box For Samurai Pg. 2
You can see on the left how the new transmission mount is formed by an arm extending from the new crossmember. We drilled the mounting points using a 5/16″ drill bit. The drivers side mounting holes are very close to the exhaust system, so be careful. If you have aftermarket exhaust […]
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