Author: Admin iZook

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 […]

  with Larry Harris 1.6L 16 Valve Headers The 1.6L 16 valve engine is becoming a very popular engine swap as our 1.3L engines die a slow smoky death. Once again the shops that keep these ageing trucks on the road and in factory and aftermarket parts have stepped up to make sure we have […]

   With TEAM ZUKI We all know that space is very limited in a Samurai. There is enough room under the hood for an air compressor but to get the full benefit of on-board-air, you got to have an air tank too. Since I wanted to be able to seat a bead and run air […]

  by: Brent Layton with: Jim Bova picture enhanced by: Daxe Rexford Hand Throttle The simplest mod in the universe. I don’t know why I didn’t do it sooner. Saw a thread on one of the Toyota boards and liked the idea. I went and rummaged through an old shoe box I had full of […]

CV Drive Shaftwith Bill Johnston   When I first talked to Tom about testing this drive shaft, he told me something to the effect of “Drop it on a rock and give it the gas. The worst you will probably see is a scratch circling the tube”.   His comment gave me a pretty good idea […]