Category: Accessories

        After finishing the bumper, it’s time to attach it to the zook. I wanted to keep it tucked in as close to the body as possible to leave as great of a departure angle as possible.   Once it was in the correct position, the 3/8″ angle iron was drilled to match […]

with Bill Johnston Do It Yourself Rear Bumper We all know how the stock Samurai bumpers are little more than glorified light brackets. If you take your zook off the beaten path – you should think about making a change. There are many aftermarket manufacturers that offer a strong alternative to the stock bumpers. But […]

    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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

    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 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 […]

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 […]