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RRO Reverse “S” 2 WD Low Shift Kitwith Larry Harris Rocky Road Outfitters has just released a new product I have been testing for months. Just when you think there is nothing else to add to your Samurai RRO heads back to the design table. I believe they have come out with […]
Continue Readingwith Figmo Installing the Rocky Road Outfitters extended front shock towers After installing a set of missing links on the front of “Figmo’s Folly” (a 1987 Samurai with SPOA) it was soon apparent to me that my front shocks were no longer going to be long enough to allow for all this new […]
Continue ReadingAt 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 Readingwith (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 […]
Continue Readingwith (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 […]
Continue Readingwith (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 Readingwith (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 Readingwith (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 Readingwith (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 ReadingSpidertrax 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 […]
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