89 samurai build

MOX

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still workin at it!
-banged out this patch with tin snips, channel locks and a hammer in about 15 min, still needs to be tacked in and painted, there is a hole the same size on the other side.....
-installed the carb, backwards on purpose, so I don't lose fuel on steep climb
-throttle cable in, switched from strait to 90 degree one I had, made the reversed carb install better.
just have to put gas tank in and fire it up! :D


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MOX

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It's alive! Year and a half later I Actually drove it yesterday! Felt good to turn the key :D
Added:
- tail lights
-Battery tie down
-reverse spot light/work light
 

Twinkie

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still workin at it!
-banged out this patch with tin snips, channel locks and a hammer in about 15 min, still needs to be tacked in and painted, there is a hole the same size on the other side.....
Want to come out to Hopetown area and build a couple of those patches for mine? Same spot, both sides. Typical Sami.
 

MOX

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first drive under own power in a year and a half! :D
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latch section was rotten so I cut it out and havn't welded in the good one yet, so ..... princess auto hood latches it is!
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added tail lights, reverse spot light and mounted the spare backwards to keep things tight.
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Function > Form

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I just read your whole thread dude. Looks like a fun time. Love the rear section and the paint especially...and your skinnies look great!! Can't wait for my skinny 32s.

Would love to see this in action some time.
 

MOX

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I just read your whole thread dude. Looks like a fun time. Love the rear section and the paint especially...and your skinnies look great!! Can't wait for my skinny 32s.

Would love to see this in action some time.
thanks man! more to come, shocks, axle gears & power steering before the snow flies!
 

MOX

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Did you figure out the carb problem?
Hey jean guy , ya I replaced the intake manifold gasket when I got home and it's been great ever since!
I relocated the rear shocks so it doesn't bounce anymore either!
Did the crag lake trail a few weeks ago with no issues....no mechanical issues, I did get stuck once and need a tug back, all 4 wheels were spinning in forward &reverse stuck in two cracks..
 

Function > Form

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hey mox, what did you use for this - I saw some channel at PA and wondered if you used that, but yours looks like it is even wall, no butting or whatever at the angles.

I have rocker rot also...surprise

debating going this route which looks challenging b/c of the seam weld to the sheet. most likely will try a different route with mounting plate direct to the lengthwise unibody 'rails' as well as a few bolts along the pinch weld if enough solid material is still there.
 

MOX

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hey mox, what did you use for this - I saw some channel at PA and wondered if you used that, but yours looks like it is even wall, no butting or whatever at the angles.

I have rocker rot also...surprise

debating going this route which looks challenging b/c of the seam weld to the sheet. most likely will try a different route with mounting plate direct to the lengthwise unibody 'rails' as well as a few bolts along the pinch weld if enough solid material is still there.
I did weld plate from the body mount portion of the frame out to the back on my 3" square tubing, from metal supermarkets. i tacked it along the sheet metal like you said, then seam sealed it, but the strength is underneath.
easy job, just cust a little below that body line under the door, strait as you can and its like the samurai was made for steel tube rockers!
 

Function > Form

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you mean a plate horizontally to tie in the lengthwise portion of the new rocker to the frame/unibody rail?

Ah I see now, the whole 3" tube is IN there - shit. Nice man. lol
 

MOX

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you mean a plate horizontally to tie in the lengthwise portion of the new rocker to the frame/unibody rail?

Ah I see now, the whole 3" tube is IN there - shit. Nice man. lol
ya the entire tube sits in nice, reaches the frame and only sticks out about a 1/4 of an inch from the sheet metal. I ran plate vertical from the frame out to the back of the tube.....extended the frame out to the rocker basically. made it stronger.
 

Function > Form

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OIC now - thanks. unfortunately my unibody rails are a fair bit further in, like ~14" and they are actually slightly lower than the rockers, although it will have a belly pan by next spring to cover it all up.
 
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