hi, i thought it was time post my progress, my last majour post was when i bought the car so dont think ive lost intrest. ive just finished the top end rebuild on the engine and had the head skimmed. it always did run sweet but there was water in the oil, anyway i prefer pictures to words so here we...

hello, i took the sump off to find the head of a bolt in the bottom, on investigation i found it came from the oil pump, it holds a spring in the bottom. but its a special bolt with a hole in the middle for oil to drain down, dont have a clue where to get one so i could do with some help please. her...

thanks for the reply Dom, its really nice to know what the q stands for but i thought they where all japanese made? your right about everything though and its good to know it would have had a bench seat (its gone now)

Its no secret that Suzie Suzuki has been around a bit, as the v5 shows she has had 17 previous owners, I was just wondering if any of them are on here? It would be cool if someone could tell me how it was once there pride and joy and what good times they had with it, its a long shot and usually I wo...

well it didnt smell horrible so i think it will be engine oil, i supose this means a new seal somewhere.

hi, thats an amazing truck!!
the paint job is fantastic! great colour, great finish, did you roller it or get it sprayed? and what paint did you use?

yes, i have removed the plastic trim but now the seat isnt the problem. the rubber seal around the door wont let it shut :cry: .so i will have to work on that. another thing is the door that was on there wasnt in good condition, so i bought a new one but it didnt come with the felt around the window...

When I bought my sj it came with these half leather recaro seats fitted, although they are pretty mankey i thought they where great so my intentions where to keep them, until i realised the reason my drivers door wouldn’t close was because the seats stuck out to much and with no way to move them ove...

ok forgett everything i said, i took the starter motor apart and cleaned it and it started the engine for the first time . but the gear was very oily, is this a bad thing?

Hi ive been trying for a while to get my car started using lots of different battries and even jumping it from another car but the starter is just not moving it fast enough. i have taken the starter out and it turns fine from a battery but the gear dosent move foreward although it dose engage when i...