Suzuki Club UK

twiss wrote:I'll have you know I've spent the last 5 1/2 months trying to find someone to do my welding for free
Unsuccessfully I might add!

I did this for a year and a half

Its a very time consuming process in any build

Ended up bribing Scottie for a few lessons with Bacon Rolls, Pizza, and Beer tokens!

I did however get the welder for free.

Hahah i'm just gonna borrow my mates one!

I said he can come weld some bits for his vw camper in my garage if he keeps the welder at my house

Just gone through the whole thread, 48 hours later and alot of pics im here! Great thread mate, Makes me want to keep mine and do some work to it just wish i had the money/time and knowledge to do all that!

Cheers It's been a lot of work over the years and a long learning process!

Bit more progress! it's all a case of making stuff fit now, the old radiator mounts didn't work with the power steering and the old steering damper mount also had to come off as it was in the way of the PS pump.



Clearer pic of how tucked up the transmission is.




Started knocking up a new tank guard, I'm using the tube from the original one but adding some 3mm steel.

Bit more progress

Here's how I set up my sammy axles for the conversion to 410 spring spacing and U-bolt eliminators

I set up my little jig using a 410 axle to space the box section to the correct width, tack the spring plates on to them and set the axle in the correct position and at the correct angle making sure the axle is centred an square with lots of careful measuring.


Tack on some plates on each side of the axle, check all the measurements again and weld up.


Cut out the main supports, tack them in, cut the tacks to remove axle form the jig and weld them up, allowing plenty of time for the axle to cool in between welds to avoid any axle warpage

Rear Sammy axle is on and Check out my new wheels


Damn stock wheels look stupid with a virtual lift

I also modified my Gearbox shifter to make it a bit easier to finish the top cover of my transmission tunnel, I got my old boss to TIG it up for me Just need to drill and tap it for a new breather.

ahahaha... ohh dear good job you have different tyres usually!

The sj has a new home

Tomorrow ill be moving all my tools over to the new workshop It does look quite sad on stock tyres He's also got a bit of company

would love a big work space like that

turbo-tom wrote:would love a big work space like that

It is going to be good to not have to squeeze around the SJ to work on it.
Damn it looks good with the sammy axles and wide wheels