nomoremondays
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I wanted to drop this thread off here and answer any questions folks may have about my AHU swapped Samurai now that its done.
I would have done this as a WIP thread, but uploading pictures here sucks so I wanted the suck to happen all at once.
Big thanks to Jeff at ACME adapters - he really took care of me through this process. Also, contrary to many of the early threads on the ACME adapter plate, it has the locating pins needed to not grenade your clutch and fit the vehicle quite well. Highly recommend his kit.
Here we go:
1992 Samurai gets welcomed home:
I figured I'd touch up the paint a little. There was a dent in the fender man. Couldn't stand it.
Or maybe more than a little - which is this trucks middle name:
ALRIGHT - now that I got that dent out of the fender I was looking at that was bugging me....I can go drive it some.
After a short while the engine had a baby! Which the way I drove it is understandable it would get pregnant:
Look at the little baby piston chunks!
All 4 pistons were shattered and held together by the piston rings. It had done this for 10,000 miles and still drove. Ish.
Nothing to be done about it - time to throw away this vehicle and get something reliable like an Isuzu. Oh - wait!
Why not engine swap swap? This looked terrible in there, so paint time it was.
Its not every day you have your tranny out. - While I'm at it:
AAAND Look what showed up!:
No way I'm allowing something like that in my dentless Samurai. With a fresh tranny and painted engine bay. Lets see what happens when I do 400 hours of work between two pictures.
This intake isn't going to work for carp. Much too tall and will hit the hood. How about the SDI one instead?
While thats getting done - Wiring anyone?
I would have done this as a WIP thread, but uploading pictures here sucks so I wanted the suck to happen all at once.
Big thanks to Jeff at ACME adapters - he really took care of me through this process. Also, contrary to many of the early threads on the ACME adapter plate, it has the locating pins needed to not grenade your clutch and fit the vehicle quite well. Highly recommend his kit.
Here we go:
1992 Samurai gets welcomed home:
I figured I'd touch up the paint a little. There was a dent in the fender man. Couldn't stand it.
Or maybe more than a little - which is this trucks middle name:
ALRIGHT - now that I got that dent out of the fender I was looking at that was bugging me....I can go drive it some.
After a short while the engine had a baby! Which the way I drove it is understandable it would get pregnant:
Look at the little baby piston chunks!
All 4 pistons were shattered and held together by the piston rings. It had done this for 10,000 miles and still drove. Ish.
Nothing to be done about it - time to throw away this vehicle and get something reliable like an Isuzu. Oh - wait!
Why not engine swap swap? This looked terrible in there, so paint time it was.
Its not every day you have your tranny out. - While I'm at it:
AAAND Look what showed up!:
No way I'm allowing something like that in my dentless Samurai. With a fresh tranny and painted engine bay. Lets see what happens when I do 400 hours of work between two pictures.
This intake isn't going to work for carp. Much too tall and will hit the hood. How about the SDI one instead?
While thats getting done - Wiring anyone?
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