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helijohn LifeTime Member
Joined: 24 Nov 2003 Posts: 2612 Location: Seaside resort
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Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 19:42 Post subject: |
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peteinchad wrote: |
You've been busy!
All ready for winter now. |
Hehe. Thanks Pete. I wish. I did most of that in the first few weeks and not done much lately.
I still have to change the rear shox, get a screen repair done and change the exhaust manifold header. |
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peteinchad LifeTime Member
Joined: 07 Jan 2013 Posts: 15079 Location: UK
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Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 19:58 Post subject: |
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helijohn wrote: |
Hehe. Thanks Pete. I wish. I did most of that in the first few weeks and not done much lately.
I still have to change the rear shox, get a screen repair done and change the exhaust manifold header. |
Better be quick - it will be getting cold soon!
Mine's all done for the winter - I'm allergic to freezing cold. wet drives .... in the wind!!
Except for anything breaking I'm doing nothing to mine apart from washing and waxing it. |
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helijohn LifeTime Member
Joined: 24 Nov 2003 Posts: 2612 Location: Seaside resort
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Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 20:33 Post subject: |
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peteinchad wrote: |
Better be quick - it will be getting cold soon! |
I'm all done now until winter's end. I just wish spares were commonplace. The MoT is worrying even if it is 9 months away as they have a new guy who is so fat he struggled to get into the seat in my Pajero 2.5 a few weeks ago. Stands no chance in the Junior.
Your Paj is nice and tidy so it needs no real work. |
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peteinchad LifeTime Member
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Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 20:36 Post subject: |
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It got undersealed and wax in the cavities again this summer - and I repainted the bumpers and wheel arches. Then I changed all the fluids including brake fluid and power steering fluid .... that's enough for one summer.
Rear bushes and brake calipers/discs next summer! |
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helijohn LifeTime Member
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Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 20:45 Post subject: |
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peteinchad wrote: |
Rear bushes and brake calipers/discs next summer! |
On that note I really should change the timing belt on Junior but...................................having no workshop manual puts me off. |
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peteinchad LifeTime Member
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Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 20:48 Post subject: |
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[quote="helijohn"]
peteinchad wrote: |
.having no workshop manual puts me off. |
Yep - some jobs are not easy without a manual.
Have you tried contacting Mitsy? |
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helijohn LifeTime Member
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Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 21:13 Post subject: |
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[quote="peteinchad"]
helijohn wrote: |
peteinchad wrote: |
.having no workshop manual puts me off. |
Yep - some jobs are not easy without a manual.
Have you tried contacting Mitsy? |
For a manual no but I have had a few spares for it from a Mitsy dealer not too far away. For example I just didn't want to pay £140+VAT for a pair of shox. |
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Podge ****
Age: 43 Zodiac: Joined: 29 Aug 2012 Posts: 257 Location: Cork, Ireland
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Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 0:01 Post subject: |
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I could try to extract the procedure from my auto data and send it to you if you like. |
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helijohn LifeTime Member
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Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 0:09 Post subject: |
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Podge wrote: |
I could try to extract the procedure from my auto data and send it to you if you like. |
Thanks that'd be great. |
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Podge ****
Age: 43 Zodiac: Joined: 29 Aug 2012 Posts: 257 Location: Cork, Ireland
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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 0:08 Post subject: |
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What is your engine code helijohn? |
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helijohn LifeTime Member
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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 0:46 Post subject: |
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Podge wrote: |
What is your engine code helijohn? |
Is H57A what you mean?? |
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helijohn LifeTime Member
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Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 12:50 Post subject: |
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peteinchad wrote: |
Yep - some jobs are not easy without a manual. |
Here's an easy job. Did this on my big Pajero. Maybe a little late in the year to fit a sunstrip but the low flying sun over the last few months has been bugging me. Oh **** I just remembered I have to photobucket on this forum so sorry no pics.. |
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helijohn LifeTime Member
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Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 18:05 Post subject: |
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Podge wrote: |
I could try to extract the procedure from my auto data and send it to you if you like. |
PM sent. |
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jonny ramrod ****
Age: 54 Zodiac: Joined: 09 Feb 2010 Posts: 365 Location: cheshire..
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Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 18:36 Post subject: |
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some good work there Never tried one of these but always liked the Jimny so i guess it's the same kinda thiing ? |
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helijohn LifeTime Member
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Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 20:08 Post subject: |
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jonny ramrod wrote: |
some good work there Never tried one of these but always liked the Jimny so i guess it's the same kinda thing ? |
Thanks.
It is the same sort of thing but..............................
Whilst on the one hand the Junior is in the same sort of bracket as the Jimny sizewise and otherwise, to my mind it is way superior to the Jimny I had.
I prefer the boxy sort of design it has.
The front steering and suspension IMHO is way more desirable than that of the Jimny. Junior will take a number of larger wheel sizes with ease.
On the down side, there is no workshop manual, not much info online and spares are a tad harder to source (or more costly) so for the DIYer the situation is a little more murky.
I just wish they had continued to make them with regular upgrades and for the world market rather than turn it into the Io (Pinin in the UK) which I have also owned and wasn't impressed overall. |
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