The Tuki Suzuki - Toyota drivetrain, Samurai body

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

  thats gonna be one bad  rear axle right there cant wait to see this beast on the trails 

[THK Matt]

Found my new rear diff inspection / fill plug at lunch today. Its a #16 SAE weld-on bung and hollow hex plug with o-ring. I got it for about $15 from a local hose and coupling store.

you guna recess it into the housing?

[toyotanner]

allen head will be a clean look

[4RnrRick]

Slow weekend for me, but I did do a little....

Rear Bumpstops, PSC reservior mount, Radiator Mounts

[THK Matt]

that looks awesome rick... i like how you made the rad mount on the DS.
this will definately be the most solid and thought out sami build.

[COToy91]

did you do the same on the rear that you did for the front on the bump stops?

[THK Matt]

did you do the same on the rear that you did for the front on the bump stops?

looks like it huh?

[4RnrRick]

Not really. I'm just using Toyota bumpstops for the back and had to space them down 1" with a piece of tube that I welded a couple nuts on the inside and then capped off.

[Duffil]

holy crap. How much room do you have in between the accessories and radiator?  Looks real tight in there. any room for a shroud?

[4RnrRick]

I've got like 1" between the mechanical fan and the radiator. WAY more than that between the pulleys and the radiator, probably a good 3.5" - 4". You just don't see that in the pictures.  I never had a shroud on Quasimodo and I never had any cooling isues, so I don't expect any here. BUT If I do need a shroud, then I have plenty of room to make one.

[Duffil]

[4RnrRick]

see lots of room.........

[skipnrocks]

Just out of curiosity how come you went with a mech. fan over electric?

[4RnrRick]

because I hate electric fans......... (personal past experience)

[topar]

I run a Aftco Aluminum Radiator as well. 

[DeadlyPeace]

Still doing some really awesome work. Definitely the beast Sami I've ever seen. Keep it up.

[Colt]

Awesome work Rick 

Do you use a fan shroud? Perhaps custom made? Please make it soon because i have to make one for my tow rig and I`m looking for ideas 

[THK Matt]

Awesome work Rick 

Do you use a fan shroud? Perhaps custom made? Please make it soon because i have to make one for my tow rig and I`m looking for ideas 

cut a 3in band of sheet metal out... and tack into a circle a little bigger then the fan.
then cover the rest of the radiator with sheetmetal and tack the two together.

[4RnrRick]

Do you use a fan shroud? Perhaps custom made?

I never had a shroud on Quasimodo and I never had any cooling isues, so I don't expect any here. BUT If I do need a shroud, then I have plenty of room to make one.

Thanks guys........


Finally made a steel run last night and bought a bunch of material for skid plates - so thats next on the list.

[Colt]

Thanks guys........

  I have to read your tread more carefully... sorry!

[Hammerhead]

  I have to read your tread more carefully... sorry!

If ever there was a thread worth reading in its entirety this is it. 


Keep it coming Rick.  You provide inspiration... 

[twistedtoy92]

i love this build, it gives me motivation! i just met a good ole boy on our trail this weekend and he has 5 SAMMI'S!!! detriots front and rear, onboard air, 33's and they are MEAN!!! makes me want to build a sammi after i finish my yota.......

[4RnrRick]

There won't be much sami left with mine, when I finish it......

[COToy91]

any reason for running that style york instead of the rotary you used on your last rig??

[THK Matt]

any reason for running that style york instead of the rotary you used on your last rig??

its smaller it was discussed last page.

[4RnrRick]

Actually a rotary york is alot smaller than a standup york.( ref: http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showpost.php?p=3059781&postcount=5 ) Rotary compressors need a inline oiler for lubrication, the stand up yorks have a oil sump inside them. I had factory AC and a Rotary York in my 4Runner with a 22RE, then when I installed the 7M-GE I swapped in a standup york, Quasimodo (my last rig) had this same York that I'm using here.







Basically got the flat belly skid plate done tonight...



Its made from 3/16" plate re-enforced with 1" x .065 wall sq tube. I have the edges overlapping the front and rear lower link mount crossmembers and each frame rail, so is should handle upward impacts really good.



Because of that, I felt it wouldn't need much to hold it in place, so I'm countersinking some 1/4" socket heads through it and welded some angle iron to the inside edge of the crossmeber and frame rails. The square 1/4" nuts will eventualy be welded in place.



I also weighed it as you see it and it tipped the scales at 37 lbs... Nice.........



For now I'm going to leave it like you see it, if I have problems with crap building up ontop of it, I will have to add some drain holes - but for now I like the smooth bottom.

[COToy91]

Wher did you buy your inline oiler from, my ARB just died so i am rethinking my OBA

[MiniSimp]

For now I'm going to leave it like you see it, if I have problems with crap building up ontop of it, I will have to add some drain holes - but for now I like the smooth bottom.

I don't see it being a problem unless you submerge it in a mud bog.
The drivers side of the belly could be turned in to a nice emergency spare parts bin (stuff you hardly ever break, but nice to have if you do).
Now, let the rainbow party continue!

[4RnrRick]

Wher did you buy your inline oiler from, my ARB just died so i am rethinking my OBA

Bi-mart.....

I don't see it being a problem unless you submerge it in a mud bog.
The drivers side of the belly could be turned in to a nice emergency spare parts bin (stuff you hardly ever break, but nice to have if you do).
Now, let the rainbow party continue!

Obviously you haven't wheeled in Oregon much.... Probably 8 months of the year there is mud on the trails. As for parts bin - are you crazy! If the water didn't rust the parts into pile of crap, the Catalytic converter would melt them...

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

I  love that skidplate man this thing is really coming together