Brandon's 87 sami

Owners Name & City-Brandon Williams woods cross


Make, Model & Year of Vehicle-87 suzuki samurai


Engine-1.3 L Stock


Transmission-stock 5 spd


T-Case-stock


Axles-stock


Suspension-stock


Wheels and Tires-15x8, 5on5.5 with goodyear wrangler P235/75R15


Winch-in the future


Favorite Trails-have not gone out yet, once my sami is licensed and everything and once I can convince someone to teach me how to use the 4wheel drive.


Other-I traded a really nice 1970 Yamaha AT1B 125CC that I restored and a laptop for this.
I havent done much due to funds since im going to school but I have doen the following:
*taken the rocker panel moldings off to do some patch work
*ripped out all the carpet and cleaned up the rust
*put bedliner on the inside and outside
*painted the fender flares, grill, mirrors, and roll bar.
*wife reupholstered the rear seat and is working on the front two
*fuel filter, spark plugs&wires, cap&rotor,air filter, all new vacuum lines, heater core hoses, belt, and more tiny things.

Future items:
*2" lift shackles
*2" body lift
*3" lift springs
*2" wheel spacers
*underdrive pulley
*rock sliders
*offroad front and rear bumpers

 

[Mope]

Cool looking zuk! Your wife did a nice job on the upholstery. With the lift your adding, I was curious what size tire you plan on running? If you go bigger you ought to consider some gears as well. I like the colors you chose to.

 

[airmanwilliams]

Thanks mope. Not sure on the tire size yet, I have 235/75R15 right now and really dont want to go too big since I dont plan to do anything extreme for some time until I get done with college and can afford the gas and price of bigger tires. At this time it will just be a daily driver and be used hunting.

 

[zukijames]

dont get a body lift.. keep it low and trim fenders if needed oh and buy a myside!

 

[airmanwilliams]

whats a myside?

 

[ricsrx]

be careful when you go out wheeling with us , you will get bit by the bug and will be dying to upgrade every thing as soon as possible or even sooner, i wish i new more about sami's, but there are many here that will fill that void!!

 

[Coco]

I like it! Very nice! I had a white one at one time that has a mild lift, sitting on 33s, (for a Sami, 33s are the perfect size IMO) it has 5:14s in the t case, and 5:12s in the axles w/ Detroit lockers. It went everywhere!! And looked good

 

[Chevycrew]

I keep seeing that around town, its bright and hard to miss!

 

[airmanwilliams]

lol the bug has already started ricsrx but since there is a big lack of funds while im going to school and having a family I cant do much. Yup hard to miss this thing driving around chevy crew as well as your tiny little truck lol. hopefully soon if I can find some cheap gears I can regear this so I can go over 50 on the highway and if I cant sell my new aero turbine muffler I accidentally bought I may slap that on and go 2" with all the exhaust.

 

[airmanwilliams]

heres pics of the green lights I stated to install. Just have one on now since my otherside broke but tonight I am putting on the front and rear and ordering a new one for the passenger side.

 

[zukijames]

cool but save your pennys and get a myside haha (harley carb set up)

 

[airmanwilliams]

lol it will be awhile before I think about that now that I have to save up to replace my rear main seal and my clutch. Im hoping I can hold off until after the holidays and Im hoping I can get some cheap quotes for it or trade some of my stuff for the labor to put it in, since its my daily driver and I dont know much about it so I would spend a bunch of time on it I need to find someone that can do it cheap and fairly quick since I rely on it for work and school.

 

[zukijames]

hmm ive never done either but i get what your saying about it being down forever if you do it yourself

 

[zukijames]

have you tried adjusting your clutch..

 

[airmanwilliams]

nope have no idea on how to adjust the clutch. but when it gets time that I can afford to do it I will be doing the clutch the same time i do the rear main seal due to the oil thats probably on the clutch and since that area will be open I might as well do the clutch too.

 

[Stephen]

lol it will be awhile before I think about that now that I have to save up to replace my rear main seal and my clutch. Im hoping I can hold off until after the holidays and Im hoping I can get some cheap quotes for it or trade some of my stuff for the labor to put it in, since its my daily driver and I dont know much about it so I would spend a bunch of time on it I need to find someone that can do it cheap and fairly quick since I rely on it for work and school.

You can replace a clutch in a few hours or less. Very simple. And if you are talking about the rear seal on the transmission, once you have the transmission out for the clutch, its a quick fix too. If you do the seal with the transmission still in the vehicle it is slightly more difficult just because it's somewhat hard to get to.

 

[Stephen]

nope have no idea on how to adjust the clutch. but when it gets time that I can afford to do it I will be doing the clutch the same time i do the rear main seal due to the oil thats probably on the clutch and since that area will be open I might as well do the clutch too.

Ok, its the crankcase. Not too hard either. When you have the transmission down you can just pull the flywheel and pop the seal out. It can be a pain, but with patience it comes out fairly easily. Putting a new one in is as simple as putting some grease on it, lining it up and giving it a solid whack with a large socket.

Do you have a factory service manual or Haynes manual? If not, stop everything and make that your next purchase. Either will save you hours of head scratching and suffering. You can pick up an FSM from Hawk or PetroWorks and I still see the Haynes one at places like PepBoys and Checker.

 

[airmanwilliams]

yup being a newbie and all though I think I am going to have to either bribe someone to help me or to do it for me so it goes quicker because I dont have much time while im going to school and it would have to be done in increments if it was just me doing it. I have the haynes and the fsm I got on ebay a couple months ago.

 

[Yota]

Clutch isn't bad to replace, but a 2nd pair of hands (experienced or not) is good to have with wiggling it out.

 

[airmanwilliams]

yup its just been years since I did my last clutch and it was a real bi*** doing it on an 86 camaro.