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As has been said the key to a successful panhard rod would be keeping it as horizontal as possible (to reduce the side to side movement).

And keep it as close to parallel to the steering drag link as possible otherwise when you hit a bump the change in horizontal length of the panhard rod ...

Not sure. You either need to find someone who has played around with RUF and extended shackles etc. before and get first hand advice off them or experiment.

I don't have any first hand experience.

Gwagensteve probably has some valid points on Auszookers.

I don't think a panhard rod will work with leaf springs as the panhard rod presumes that the diff can have (limited) movement from side to side on suspension travel from my understanding.

I would guess the best way to solve this problem is to use normal length shackles (why are you using extended ...

Go Maxxis Trepadors...

I have them in 31" on my Suzuki atm. With a good 1.3, extractors and 6.5 t/case gears I can cruise at 100 - 110 fairly easily. There seems to be a lot of variation in how the 1.3 L motors run though.

If all the pulleys are mounted correct the belt should run square and stay on. There is nothing really holding the belt on.

I would keep turning it over (by hand at first) to see what happens, if the pulley is coming off the only thing I can think of is that one of the pulleys is mounted ...

thanks for the responses. that guide will no doubt be very helpful, although mine requires more work as it is a Baleno motor (E-W, rather then the N-S vitara).

@just cruzin': I am asking the questions cause I want to understand the potential problems that other people have run into. I do have a ...

Today I bought a complete motor from a 99 Baleno for $800 with the ecu, wiring loom, starter motor, PS pump, both manifolds. A steal I would say.

Now I have to start with the work of getting together the stuff together to actually put the motor in and the fab work.

Thanks for the advice so far.

So I ended up finding and buying a cheap Baleno over the weekend.

Its a 2000 model with 123k on the clock. It was in a minor accident and has scratches from going through a fence and a few dents. The person I bought it off had been told by a mechanic that there were ...

yes, it does run off the tcase.

however on that note I have not seen any information regarding the tacho. What parts do I need to make it work?

*goes off to look for cheap vitaras*

What is the difference between the G16A and G16B motors? Which is EFI? (no point in putting another carby motor in).

What sort of costs am I looking at all up, doing the conversion myself, including the motor and necessary parts?

Looking through the threads it looks as if BenT's adapter set is the ...

All back together now and back on the road :)

Had to replace the rocker cover cork gasket as I think I originally put it on with the gasket in the wrong place, it leaked so then I tightened the bolts (stupid idea I know) and that made it even worse and pretty much destroyed the gasket. The gasket ...

yeh it is the original motor, car was built in 95.

I will (hopefully) be fixing it tomorrow after I buy a new timing belt. Asking a friend about the timing mark and will be doing it off valve position. The vavles on piston 4 should be rocking between closing exhaust and opening inlet when all the ...

Here is a photo of the camshaft marks I am talking about.

Replaced the distributer cap with no effect.

So after asking some advice from a local friendly mechanic I proceeded to take off the timing belt cover. When I peered down past the cover after having removed a few bolts, I could see the tensioner spring laying at the bottom of the case. Not a good ...

i have been running it on E10 for over a year, I am very doubtful that it is a fuel issue. As i said the whole carby has been replaced with a spare one I have. I will consider fuel issues again after I have ruled out the ignition system.

It seems to run better on E10 in general, but like you say I ...

nah haven't got it sorted yet... I bought new spark plug leads and changed the coil, no success so far.

Is it true that whitish sparkplugs indicate the correct fuel/air mixture, thus meaning it is almost certainly a ignition issue rather than a fuel/air issue?

Hopefully, I will replacing the ...

I don't think there is much left of the cat converter

thanks for the replys.

It does not have any symptoms of something mechanically wrong in the engine, it still runs smoothish as and the exhaust has recently been fixed. No head gasket symptoms either. No bubbles in the water or oil residue or anything of the sort.

I swapped the carby over to a ...

Thanks. Now I have to find the time to clean out the carby... amongst work and uni atm I don't have too much :-(

Having issues with my sierra atm.

I was driving along, when i suddenly lost a lot of power and a noise started coming from the motor.

When standing still and revving in neutral it seems mostly okay. It has momentary hesitation when you lift your foot off and put if down.

When driving it only revs ...

hrmm they seem to be equivalent to rockhopper gears, gearing wise but there is no markings on the gears.

the input shaft has 27 teeth

intermediate high range gear has 59
intermediate low range gear has 21

output shaft high range gear has 47
output shaft low range gear has 59

this makes high ...

I pulled my t/case with a rockhopper gear set out a few months ago (due to noises coming from the t/case) and replaced it with a spare t/case I had.

I finally got around to pulling the rockhopper t/case apart today. I pulled it apart and the intermediate gear has lost several teeth.

I bought the ...

yeah i was thinking planteary was a better idea than a normal gearbox because you would have no power loss or noise because the high range is just the output and input shaft locked together

also u could make it resonable narrow so u could most likely maintain the propshaft which makes things less ...

okay was just wondering if anyon has ever thought of mounting a plantary gear set between the t/case and gearbox on a sierra cause it would either be 1:1 or something like 3:1.....

this in conjuction with the t/case would give a nice set of 3 ranges

and a massive reduction in low/low range

yeah just trying to work out how to mount the front spring on hte side closest to the diff centre up front as the housing is still on a fair angle under the chassis rail where u would normally mount your spring...

and i want coils cause they should give a more comfy ride, they don't tend to break ...

ok was thinking about dropping a diesil engine in my suziki

has anyone else done this ???

and do u guys have any suggestion on a motor??
was thinking about 1.6-2L engine from a european passenger car.

also if anyone has a coil conversion i would love to see some pics of how it is done ...