Redneck Rigger
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Aug 26, 2010
- Location
- Lawndale NC
The swap has been done, but I might as well start from square one...
A little backstory on the zuk:
My cousin bought it off craigslist, from a guy in DanvilleV irginia for $1300. Windjammer, bikini top, bootyfab lift shackles, nearly bald 31" bfg all terrains, primer, pure stock 1.3L. It would barely pull 31's with the anemic 1.3 and stock gears, so he purchased a set of Walmart cheapo 235 wranglers. He used it briefly, then traded it to a coworker for her Mercedes 300SD. She used it briefly (girled it up in the process), and then traded it to a used car dealership in Shelby for a Saturn.
Now here is where I pick it up. I get a call from my cousin saying he saw it for sale there. I go up there, take a look at it, and drive it home for $1100 two days later (the cheap tires are still nearly new at this point). It was overheating , badly, had "scoot about" wrote on the tailgate in pink and purple marker, 4 cheapass computer speakers hooked to the radio, a tigger doll hanging from one side of the windjammer, a piglet doll on the other side. To beat it all, the passenger side seat had been removed, and a seat out of a minivan was just sitting in the passenger side, not attached in any way, shape or form.
I went through the cooling system, replaced a few hoses, water inlet o-ring, and stuck in a spare samurai radiator we had laying around. The old one felt like it was full of cement. I Installed a junk passenger side samurai seat out of the parts pile, why should I have all the fun? Gotta have room for the the bitches I can pick up in this ugly pimpwagen!
It became my DD while I was having gears installed in the rear axle of the zj.
Here she is back drivable and clean shortly after I purchased her. Nevermind my younger brother being a jackass, this was on an eventful day.
The whole family. Mine, my dad's, my younger brother's.
A little backstory on the zuk:
My cousin bought it off craigslist, from a guy in DanvilleV irginia for $1300. Windjammer, bikini top, bootyfab lift shackles, nearly bald 31" bfg all terrains, primer, pure stock 1.3L. It would barely pull 31's with the anemic 1.3 and stock gears, so he purchased a set of Walmart cheapo 235 wranglers. He used it briefly, then traded it to a coworker for her Mercedes 300SD. She used it briefly (girled it up in the process), and then traded it to a used car dealership in Shelby for a Saturn.
Now here is where I pick it up. I get a call from my cousin saying he saw it for sale there. I go up there, take a look at it, and drive it home for $1100 two days later (the cheap tires are still nearly new at this point). It was overheating , badly, had "scoot about" wrote on the tailgate in pink and purple marker, 4 cheapass computer speakers hooked to the radio, a tigger doll hanging from one side of the windjammer, a piglet doll on the other side. To beat it all, the passenger side seat had been removed, and a seat out of a minivan was just sitting in the passenger side, not attached in any way, shape or form.
I went through the cooling system, replaced a few hoses, water inlet o-ring, and stuck in a spare samurai radiator we had laying around. The old one felt like it was full of cement. I Installed a junk passenger side samurai seat out of the parts pile, why should I have all the fun? Gotta have room for the the bitches I can pick up in this ugly pimpwagen!
It became my DD while I was having gears installed in the rear axle of the zj.Here she is back drivable and clean shortly after I purchased her. Nevermind my younger brother being a jackass, this was on an eventful day.
The whole family. Mine, my dad's, my younger brother's.
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Took the harness apart starting at the ecm plugs by removing pins, traced wires, removed them, bagged them together in groups, and then labeled their position on the ecm plug and what sensor or plugs they terminate at. Reused the kick' fuse panel to provide my addition fused connection for the ecm mem power, fuel pump, and my radio. Tons of space still left in the panel should I decide to add more circuits.
on a Saturday will do to me.