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Title: New Sami owner need help its a 88
Post by: seamaster on August 16, 2007, 09:34:36 AM: 1. leafs are flat is there a way to get them up again - Viagra

2. Ac is on it yes the factory 1.3 trying to get it to work ... Will it kill the power (I know 1.3 power your all laughing)

3. for decent fuel milage what is the best tire size to run if i am still going to play with it

4. any one have the wiring diagram FUEL gage not working

any help would be appreciated
Title: Re: New Sami owner need help its a 88
Post by: seamaster on August 17, 2007, 06:53:16 AM: Did I offend some one?

I Currently own a 97 Jeep Wrangler Running 33 on a 3 inch lift with the 5.2 V8 swaped into it.

I just traded my 97 Eclipse for this sweet lil 88 sami because we changed out the front axel for the guy and i tiook it on wheeling behind the shop and it was a hoot! We took it up some verticle inclinse and it kept up with the Big Jeep.

But I haven fooled with a sami before and could use a lil help.

Thanks again in advance for any advice.
Title: Re: New Sami owner need help its a 88
Post by: Drone637 on August 17, 2007, 11:56:24 AM: Quote from: seamaster on August 16, 2007, 09:34:36 AM

1. leafs are flat is there a way to get them up again - Viagra

2. Ac is on it yes the factory 1.3 trying to get it to work ... Will it kill the power (I know 1.3 power your all laughing)

1. The correct answer is to take it to a spring shop and have it re-sprung. Either that or use an add-a-leaf kit. I called Hawk Suzuki and had them send me a long spring instead of the standard add-a-leaf originally. It gave the springs a bit of curve back and didn't affect the ride.

I did notice that one spring pack had started to droop more then the other, so I used a pipe bender and a large hammer and re-arched one spring at a time until the entire pack was where I wanted it. It probably won't last as long as a professional job (and I know it's not the way your supposed to do it) but it seems to be holding up just fine. One of those 'We need this done, how can we do it right now' sort of things that worked out.

2. Probably a little bit, everyone I know who has had AC factory converted it to on-board air. ;D
Title: Re: New Sami owner need help its a 88
Post by: Skyhiranger on August 17, 2007, 01:12:33 PM: 1. Probably normal...samurai front springs set flat from the factory...rear springs usually have a little bit of arch to them, but not much.

2. Yes.

3. Probably 31s, maybe 33s, if you gear it right.

4. Probably either the sending unit in the tank, or a wire burnt/broke in two in the instrument cluster. The temp gauge and fuel gauge uses a common wire. If you open up the instrument cluster (you need to completely remove it from the dash), there are some hair thin wires on the back of the fuel and temp gauge....look for one of these being burnt/broke in two.
Title: Re: New Sami owner need help its a 88
Post by: seamaster on August 20, 2007, 11:35:44 AM: agin thaks for all the help
Title: Re: New Sami owner need help its a 88
Post by: phloop on August 20, 2007, 12:23:39 PM: I have a FSM for the '88. It does have the wiring diag. in it if you still need it.
Title: Re: New Sami owner need help its a 88
Post by: seamaster on August 20, 2007, 02:25:29 PM: Phloop yes i do if you have the time i would appreciate it
Title: Re: New Sami owner need help its a 88
Post by: phloop on August 20, 2007, 08:54:19 PM: OK I will see what I can do. PM me a email that I can send the info of the wiring diag. too.
Title: Re: New Sami owner need help its a 88
Post by: seamaster on August 21, 2007, 10:03:36 AM: http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd138/ANVIL01/sami.jpg

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