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Title: New to the Sammy, Washington State followers?
Post by: Broncoboy80 on October 05, 2012, 11:22:39 AM
Hey, names Michael! I just did a partial trade for an 86 Sammy sitting on yota axles. Truck is awesome except I'm having a great deal of troubles with the weber carb. Doesn't like to accelerate without bogging down.

Anyways! Who all is around Washington?
Title: Re: New to the Sammy, Washington State followers?
Post by: Drone637 on October 05, 2012, 05:12:40 PM
That depends, what section of Washington are you in?

You might need to put a pressure regulator on it, or re-jet the carb.  Has it ever run correctly?
Title: Re: New to the Sammy, Washington State followers?
Post by: RoOsT on October 06, 2012, 05:54:12 AM
Welcome! What part of Washington are you from? I'm over towards the coast.
Title: Re: New to the Sammy, Washington State followers?
Post by: Broncoboy80 on October 06, 2012, 09:42:23 AM
I live in Tacoma. I tore the carb off and I am rebuilding it as we speak. Should run all better once I putter back on. Fingers crossed
Title: Re: New to the Sammy, Washington State followers?
Post by: Drone637 on October 07, 2012, 12:21:54 PM
I am up in Seattle, crawlersnw.com, but there are a few of us further south.  nw-wheelers is a great place to find out if people are running in Evans or Elbe.  Or even Tahuya, all are a short run from Tacoma.
Title: Re: New to the Sammy, Washington State followers?
Post by: Broncoboy80 on October 07, 2012, 06:42:17 PM
That's awesome! I'll have to look on there. It would be neat to meet up with someone who's truck has similar mods to mine, I like to see what all I can improve.
Title: Re: New to the Sammy, Washington State followers?
Post by: Drone637 on October 08, 2012, 02:37:22 PM
We might be running the Naches trail on Sunday, I'll let you know.
Title: Re: New to the Sammy, Washington State followers?
Post by: Broncoboy80 on October 10, 2012, 08:03:09 AM
That would be awesome! I haven't taken this thing out yet so I am egar to see how it performs
Title: Re: New to the Sammy, Washington State followers?
Post by: Drone637 on October 11, 2012, 12:18:35 PM
Looks like we are thinking of running the Naches trail on Sunday morning.  That is the plan currently, jump over to http://crawlersnw.websitetoolbox.com/ (http://crawlersnw.websitetoolbox.com/) if you want to put in your 2 cents.
Title: Re: New to the Sammy, Washington State followers?
Post by: Broncoboy80 on October 12, 2012, 08:18:56 AM
Do you all trailer your trucks there? I would have to drive mine there
Title: Re: New to the Sammy, Washington State followers?
Post by: Drone637 on October 12, 2012, 12:42:43 PM
Yea, to long of a drive and most of our rigs aren't really built for highway miles anymore.  Besides, it's nice to know you can load your rig up at the end of the day if it's broken and you have a nice warm place for the drive home.

Title: Re: New to the Sammy, Washington State followers?
Post by: Broncoboy80 on October 12, 2012, 03:19:13 PM
Yeah, eventually I'll need to buy a trailer and a truck to pull it with
Title: Re: New to the Sammy, Washington State followers?
Post by: Drone637 on October 12, 2012, 03:38:06 PM
Not sure you really need to.  I setup for a trailer because my SJ-410 just wasn't really capable of road duty over 50mph or long distances.  The White Rabbit is better and if I put an ARB in back it would be fine if a bit slow. 

It spoils you, but you do need space for it.  Luckily I get to park all my toys at BRD HNTRs.  :D

Otherwise my DD would probably see quite a few more mods.
Title: Re: New to the Sammy, Washington State followers?
Post by: Drone637 on October 13, 2012, 05:27:26 PM
Looks like Walker Valley is open again after fire dangers.  Combined with the fact that my trailer has gone missing, I blame BRD HNTR, it looks like we will be doing that instead.
Title: Re: New to the Sammy, Washington State followers?
Post by: Broncoboy80 on October 14, 2012, 09:17:17 AM
Someone stole your trailer??
Title: Re: New to the Sammy, Washington State followers?
Post by: BRD HNTR on October 14, 2012, 09:42:50 PM
It has only been gone for a month.  It was a good thing I had it because my busted suspension would have meant renting a trailer to get home from Montana.

 Broncoboy80, welcome aboard. 
Title: Re: New to the Sammy, Washington State followers?
Post by: Drone637 on October 15, 2012, 10:49:59 AM
Well, my day ended after 5 miles.  The passenger side CV adapter decided to twist off:

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-j5h_lwv2gKk/UHtOWuhLUOI/AAAAAAAAEow/CCxDFImex4Y/s512/IMG_20121014_110414.jpg)
Title: Re: New to the Sammy, Washington State followers?
Post by: BRD HNTR on October 15, 2012, 09:07:14 PM
Are you going to try another one, or go back to stock?  That one didn't last long.
Title: Re: New to the Sammy, Washington State followers?
Post by: Broncoboy80 on October 15, 2012, 11:53:39 PM
Thank you bird guy haha
Title: Re: New to the Sammy, Washington State followers?
Post by: Broncoboy80 on October 15, 2012, 11:55:17 PM
Ouch, that might put an end to a run!!

So... I might purchase a stinger front bumper for my truck tomorrow. Not really sure if its what I want but its better then no bumper, right!


And, what motor swaps can i do? I want more power.. I was thinking maybe a new focus 2.0 engine? But im not sure which transmission would work.
Title: Re: New to the Sammy, Washington State followers?
Post by: BRD HNTR on October 16, 2012, 07:08:43 AM
And, what motor swaps can i do? I want more power.. I was thinking maybe a new focus 2.0 engine? But im not sure which transmission would work.

I do not know of any swap that is a direct bolt in, for more power.  So that means fab work, wiring, & alignment issues that need to be done.  If you are not prepared and have a place to do it, then I would recommend that you enjoy what you have until you are better prepared.  Drone637 ran his SJ410 for many years (36hp), and managed to climb and go where he wanted.  Trailers are about the same price as motor swaps, and if you can get your rig to a road they allow to you to drag them back home when things go wrong or break.  They also make long hauls more comfortable/tempting to do.
Title: Re: New to the Sammy, Washington State followers?
Post by: Drone637 on October 16, 2012, 11:30:12 AM
The SJ had 45 hp, thank you very much!  :D

We'll make up another adapter, the way it twisted I think the issue is that it slipped out a bit and was able to bind up.  We need to get that bushing to put in there, that will probably fix the issue.
Title: Re: New to the Sammy, Washington State followers?
Post by: Broncoboy80 on October 17, 2012, 08:00:16 PM
Aw man, damn! I thought these little damn motors had at least 80hp lol. Well guess I was wrong... So the motor i have to put in has nearly 10 times the hp lol
Title: Re: New to the Sammy, Washington State followers?
Post by: Drone637 on October 18, 2012, 12:30:43 AM
The SJ-410 has 45hp.  The 1.3 in the Samurai is rated at 65.  The Trackers have 85 and 95 respectively.