New boiler time!

[Bailes1992]

Rent a car.

Worse case scenario I loose drive and take out the gearbox.
Tried to rent a car as a 22 year old?

[highlander]

I've never tried to rent a car!

[steve_earwig]

You're 22? Aren't you meant to steal one at that age?

[Bailes1992]

My Mother's off for the week so I have her little MY14 Suzuki Jimmny to play about in all week!
Worse car I've ever driven on road! Feels like a tractor. But it's all good fun.

[OllieNZ]

Worse car I've ever driven on road!

There's your problem.....
Despite their girly reputation those little bad boys are a true offroader

[steve_earwig]

There you go Sam, all you have to do is plan your route to go across as many fields, rivers and mountains as possible and it'll all make sense.

[Bailes1992]

I think it's actually a cool little motor.
I just had a good root around it to see if there was any room underneath to fit a reasonable LPG tank but unfortunately there is no room. It would have to go in the boot which is about 5 foot square at most.
It would be a cool little van if you boarded up the rear windows and took out the rear seats and then you'd have room for an LPG tank!
I imagine if you could drop it 2" and fit some bigger wheels with lower profile tyres it wouldn't be too bad on the road either and would still be reasonable when it gets a bit muddy or snowy.
I was just having a google about the engine and all Suzuki M engines all have the same bore size. The only thing that changes is the stroke. Therefore I'd say it was likely that all you'd have to change is the crank, rods and pistons and you'd have a 1.6L Jimmny!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_M_engine

[steve_earwig]

I briefly looked at them when I bought the yoyo, I couldn't believe how small they are inside, I really didn't like the idea of loosing the back seats every time we go shopping, never mind fitting a golden retard in there.

Honest Johan says unrefined and noisy, a set of plugs for a 1.3 will set you back 76 quid.

[Bailes1992]

Someone got ripped off somewhere!
Bosch Plugs are £1.80 each on euro car parts.

It is tiny inside. They hold their value too!
My Mother paid £11k brand new and 5-6year old ones are still going for £6000!

[OllieNZ]

LOWER IT!!! Nooooooo


You need to lift them 3" just to get a set of 31x10.5s on there (standard for normal size 4x4s) never mind trying to get some real rubber under there (think 33x12s or larger)

[Welly]

Hoe do we go from a knackered Ford Clutch to customising Sam's Mum's Suzuki?

[Bailes1992]

Hoe do we go from a knackered Ford Clutch to customising Sam's Mum's Suzuki?

No no Wellington!
It was Boiler, paint on kitchen floor, car crash, broken clutch and then we were modifying my mother's Jimmny.
Done 120 miles in it yesterday and I was bloody nackered at the end of it!
It only done 26mpg too!

[DaiRees]

Done 120 miles in it yesterday and I was bloody nackered at the end of it!
It only done 26mpg too!

You should have had a go at my old SJ with it's big tyres, you'd be knackered, shalken to death and your ears would be bleeding lol

She drank fuel on the road too, I'm reckoning somewhere around the 20mpg mark, but you could greenlane all day in it and the gauge wouldn't move at all

[Bailes1992]

The Mondeo wouldn't start at all this morning. I suspect the starter is full of swarf from the DMF.

[Welly]

Is that the original DMF?