(vehicle roars into the distance)
(Engine sputtering and rumbling)
(light guitar playing)
- [David] We got the rear end in there,
unfortunately the spring plates off of the S-10
didn't have the shock pins in the right place,
but I'm going to cut these off of the Samurai plates
and weld them on to the right place over there.
(high pitched grinding)
(metallic clinking)
Okay that was nothing compared to the hacking
that Steve's about to do.
(fiery hiss)
You're not really going to do that
with that gas tank right there, are you?
- [Steve] I couldn't find the guys to get rid of it.
- Oh well then go ahead.
- [Steve] So our front axle is pretty much disabled,
but the pumpkin head of the axle carrier itself
is interfering with our pulley on suspension travel.
In other words, the axle hits the engine,
so I can just kind of prune back the offending part
and that should give us plenty of clearance.
And I don't think it will substantially weaken the unit.
- [David] I think it's pretty good.
- [Steve] Okay Great.
Here, let me quench that with some water.
(steaming hiss)
(quick percussive music)
- Another thing I have to do for the rear end here
is put these shocks studs back on the spring plates,
but unfortunately I only have the old school
non-self dimming welding helmet.
This looks like Gort the machine,
have you ever seen that movie?
I'm not going to be great at welding with one hand
while I'm holding this to my face,
because there's no strap.
You know, Finnegan would take the time
to make this weld perfect.
He's not here.
I can't see anything I'm doing.
(ratchet clicks)
Okay, shocks are done.
Ready to go for the world's shortest drive shaft,
look at that.
Boom, there we go,
that's going to be just about perfect.
So the last thing we have to do to make the rear end work,
is we're going to actually plumb rear brakes
that we didn't have before.
Steve's messing around with trying to make throttle linkage
and a throttle valve cable for the torque flight.
- With the 440 and 727 automatic transmission combination
that we have in our Suzuki Samurai,
the transmission has to know what's going on
right here at the carburetor.
And as the carburetor throttle increases,
the transmission needs to get
a mechanical signal of what's going on,
and that's done through the kick-down linkage.
I've got this aftermarket kick-down cable,
it's not a direct bolt-in in this case.
So I'm making this little extension
as the throttle is pulled back,
the lever will pull the cable forward.
(upbeat electric guitar)
It's going to go through these two holes,
that will work the throttle linkage.
- Alright we got the rear end in,
the shocks in, the drive shaft in,
and now we have the luxury of rear brakes,
which we didn't have the first time
we put the Slam-urai together
because I had cut through some lines.
But, this time, I'm going to make it happen.
(crackling and sparking)
I can't believe you're still working
on that throttle linkage.
I'm moving on to headlights and wiring and stuff.
- [Steve] It's complex.
- You're way behind schedule bro.
It had no headlight wiring in the headlights,
one of the backs of them were broken off
so I got new bulbs here.
I think it's time to go to the list.
Super Sammy round 2.
Okay we handled the rear axle
which also means shocks,
and driveshaft, handled.
Cooling, remember it overheated really bad last time,
that's handled.
Rewire because it caught on fire, handled.
We need new rear wheels because the S-10 rear end
has a different wheel bolt pattern than the Samurai.
What else can you think of that we need to do, Dulcich?
- [Steve] I think that's everything, hit the road.
- [David] Oh, fuel cell.
- And then hit the road.
What I'm working on here is not a tool box,
it's our gas tank.
You mount this box, and it bolts in here.
(lively pop music)
So the gas tank is in, it's plumbed all the way up
to the Thermoquad carburetor.
I'm going to pour some gas in there
and then I'm ready to start a 440.