[Perram]

Hey! new to this sight i have a 1994 Lwb vitara with a 2 inch lift and 31" alts

couple of things are bothering me, such as:

1st on start up it blows out a cloud of smoke for a good 10 seconds. im guessing this is an oil leek somewhere? valves?

2nd thing is that i now have a very loud and obnoxious noise (wattle/tapping) coming from my rear driver side wheel area.(this only occurs while foot is pushing on petal and while reversing it is a whining/squealing noise.

3rd its an auto ..... how hard on a scale of 1/10 is a coversion??

thanks heaps Pez

[banga]

hi welcome to az
what colour is your smoke on start up?
i would be checking brake and wheel bearing on drivers side
i would keep it an auto just get your hands on a set of 5:12 diff gears and put them in will help out to correct the gearing a little bit. from what i read people are happier running 31's with an auto than with the manual.
other people might be able to shed some more light on your problems.

[swifty_ano]

Mate. where are you?
would happily swap my manual for your auto....that way we will have everything we need without buying a second car

[BAZZOOK]

Valve stem seals. Blue smoke.

[Joe]

banga wrote:

i would keep it an auto just get your hands on a set of 5:12 diff gears and put them in will help out to correct the gearing a little bit. from what i read people are happier running 31's with an auto than with the manual.

It will already have 5.12 diff gears

[Perram]

hey guys yeah white/blue smoke....

argh just figured out on closed inspection that the noise is in the driveline (not sure where) before rear diff and is deff not the tranny

located emu plains Nsw

[Fatzook]

Perram wrote:

hey guys yeah white/blue smoke....

argh just figured out on closed inspection that the noise is in the driveline (not sure where) before rear diff and is deff not the tranny

located emu plains Nsw

Muffler?

[DarkHorse]

+1 - busted muffler mount? Wasn't yours doing that for a while Pete? That was a loose join wasn't it?

Unis would have to be really farked to rattle like that...

[Perram]

hey guys not exhaust had a look and a fiddle could find anything...

i do have a 2 inch lift but with that should have drive shaft spacer? could that make the noise?

[DarkHorse]

2" lift doesn't really need a spacer, but it wouldn't hurt. Slip yoke shouldn't rattle either way, but it's worth looking at if nothing more obvious is causing it.

After that we're down to seriously broken things like diff internals, wheel bearings, fuel tank mounts... get under there and give everything you can reach a good shake, see if you can replicate it at all. Jack the rear wheels up (put car on stands!) and see if there's any play in driveline or wheels as they turn.

Then I'm out of ideas, but I don't have many good ones to start with.

[Perram]

i think iv got it.....

the bracket that goes under the tranny and holds the exhaust had a mighty large crack all the way up to the tanny mount bout 45mm

fuck

at least they are replaceable

[Perram]

i take back the replaceable comment. apparently very hard to find..... noooo

does anyone know if they are weldable

[twitchy]

As above smoke on start up is usually valve stem oil seals, Some one good with a welder could do it & possibly brace it while your at it.
Any problems with your auto or you just don't like it???

[Perram]

im not quite sure about auto it seems 100% but i hate auto....

im kinda handy with a welder was just going to use my mates arky to zap it up.

this car is giving me shit and has been for a while, looking into getting rid of it and getting a sierra, possibly a 93 but not sure yet

[Perram]

i think this may work ...

before


after


if not...http://s661.photobucket.com/albums/uu33 ... %3D438.jpg

[Perram]

and front view

[swifty_ano]

Mate only small problems.
Are you referring to a gearbox crossmember? Get a custom heavy duty one made because you will Just keep bending stock ones.

[DarkHorse]

That cross-member is a bolt-in isn't it? Surely be able to get one at a wrecker? Then brace and re-enforce it if you can weld yourself and avoid the cost.

[Perram]

the noise has brcome louder not by much and is deff in the transfercase area
could it be a bearing or seal?

[Perram]

hey guys havnt had an update for a while took it to mechanic and auto elec

both have no idea

GREAT

replacing mount now

[christover1]

Mine was a hard to find noise, it was a collapsed CAT. New CAT fixed noise.