[travisbru]

Hey guys got a few more questions, i only recently got my first car which had to be a 4wd namely a suzi sierra.
I did my clutch in the mud the other night and need a new one, gonna go for a heavey duty clutch.
This brings me to the question of what sierries and engine type would sierra have?

I have an 1989 hardtop sierra? What series would this be an sj70? a sj413? Oh and what does SJ stand for?
Also what engine would it have? as in a G13A or a G13B?
Oh and one other thing what does the JX stand for ?

Thanks heaps guys

[joeblow]

Your chassis number will say what SJ series it is.

Your build plate will state what motor it is.

[travisbru]

Where abouts do i find the built plate?
And where abouts do i find the chasis number?
Thanks

[jdk81]

As per the build plate
Opening the bonnet will reveal a blue and an aluminium plate to look at.
These are on the firewall.

Wiki revealed this gem
jx the spec level. JLX is fuly optioned, jx is pleb spec.

A bit of reading in the noob section revealed this
viewtopic.php?f=37&t=40167

Searched for clutch and spline in suzuki talk and found these
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8689&hilit=clutch+spline
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=39931&hilit=clutch+spline
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=33295&hilit=clutch+spline

Heres some of my own input
Muddy water is stupid hard on cars, sure is fun at first, but starts to suck real hard when maintaining it afterwards.
This seems to be the general consensus.

Your rear brake shoes may only last a few days (had new brake shoes rooted buy the end of the first trip they went on, and wasn't much mud either)
your rear wheel bearings will only last a few months
if your unlucky, you will fill a diff, gearbox, or transfer with muddy water... possible even with breathers fitted

From my experience a heavy duty clutch isnt needed, save your $.
In some instances you will break clutch cables and/or get sick of the really hard pedal feel.
Not enough power to warrant a heavy duty clutch (I tried it and took it out after a while).

There's two gearbox spline sizes, and being an 89, means you could have either.
They changed over from narrow track (NT) to wide track (WT) in 88.5, and used leftover parts from the NT.
So be prepared for things to be a bit of a pain in the bum
I would pull the gearbox, and count the splines and then order a clutch kit.

[want33s]

jdk81 wrote:

Wiki revealed this gem
jx the spec level. JLX is fuly optioned, jx is pleb spec.

Sierras only come in JA (pov pack) and JX (fully sick luxury spec!)

JLX is Vitara only.

[jdk81]

What were the differences?

[Gwagensteve]

JA no tach, no rear sests or rear trim. No rear demist from memory.

Steve.

[want33s]

Gwagensteve wrote:

JA no tach, no rear sests or rear trim. No rear demist from memory.

Steve.

Yep.

JA no intermittent wipers. No clock.