1985 Suzuki SJ410 review from Puerto Rico

Well! The Sj 410 manual transmission( 4 shift and a reverse), at first hand, everybody knows that is exelent off road if you take in mind the chepest it is. Remarcably good!But if you take it into the highway it is remarkably slow, like when your towing a truck with it.For those who doesn't know,afortunately there are some things you can do, to fix that, in order to keep it original as possible. First, you need a Samurai transmission ( 5 speed and a reverse), get the factory manual, and a copy of the parts catalog of both, the Samurai and the SJ 410 just for reference. You can get those in the auto parts near you. Well, the thing is, you will make one transmission out of two.This is how you will do it! Take the case assembly, the upper and the lower, the imput shaft(nt:23)and the imput shaft bearing retainer of the Sj 410 and install in those parts the case extension,the forks and the rest of the gears of the Samurai transmission, follow the steps in the Factory Service Manual, and you will have a 5 speed SJ 410.Have in mind, that you'll have to cut about one inch in the hole at the floor, were the shifting lever case goes, beetwen those bolts next to you. That's because, the "sammy" trans,is one inch longer than the SJ 410 Due to the Gear Shifting forks assembly.