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Year:1992 Mileage:104078
Location:

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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General Details

  • Approximately 104,000 miles (166,000kms) US import so the speedometer/odometer is in miles

  • Black

  • Convertible

  • 4-cylinder 1.3TBI Fuel Injected

  • Manitoba Safety Certified until 24-Jun-14

Recent Repairs

  • New valve cover gasket

  • New shocks front

  • New shocks rear

  • New muffler

  • New tail pipe

  • New Daytime Running light module and lights (added to meet Canadian standard)

  • New windshield guide for soft top

  • New side rails for soft top

  • New MAP Sensor

  • New distributor O-rings (fixed common oil leak)

  • New trailer wiring

  • Full synthetic gear oil in Transmission and Transfer case

  • Refurbished ECU

Other Information

  • Seats look new or recovered (see picture)

  • Carpets look new

  • Paint really good in most areas

  • Rocker panels were replaced

  • Very reliable starting in cold. Started every morning our most recent very cold winter despite not having any kind of block heater.

  • In 1992 this vehicle was no longer sold with a rear seat in North America. I acquired a rear seat for it (see picture), but it appears a previous owner tried to install a seat or did something odd with it as the bolt holes that should be there are mangled so I have not been able to install this rear seat.

  • With a full (33%) discount from MPI my monthly insurance fee is a mere $48 when licensed as a truck

Issues

  1. Some rust (see pictures). Nothing unsafe. A few problem areas (see pictures) but really not bad for a 22 year old vehicle

  2. Erratic idle when warm. Does not affect drive-ability, it just isn’t smooth. A vacuum leak perhaps?  Air valve?

  3. Ironically while it starts perfectly when cold, even when extremely cold, but one has to press the gas pedal down a little to get it started when it is warm. I believe this is related to the erratic idle previously mentioned. It has always been this way for the entire year I’ve owned it but never affected drive-ability once I got used to it.

  4. Needs replacement radio antenna if desired.

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Suzuki has to take out $45M loan just to shutter US dealers

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