The Subaru Sambar is a great vehicle. I even venture to say it looks good. Unfortunately as they inevitably fell to the cost cutters, a few things fell by the wayside. One of those items is the Battery box cover. They just stopped including it in the base model trucks. Frankly it looks really sad …
After 25 years of road use and sun, plastics start to break down. Our mini trucks are no different. The mirrors seemed to be in pretty good condition, but when looking more closely, there is a crack that has formed on the pivot. It has split to the point that it is pretty difficult to …
As we are going through and servicing Tyny, we are finding that there are a lot of things that aren’t documented well that are specific to the Sambar. For instance, there are a TON of YouTube videos on servicing drum brakes. any of these will get you most of the way there. There is one …
The Subaru Sambar, well any kei truck for that matter, are not known for the quality of the shift. By that I mean that shifting isn’t a precision affair. These are working vehicles, and the quality of the shift is skewed towards durability rather than precision. Add to that 25-plus years of use, and you …
Well, I assume it is Kanji. There are several writing types in Japan, of which Kanji is only one, but I’m rolling with it. When the truck was inspected after the auction, it was noted that there was very old, very weathered and cracked, vinyl on the tail gate. I wasn’t too concerned. Generally that …