WHITEGQ
9th April 2011, 05:01 PM
Hi to all,
This is my patrol so far,1990 LWB, TB-42 duel fuel, auto, bought it in August 2009, paid $1000 for it. When I bought it it was a bit rough, it had electric windows, rear windows were held up with bits of wood, no motors. Right front was all the way down and didnt work, Left front was down about 4" and didnt work either. The window switches are mounted in center console, only 2 of them and they where hanging out with wires everywhere. Once I got it home it took about 30 min to get front windows working and a lot of WD-40, then we found out there was no motors on the rear windows, just put normal regulators in.
Bloke had stripped almost eveything from inside, all that was left was 2 front seats, really dirty carpet and center console. Was sitting on bald 31x10.5x15 tyres on standard sunraiser rims that were really rusty. The old owner had been using it as a paddock bomb and shooting rig. Had red polair bags in rear, drivers side was stuffed, engine fan had at some stage blown to pieces, small dint in bonnet, luck enough no damage to radiator. Had thermo on the a/c that had been hard wired, without a fuse.
Auto trans was a bit strange, so gave it an oil and filter change, fluid was almost black. once change it seemed ok. changed all other fluids in everything, most of them where a bit milky.
Then the mods begun,
-Put on my 15x8 alloys, running Cooper 33" muds,
-Bought s/h TJM winch bar,
-Put rear seats in, only second row, 5 seater,
-Bought another polyair bag from bloke on ebay, put it in, last about 1 month, so took them out,
-Mounted Kenwood head unit,
-Mounted GME UHF under stereo, with external speaker,
-New front panhard rod bushes,
-New SAAS sports steering wheel, as original wheel was stuffed,
-New 6" 300 watt rear speakers,
-New headlight switch,
-Remade right hand rear sliding window frame, used MQ SWB left side top of frame,
-Fixed small hole in drivers floor, only pen size, so used 1/2" drill and put rubber grommet in hole,
Put in for first RW inspection, only needed 6 things,
-LPG tank stuffed- got another tank put in behind rear seats.
-Had to remove third row seat belts, if no seat must remove belts, so law rule book said, easy fix.
-Replace right front seatbelt, easy fix, pulled apart and used webbing from rear belt.
-Right rear sliding window frame, open window and it fell out, fixed as above.
-Put on some flexi flares to cover tyres.
-Replace tailpipe, old one had fallen off.
Took back 3 days later for second inspection and then rego. Cost all up was about $1000 with rego.
Was living in Western Victoria at the time, drove to South Gippsland for a holiday, Patrol ran well, some trouble with auto, while on holidays went for day trip out bush and on our way back auto sh#t itself, geat just what we needed while on holidays, got on computer when got back to inlaws and found another s/h auto in Berwick, cost $500 and then another $300 to get it put in. Lucky that I used to work in mechanical trade before moving west, so had a mate put auto in for me and give it a service, been great ever since. Finished holiday without any problems and drove home.
Mods done since,
-Twin AU falcon thermo's,
-New radiator,
-2" s/h Dobinson lift springs,
-RTC Tough Dog steering damper,
-Fitted extractors,
-New 33" Mudstar mud tyres,
-Cheap chinese 10,000lb winch,
-Pair Cibie Super Oscar driving lights,
-Small 100w drivig light as reverse light, switch on dash,
-Had second LPG tank fitted, total useable capacity now 180lts.
-New rear brake pads and rotors.
-Fitted 800w 4 channel bose amp.
Mods still to come,
-New front pads and rotors,
-2" body lift,
-4" stainless snorkle, got all bits, hole cut in guard, just got to weld mounting brackets onto pipe and
fit it all up,
-Straight LPG, using TB-42E injection manifold and XF Falcon throttle body, simple gas ring and rebuilt
OMVL converter, already got manifold, converter, throttle body, had a mate weld adaptor
plate onto TB-42E manifold and mount gas ring,
-Buy second OMVL converter, rebuild it, tape up holes, put in tool box as spare for when going bush,
just in case converter stuffs up, along with a spare LPG shut off valve, safety switch and wire,
-Remove old TJM winch bar as it is stuffed from winching, not very strong in front section,
-Got given a GU TJM genuine Nissan winch bar, so going to cut sides off then make into Comp type
winch bar,
-Scored a Warn 10,00lb high mount 24 volt winch, got to do a bit of work on it cleaning it up, put
on some plasma rope and mount it onto new bar,
-Have 4 main windows tinted.
Mods much later on maybe, if able to afford it,
-Do a roof chop, keep as style side ute,
-Paint it the Ford BA-BF XR green, I think it is called "PUSE" Or something like that,
-4.11 OR 4.3 Ratio diffs,
-35" tyres,
-Lockright in front center, maybe, or twin air lockers.
Troll is my daily driver, so might take awhile to do some of the mods as cant have it off the road at all.
Not sure how to post pic's on here yet, so if someone can help would be great. Sorry if post is long and boring, but had to tell it how it is. Any advise or feed back would be great.
With Thanks Jeff.
This is my patrol so far,1990 LWB, TB-42 duel fuel, auto, bought it in August 2009, paid $1000 for it. When I bought it it was a bit rough, it had electric windows, rear windows were held up with bits of wood, no motors. Right front was all the way down and didnt work, Left front was down about 4" and didnt work either. The window switches are mounted in center console, only 2 of them and they where hanging out with wires everywhere. Once I got it home it took about 30 min to get front windows working and a lot of WD-40, then we found out there was no motors on the rear windows, just put normal regulators in.
Bloke had stripped almost eveything from inside, all that was left was 2 front seats, really dirty carpet and center console. Was sitting on bald 31x10.5x15 tyres on standard sunraiser rims that were really rusty. The old owner had been using it as a paddock bomb and shooting rig. Had red polair bags in rear, drivers side was stuffed, engine fan had at some stage blown to pieces, small dint in bonnet, luck enough no damage to radiator. Had thermo on the a/c that had been hard wired, without a fuse.
Auto trans was a bit strange, so gave it an oil and filter change, fluid was almost black. once change it seemed ok. changed all other fluids in everything, most of them where a bit milky.
Then the mods begun,
-Put on my 15x8 alloys, running Cooper 33" muds,
-Bought s/h TJM winch bar,
-Put rear seats in, only second row, 5 seater,
-Bought another polyair bag from bloke on ebay, put it in, last about 1 month, so took them out,
-Mounted Kenwood head unit,
-Mounted GME UHF under stereo, with external speaker,
-New front panhard rod bushes,
-New SAAS sports steering wheel, as original wheel was stuffed,
-New 6" 300 watt rear speakers,
-New headlight switch,
-Remade right hand rear sliding window frame, used MQ SWB left side top of frame,
-Fixed small hole in drivers floor, only pen size, so used 1/2" drill and put rubber grommet in hole,
Put in for first RW inspection, only needed 6 things,
-LPG tank stuffed- got another tank put in behind rear seats.
-Had to remove third row seat belts, if no seat must remove belts, so law rule book said, easy fix.
-Replace right front seatbelt, easy fix, pulled apart and used webbing from rear belt.
-Right rear sliding window frame, open window and it fell out, fixed as above.
-Put on some flexi flares to cover tyres.
-Replace tailpipe, old one had fallen off.
Took back 3 days later for second inspection and then rego. Cost all up was about $1000 with rego.
Was living in Western Victoria at the time, drove to South Gippsland for a holiday, Patrol ran well, some trouble with auto, while on holidays went for day trip out bush and on our way back auto sh#t itself, geat just what we needed while on holidays, got on computer when got back to inlaws and found another s/h auto in Berwick, cost $500 and then another $300 to get it put in. Lucky that I used to work in mechanical trade before moving west, so had a mate put auto in for me and give it a service, been great ever since. Finished holiday without any problems and drove home.
Mods done since,
-Twin AU falcon thermo's,
-New radiator,
-2" s/h Dobinson lift springs,
-RTC Tough Dog steering damper,
-Fitted extractors,
-New 33" Mudstar mud tyres,
-Cheap chinese 10,000lb winch,
-Pair Cibie Super Oscar driving lights,
-Small 100w drivig light as reverse light, switch on dash,
-Had second LPG tank fitted, total useable capacity now 180lts.
-New rear brake pads and rotors.
-Fitted 800w 4 channel bose amp.
Mods still to come,
-New front pads and rotors,
-2" body lift,
-4" stainless snorkle, got all bits, hole cut in guard, just got to weld mounting brackets onto pipe and
fit it all up,
-Straight LPG, using TB-42E injection manifold and XF Falcon throttle body, simple gas ring and rebuilt
OMVL converter, already got manifold, converter, throttle body, had a mate weld adaptor
plate onto TB-42E manifold and mount gas ring,
-Buy second OMVL converter, rebuild it, tape up holes, put in tool box as spare for when going bush,
just in case converter stuffs up, along with a spare LPG shut off valve, safety switch and wire,
-Remove old TJM winch bar as it is stuffed from winching, not very strong in front section,
-Got given a GU TJM genuine Nissan winch bar, so going to cut sides off then make into Comp type
winch bar,
-Scored a Warn 10,00lb high mount 24 volt winch, got to do a bit of work on it cleaning it up, put
on some plasma rope and mount it onto new bar,
-Have 4 main windows tinted.
Mods much later on maybe, if able to afford it,
-Do a roof chop, keep as style side ute,
-Paint it the Ford BA-BF XR green, I think it is called "PUSE" Or something like that,
-4.11 OR 4.3 Ratio diffs,
-35" tyres,
-Lockright in front center, maybe, or twin air lockers.
Troll is my daily driver, so might take awhile to do some of the mods as cant have it off the road at all.
Not sure how to post pic's on here yet, so if someone can help would be great. Sorry if post is long and boring, but had to tell it how it is. Any advise or feed back would be great.
With Thanks Jeff.