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I noticed that the carpet under my feet in the driver's side foot well was a nice rusty colour.. Not what you really want to see!
It was pretty damp to the touch so i realised there was a hole...

Sorry, thought the vehicle was a GQ, which have the A/C fitted at the dealership, not the factory, or at least that's how mine arrived when I bought it new. In fact, when I went back to Ferntree...

Parts are easy to source. Just depends on how much you want air con in your Patrol. Dpending on whats "stuffed" will determine how easy it is to fix. I would assume the compressor is stuffed, the...

Hey mate I pretty much replaced everything on the engine bay side and cost around 1 - 1.5k i think from memory. IF it needs all that plus stuff on the cab side guess I'd expect up to 2 grand for a...

You can get some alright looking ones off eBay, would definately be my preference over checkerplate or ally sheet:
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I have seen on Facebook before, a picture of a dash that a bloke had done exactly that. He made it from fibreglass and it looked like it came from the Nissan factory.

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I have my answer now, lucky she’s only starting to get some surface rust this sounds like the way to go 👌 thanks heaps for the post hopefully my wagon turns out even better then your forum name 😂 ty

Seen a few guys mount on on top of the center of the dash, you could get one looking pretty good by cutting the bottom of a spare dash center and sticking it on top of the current dashboard

All depends on how far you want to go with it.

For a quick neat solution I would just simply clean it as best as possible, wipe it down with some red scotchy that is wet with Prepsol (wax and...

Have a single din one that slides the screen in / out with power on off , was brought from Aldi and it has a pisser GPS , put the Hema SD card in it and worked better than my piece of shit Hema ....

Is that a trailer brake controller??

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Hey guys, recently stumbled upon this glorious (or not so glorious) sight out on a mates farm:

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2018/10/141.jpg

It is, or was, a 1996 TB42e...

i had a much smaller turbo came in a kit from axt turbos, i set mine up to make boost more or less from idle yer it sacrificed a little power up top but had tons of torque down low more like a diesel...

Settle down, settle down, this will take a while :coffeetime:
I'm back after years of other Nissan projects and have at last started to revive my old Trol.
it's been stood un-used for at least 3...

Use a garrett 3576 or 3582 or non garrett equivalent.
You could buy secondhand of an xr6 turbo, but you take a risk doing that

The biggest risk for a conversion is the shit quality workmanship...

G'day mate and welcome to the forum.

Gday mate I have one the same...NA but i only got 250k on mine...

best bet...get your head and compression checked...make sure it doesnt burn oil and yes you will be swapping your extracors out...

Not a lot of tb42 GQ owners floating around here unfortunately mate, hopefully someone can help out.

Mmm, it depends on your level of commitment. To me a GQ is worth the effort and time. But that is up to you. Lifting the entire shell is a huge commitment to the task. From the pics you posted it...

Australian door cards .com.au although it shows only the repro Masonite cards he also does the plastic ones .

I found that gasless MIGs are very hard to get the wire feed speed and amperage settings to be consistently correct. I ended up selling the MIG and buying a TIG which is a great tool for welding thin...

Agree with our Godfather too mate! If nearby your house (kitchen window) keep all closed also as some decent amounts of glues are used in trucks body production too!


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Welcome. Sorry about your loss I'm sure that you'll get the old girl sorted out. From what I've heard they're as tough as they come.

Yes, personally I would gut it completely. Remove anything that can and will burn. Carpet, wiring etc. Make sure you don't have any fuel or brake lines directly near it.
If it is gutted completely...

Welcome. Absolutely be replacing the floor pan. No biggy if you can weld or have a mate that can. In my opinion, and GQ is worth fixing up. Good bus, you cant go wrong with it.