Great thread looking forward to more updates.
2 questions.
Looking at the diff, does it rain salt water in Wales? And 20 minutes of sheep action, um I hope that means something different in Wales than it does down here (or in NZ) ;-).
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Great thread looking forward to more updates.
2 questions.
Looking at the diff, does it rain salt water in Wales? And 20 minutes of sheep action, um I hope that means something different in Wales than it does down here (or in NZ) ;-).
Things are starting to move again, which is awkward when I'll have no axles in the morning :confused:
Decided I better make some kind of chassis dolley trolley thing to keep it moveable. 50mm box and a tape measure to the rescue :trink13:
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...020/07/125.jpg
We had a few odd wheels about so kind of worked around them .
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...020/07/126.jpg
Keeping it simple , I thought simply measure the body mount positions and support the chassis with this frame. How hard can it be :wink:
The boy's got a new welder, so I'm not allowed anywhere near it , lol, shame :clapping:
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...020/07/127.jpg
That's the wheel plates on, now turn it over and weld on the nut caps.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...020/07/128.jpg
Spin it over again and bolt the wheels on, oh, wait, bugger, that's on wrong :1092:
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...020/07/129.jpg
Never mind, a quick cut, grind and reweld the plates on the right way round
Better :)
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...020/07/130.jpg
Then the rather awkward task of wrapping the chassis over the dolley :icon_bonk:
Got there in the end though, as I dropped a bollock on my sums the rear needed a quick cut n shut again, oops.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...020/07/131.jpg
So tomorrow these axles are off on a pallet to Malta , as you do . Then I get to start bracing my Y61 axles :bananarock:
Onwards.
RAINING, again :(
Wet, wet, wet, not the band but my pants, euw :( but hey the axles are off :smiley_thumbs_up:
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...020/07/139.jpg
Found a suitable pallet and got the heavy load sorted ready for it's trip to Malta, gotta love tinterweb ££££
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...020/07/140.jpg
Got the trolley dolley back inside for a dry out
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...020/07/141.jpg
The frame has a cock up due to my measure error, so decided to fix it by making it more versatile lol
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...020/07/142.jpg
Got some 60mm box to slide over the 50mm box. Welded on some nuts so now I can vary the width of the frame for some reason that will become clear in some future project, maybe :offtopic:
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...020/07/143.jpg
End result is signed off by the top dog :o
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...020/07/144.jpg
Anyway, it's been one of those ideas to make life easier. I thought a couple of hours lol, nope, but hey it's here now and once I've done chassising, it'll work a treat under the shell :biggrin:
Onwards :animierte-smilies-t
Sik build mate!!!
The use of the D Pillar is very nice mate. And that tail gate is Awesome!!!!!
What the bloody hell is Sheep Action???
Sunday and the sun is out , yay. Typical as I'm on paint today :confused:
So my super chassis trolley has another trick. I can tip it up either end and get underneath easily. Just as well cause I'm cutting out the coil towers ready for rewelding them further aft.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...020/07/155.jpg
Took some datum point measurements as reference.
You can see a lot of surface pitting but probably won't reuse these bits anyway.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...020/07/156.jpg
Spring tops and drop link points removed and area cleaned up.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...020/07/157.jpg
Now a lightweight chassis :tease:
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...020/07/158.jpg
Steering box was next to go, damn that thing's heavy. Made the whole trolley experience even better though :redface:
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...020/07/159.jpg
At last , I got some paint on. I'm using BUZZWELD rust encapsulator primer . It's almost as expensive as printer ink, so it better bloody work :thumbup:
It may not look much different but it's safe to go back in the rain at least.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...020/07/160.jpg
I've ordered diff case protection as they I think are worth buying. I'll make the rest of the bracing.
Trailing arm material is proving more difficult to find but I'll get it .
Onwards.
I have a snag regarding the diff lock actuator thingy. Mine is goosed :confused:
I'm also fitting diff case protection as below. Do you guys know of any alternative gizmos that will do the job ? Especially one I can incorporate into this casing ?
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...020/07/161.jpg
Thanks in anticipation :)