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I did a bit of a test when I raised the back of the bonnet on some spacers. It is simple to do
Just tape some bits of wool about 4 inches (10cm for those younger than 40) to the bonnet near the...

Old "red" got stopped on the side of the road 200k from home . Luckily in a good spot, but with a hole through the rotor button........... Sunday night on a long weekend

The missus was in the...

thanks fellas but we have a hydraulic lift table with 500kg capacity to sit it all on and lower and lift it into place so it should be a dodle.

And if that struggles some long tines on a forklift....

Update
It has taken a while but Red is going strong.
I lifted the back of the bonnet and used some tape to attach some bits of wool.
Interesting and not what I expected.
The air flow is down and...

G'day all

In a couple of weeks I am going to be putting a new clutch in my brothers GQ with the TB42 engine.

We plan on doing from the bottom, we have some good ramps (350mm high) , jack...

I turned up a little gem of information...
Extended shackles are those that are CUT and made longer. I have seen a pair for sale on ebay, Not legal and in that case crappy work and should have been...

Thanks for your suggestions GQ tank

The system has been bled and I found no air
BUT
by skidding in the gravel I have found that neither front brake is working and that the reason it was pulling...

G'day all

I am fairly sure the Brake Master Cylinder (BMC) on my 3/85 MK patrol is sick.

It seems one circuit is inoperative. Pulls to the left under brakes with no sign of fluid on the RH...

Leaf sprung MK. With the increase in height after a spring reset it tends to have some bounce steer so I am looking to put the tie rod on top of the hub arms so the drag link is nearly horizontal. ...

Hello

Does anybody know the taper angle of the ball joints and drag links.
I am about to do some modifications and cant measure it accuratly enough to be sure. I am about to purchase a reamer. ...

The way they look at airflow on aircraft is to simply tape 6" pieces of wool to the surface and watch it. From that you can gauge a lot about airflow.
I keep getting told that louvers won’t work...

Some great idea's

I put injected gas on my wife's Rodeo and it has been an unmitigated disaster.
Its doing about 25L/100k whereas old red with a carby top ring is doing 17-18 litres on the 100
The Injected stuff...

Thanks Kallen
I found a piece of flyscreen between the condenser and the radiator on my wife's Rodeo and removing that helped that one heaps but alas old red does not have air-conditioning. The...

I did the spring lift thing and I got the heights I was after and it all works well now however it took a bit of getting the death wobbles out of it.
I did new shocks, new bushes in the idler,...

1 degree 30 min for the MK
Still looking for the Gq

G'day
Sorry I don't
I am looking for the same info for my MK
If I find something I will let you know
Cranky.

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Springs successfully re-set and with a 4 inch lift :smiley_thumbs_up:

Every bit as high as I wanted. It will probably settle back to 3 inches over the next few months and...

Front and rear springs removed and reset and replaced.

I think I over did it a bit and had to put longer shackles on the front to stop them inverting.

I am looking for longer shackles to put...

You have a very nice looking vehicle and with nice km My old MK "red " is running LPG and after a few issues it is now running great typically 370 to 400 kilometres on a tank of gas (70 litres) ...

I Swapped the back springs on the weekend.
I took the two straight 9mm thick leaves off the the original springs (OEM) springs and swapped them for the 6mm leaves of the donor pack.
This made...

springs removed and ready for refurbishment. At least they all appear to match.

The front springs appear to hav e been rubbing on the chassis despite the spring bush being on sort of condition. ...

Most of the required bits now taken off " Parts"

Lots more changes to come yet


Cranky

I also found this thread that has been going for a while.

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?2940-DIY-Anti-theft/page1

Cranky