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sounds like you have a bad earth to your dash cluster

no worrie, thank you

Hi guy, my turbo on my 85 MQ has started to leak oil and has some slop in the bearing.

On the turbo it has T15 but every turbo listed as T15 on ebay looks wrong and is listed for motor around 2...

Take cat off and break up the guts of it with a chisele/screw driver and hammer.

It brakes up pretty easy, then refit empty cat.

as above, try a new radiator cap, try the simple stuff first no point just jumping in and pulling the head without good reason to.

Also a pressure test of the cooling system should show up a head...

You can use rope feed in throught the spark plug hole instead of compressed air.

wind the motor so the piston is down the bore then feed in a heap of rope, then wind the motor till it locks up....

You can also buy radio, USB, Memory card mp3 players from Jaycar.

they had 12v ones in there catalouge on special for $89

No need to count teeth, the info is on the out side edge of the crown wheel.

It will have number like this 35:8 35 crown wheel teeth 8 pinion teeth.

the one I pulled out of my mq has...

no worries, I just picked up a diff out of a turbo diesel today and it is a 4.6 ratio.

could of had different diffs fitted thou, hard to say as it was just a chassis with the diffs but the guy...

Open diff center found $95 for complete center and only 20 min drive away.

mines a turbo diesel and I have 4.3s
From what I have been reseaeching petrols are 4.6 and some diesels are 4.1.

Your ratio will be on a tin plate, on the drivers side inner guard right up the...

Ok thanks, hoping to find some thing local over the week end so no hurry

North East Tasmania. About 6 hours ago.

You have a MQ one ?

Just putting feelers out for a open hemisphere to fit my rear diff.

long story short, I brought a lokka to suit my MQ and thought I had a open diff, but it was a totally stuff LSD.
Cant exchange...

A heavy duty clutch will have a slightly higher clamping force on the pressure plate.
the clutch pedal will be slightly heavier, clutch will last about the same as a standard one may be a little...

Any welch/freeze plugs on the back of the motor would be a good idea to replace as well

Old post I know but this may help some one in the future
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Nissan-Patrol-MQ-16-HOLES-T-G-Rear-Window-Glass-/250876384273?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item3a6965d411
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edit: Lol only read first page and didnt realise it was 7 pages long.

What I was going to suggest has alread been suggested

thank you, will check to see if its hooked up.

Is that for the tacho pick up ?

No worries, havnt checked how much I have yet, will be doing in the next couple of days thou just to see if its all still there on the old girl.

Tyre shop I used to work at, we used a torque wrench set to 75 foot pound on every vehicle for final tension.

Before they started using the torque wrench they had a couple of wheels come loose and...

Ok Im a mechanic by trade but have not had a lot to do with diesels, have pretty much avoided them, every thing is heavy and dirty. lol
Ive also mainly been into V8s and drag racing, current ride is...

Thank you for that info on the diff, now I know for sure which one I have. The odd one as it seems.

My diff is non LSD, dont know if its 2 or 4 pinion but I guess that doesnt matter as no one...

This is the one Im looking at http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/140550570848?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

The plate under my bonnet list the rear axle as HG43 if thats any help