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Yes mate, tough times of late.
Wasnt an easy decision to make, but you know how it goes.

Well that dreaded day came, as I towed him up the highway I could almost see a tear in his headlight.
The photo's attached show his mileage at point of sale and his sad, sad look sitting on the...

Its all good, 'cause I got this for the weekend in exchange,,,,,,

lent it to a mate along with my car trailer to retrieve an old jail bar ford truck he intends on doing up, geez I hope he comes back,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I slept at Nimmitabel this week, swagged it
down in the park by the pond. Nice part of the country,,,,,

well Ive parked our old Patrol in the drive way for a well deserved break from towing my trailer all over the country.
He will be given a full freshen up before being designated our "get-away"...

new brake pads to the front!
fitted my HID head light upgrade!
then added another 3,200k's to the clock,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, will it ever end?

576,685k's and counting,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

well I start a new job tomorrow and some of you have heard before that I sleep in the rear when on the road towing all sorts of cargo up and down the east coast.
Had a good set up. Had to remove the...

they work unreal now, better then ever before. Dont know if they are higher pressure? But they sure do squirt good now!!!!!!!!

I replaced both my washer pumps, bought 2x off fleabay. Didnt realise I had purchased two units for the front washers. Made a subtle adjustment (sliced off restricting tab) and all good!
Now they...

hmmmmm, mud pie!

huff n puff, love it!!

Awesome dude, cant wait for the pictures,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

most likely over this weekend, we might get out on Stockton Beach for a squirt.
Although with Sharkhide the shine will remain after you hose off the crud!
I applied the first coat of Sharkhide 4...

gave the old fella a wash today. Also gave him some chassis black under the guards and front/rear ends!
Then I redid all my plastics and flat black areas on the Patrol with Sharkhide, it's been...

how sweet do they look! Gunna have to get me some of those guards me thinks,,,,,,,,,

well, after 550,000k's I needed to replace on of my engine mounts! Left hand side was completely sheared and the right side was as hard as concrete so decided if one has gone may as well replace...

another 5000k's this week,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, at this rate he'll have 600,000 by Christmas!

well not exactly my Patrol but I did just repaint our new (used) camper trailer, fitted some extra's like a AM/FM/CD/Stereo, small L.E.D. Courtesy lights.
Heading down to Swansea van park tomorrow...

gave Patty a good wash and wax, degreased the engine bay and tyre shined the rubber bits! Now he looks like a city dweller,,,,,,, might have to visit Stockton Beach this weekend and change that!

My old Nissan had developed a bad miss along with a bad case of the back-fires on lpg. Also developed some bad pre-ignition ping when running petrol?
Last week when we had the air intake tube out to...

I had an awesome morning with my 15yr son we fitted our new snorkel to our beloved Patrol,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Doesnt get any better than that people,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,


The look on my son's...

Happy Birthday Megomonster, hope after all that you and an awesome day!
I once drove into an underground carpark and had to let my tyres down so I could reverse out the "entry" lane,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

well I finally fitted my new fully functioning tail lights. At least now I have some decent lights at the rear of the Patrol.
I wired them into the trailer plug, yes I know its cheating but it...

I refitted our Bush Shower unit, based on a Glind heat exchange and using a marine pressure regulated pump! Then we fabricated a wind deflector for the old roof rack.
Fitted our new side awning to...