The Slow Build up of RUD61

[justinkme]

Well this is the slow build up of my Patrol it was purchased at the end of 2014 as an RB30 Carbie. This was purchased as a complete project car, after building a few 4wd's in the past as well as cars and bikes I figured this would be a fairly simple job. Well anything that could go wrong did.... While the project is still on going it is on the road now and I must admit I absolutely love it.
So this was when I purchased the truck...
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The first things that needed to be done was:
- Remove motor and replace with one of the following RB25DET, TD42,TB42, LS2 or LS3
To be honest I am not a diesel fitter, and I did hunt for a TD42 for a solid month with little luck the only decent motor I found was 6K as I couldn't see the point in that then the additional costs for ECU, wiring, gearbox and brakes I figured it was out.
I also was planning on doing this myself so the RB25DET was out however I did price the work through Mercury Motorsports the other areas was this was to be built for 4wd not as a high speed performance car. The LS option honestly I couldn't be fucked at the time however looking back I should of done this...

- Strip the patrol inside
- Remove the rust (this is where it went south quickly)

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After the removal of the motor the GQ became lightly lighter once the dash and interior was removed.
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then the doors were removed for the rust removal
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This became a good time to remove 20 years of shit....
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4L of degreaser later and a lot of rust kill

[onemadgq]

I went for a LS3 (L98 6 ltr) pick it up still in the crate for $4000.00 then had to save for 12 months for the conversion kit ,
but it was worth the wait IMAG3125.jpg

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Well next after a few weeks of being away for work was the carpet or the purchase of the motor and gear box ( I kind of forgotten). this was ordered early on in the build but didn't come for a while.. any who the carpet being installed...
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The most important things to remember:
1. Use scissors that designed for cutting carpet (or sharp ones at least)
2. DONT DRINK JACLK DANIELS cans, beer only or glasses at least...
3. If going in mud don't use Plush Black carpet unless you have mud mats already purchased.

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Oh nice, yeah I learnt only in November I can get LS motors cheap in Perth and send them via work....

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Ok so the motor and box purchased, however I did have a TB42E and manual box sitting in a mates garage that was purchased for a few cartons of booze. I went in for the EFI gear and walked out with a complete motor and autobox (198,000km on the clock)
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15.jpg16.jpg17.jpg18.jpg21.jpg22.jpg23.jpg24.jpgOh I forgot the rust cut and how the 4wd was set on fire ( well smoke damage)
It was not the best phone call to hear while I was at work, I will try to find the photos of the damage... basically all of the dash and inside I removed I had in the boot of the 4wd where destroyed

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Ok next was the Dash installation, this wasn't too complex and was very straight forward I must admit I had take the dash out a lot lately
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sorry first photo was part of the fire aftermath....