Parksy's gq

[Rossco]

Good to hear Parksy pain in the butt but worth knowing it's good now. Should run like a dream now. .

[Parksy]

Cheers rossco. Took it for a spin and it does run like a dream. A lot smoother, engine temp runs cooler, oil pressure is higher despite running a lighter oil. Everything is good at this stage. Has that new engine feel though, so will need a good run in.

[Parksy]

Have run the patrol for roughly 1000km give or take, including lots of maintain driving, so lots of low gear driving.
The other night I took it for a spin and ran it hard. The engine loved it and surprised me with what the tb42e can actually do. Despite giving it a boot full and mainly running in 3rd gear, I still somehow managed to achieve 14.5l per 100km.
I used gulf western oil to run the engine in because it was cheap. I used a 20/50w oil and it drained out like water. I don't recommend this oil at all. Back to HPR30.

[Dirtydog16]

Hi dirtydog, apologies for the late response. Been busy working metal into different shapes and came up with this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUQm...&feature=share
It's a v4 four stroke nitro engine that I made from scratch. Runs well and sounds awesome in person.
I've finished it and I'm back to giving the patrol some much needed love. Currently rebuilding a tb42e as mine is leaking coolant from the rear of the engine and it has 430000km and don't want to fix it again...

I used sikaflex to hold the carpet to the roof. I also used large sections of plywood and propped up against the carpet using timber. The sikaflex allowed me to move the carpet without it sticking and the plywood pressed against it left it nice and smooth.

The carpet on the pillars is glued on using yellow contact adhesive. The carpet is stretchy and easily moldable.

Hey, that's a great looking little engine. You have to be proud about how that turned out.

Thanks for the reply to the questions. 👍

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[Parksy]

Well the cheap fuel pump I purchased how ever long ago decided it couldn't put out more than 30 psi, even when I blocked the return line with pliers. This was disappointing as I replaced it after creating this thread(it's documented somewhere in here).
Anyway I purchased a Walbro 255lph fuel pump to replace it with. I was pleasantly surprised to find it has a metal gerotor type pump as opposed to what I assume is just a plastic impeller in the cheap Chinese pump.
Anyway it's fitted and the start up stumble is gone and hopefully I've gained a few extra hp.


This is the old pump where you can just see the impeller

[Parksy]

Years ago when I first bought this patrol I gave the flares a touch up with a rattle can. Anyway, years of sunlight and weather eventually got to these and they turned chalky and aweful. Have had a few hot weekends here so took advantage and re-sprayed them properly with the same paint I did the patrol in and also a polyurethane clear that is full of UV inhibitors. They came out great. I wished I clear coated the patrol with the same stuff, but never mind.
Also fitted some led head lights which I haven't tested properly.

[Parksy]

Driving along the other day and the drivers seat collapsed behind me. Not the nicest experience and when I pulled it off and checked it out underneath, it was very obvious that it had collapsed before and was repaired. Cracks everywhere. Anyway, I treated the patrol to new aftermarket seats and it feels magical driving the thing now. More comfortable and I'm not sitting on a flattened rickety piece of garbage.

[NissanGQ4.2]

Nice mate.... brand, cost, fit original brackets?????

[Parksy]

These are what I bought. They are autotecnica seats and utilise the original seat rails.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/4WD-Adven...sAAOSwXeJYFnJT

[threedogs]

Cheers rossco. Took it for a spin and it does run like a dream. A lot smoother, engine temp runs cooler, oil pressure is higher despite running a lighter oil. Everything is good at this stage. Has that new engine feel though, so will need a good run in.

You did the right thing fixing it properly, after looking so far of your work ethics
I feel you would be disappointed if you took the short cut with Chemiweld.
Basically you now have peace of mind IMO, Still the best cleanest GQ in Aus I think anyway