What did you do to your Patrol today!

[Sprock]

Saturday/yesterday: finished wiring in the electric brake controller and new 7 pin plug, upgraded the earth on the plug while I was at it and hey, now I have really nice bright trailer lights. Then replaced the starter motor, what a prick of a job it is getting at that top bolt. Not bad once you've done it once, but the first time, working out which extensions etc.. What a pain! Then put in the brake bias extension bracket. Then went and bought a camper trailer. Busy weekend haha.

What engine you got mate ? The top bolt on the starter in a ZD30 is an absolute slut of a thing - could see it from the top but 1,000th of a turn with a spanner, with it up on the hoist I could reach up underneath- 1 finger up each side just getting my finger tips to it , slow process 😤

[Sprock]

FINALLY ! Got the exhaust manifold gasket today & got the manifold machined flat , now just have to put it all back together .....

[jay see]

FINALLY ! Got the exhaust manifold gasket today & got the manifold machined flat , now just have to put it all back together .....

Hey, @Sprock
How did you go with your auto, must have missed it all better now??


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[Throbbinhood]

What engine you got mate ? The top bolt on the starter in a ZD30 is an absolute slut of a thing - could see it from the top but 1,000th of a turn with a spanner, with it up on the hoist I could reach up underneath- 1 finger up each side just getting my finger tips to it , slow process 😤

Rb30 mate. Yeah, pita job. Done now, hopefully wont come out for another 20 years.

[Sprock]

Yeah got a 2nd hand 1 from Patrolapart for under $1500 Jay see , couldn't justify $3500 for a standard rebuild to $4500 for Race rebuilt 1 .

[Sprock]

Started to put manifold back in last night , doing up the last stud & snapped it off 😳 Shit was about to get real , centre punched it , drill it out & knocked in an easy out & bugger me it undid without a drama 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 , so I retired for the night . Today I got a new set of manifold studs & nuts from PATROLAPART, put them in & the rest went back together fairly well , started it up with only the new dump pipe on it (thanks @mudski ) & it sounded like a bulldozer 😝 Me likey very much haha

[mudski]

Haha sorry mate 😩

Lol. No probs this time tomorrow.....

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[mudnut]

Tore a heap of redundant wiring out and toughened up the loom so as to make it heaps harder to hot wire. I know it won't stop a professional, but it should stop a random theft.

[taslucas]

Started it!
Poor old girl has been sitting for a long time. Wound it over for a little bit waiting for the fuel to come through and when it fired it went straight up to 2000 rpm and stayed there. Jumped out and looked to see if anything was stuck open on the carby. Nope all good..... Then hello d1ck head, I realised I'd left the plastic bottle covering the snorkel and have now collapsed the intake pipe between carby and air filter. Derrrr....

>>>tappin from tassie

[Touses]

Started it!
Poor old girl has been sitting for a long time. Wound it over for a little bit waiting for the fuel to come through and when it fired it went straight up to 2000 rpm and stayed there. Jumped out and looked to see if anything was stuck open on the carby. Nope all good..... Then hello d1ck head, I realised I'd left the plastic bottle covering the snorkel and have now collapsed the intake pipe between carby and air filter. Derrrr....

>>>tappin from tassie

You're out of practice brother. You need a solid weekend in low range, get the cobwebs out!