Honey Badger the Y60

[MB TD42]

Coming along great...
I ended up taking the rear bumperettes off mine...they kept smashing the tail lights when dropping into ruts.
Looking great so far.

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[Bigcol]

was able to finally get back to this thread, man, what a job you have done

how you finally finished?
or side tracked to something else?

[BrazilianY60]

Not finished yet, my kids are killing me for that...
I am currently working on brake lines for it.

I got sidetracked a bit with a UN GU that I was able to get my hands on...

[BrazilianY60]

Back to the GQ, finally!

I have resumed the work on the GQ by the bonnet, time to tidy up things there. To begin with, I have installed these bonnet stoppers I got form China:
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Put back the freshened-up cyclone with some adhesive foam where it press against the left fender.
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Next, I installed the fuel filter/lift pump bracket and the vacuum solenoid that goes next to it. When I took the rubber boot out of the solenoid to give it a good clean, a small foam thing just disintegrated in my hand. I figured it was an air filter as a vacuum solenoid needs to VENT AIR IN to equalize pressure, so the need for the filter.
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Kitchen sponge looked like a perfect candidate, so when the wife was not near, I took my chances, LOL. Hole punchers for the job and the sponge was quickly returned to the kitchen with a "new factory feature".
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All put together, with the zinc plated bracket:
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I have also been cleaning absolutely every electric connection, fuse holder, relay holder etc. I've been taking them apart, rinsing/washing, spraying with contacts cleaner and putting back together.
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[BrazilianY60]

Engine bay harnesses were all fugly, with crispy dry corrugated wraps, super dirty with a lot of dried mud in between the wires.
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Some harness diagrams over the garage walls since the going back and forth over the computer to check was being a PITA.
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Some interesting surprises when getting up and personal with the harness: a winch sub-harness and fog harness already built-in.
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And one mystery harness branch with connector not present on the FSM diagram.
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Just waiting for an order of some OEM-style nylon clamps that have a self hooking thing to attach to panel holes to arrive, to properly attach the harnesses to their original spots as I have cut most of those clamps when unwrapping.

I have been unrapping each individual harness branch, cleaning the wires (sometimes even washing with soap and water), checking for cracks or exposed wires and fixing it, re-wrapping 100% of the harness with that fireproof harness cloth tape and re-wrapping the corrugated hose protected sections with new corrugated hose. I am very happy with the result, that cloth tape has a very professional look.
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[BrazilianY60]

I have replaced the H4 headlight connector with a new one, although I later found it a useless change as the new H4 connector that I was able to source was as low quality as the one that was previously there (and was also not OEM). The connector at the end of the combination light harness was missing on the left side harness and was very crispy on the other side, so I have replaced both with an different, but new, waterproof EFI connector.
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Also took the chance to splice into the parking light and turning light leads of the combination harness to have the halo of the LED headlight cabled for DRL and turning functions (the halo blinks amber for turning).
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[PeeBee]

Today I have personally met one of the eight Patrol owners in the country. He has a donor car as well and he gave me a super nice gift!


LHD passenger side (Aussie driver) front flare.
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I only had 3 of them and now I finally have the full set! Those will be restored and painted matte black.
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It's like finding that last piece of a 3000 pieces puzzle!



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Can I ask how you cleaned up the front flare with the paint on it? I have one like that as a replacement to my set.

thanks

[BrazilianY60]

Can I ask how you cleaned up the front flare with the paint on it?

Have not done that yet PeeBee. The wider tires are currently on the GU as I am a bit skeptic about my brake job capabilities and the possibility of ruining the bronze/gold paint with brake fluid so the GQ currently has the narrow steelies on it. And BTW, the brake flaring tool I ordered for this job has just been delivered this arvo. I reckon I will have these renewed/painted before moving those tires back to the GQ, to avoid throwing stones on the paint job. I'll keep you posted.

[BrazilianY60]

I have followed the great instructions from the forum in order to fully flush my cooling system. This is the topic I have based myself onto:

DIY TD42 Cooling System Overhaul

Unfortunately on my GQ the TD42 block drain plug was absolutely unreacheable. Add to that a brake booster and master, as my car is LWD... Only solution seeming possible was to reach from the left side wheel, well where in the majority of recommendations I found online, there is a removable rubber screen that gives you line of sight to the drain plug. Mine didn't have that rubber screen but was all sheet metal instead. I took @PeeBee advise and cut it out. I´ll hand made a rubber screen for it later, to keep dust and debris out of the engine bay.

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With the block drain open, not much water came out to be honest. Most of it came from the radiator. To make sure I was expelling anything old in there, I connected the garden hose to the block-to-heater core fitting and blocked the other end with my thumb to force water to come out of the drain plug. Once I was happy with it, put the plug back with some teflon tape. Including some minor waste while running the engine with the radiator cap open to vent any air bubbles, it took shy of 12 liters of coolant.

I also took the chance to replace the coolant expansion bottle with a new aftermarket one.
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Thought this radiator cap would be cool. I am going to keep a "normal one" in the car just in case.
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[mudnut]

That cap is pretty cool. Can you please post a link for buying the cap? There are so many online, I don't want to order the wrong size.