What did you do to your Patrol today!

[MB]

With a little help Thanks to @Rossco & @PeeBee we yoinked the old greasy blacktop out:



Mounted up ready for inspections to begin, a quick torch untrained eye sneak peak appears the liners/sleeves are ok hoping




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[DX grunt]

Drove it from home to the tip and back, at 229cpl.

[MB]

Crapped the bed in the wee hours of this morning so decided to keep investigations going on the old donk:

Heads now off, followed the Service Manual strictly this time and numbering bolts as I went.








Aint looking too pretty, certainly one piston has had some cooking:



I’m a bit suss on the head now too:



Decisions now made, it’s beyond my agricultural dodgey skills so off to find a shop for a complete rebuild for another 27 years service hopefully

Hot tip though, $20 cupboards off Gumtree with castor wheels are great storage boxes keeping bits and bobs safe and in order:






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[PeeBee]

@MB, all the pots look like they have that boomerang flare mark like a stain - is that water or typical? Goes from cylinder to bolt hole x 6 - very interesting.

[MB]

I’d ass-ume it’s typical Philstar but don’t nuffy know for sure, the pre-combustion chamber is directly above the boomerang 🪃 marks if you look at the head underside pictures.

EDIT: Back from an Aldi tucker run now, see pictures below of gasket boomerang 🪃 marks too and head pre combustion area Philstar.





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[Rossco]

Nice one how do the bores look ?? . . Semi-educated nuffy here ( probably the worst kind lol) . . Pretty sure this pre comps boomerangs look normal, bit of carbon on head but expected with high comp. . Who knows the history of that head could have been anything on the shelf chucked on to get her going works have been interesting to see comp before head done. . Hard to tell from pics but this looks pretty sus and the aluminium looking buildup below like piston has stated melting . .



Wise choice taking it in to expert I reckon, may as well do it properly old gramps deserves it


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[MB]

That’s the one I pictured earlier Rossco, definitely melted for sure and was the decision maker. 4 out of 6 bores appear ok to nuffy me with cross hatch hones still visible. Numbers 1 and 2 definitely have vertical scratches on the liners.




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[Rossco]

Bloody rough on the gear, what else can you say. . .

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[jay see]

Parked it up..

Costing me $250-$300 a week in fuel.
By the latest early next year will will be back on the road on permit plates.



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[Stropp]

Replaced the bottom seal on the swing away wheel carrier that was damaged on fitment, easy 10 min job