Kelly's wagon

[kelly]

Just took some pics of the patrol, they dont really show the amount of damage to the panels -car has a lot of character so to speak.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b138/Kristy14/20120525_141401.jpg

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The power steering box is in the process of being replaced, just trying to locate a shaft seal - the shops keep saying go to the wreckers and the wrecker ones are all cracked. Water pump is on its way (gotta love ebay) gotta get some new plastics for the tail lights, and also the radiator overflow bottle is busted up - wreckers wanted $45 bucks for it, and new is cheaper off ebay -$30 odd bucks. There is a bit of rust along the roof that will need some attention. and i need a spare rim/wheel for it too. (15's if anyone has way lying about on the gold coast :D )

The bullet stickers will be going, and replaced with bundy ones. Or maybe real bullet holes depending on work ( some moron blew up a car bomb under the car parked behind mine at work last night -no damage or injuries but still scary) gotta love working in surfers after dark.

[NissanGQ4.2]

nothing better than some panel scars :)

Keep the pics coming

[AB]

Very Nice Kelly, getting used as it should be mate!!!

[healy]

nice 4b another rb30 to pick on all the diesel's on here

[growler2058]

Every scar has a yarn ay! looks good

[Punderhead]

Every scar has a yarn ay! looks good

HERS NOT MINE! - saw that written on the side of a troll with a large dint today

Cheers!

[kelly]

i used to have that on my old ride 'its mine, not his' will have to get another one of them.

[kelly]

Well i waited all last well for a seal to come into the Nissan shop and for the power steering box. It turned out to be the wrong seal. So I just took the box down to a mob that just does power steering and they matched it up for me. Put it half back in tonight. also started on the body last night.sanded back the rust on the sill, pulled dents outta everywhere and decided a full re spray is in order.thinking dark purple.maybe black bonnet and roof.

[big_fletch]

Nice troll, keep us all updated with pics... We love pics lol

[kelly]

Tomorrows to do list includes water pump, can shaft seal, new timing belt and more sanding and bogging. Power steering box in and working. First lot of big went in yesterday.also spent an hour our so today looking at paint colour books. Leaning towards purple still and a dark silver grey. Pics will come when something interesting happens.

[kelly]

Well that was a bit of a disaster. Got the water pump out fine.timing belt off.seal out and found that the camshaft had a grove worn in it.personally i'm all for put the seal in and forget about it.other half says pull it out send it of and get it re sleeved.that's just asking to find more problems.but anyway I have no work shop manual at this stage and as soon as bubs goes to bed I will be pulling apart everything to get this damn thing out and send it off.i'm also limited to internet on my mobile so looking for info on how to get the cam shaft out is gunna be fun.

[kelly]

Patrol mostly prepped for a new coat of paint. Still mucking round getting done pinstripping off. Mechanically she is sound. And looking for a spare wheel for her. Then hopefully rego next week. Pics of the painting process top come hopefully tomorrow weather permitting.

[megatexture]

what size tyres you got ive got a lt265/75r16 about 8mm tread left no rim here im not useing you can have if you want it.

[Clunk]

Looking forward to this..... still going for the purple?

[kelly]

Hey mega, looking for a15 inch rim but thx anyways. And yep clunk going the purple, well two tone lower half will be satin black. Still getting a little more pinstripping off. And working on it while the kids are sleeping, slow process...

[kelly]

Started painting on wednesday, did some more on it today. time for pics

Masked up in the garage
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b138/Kristy14/20120815_125348.jpg

Paint prep area
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b138/Kristy14/20120815_094928.jpg

The paint
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b138/Kristy14/20120815_125429.jpg

Side view
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b138/Kristy14/20120818_165252.jpg

Rear view
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b138/Kristy14/20120818_165231.jpg

Its gunna be 2 tone, hence only the top being painted so far. It could have been a bit smoother in areas (especially were i had to bog up both rear quarter panels) but its a 4x4 so a bit rough is ok. Still have to do the clear coat on the top ( probably wednesday) then mask off the top and paint the bottom - will be satin black. More pics to come as it gets finsihed.

[NissanGQ4.2]

looking good,

Hard to tell in pic, is it purple? what's the bottom tone going to be?

Cheers

Toddie

[kelly]

yep its purple, and the bottom will be satin black

[Silver]

violet crumble paint scheme?

Looks good.

[kelly]

Just finished putting on the clear coats on the top half, just the lower half to spray black and then off for rego!!!

[cgm]

I reckon many of the trucks of members would be like mine. The body work would look better in the half dark, with a good coat of dirt or in an Avatar pic (i.e. 100 x 100 and too small to see anything).

Once she's all shined up, you'll have to take it out to a nice overgrown track to put the finishing touches on. :) Sad thing about mine is that there are no overgrown tracks here, so must all be "carpark infringements". They were before my time.

Nice to see the thread with pics showing all the hard work. Nice to see people putting in the hard yards themselves.

[Rustyboner81]

nice 4b another rb30 to pick on all the diesel's on here

True that

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[kelly]

The paint is on!! Got some nice shiny silver mirrors off ebay to go on it. Kids were swinging off the rear vision mirror and broke it :( so gotta get that fixed up, needs mud flaps too and hopefully rego mid week. Will get pics of it up tomorrow in the light. And geez its hard to get two tone straight on them LMAO.

Yep another rb30 to pick on the diesels, personally i wanna steal the engine my other half had rebuilt for the 31 skyline, i could see an rb30et (forged pistons and to4e turbo) doing really well in it, but my other half wants to keep it for his car (hahaha not likely)

[Anton1981]

looking good......did you get to make the photos?

[BARWICK]

nice work mate.

[kelly]

Heres a few pics of the troll
finished paint work
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b138/Kristy14/20120830_170506.jpg

Needed wheel flares so off to bunnings. Got some plastic garden edging (cost about $25 for 10meters) and a couple of packets of nuts and bolts. Drilled a few holes, and used what was already in place were possible. Gotta put the bullbar back on and hopefully will get it passed rego this week.

more pics :)
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[growler2058]

Awesome Kelly good luck with the rego

[kelly]

Well i officially think automobilla is a rip off!!! took it for a roady, $650 later and still no roady. pissed off here and dont mind saying so!! Apparently the new mud gaurds are to hard and if a pedestrian walks into them it will hurt (honestly if they walk into a 4x4 they should have a seeing eye dog) so spent my rego money trying to get the roady. He changed a window wiper blade, a engine mount and back brake pads. Dont know what else he reckons he did, and he tought i was rude when i told him it wasnt a good price. NOT HAPPY, and i have to change the wheel gaurds before he will give me the roady. Also it took him 20mins to find the engine number -WTF, he had to get the car manual outta a 31 skyline he had there to find were it was, yet kept braggin bout his industry experience!!! Now i have to change the wheel gaurds and if i dont get the roady im gunna take it elsewhere, after all he is going on holidays tomorrow (gee wonder why it cost so much?!?!) Not happy!

[NissanGQ4.2]

Hi Kelly,

When you say mud flaps, are you talking about the flares you put on over the wheel arches????

[Dark 1]

Nice troll, keep us all updated with pics... We love pics lol

x 2 Yes we REALLY LIKE PICS !!

[kelly]

yeah i mean the flares, and the mud flaps also need to be bigger. but they need to be soft.

[kelly]

Well i changed the flares, old mate who works across the road from the bloke who wrote out the roady knocked off early friday so i couldnt get the thing. then this arvo after work i went to get it and he tells me no. he wont give it to me cause it doesnt look pretty. Well i went off at him. Absolutly told him what for. His mate is on holiday for another week and the car i have been driving is running outta rego in 3 days. Not the time to play games.

Took it to my brother and he is gunna take it to a mate. I told the reception lady to just cross out the half done roady ( i know there not meant to but hell she is probably not aware they cant and he is on holiday for a week so it will be regod before he figures it out) Still after $600 bucks im not happy to have to pay for another roady. Gunna report both mobs.

[NissanGQ4.2]

yeah i mean the flares, and the mud flaps also need to be bigger. but they need to be soft.

The flares need 2 be soft??????? hahahaha thats a first considering they come out with fibreglass flares straight of the the showroom floor............nothing soft about them!

[kelly]

yeah will be interesting to see if i have to change the soft ones back tomorrow to the hard ones that i had on for the next bloke to do the roady, i showed my brother the ones i took off and what was on and he thought it was stupid. Honestly with 2 kids running round here i they were sharp like they reckoned and would cut someone open - which they reckoned i wouldnt have had em on. just a pack of rip off merchants and assholes there.

[kelly]

well took it to another bloke today, wheel flares are fine... only problem this time is its missing a wheel nut, getting a roady has just been painful. its never gunna be going outta rego!! i dont wanna go through this sorta shit fight again for a roady. and the next vehicle i buy is gunna have to come with a roady.

[Clunk]

Pain in tthe arse about the road but looking good tthere Kelly

[happygu]

Hi Kelly,

Nice to see you are having a lot of fun getting your car on the road....good job....

Sounds like roadworthies up your way are just as hard as getting one down here in Victoria.

I know they are a pain in the butt, but just remember to yourself how hard they are to get, and when you are driving along you know that at least they are making an effort to ensure that you and your vehicle are safe for others on the road, and as others are coming towards you, you are as safe as you can be, driving along with someone else driving just inches away from you at times at a closing speed sometimes of 200km per hour......

Mic

[kelly]

ITS REGISTERED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhooooooooooooooooooooooooo! !!!!


now, whens the next qld (gold coast'ish) cruise/ meet up???

[kelly]

And the alrernater has died :(

[NissanGQ4.2]

And the alrernater has died :(

That's a GQ for ya, gotta give em lots a luvin. Good 2 hear its finally passed rego :)

[megatexture]

paint job looks great! maybe you can give scotty some tips !

[healy]

Nice paint job good to see its roadworthy now

[kelly]

i now know i only get 417 ks to that tank, and its about an 85? litre tank (never really trust petrol pumps to give ya the right litres) filled her up last week and she stopped today (gauge is broken) unfortunately i couldn't find the jerry can to put in the back for when i ran outta fuel so had to wait 2 hours for my other half to bring fuel lol. was pretty funny. i was hoping to make the nerang petrol station and looked twice at the southport one but kept driving. glad i wasnt in a hurry this arvo.

[happygu]

Nothing worse than running out of fuel .... now to get the fuel gauge fixed .....

[healy]

It will be your fuel sender that will be stuffed

[kelly]

Had the carby rebuilt today. $550 later. Has a lot more power, and much quicker of the line for it. Still gotta get the fuel tank leak sorted it seems the rubber seal around the back is the problem, that's next Weeks big expense lol.

[HOOPER]

it looks good but an awful lot of work

[kelly]

Currently working on a sub, amp install. Put 2 new speakers in the back as well. also putting in 2 pull out draws and storage built around the sub box. Pics will follow.

[NissanGQ4.2]

:gday: Kelly we need more :kewlpics: of your rig

[kelly]

ok pics are finally on the puter

pulled the back seats out, made a frame up for the draws (bolts nicely to the old seat belt mount points)
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b138/Kristy14/20121126_144431.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b138/Kristy14/20121126_145513.jpg

Took everything out to cover it, have only got around to putting the small back sub box back in so far.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b138/Kristy14/20121203_140138.jpg

[PMC]

G'day Kelly,

Good onya mate! nice looking Patrol. All the very best with your mobs!

Regards,

RLI

[nissannewby]

Its coming along nicely kelly. We need some photos of it out on the tracks.

[kelly]

Been a while since i updated stuff in here... Did a service on the troll a couple of weeks ago. Bought myself a cheap fuel saver car (mazda 121 lol) so have the troll mostly parked until i need to move things or tow things.

Changed the in tank fuel pump today. Pretty easy job, and added a bit of silicon to help stop the fuel smell through the car.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b138/Kristy14/20130120_102149.jpg

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[Dragon]

Nice rig mate, I've got one with an RB30 in it too.

[kelly]

not sure if this link will work (photobucket taking tooo long to upload vid) awesome day out 4x4ing. troll went soo many places i didnt think possible. then got more rain, not what ya want when ya down in a creek playing. made getting out very interesting. got well stuck and then had to kinda make our own way out of were we got too... but all good. damages for the day were 2 mud flaps, back tail light plastic, and a mobile phone, which still works ( well half the screen works) which kinda got a little run over.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=...type=2&theater

[NissanGQ4.2]

not sure if this link will work (photobucket taking tooo long to upload vid)

Link does not work mate :(

[kelly]

try this link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZa_nMHb7Vw&feature=youtu.be

[rusty_nail]

nice vid mate!

[kelly]

Dropped the patrol into pedders last week to see what was needed as the steering is a little all over the place. And the bloke who i got it off had put the 4inch lift kit under it and thats about all he did (shocks and springs)

Have since spent many hours looking at cheaper ways to fix her up ( quote from pedders was about $1600- that was for bushes and not the panhard rods and drag link)
Got a new steering damper for it.
Bought a polytuff bush kit off ebay with castor correction. Took the radius arms out at a mates place and took em into pedders to get the new bushes pressed in. Gunna chuck em back in this arvo.
Tie rod ends need doing, there is no rear sway bar ( and its missing a bracket) it needs adjustable panhard rods (any info on brands/ prices and what to avoid with these appreciated) then there is a drag link also needed. Oh and the brake fluid needs replacing.

[crouchy1989]

nice video

[kelly]

Heading out to city view 4x4 park this arvo for a camp over. Dropped the diff oil out this morning and replaced it, was a little sludgy.. also put longer diff breather hoses on.

So if anyone else is heading out to city view this weekend keep an eye out for the purple, black troll and come say hi.

[kelly]

Well the alternator is shot. Replaced the fuel tank on the weekend to stop the leak that had developed around the fuel pump. Was losing a bit of fuel.

[kelly]

waiting on the right alternator, have had problems getting the wrong one last time I got one- second hand one. So no surprise this time when my mate ordered one, got it here only to discover it was wrong. So this time sent the original one up with the new one, so they could match it up.
Cant believe the mark up on these things but, trade price (hence a mate getting it for me) $175, retail price (listed on the reciept) $359.

[NissanGQ4.2]

Dropped the patrol into pedders last week to see what was needed as the steering is a little all over the place. And the bloke who i got it off had put the 4inch lift kit under it and thats about all he did (shocks and springs)

Have since spent many hours looking at cheaper ways to fix her up ( quote from pedders was about $1600- that was for bushes and not the panhard rods and drag link)
Got a new steering damper for it.
Bought a polytuff bush kit off ebay with castor correction. Took the radius arms out at a mates place and took em into pedders to get the new bushes pressed in. Gunna chuck em back in this arvo.
Tie rod ends need doing, there is no rear sway bar ( and its missing a bracket) it needs adjustable panhard rods (any info on brands/ prices and what to avoid with these appreciated) then there is a drag link also needed. Oh and the brake fluid needs replacing.

Might pay to get rid of the poly crap and use rubber with drop boxes, from what I have read and been told poly is crap compared to rubber and anything over a 2 or 3 inch lift your better of staying away from castor correction anyway.

[soronation]

4b used as it should be

[kelly]

still working on the alternator...sent the original up with the one that didnt fit, they matched the codes on it, and it got here and didnt fit :/ so sent that one back and got a second hand one from a skyline. Had the pulley changed and got the plugs wired up so i can connect em. Now the big problems are: need to find a test light to make sure i plug em in right, and there is a little unit on the back with an earth wire that was attached, but the new one looks like it has one permanently attached, then there are the other 2 wires that go to it, and cause it doesnt look the same as the old one im well confused as to which wire goes where lol. On a positive note, its easy enough to get the alternator itself in and out, just this damn wiring has me stumped....

[NissanGQ4.2]

Post your alternator wiring question up in the electrical section, Im sure a few of the blokes here could help you out, but might not see it here it

[kelly]

the alternator drama continues..... got the wiring sorted for what goes where, but one terminal was a little small to fit over, so took the drill to it and made the whole bigger. There was also a little bush that goes where to long bolt goes and was spaced out about 2 ml, so after an hour of where is my angle grinder, i took it to a welding shop and got them to remove the excess. now for some unknown reason( i know the tensioner is in the right spot after mucking round with one in the wrong spot i checked first) but cant seem to get the belt back on, and while working on the wiring i dropped the smallest bolt somewhere onto the ground, in a lot of leaves,..... packed tools up and poured a drink. but its half in- sort of...

[NissanGQ4.2]

Get a magnet ( the bigger the better ) and run it over the grass and you might get lucky

[Timmo]

cool rig bro................

[kelly]

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b138/Kristy14/IMAG0145_zpsd86c3385.jpg (http://s18.photobucket.com/user/Kristy14/media/IMAG0145_zpsd86c3385.jpg.html)

the damn thing is in, another half day working on it. volts sitting back up where they should be :)

[Lemo79]

Nice transformation.

[Rustyboner81]

It probaly doednt help now.
I have the rb30. It had a small 50amp alternator that was apaerently out of code. I got a vl commodore 70amp alternator... plug was correct just had to swap the pulleys over and put a little spacer in.
PM me if you have issues ive had a bit done to mine and might be able to give you some tips

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[Rustyboner81]

One little trick is advance your ignition timing a little. Every time the workshop does a tune up they reset it to factory. Runs fine. Runs better advanced s little. Cant remember the numbers but if its set to the 15 timing mark push it a little to around 17. Maybe its got to do with the age of them and wear on the valves but its much better

[kelly]

Looks like i havent updated this in a while. Had some fun with the troll lately. I had 2 batteries die (main one just packed it in) and the second battery in the back when i went to swap them over i discovered was leaking. 3 of my 5 33' muddies died, one just peeled whilst it was off the patrol, 1 got a screw in it, and another i ran a stick into the side wall in my travels lol.
The cancer started to show up in the roof, but finance companies said no to upgrading the patrol. So i got the rust cut out, and because id had a few fun times 4wding, i decieded to clean her up and straighten/ bog/ repair some of the body damage - which there wasn't a straight panel on her. So stripped her back to bare, reprimed everything, and went for an unusal hammertone (yep the trailer paint) tinted to a nice purple.

[kelly]

Photos here:http://s18.photobucket.com/user/Kristy14/library/patrol%202014%20mods
Some one let me know if this link doesnt work plz :)