Finally got one!

[Lionel84]

Mate! What more can I say?
Thankyou,

Lionel

[happygu]

Woo Hoo !!!

[gaddy]

congrats , maybe !!!!!

[Lionel84]

Bahahaha!

I have wanted a GU patrol for about 6 years!

I was doing to head to the mines and get one to build up into a weapon. That never eventuated and the dream went away, sort of!
I moved to Townsville and still wanted one but I had a good life there.
I passed one everyday when I was at work that was for sale so I jumped on carsales and had a look. Also on that page was a silver one, less miles, and the newer model, MY08, so I took it for a drive.
Bought it 2 days ago and fitted a GME TX 4500 and Great White 18 diode round spotlights straight up, yesterday. Now I'm driving from Townsville to Adelaide through central QLD!

2007 MY08 GU Patrol, silver

Lionel, Townsville, soon to be RADelaide!

[lorrieandjas]

Hey mate - well done and welcome to the forum!

Jas

[wildgu6]

Welcome buddy, great place to be if you got a trol.
Congrat's too on the purchase, at least you got it right when you went GU...... Welcome to Adelaide when you get here to mate.

Cheers Pete

[BigRAWesty]

Well done mate. Good to see a happy camper.. so are you based in Adelaide or what??

Kallen Westbrook
Owner of
Westy's Accessories (http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?15134-Westy-s-Accessories.-A-small-back-yard-builder.)

[MEGOMONSTER]

Congrats on the purchase
Welcome mate, surely the best forum on the net. If you need it, you can get it, if you want to know it, just ask it.
Enjoy the sights and sounds of the greatest show on earth.

[AB]

Welcome to the forum mate, feel free to ask any questions and join in the conversations.

[threedogs]

Welcome and Congrats ,but its all hear,say till we get pics.
We love Pics, Radelaide big call really Radelaide,,, lol

[Maxhead]

G'Day and welcome to the forum mate

[my third 256]

hi and welcome to the forum a great mob of people here and a lot of very usefull information
best wishes with your patrolling
stephen

[Sprout]

Welcome aboard !

[Morton]

welcome mate, enjoy the site, cya on the tracks sometime

[wildcard]

welcome mate, enjoy the site. You will get some great Ideas here. kym

[Lionel84]

Thanks for the wishes everybody!

Wow, I have been so busy lately with work, socialising and 4WDing that I haven't really been on here much, or at all for the fact :(

Since I last posted, I have added some dents and scratches to the car, an Ironman 12000lb monster winch with synthetic rope, and a dual battery system waiting to go in.
I finally ordered a battery tray to sit in the funny spot the battery has to go.
I have been a bit slack with getting stuff into it, and enjoying just driving around. The winch control box got mud in it and corroded out all the wires inside, my bad for mounting in a crummy spot.
Oh well I have a new one now (not installed as yet as I am looking at places. I have to fit a snorkel on some time, I have all the tools required, just need to get it done haha!
I was thinking of mounting the control box in the engine bay, but where there's enough room, there's 1 tiny little thing in the way. I am thinking of mounting it in the side wall of the engine bay, where the snorkel pokes through the side into the space between the quarter panel and the engine bay, but mount it in the engine bay side.
The only other option is to get someone to fabricate something for me to bolt to the wheel arch in the engine bay.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated :)

Lionel

[trekster]

G'day and welcome to the best patrol forum around! Make sure to post up some pics of your beast in the members ride section ;)


Members Rides (http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/forumdisplay.php?43-Members-Rides)



This thread has alot of useful threads linked
(http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?16195-GC-Index-to-useful-threads)


Some mechanical threads that may be of interest:


Why Diesels Smoke (http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?12450-Why-Diesels-Smoke)

Checking and cleaning MAF sensors (http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?597-Checking-and-cleaning-MAF-sensors)

NADS discussion (http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?5526-Snicko-doing-the-NADS)


Recovery and safety!

Recovery Bible (http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?13556-Recovery-Bible)

Towballs are not recovery points (http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?5725-Tow-balls-are-not-to-be-used-as-recovery-points)

Recovery: The Fundamentals (http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?1984-Recovery-The-Fundamentals)



and lastly this should be read and passed on to anyone that is not aware of the fact

Deaths from towballs (http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?11239-Deaths-from-towballs)


Last but not least enjoy the forum and everything it has to offer, Don't be afraid to ask questions as we are all here to help each other out!


Cheers,
Eric.

[Lionel84]

Cheers Eric! Thanks for some useful links!

I have been working on the girl today, installing a snorkel. I haven't really done too much yet, just ripped the front left quarter panel off, I realise now that I probably could have left it on!
Hahaha, oh well, I'd like to drill some holes while I have it off to mount the winch control box behind the radiator reservoir.

I have been taking a few pictures, and tomorrow I will get the snorkel in and hopefully mount the winch control box.

I have a Y61 MY07 ZD30.

Pics to come :D

[healy]

Welcome to the forum

[Lionel84]

Oh there was something odd that I found today that was worth a mention, and probably everyone has seen it, but where the air filter box connects to the gasket that runs into the cavity between the quarter panel and the engine bay, there was a bit of a gap, around 0.3-0.5mm. Definitely not a good seal, and on the back end there was a heap of Sikaflex to ensure a good seal. Hah! I had to have a laugh :) It's all pulled out now to install the snorkel in the morning.

I have been having a bit of a read of a few threads tonight, very good and helpful information :)

Thanks,

Lionel

[Dhuck]

Welcome to the forum mate.

[Lionel84]

Oh my life!
I just finished installing the snorkel. What a fiddly piece of crap! Hahaha, worth every mosquito bite for sure though!

I also mounted the winch control box into the engine bay and I'll run the wires tomorrow.

ARB Left side battery tray for dual battery setup should be here tomorrow or Wednesday, if that's the case then I'll have to pick it up when I get back from work at the end of next month!
I have the system there, and I'll set it all up tomorrow so all I have to do is screw in the tray and bung on the battery and connect the terminals!

I will post up pics in the DIY thread and Members ride when I get it all done :)

[NissanGQ4.2]

Belated welcome 2 the forum Lionel

Great bunch of members on here always willing 2 help out when the can

Enjoy the forum and what it has 2 offer

Cheers

Toddie

[PMC]

Mate! What more can I say?
Thankyou,

Lionel

G’day Lionel,

Welcome aboard mate! I hope you enjoy your stay with this great forum and its members!

PS, Shite-loads of info and good laughs to be had all-round!

Regards,

RLI

[ryandewar92]

Welcome to the forum! There is heaps of info on here so good luck with it!