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[dannypatrol]

Hey everyone,

Hereby my introduction. I already upset some people enormously by posting a question before posting my introduction, sorry for that!
I have recently purchased a dec 1997 Nissan Patrol GU 4.5l auto. I am an international student and bought this car because I love going on road trips. I will do weekend trips and planning to do a trip along the coast of Australia (yes the complete coast). This is my first car, do not know anything about cars and I want to learn to do as much myself.

About the car:
The car is a 5-seater with dobbinson shocks and steering dampner, ride pro spring 3" lift, bull bar with winch, compressor, , dash DVD player, UHF, marks 4wd deep reduction in low range 47% and 4.6 diffs front and rear. (still have to read upon what this all exactly means). Lucky for me and my pocket, it runs on LPG and Petrol. At the moment it has MICKY THOMPSON 305/70/16 MTZ which I am planning on selling and buying some coopers AT's.

The big plan:
Getting a roof rack, installing a reverse camera, wiring up the dummy lights, constructing drawers and removable bed, etc. And because I am a student, it will all be on a budget.

I am not sure how much I am able to contribute but I am sure I will learn a lot here.
A photo of the car is attached.

cheers
Danny

[BigRAWesty]

Welcome mate and that's a top start.
The reduction low range gears a're exactly that. They have reduced the low range buy 47%.. More used for rock climbing and slow technical stuff. Not really needed for a tourer but will allow nice throttle control when in the shoit..
And the 4.6 is the diff ratios. As you are running larger tyres the rolling distance is more so the gears bring the ratio and speedo back to near Stock..

Anyway heaps of info here and top members to match.
So jump in and enjoy the forum and the car..
Cheers

[growler2058]

G'day Danny welcome aboard mate.
Check out the Mickey Thompson ATZ's before you jump at the Coopers. Myself and three others I know personally have had issues with coopers tyres. With any tyre you need to rotate them every 10,000k's I do mine every 5,000

[Steve4wdin]

good day Danny, welcome to the forum. Nice car for a first car. Some really good knowledge to be shared.Enjoy

[Bensmooth10]

Gday mate, welcome aboard. You will find heaps of help and expert advice here.

[AJTich]

G'day Danny.
It sounds like your beast is all ready for the trip, and some "interesting" side roads as well.
Westy's given you the drum on the diff, etc, and with Growler's review of tyres, and the many other support Forums that will help you out here, you will be on the road and cheering pretty soon.

[AB]

Welcome to the forum mate, feel free to ask any questions.

[NissanGQ4.2]

Welcome 2 the forum Danny

Great bunch of member on here always willing 2 help out when they can

Enjoy the forum and what it has 2 offer

Cheers

Toddie

[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

[Drewboyaus]

G'day mate, welcome to the forum.
That's a nice looking Patrol you have there with a bunch of mods already done.....
I'd love to have the diff ratio and reduction gears. Very handy in the Vic high country mate. Being a petrol those reduction gears will make up some of the engine braking lost when driving a petrol downhill in L1 on compression rather than a diesel.
Don't hesitate to jump in and enjoy the conversations, many of them aren't that technical and just sh!t talking and piss taking......

[MudMap]

Welcome on board!

Plenty of friendly and helpful people here. Enjoy!

[MEGOMONSTER]

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.
If you want to find it, go to the search bar for a universe of information.
Enjoy the sights and sounds of the greatest show on earth.

[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.

[Dhuck]

Welcome to the forum mate.

[Dave_H]

Welcome Danny.

Nice setup especially for a first car (4x4)

I have only just recently joined as well and like all the above posts have said there is so much info on here it's unbelievable.

[Gecko17]

Welcome to the forum Danny. Great 1st wagon.... I had a 98 4.5l for four years before upgrading and I travelled a heck of a lot of coast line in it too.

[The Viking]

Good seeing you here buddy, did you get all you answers solved :D

[dannypatrol]

Unfortunately never completely got the car ready for a Big Lap around Australia. After waterpump replacement, the car was running fine again for two weeks. Unfortunately, after two weeks, a loud ticking noise came from the engine. It appeared that a push rod was bend. Back to the mechanic and spend again money, what fixed it for three days before the exact same thing happened. Now it is time to say goodbye to the car, it needs a new engine. Such a shame of all the custom bar work such as the rotatable kayakholder and dual wheel carrier with integrated mtb carrier, but maybe it is better this way. Finger crossed I can still get some back for the car. I now have my eyes on a 4.2td ex telstra ute. More expensive so I decided to delay the Big Lap for a year or so till I have sufficient funds again. One day it will happen haha
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[Touses]

Hello Danny and welcome! A shame about the car! Perhaps a diesel conversion instead of binning it altogether?
Some of the members a lot more experienced than I may be able to offer advice in this regard. Best of luck!

[dannypatrol]

After a long absence, I am back :) In the mean I have finished my Ph.D. and saved money for a new car (ex telstra ute) and made new plans. The big lap will start in december and I will post some pics on the build up of my car soon. For people with fb, my page is www.facebook.com/dannys4wdadventures where I will post updates during the trip and also have a map with must see places :) feel free to contribute to this map.

I am looking forward to be more active within the forum as well :)

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[mudski]

Welcome back mate and looking forward to hearing about your ventures...

[Avo]

Wow that looks tidy. ..few guys here with pods and have set them up nicely

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