Garett's ford maverick 1990,

[garett]

Apologies Garrett Mate, just a bit time poor at the moment, next week if you remind me I’ll take 5 [emoji106][emoji106]
Must say though, the one I bought is beautifully engineered and constructed to seal without falter as I’ve tested deep under Tasmanian windscreen sludge. The lip/seal on this thing is extremely well CNC routed I assume to fit the A1358 above and below compressed to perfection [emoji736][emoji736]


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no worries mate its gunna be a few months before i start work on the mav, i also have to weld and brace the inner guard, sort some suspension fun, fuel pump, injectors and contemplate a rotary exhaust...
she needs a little bit of love

[BrazilianY60]

What is a rotary exaust?

[garett]

What is a rotary exaust?

its a turbo ... lol

it was how my brother got, getting a turbo past his partner ...

[garett]

well i should have secured a turbo kit ... and i need to sort the suspension on the front ... want to stay with the 2 inch lift but nicer shocks and hybrid radius arms seem the go.

hopefully this weekend i can get the landrover engine back together

[garett]

well i have most of the bits to put a turbo on my car, missing one or two important bits ... like a turbo and exhaust pipe.
managed to have my steering damper explode all over my front diff..

[MB]

Do have an honest near new (50kish) usage Safari air compressor and all its connecting intake/exhaust goodies removed in the shed if you want Garrett Mate?
It’s done what I asked of it and paid for itself around our great land for work. It only runs at circa 8-10psi without intercooler and helped a lot but did start chewing 500,000k rings and overheating piston tops found mostly during last 2.2T hauling headwinds run to Darwin [emoji22]


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[garett]

i appreciate the offer and will keep it in mind, i'm not exactly in a rush got a month or two of putting a landrover back together

[MB]

Yeah or Nah Young Brother, coupla a Young Contractors been eyeballing off, Forum First [emoji120][emoji120][emoji106][emoji106]


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[garett]

i'll pass then, i got hold of a factory gu setup but the turbo is knacked, got all the lines an manifolds etc. been thinking a borg warner is the go, i can get one of them off the shelf local around the corner from work.

[garett]

woot i have death wobbles .... without a steering damper its quite fun on the highway ... really need to finish this landrover ...

[garett]

i got a delivery of suspension parts ... on a pallet

[garett]

fitting new radius arms ... lining up the last bolt is interesting, ratchet strap and jacks make it easier by yourself. found out my shocks were dead panhard bushes gone radius arm bushes gone inner axle seal is gone..
i'm not looking at the rear end ... that can be future garetts problem.

[BrazilianY60]

When I did mine, a bottle jack on the pinion side of the diff center helped a lot to "fine tune" the alignment of the radius arm and axle housing holes.

[garett]

well now i have driven it with the new radius arms and shocks ... no death wobble ... still gunna change more parts as they are not good.
last time i did this i had a hoist ... soo much easier

[garett]

i may have ordered more parts ...

[garett]

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i gotta get around to fitting them but now have a work car, so no rush

[garett]

i got around to cleaning them manifolds up, going to try and paint the exhaust in ceramic. then wrap it,
looking for the fuel pump and a couple more bits, but i think i have most of what i need now.

[garett]

well i cleaned it up
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[rusty_nail]

Well done mate. Hope all is well in your world

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[BrazilianY60]

What did you use to clean the carbonization inside the manifold?

[garett]

What did you use to clean the carbonization inside the manifold?

i used a sandblasting cabinet, then smoothed out the casting inside with die grinders and flap wheels.

[garett]

where is the best place to get a UFI 250HP 12mm Pump from ?

[Rossco]

Just go straight to UFI. . Worth considering a built 11mm tho reckon if I did it again that's the way I world go. .

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[mudski]

Just go straight to UFI. . Worth considering a built 11mm tho reckon if I did it again that's the way I world go. .

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Yeah I reckon my 12mm is wasted too. 11mm would do the same as I am now but probably with less soot. Lol.


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[garett]

Yeah I reckon my 12mm is wasted too. 11mm would do the same as I am now but probably with less soot. Lol.


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would the ufi200 pump be a good option ?

[garett]

just ran a compression tester over it and 430 to 450 psi

[garett]

well the front diff is on the bench... cant stand the bearing noise any longer. fitting the gu locking setup and replacing all the steering links and a few other things

[garett]

putting it back 86716

[garett]

got a wheel alignment done, oh boy does it ride better now...

[BrazilianY60]

got a wheel alignment done, oh boy does it ride better now...

Like a train on tracks!

What is this GU locking setup at the front you mention?

[garett]

Like a train on tracks!

What is this GU locking setup at the front you mention?

for the wheel bearings it used to have 2 nuts and a thin bit of metal you would bend. now its a nut and a plate that has screws to hold it together

[BrazilianY60]

Gotcha. Wheel hub stuff. I was under the impression it was differential talking, so it caught my interest.

[garett]

all day and i changed coolant, head lights and air filter.

[garett]

hooray my brake proportional valve started leaking.

[Pete49]

now you have some more to do ... remember 'if it has wheels or............

[garett]

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i got the part that is no longer as it should be off.

[mudnut]

Upgrading to chrome moly?

[garett]

Upgrading to chrome moly?

that is chrome moly .... put it in the press at work straight as now

[garett]

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well the fuel pump let go.. guess i got to fix that with a turbo

[PeeBee]

hooray my brake proportional valve started leaking.

God I laughed Garrett, such clarity in the statement, but a bugger.

[garett]

new gearbox mounts, most of the exhaust is in place, few more bits to get hold of then i can start fitting up the rest.
once this is all done i can fix the a/c and rear suspension bushes, deck out the back redo the rear bar.

[garett]

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making some progress
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[BrazilianY60]

Is the boost electronic controlled on that turbo?
Is it too big of a turbo for the TD? I noticed it required spacers at the manifold.

[garett]

Is the boost electronic controlled on that turbo?
Is it too big of a turbo for the TD? I noticed it required spacers at the manifold.

the manifold had a t3 size flange the turbo has a t25. needed an adapter to fit.
i have a mechanical control for the wastegate just not put it on yet.
i was lead to believe its the correct size ... i guess i will find out in a few weeks.

[garett]

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pumps in
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[garett]

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getting closer
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[garett]

dump pipe made oh boy is the welding bad, but it seals
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[MB]

Stress less, welding looks fine Garret Old Mate, don’t forget She’s an oily diesel 4.2TD residue weapon now too [emoji123][emoji123][emoji23]
Did use to have issues on old mild steel radius bend welded Landcrab 2F petrol homemade headers and LPG doing some sort of crystallisation degradation of dodgey welds my nuffy self [emoji12]


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[garett]

Stress less, welding looks fine Garret Old Mate, don’t forget She’s an oily diesel 4.2TD residue weapon now too [emoji123][emoji123][emoji23]
Did use to have issues on old mild steel radius bend welded Landcrab 2F petrol homemade headers and LPG doing some sort of crystallisation degradation of dodgey welds my nuffy self [emoji12]


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well the flange is stainless, radius mild, straight is stainless back to aluminized steel ... i tig welded it.
getting a bit more done
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[garett]

ok so i'm down to bleeding the fuel system, priming the turbo with oil, adding coolant, oil change, make a coolant bottle, make the intercooler fit somehow. and connect the new senders.
re run diff breather and vacuum line. move the ac hoses/get the ac working, rear suspension bushes, fit the kitchen make the boxes over the rear guards......
and now fix the power steering belt tensioner.

[BrazilianY60]

What did you chose for the new instruments (assuming the new senders are for new ones)?

[garett]

What did you chose for the new instruments (assuming the new senders are for new ones)?

the saas garbage
saas trax range should give close enough measurements, pressure and pyro. might do a intake temp.

[garett]

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one coolant overflow bottle .

[garett]

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can anyone guess what this is for ?

[MB]

A huge caryall donut [emoji507] tray for bait Old Mate [emoji51]
My honest apologies for sounding nasty and do love your work [emoji736][emoji106]
Genuinely concerned though about firewall issues of flex & impact between the mounting extremities, hopefully I’m just being a worry wart [emoji1696]
Not sure what brand your stainless 4” clamps on your Beaut air intake system are too? I had bought similar looking, anti-seize sticked every single one during installation on my setup and still found over 50% were galled, so deliberately replaced the entire lot for future maintenance ease [emoji51]


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[MB]

https://www.normagroup.com/norma/en/products/norma-gbs-stc/?open&ccm=020030


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[Plasnart]

87887
can anyone guess what this is for ?

Baking tray frame for your lunchtime pies and sausage rolls. Awesome work!:smiley_thumbs_up:

[MB]

A lot of engineering/crumple zone testing, I am assuming went into this design Garret Old Mate [emoji120][emoji3590]

https://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2024/03/55.jpg

Please do consider [emoji120][emoji120][emoji3590][emoji3590]


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[PeeBee]

Garrett, I think the load on the very small steel sections will let you down. There isn't much deflection strength in this assy, the welds at the RHS to Angle interface will fatigue very early. The frame is going to be subject to every vertical motion and I will say its a great concept but ultimately wont last the distance. Anyway give it a whirl I guess but I hope it does not come adrift in some awkward location and do further damage.

[Plasnart]

I got no idea what it is just yet but MB I don’t see much impact strength in that flat bar section.

What the deuce is it anyway Garrett?

[PeeBee]

Plassy, its a mount frame for an intercooler coil

[MB]

“I am most worried about a front end collision and the strong lineal forward facing frame not heading upwards but unfortunately becoming a spear through to beloved little ones” [emoji3590][emoji3590]


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[PeeBee]

“I am most worried about a front end collision and the strong lineal forward facing frame not heading upwards but unfortunately becoming a spear through to beloved little ones” [emoji3590][emoji3590]


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I dont think the frame size has enough column strength and the frame is not substantial enough to resist much MB, its a fairly flimsy configuration I think, looking at the mount location its in the center of the firewall with only a single 90 deg column, 25mm rhs - they should be OK I reckon. If anything it will fold up pretty easily I think.

[MB]

Dearly hoping, thanks PeeBee


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[garett]

the frame is less substantial then the bonnet and the engine block, am running some bracing under the joins, hopefully it lasts long enough so i can save up for a proper kit.

[garett]

put coolant in it and fresh oil. replaced the filters, wired the cooling fan for the intercooler, painted the frame and made a exhaust manifold shield.
just got to sort from the inter cooler to the manifold.. then do all the prestarts.

[garett]

i fired it up today.... need to sort a catch can.
it idles a bit high.. 800 cold it used to be 600.
at idle it got to 100 deg exhaust temp only ran it for 15 mins or so to bleed coolant etc.
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[garett]

well i took it for a trip around the block... manages to hit 500c at about 110 when i lift... got the alarm at 550c
tops out at about 1.4 bar
may need to get this thing tuned

[garett]

does anyone know anywhere in Adelaide that is good at tuning a td42 ?

[garett]

doing the rear bushes and one of the nuts picked up the thread.
hopefully this stops it from pulling left under throttle.(half of the bushes were busted)
this leaves only the rear panhard that isn't new.

[garett]

took the car down the highway, at 110 km/hr i sit on 300 deg egt.and about 0.5 bar at the manifold.

also trying to rebuild the front seat, not happy with the falcon seats, i sit too high.

i rebuilt the blower fan and working on revamping the ac.
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after i 'fixed the foam'

[garett]

got the old girl tuned.. should be a nice safe tune

[garett]

burnt a tank of fuel and got 13ish per 100km was mostly town and 110km/hr ...

[garett]

got around to fixing the aircon.... it works. the list of parts is long. there is about 3 bits that i didn't change.

[GregRT]

got around to fixing the aircon.... it works. the list of parts is long. there is about 3 bits that i didn't change.

That's a good start

[NADSyourUncle]

One hell of an undertaking but should be awesome when done! good luck!

[garett]

well the test run went well... 3000km towing a 10x6 trailer in less than 5 days.