"How to" GU Bonnet Scoop Removal - a question about the rubber shroud.

[LaughingBeagles]

Hi All,

Just bought a big mouth scoop to replace my standard GU scoop with 6 x 10mm nuts to remove and replace easy as right? It is, except removing the rubber shroud with a steel retaining bracket that is clipped on with plastic clips under the bonnet.

Before I totally make a mess of it, I thought I would ask if anyone has experience taking it off first. I checked the Y61 Manual section and no luck, searched the forums and tried Professor Google.

I have no idea how to access the clips and so on; they appear hidden away.

[mudski]

Yeah undo the nuts on the under side, the metal brace comes off, then the rubber, then the scoop from the top. Simple. Hit the bonnet with some polish after the scoop is off too.

[4bye4]

Hi All,

Just bought a big mouth scoop to replace my standard GU scoop with 6 x 10mm nuts to remove and replace easy as right? It is, except removing the rubber shroud with a steel retaining bracket that is clipped on with plastic clips under the bonnet.

Before I totally make a mess of it, I thought I would ask if anyone has experience taking it off first. I checked the Y61 Manual section and no luck, searched the forums and tried Professor Google.

I have no idea how to access the clips and so on; they appear hidden away.

So Pete, where did you get a big mouth scoop. I thought the guy had stopped production?

[LaughingBeagles]

So Pete, where did you get a big mouth scoop. I thought the guy had stopped production?

Hey Tony,

Fleabay.... Might be he is not the same guy is my thought. Bought this on Ropes' recommendation

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Large-big-Mouth-GU-gq-nissan-patrol-bonnet-scoop-Td-Turbo-Intercooled-Safari/141652276794?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2648

[mudski]

Hey Tony,

Fleabay.... Might be he is not the same guy is my thought. Bought this on Ropes' recommendation

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Large-big-Mouth-GU-gq-nissan-patrol-bonnet-scoop-Td-Turbo-Intercooled-Safari/141652276794?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2648
bloody hell thats cheap. I paid $550 for the A.R.E Cooling scoop about 4 years ago. Then sold it for $350 a couple of years later.

[4bye4]

Hey Tony,

Fleabay.... Might be he is not the same guy is my thought. Bought this on Ropes' recommendation

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Large-big-Mouth-GU-gq-nissan-patrol-bonnet-scoop-Td-Turbo-Intercooled-Safari/141652276794?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2648

Just ordered one so if they are no good we can both blame Ropes. :D

[LaughingBeagles]

Love ya work! :animierte-smilies-t

[LaughingBeagles]

Back on topic, I feel like a bit of a Noob as I cannot for love or money find where the nuts underneath are to take the metal brace off... The foam seal isn't glued over the top of it is it?

[mudski]

Its been a long time since I have looked at one as mine is different now. This pic might help.
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[mudski]

The lower black plate needs to come off first, from memory its longer than the rubber itself. So it may look deceiving.
See the black plate in the pic, its longer to match the longer hole in the bonnet.
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[LaughingBeagles]

Done! There were six black plastic screws hidden in under the foam. Once peeled away, it was a matter of popping them out and all good.

Thanks for everone's help, it was really useful.

Pete

[Sprock]

bloody hell thats cheap. I paid $550 for the A.R.E Cooling scoop about 4 years ago. Then sold it for $350 a couple of years later.
This is only standard width just higher opening mudski - your A.R.E scoop would have been wider yeah ?

[mudski]

This is only standard width just higher opening mudski - your A.R.E scoop would have been wider yeah ?

No. Same width and depth, just higher. Not real clear pic but you can see how much higher it is...
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[Sprock]

Sorry I stand corrected.

[4bye4]

LaughingBeagles Hey Pete , I noticed a bit of air escaping from the scoop when I did the run to Ravensthorpe last week. Could see it with the dust and rain showing a pattern behind the scoop. Anyway I have made a deflector from a bit of plastic and sicaflexed it on. Seems to get a bit more air going down instead of getting trapped in the back of the scoophttp://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2017/10/25.jpg
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2017/10/26.jpg


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[LaughingBeagles]

Great idea Tony! Don't happen to have a spare bit of plastic at yours do you? :)

[4bye4]

Great idea Tony! Don't happen to have a spare bit of plastic at yours do you? :)

Umm yea I do actually. As in the first picture. Just need to cut to size.

[AgehealaTap]

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[NissanGQ4.2]

We recently just bought a 1933 Victoria Convertible, and it has a set of matching luggage in the trunk. How can I find out more information about this luggage/suitcases?

I feel like a spammer is about 2 get their bottom smacked

[mudski]

I feel like a spammer is about 2 get their bottom smackedSmack that bitch up!

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[cabhsv]

Did you just use a trim removal tool to pop the plastic clips out? I don't want the damage them as I want to re-install the rubber seal back.

[Coldcomfort]

I'm about to go down this path very soon. My scoop is all painted and ready to go. But the pictures in this thread dont look like what mine is. My seal on the under side of the bonnet is a foam of some sort. I wonder if it has changed for the 2012 year. The rear 4 nuts look like an easy thing but the front two seem to be buried under the foam.

Has any one else come up against this??

Cheers, all.

[mudski]

I'm about to go down this path very soon. My scoop is all painted and ready to go. But the pictures in this thread dont look like what mine is. My seal on the under side of the bonnet is a foam of some sort. I wonder if it has changed for the 2012 year. The rear 4 nuts look like an easy thing but the front two seem to be buried under the foam.

Has any one else come up against this??

Cheers, all.

Got any pics? As far as i know the design had not changed throughout the series. There is a longer metal plate under there, that has to be removed first.

[Sprock]

i’ve always found a chainsaw to be a good universal tool .