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JackoGQYoot
4th January 2018, 07:17 PM
I've always been a Toyota man, but one day, I decided that I loved the big 4.2 diesel, Coil front and rear patrol ute. I hunted high and low and in between until I found the one I've got now, with 182000kms on it!
When I first bought it the day after I got my licence three months ago:
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GQtdauto
4th January 2018, 07:19 PM
Noice , very noice .
JackoGQYoot
4th January 2018, 07:20 PM
This is 2 weeks ago, straight after putting a 4" Ironman lift on it.
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AB
4th January 2018, 07:26 PM
Bloody low km's mate, congrats on the new beast!
JackoGQYoot
4th January 2018, 07:30 PM
This is it today, with some 315/75/16 Nitto Trail Grapplers on it, on 16x10, -44 black steelies:
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Winnie
4th January 2018, 08:59 PM
Shit hot mate, what a great first car.
Super low kms too for these. You've done real well.
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the evil twin
4th January 2018, 09:15 PM
Love the coilys and with low K's as well, sounds like a great buy.
Just so you know... lift and tyres aside, those amber lamps on your roof are illegal under ADR 13 (in case Constable Plod or DoT Inspectors gets interested)
And, yes, my rig isn't exactly legal either, just sayin' is all.
JackoGQYoot
4th January 2018, 09:18 PM
Shit hot mate, what a great first car.
Super low kms too for these. You've done real well.
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Cheers mate
JackoGQYoot
4th January 2018, 09:20 PM
Love the coilys and with low K's as well, sounds like a great buy.
Just so you know... those amber lamps on your roof are illegal under ADR 13 (in case Constable Plod or DoT Inspectors gets interested)
And, yes, my rig isn't exactly legal either, just sayin' is all.
Yeah, Thanks for that. I bought it with them and it's always been my intention to remove them!;) That's the next one on the list!:bananarock:
And about the lift and tyres... I drove through my first breatho the other day and the cop seemed to be a bit jealous of my tyres!!! You could almost see the green on his face!!
Cheers
JackoGQYoot
28th March 2018, 10:24 PM
Took the Patrol to the dunes a couple weeks ago. Goes pretty hard IMO for a non turbo on 35's!
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P.s. Sorry, no matter how hard I try I just CANNOT upload the pictures vertically!
MB
30th March 2018, 01:18 AM
Beaut looking Yoot, Beaut looking sandy country there Jack mate! Wish us Mexicans here were still allowed, damn them Toyoda wrecking poofs, grrrrrrr :-( !
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JackoGQYoot
3rd April 2018, 10:08 AM
cheers mate, it is a lot of fun.:animierte-smilies-f
JackoGQYoot
7th May 2018, 08:20 PM
Got sick of the shoddy wiring, crap audio and the tiny, hard to control woodgrain steering wheel that the previous owner fitted. I went and bought a good condition GU Steering Wheel and almost brand new Philips touch screen head unit off a guy on Gumtree on saturday and fitted it all yesterday, while removing a milk crate absolutely full of unused and shoddy wiring. Took her for a bit of a wheel after and the new steering wheel makes it a whole lot nicer and easier to drive.
From this:
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Cheers
threedogs
7th May 2018, 08:26 PM
183k not even run in yet, everyone loves a ute deep down
JackoGQYoot
7th May 2018, 08:34 PM
I'm looking very hard on Gumtree etc. for a good condition tray for my ute. The current one is rusted out and has shitty wood for the floor. My Dad reckons we should take it off and restore it. I'm skeptical and want to get a custom one made...What do you guys reckon?
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Cheers
JackoGQYoot
7th May 2018, 08:36 PM
Cheers td I'm pretty happy with a yoot myself!
JackoGQYoot
18th July 2018, 05:16 PM
Fitted my tray last Sunday.
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JackoGQYoot
18th July 2018, 05:22 PM
Picked up some near new sliders, brushbars and a new bullbar on Sunday. they were custom built by Ontrack Fabrication and look pretty damn strong. Just gotta fit them now.
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JackoGQYoot
18th July 2018, 05:25 PM
You might also notice the primed rear of the cab.
That's another project. I sanded the back of the cab back and primed it. It's now ready for a final sand and respray. I'm just gonna use rattle cans as I don't need it perfect cause it's behind the tray.
cheers
JackoGQYoot
1st November 2018, 09:16 PM
Long time no post...
Got my Proper licence now so a lot more 4wding on the cards...
took the ute for a spin in the hills and safe to say it was a damn lot of fun.
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JackoGQYoot
19th November 2018, 10:29 PM
Slowly gathering bits for the turbo...
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pretty exciting
threedogs
20th November 2018, 09:45 AM
Plenty of room under that tray for either a water tank or air tank.
Pretty sure TJM do a slide out shelf for the rear.
Loving the build keep the Mods coming thinking 3" exhaust
to unleash some ponies lol
JackoGQYoot
21st November 2018, 07:08 PM
Yeah definitely a 3" straight thru when the turbo is on.
I'm probably gonna move the TL tray on and custom build my own one when the cash is available.
Cheers
JackoGQYoot
26th November 2018, 09:19 AM
Started the fitting process on Satday
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Had 3 exhaust studs snap on me Bang Head:furious:
Had to drill them out and retap them after snapping 2 ezy outs.
Anyway, bring on the turbo...
Rossco
26th November 2018, 10:01 AM
Far out mate, stuff nightmares are made of, yeah never had much luck with easy outs, think they should rename them lol. Nice one, good luck with the turbo. .
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JackoGQYoot
4th December 2018, 10:20 AM
Fitted the turbo on Satday:
Ran the oil feed from the hole between the engine mount
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Decided to run the oil drain to a tee in the alt/vac pump drain. I'd heard about the oil backing up story but that highmounts would be fine. In the end I just couldn't be bothered taking the sump off.
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Just need to add an exhaust, and she's finished(well, almost)
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Temporary inlet piping setup:
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Can't wait to get her up and spooling:thumbup:
Funny thing happened...I decided to start her up and get the oil flowing through..All of a sudden I noticed black and white smoke puffing from the turbo pretty badly. I tried to give her a bit of a rev and she wouldn't rev past 1500, and heaps of black smoke. Suddenly I remembered the rag in the inlet pipe:1087::1087:
Now the piping is installed:
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Took it for a drive without the exhaust...definitely a difference already.
Noticed the clutch start to lose its feel. I reckon it might have been the hot exhaust heating the clutch lines...what do you think?
Where did you guys run your PCV breather hose to?
PeeBee
4th December 2018, 11:09 AM
I would change those clamps to HD units as the rubber will get hot and warm and blow them off. Also, make sure the metal joiners have lips so the hose can clamp down on the tube piece. Better still hard pipe it, you won't have a problem then, I have been down this track before and its basically a path to frustration. At least you have a clear mock up for permanent piping though.
JackoGQYoot
4th December 2018, 06:39 PM
Yeah cheers peebee. I just don't reckon theres a hope.in hell of them coming off..getting em on and adjusted took 2 people using all their might!😀
Also I'll soon add an intercooler so the piping will be changed anyway.
JackoGQYoot
15th December 2018, 09:58 PM
Got a full stainless 3 inch straight thru done at mettams. Damn impressive even with no fuel adjustment
Runs cooler than before. Now how do you turn the fuel up on a standard pump?
JackoGQYoot
29th March 2019, 12:00 AM
Dont know of anyone else has tried this?I threw a fibreglass turbo blanket on today and wrapped the dump pipe in exhaust wrap. Made a huge difference in water temp. The underbonnet temps are way cooler now as well. Didnt know it would do so much for me😀. Ill post as ome pics of it tomorow.
Cheers
the evil twin
29th March 2019, 10:31 AM
snip... Dont know of anyone else has tried this?I threw a fibreglass turbo blanket on today and wrapped the dump pipe in exhaust wrap. Made a huge difference in water temp. The underbonnet temps are way cooler now as well.
One thing to watch doing this tho... do you have a Turbo Timer fitted?
Yes, the underbonnet temps will be way lower but the Turbo will run significantly hotter and spike on shutdown.
The heat is still being generated but more is now being held in the Turbo and only dumped via the exhaust.
It will be important to idle down the engine esp if it has been on load before you switch off
JackoGQYoot
29th March 2019, 07:35 PM
yeh TET I usually let it idle for 2 minutes or so before switching off.
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Got my boost controller today...What is that second piece that comes with it by the way? can anybody tell me?
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