Hi all. I like to show U my green frog :) it's a 1989 nissan patrol y60 wagon ( or a GQ as i see it's called here) im the third owner of the car, first was a guy in belgium and the car then drove to PL and the guy that i bought it from. In PL car was towing a trailer with a horse, did some driving as a pilot car ( they convoyed combine harversters) and was also the third car in the family. Now its mine and i hope to have it for a long time. Frog is a cargo truck without back windows (and there were no back seats, but the previous owner put in seats from an audi or vw) "frog" has done almost 412,000 kms but the engine was replaced after a little explosion in the RD28T... the new engine has maybe half of the body's mileage... Timing belt, water pump, pulley, clutch, & iron man shocks were all installed new 20K km ago (as the previous owner said) i gave my frog new oil in the engine, gearbox, and the transfer case, new transfer case front and back seals, alternator and power steering belts, and i repaired a few electrical problems. Frog has got two set of wheels, 31" a/t's and 32 m/t's - the plan is to sell both sets and buy a new set of 33" a/t's
Now maybe some pics:
The First day, when i bought her:
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I was looking for something to do under the car :) funny thing is that when i cleaned everything under thecar, there was 97kg of dry mud.
Inside there are front patrol seats and a back seat from an audi or vw. Everything is done in woodland camo :)
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Now the best part.... Suspension...
The Previous owner said that the suspension was too soft so he welded in some kind of support or something on axles and put in shorter springs.....
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Now i'm collecting the parts to restore everything to the light side of the force .
I have front and rear axle tubes, iron man 2" springs, a few polybushes, and much more..
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Now. The frame was cleaned, i cut some rust out, and welded in a new part. Whole frame was painted with epoxy primer and black rubber paint so i know that the frame is now in good condition ( i must clean her inside and put some paint in there too) i've changed the fuel hose from the tank to the fuel filter cause it had a little leak.
another few leaks:
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that was first that was repaired 'cause the previous owner was just using the car, so the oil from t/case was leaking and leaking and t/case was almost dry..
Second thing was the weak points on the frame. One was hidden in the mud:
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...019/01/172.jpg
whole element was cut out and i welded in a new bit.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...019/01/173.jpg
(i know my welding isnt perfect ;) ) next, whole frame was cleaned and i put on it rust stop liquid, and after 24 hours epoxy primer, and rubber conservation. Unfortunately i dont have a place to take the body off the frame so i must work piece by piece...
As U can see the whole bottom of the car was covered in mud.. There was A LOT of mud :D when i cleaned it up and swept all the mud away from my under car, there was 97kg of dry muuuudddd :P
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U can see on the picture that between fuel tank and its cover there was only muuudddd:
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The tank and its cover was also cleaned up and painted.
Previous owner said that the diff lock isnt working 'cause he could not turn it off... so they disassembled everything:
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After few days and nights, rear suspension is almost done... almost cause i welded diff lock actuator and it works for a while but i think that welding burned rubber inside and after i put everything together it doesnt work :( i bought used one but it arrive to me tuesday with front axle tube..
few pics:
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i did not know that whole axle is so heavy...
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...mentioned diff lock actuator...
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and rear calipers repair kit, brake pads:
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and finished calipers:
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...019/01/185.jpg
... still waiting for new diff lock actuator :( so i put new brake lines:
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Finally, the actuator arrived today and it's on the car already. Tomorrow also the brake force regulator will be here and if everything works fine the back of the car will be done. Second thing to do will be the front.. The axle tube arrived and it's cleaned and painted now:
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Some news :D
My holidays have ended so my time to work with the car also ended.. But!!
I have a few days to do something:
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but when I disassembled whole axle, everything looks like this:
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All seals are dead, water and rust everywhere... When I put car on jack the front wheels were shaking... OMG!!! I love this job...
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Mix of sand, oil, water nad grease...
Today i dissasemble rest of the axle, and put everything in place with new axle:
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...019/01/193.jpg
Finally !! My "frog" is working.. and its working fine. Difference between old suspension with dead seals and bearings and everything new with 2" coils and spacers is gigant... few pics from work:
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Before:
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After:
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