What did you decide on for new boots?
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What did you decide on for new boots?
Disregard, just read your other thread
Went with General grabber AT2. Slightly aggressive looking AT tyre.
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Oh, no, I think I have spotted an imperfection. Those hubs probably need a paint Parksy. :) ha haQuote:
Originally Posted by Parksy
You know Andy is going to paint them this weekend now...!!!! ba ha ha ha haQuote:
Originally Posted by cgm
Haha you guys are soo funny...
Is it sad that I've already considered painting them??
Seriously, I enjoy seeing your attention to detail. It is such a nice truck because of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Parksy
Just couldn't help myself when I saw the hub. ;)
Very similar to the BFG A/T but with extra snipes,
nice and quiet and plenty of miles Im guessing.
I like them a lot, and do the hubs eh very sloppy
Or polish them just to be differeny
That's an idea. But then Id have to maintain them which wouldn't be fun.
Removed them, wire wheeled the crap and paint off them, then hit them with a buffing wheel and metal polish. Has come up alright.
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Nice!
Pleased to be part of the process. :) ha ha
Very nice.
And the rears????
Rears got painted when I put the new diff housing in.
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Owwww. We like shiny not paintedQuote:
Originally Posted by Parksy
I could make the rears shiny, but they'd only be shiny for a day or 2.
Hey all, have been pretty lazy with this thread, but haven't stopped working on the patrol. Thanks to a post from Jonathan ages ago, I played with my tps to adjust my fuel mixture and have got the patrol running perfect! Cheers Jonathan.
The shocks i installed two years ago were making a bloody awful noise, so got them replaced under warranty. Was advised that they do need bleeding before installation, so I did this. Hopefully this stops them from becoming noisy again.
The rear brakes that I rebuilt started leaking. Wasn't sure if it was the aftermarket seal kit I used or the fact that the calippers should probably have been chucked in the bin originally, so I bought a new set.
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All painted up, installed, bled and working perfectly.
I started replacing a few engine components with genuine Nissan parts, such as fan belts and ignition components. Thanks to partsouq.com, I only paid $8 for a fan belt for example, and I'm surprised at how much better they perform compared to the aftermarket stuff. The belts never squeeled, but they would make a strange noise. All good now.
I managed to sort out my drivers door rattle by adjusting the door hinges. Was very happy with this result, but realised I still had a strange noise when accelerating or braking. Thanks to Facebook, They pointed me towards the A pillar base where from factory, the spot welds they put on are insignificant and tend to break. So I cleaned it all up, riveted it all together with steel rivets and sealed it all up. Now it is solid as a rock. This can be felt from within the cab. Was a strange creeking noise that used to bug me a lot. But all good now:).
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i found cracks where the 'floor' meets the fire wall. will have to check this spot too. thanks
Garett, I couldn't physically see anything wrong. The only sign I had that the two panels were sliding against each other was a bit of corrosion between the two panels. I treated this by dripping metal resdy(phosphoric acid) down the seems and letting it work it's Magic. Then sealed it by dripping penetrol down the seems after. This stuff claims to soak into the metal and seal it completely.
Driving to work this morning was a pleasure. I am winning the annoying rattles and squeezs battle.
Andrew you need to come and sort the 5 million rattles my car makes.... I do not hear them until someone else gets in my car and says " Doesn't that noise annoy you " then I go nuts as all I hear is that f$#king noise from then on !!!!!
yeah i'm getting ontop of mine too, new shocks made a big difference old ones were 15 or more years, dynamat has made the td42 alot quieter when the windows are up. i havn't changed my window winders yet but i'm trying to get it on the road for now just organising a swing away wheel carrier then rego is next.
I'll take you for a spin one day Jonathan. I've made this thing suitable for everyday driving, and I think I've finally succeeded. No more yelling at annoying noises from me...;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bloodyaussie
After fitting the general grabber at2's one thing became apparent, they are larger and do suck a bit more fuel to get moving, so attempting a few things on the injected tb42 to help its cause.
Pulled the extractors off to find that the ports are poorly matched.
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Thanks to the carbon build up, I had a template to remove some material and prevent this area of slight blockage.
The extractors came with the oxygen sensor mounted on the cylinder 1, 2 and 3 tubes only, so I welded a bung onto the bottom so the oxygen sensor can get a proper reading of what the engine is doing. Ignore the bad welding...
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Am also in the process of wrapping the exhaust in heat shield tape as well to assist in lowering under bonnet temps and increasing extractor efficiency.
Have read the pros and cons of the heat tape, so this is trial and error and will find out for myself what the outcome is.
I won't ignore that bad welding. Bloody hell, dodgey car!
Hahahaha everyone watch out, parksy is on the road again...
Must say after reading the entire thread. The way you use the socks in that type of sandals really was the coolest :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Parksy
Ahh crap, I actually realised when I took the photos that my feet were showing, so I purposley took new photos without my feet in them. But a couple of beers later and I totally forgot about uploading the correct pics. Too funny...
Well it is winter here after allQuote:
Originally Posted by Roess
haha, really made my day Parksy ;) well up here we have summer but we need shoes instead of sandals anyway :P
Happy to hear Roesen.
Here is the exhaust all wrapped up.
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Re-installed into the patrol
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When starting the patrol after wrapping the headers.
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ooooh smokey
Well modifying the extractors has made a nice improvement in torque. Quite significantly actually. Where I used to hold the accelerator at a certain position to maintain speed up a hill next to our street, I found myself accelerating up it instead of maintain the one speed.
And the tape around the pipes has made it quiet. I didn't realise how noisy the extractors were, but not any more.
Really nice work you have done with your patrol!
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Any updates on this truck? I love the attention to detail, I haven't seen anything like it anywhere else!
This thread has inspired me to do so much work on my own troll and now I'm finally happy with the way it's heading.
Andrew has gotten into building model engines that actually run.... all made from hand with a lathe and mill his work on them is like his car.Quote:
Originally Posted by VaultBoy
I wish he would post up his engines on here as they are art in themselves.
Really. Bloody awesome.. I'd love to see some.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bloodyaussie
Parksey's GQ is like Benjiman Button its returning to brand new condition,
a true credit to the owner.
I'd love to see the model motors too. I appreciate passion, quality workmanship and attention to detail regardless of where it is applied.
Ill text him and get him to post some up... some great YouTube footage of them also.Quote:
Originally Posted by VaultBoy
After I put extractors and a 2.5" system on my petrol 4x4 it made a huge difference.