Rookie Patrol (and diesel) Owner - what should I do first?

After reading through some of the threads here, I've come up with my future mods list:

3" exhaust system
Block EGR
Remove butterfly at IC
Upgrade the optics
Steel bumpers front and rear
Winch

Looking very nice as is , must be happy with that
Would love those headlight washers, do wreckers sell them over your way?
We fit bullbars for animal strikes, bloody Kangaroos are everywhere in the country
plus you can bolt lights and antenna to them

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Originally Posted by SiberianPatrol

Thanks, Happy! The 2.8 engine is the same across the board on models as best as I can tell. I will go ahead and change the fluids and filters to give a baseline for future services, the belts and hoses as well. Is there a timing belt or chain on these models and what is the recommended service on that? My repair manual is in the post on it's way to me, and it will give me a lot more info once it gets here.

Would you also crack open the diffs and replace the diff oil front and rear? Is there anything to be careful of when washing the engine bay since the intercooler is on top?

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In Australia, diff oils are done every 40,000 klms ( 25,000 Miles for the poor longsuffering American public ...:tease: ). May be different for your climate, but it gives you a base reference to start from.

Intercooler is fine for washing, but high pressure will bend over the aluminium fins, so just back off the trigger over the intercooler, and either spray all electrical connectors with a water dispersant such as WD40 ( not sure of your well known equivalent ) before and then after washing, or try to avoid the electricals as much as possible.

It does have a timing belt .. not sure of the intervals, but there is a thread here on replacement

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...55-Timing-Belt

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Originally Posted by threedogs

Looking very nice as is , must be happy with that
Would love those headlight washers, do wreckers sell them over your way?
We fit bullbars for animal strikes, bloody Kangaroos are everywhere in the country
plus you can bolt lights and antenna to them

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Yes the headlight washer are available here from wreckers. Can be hard to find but they are here. A bull bar would be needed here for the rough terrain. Winter roads (i.e. ice roads) are very unpredictable and you never know what might be in, on or around the road.

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Originally Posted by happygu

In Australia, diff oils are done every 40,000 klms ( 25,000 Miles for the poor longsuffering American public ...:tease: ). May be different for your climate, but it gives you a base reference to start from.

Intercooler is fine for washing, but high pressure will bend over the aluminium fins, so just back off the trigger over the intercooler, and either spray all electrical connectors with a water dispersant such as WD40 ( not sure of your well known equivalent ) before and then after washing, or try to avoid the electricals as much as possible.

It does have a timing belt .. not sure of the intervals, but there is a thread here on replacement

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...55-Timing-Belt

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Thanks again happy. As I don't know the service history, I'll probably go ahead and do the diff oils so that I have a baseline for everything. I know with some vehicles they change diff oils for the extreme cold (-40C and lower) and out in a lighter weight during the winter and then change it again to the normal weight in the summer. Need to find out if that would be beneficial for this vehicle or not.

As for the timing belt, I'll probably have the dealer do it since I don't have a garage workspace yet. I can do small repairs, tune ups on my own with the limited space, but anything complex needs a professional shop simply because I'm in an apartment in the city with no place to work on it. That situation will change once I move up north, but for now that's what I'm stuck with.

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...015/07/232.jpg
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...015/07/233.jpg
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...015/07/234.jpg
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...015/07/235.jpg

Some more pix of the new ride. The seller even left the 2M ham radio in it! 33" Khumo mudders and manual hubs.

"Intercooler is fine for washing, but high pressure will bend over the aluminium fins, so just back off the trigger over the intercooler, and either spray all electrical connectors with a water dispersant such as WD40 ( not sure of your well known equivalent ) before and then after washing, or try to avoid the electricals as much as possible."

DON'T SPRAY THE ALTERNATOR. I did and had to replace it. They don't like it.:redface: Also cost me a battery because it killed the internal regulator and charged at 19Volts. Worst part was I knew it was doing damage but had to get home.

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Originally Posted by 4bye4

"Intercooler is fine for washing, but high pressure will bend over the aluminium fins, so just back off the trigger over the intercooler, and either spray all electrical connectors with a water dispersant such as WD40 ( not sure of your well known equivalent ) before and then after washing, or try to avoid the electricals as much as possible."

DON'T SPRAY THE ALTERNATOR. I did and had to replace it. They don't like it.:redface: Also cost me a battery because it killed the internal regulator and charged at 19Volts. Worst part was I knew it was doing damage but had to get home.

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Mine has been fine .... so far


but I do try to avoid the electrics as much as possible

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Originally Posted by SiberianPatrol

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...015/07/232.jpg
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...015/07/233.jpg
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...015/07/234.jpg
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...015/07/235.jpg

Some more pix of the new ride. The seller even left the 2M ham radio in it! 33" Khumo mudders and manual hubs.

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Looks pretty neat, and mechanicals look pretty good too. Love the dark blue colour also.....

Looks like standard height suspension though ... not sure about 2" inch lift springs .... I am sure I had a bigger gap in the wheel arches with mine

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Originally Posted by happygu

Looks pretty neat, and mechanicals look pretty good too. Love the dark blue colour also.....

Looks like standard height suspension though ... not sure about 2" inch lift springs .... I am sure I had a bigger gap in the wheel arches with mine

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Yea the suspension lift is the only question I have about the truck. My initial thought was it hasn't been done, but then again I thought it was almost mandatory to lift it with 33" mudders. Didn't think the 33s would fit well on stock suspension.