Happy to give you a hand mate I have spare time nowQuote:
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Happy to give you a hand mate I have spare time nowQuote:
Originally Posted by mudski
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Die grindarer bits awaiting in the shed if you need mate, and or cheat for the specific 63’s kindly requesting Patrolapart stuff em in properly during services [emoji106]
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Thanks guys. I think I will just wait until after easter and Do it then. I have really not much of an idea in how long it will take me to do it. @rusty_nail, thanks mate, but theres not much an extra person can do really other than keep me company and to talk shit with, with is not a bad thing with you mate.
I've just welded up the busted exhaust mounting plates. I will put everything back together over the coming days with any luck.
ok well let me know next time you need a PIC to keep you company, talk shit and hang shit on Jonathon. oh wait lolQuote:
Originally Posted by mudski
Hahahahahahahahaha! You always find a way to make me smile mate!Quote:
Originally Posted by rusty_nail
Funniest post in a while... Haha good onya Nicco!Quote:
Originally Posted by rusty_nail
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Yeah his name seems to come up when me an Nic get together with a few bevies under the hood. It always makes for a good laugh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Winnie
Friendship at its best. Easy. Not like it was with the other bloke. Bloody hard work.
yeah mate, easy. always a laugh with you not always, but sometimes at others expense too =DQuote:
Originally Posted by mudski
Took it for a drive to IKEA to get my young lad a new bed.... still drives pretty good. Although steering is a bit light and vague.
Well after unsuccessfully looking for the drill bits. I did my rear brake pads.
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I can see how those two tasks are linked!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by jay see
Where's @MB ? He'll decipher it for you....Quote:
Originally Posted by PeeBee
He is probably working on the next level of encryption to beat all living souls on earth!Quote:
Originally Posted by mudski
Beat you with a sole next time ya cross the border ya cheeky bugger!
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I filled the wagon up with fuel today. Excitement plus, watching my wagon filling up and my wallet emptying. Might have to get my wallet reconditioned one day, so the money can stay in it longer.
Got the passenger engine mount replaced.
Just a tiny bit less vibration felt/heard in the car after... *sarcasm*
Brought a model 34 yellow top Optimal Spiral battery today from some mates at a new store in Epping
called Trek Hardware they have shops in Shep,Ballarat and Sunshine. very happy with the price, plus
installed for free with longer bracket bolts.
Good work John mate!
Don’t personally care what others may hate on our spiral 6 pot Optima’s, they are tops!!!!
Fastest charging batteries for our fridges, winches and the like I nuffy know of and their 6 core connections are some 75% less chance of breakage versus a standard plate battery setup I believe?
Old days IIRC ‘Odyssey’ did have an ‘Epoxy’ type sealed secured connection top/bottom plate competition battery that I tried to get back onto but hit USA<>AUS import roadblocks!
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The principle of them is quite clever. They are made like a Swiss RollQuote:
Originally Posted by MB
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...2019/04/91.jpg
Plate and the acid soaked fiber mat are tightly wound.
Less chance of internal shorts through vibrations, greater surface area of the plate. Over all a great product.
I have a similar product and they are indestructible
Proud BTrol Owner
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Please do tell more YB mate [emoji106][emoji106]
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As some of you may or not know , I was once a state manager for YHI Power.Quote:
Originally Posted by MB
We had a supplier in China that made awesome batteries They even make batteries for Ford and GM over there.
Anyway they have a spiral battery called a NPC65. I have 2 still. Ones in the wife’s CX9 and the other is a spare now days, but once it lived in the Patrol as my fridge battery. A only 65 ah yes it didn’t run the fridge for days like bigger batteries, but it recharged so fast.
My batteries were sample batteries from the factory and are 4 years old now. I test them regularly and they are as good as new still.
One is still in the Patrol as the start battery. They cranked at 900 cca.
The problem and only problem was the price.
Our competition was the Optima and it has years of marketing behind it and because of eBay etc, they are so cheap these days and our battery cost more.
If you ever see one, consider buying one as they are a good product.
FYI I don’t work there anymore
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I've got a trip on Monday out to do the Gunbarrel hwy including the abandoned section, so was going over the Patrol doing some pre-trip maintenance and noticed the factory cooler was leaking oil. Rather than take a chance with it failing while remote, I bought an off the shelf welded unit from Browns radiators in Perth, just down the road from me.
Cost was $445, so a little dear for what it is, but I wanted one in a hurry, so it will suffice. I'd say its pretty similar to the Forefront type, direct factory replacement bar and plate style. The core is a bit thicker at 70mm vs the factory 60mm, so I'll see how it goes. Fitting was easy enough, although I noticed there was a couple of the crush tubes missing from the mounting rubbers, so I swapped these over from the factory one. Not really expecting much in egt improvement, more of a reliability issue for remote travel for me. I'll see how it goes on a decent trip when we head off on Monday.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...2019/04/99.jpg
I've had a Browns in for four years now and if you just want to replace not upgrade they are real good value for money IMHO.
Have a great trip stevemc181, I'm heading that way in Late June. How did you go with the permit for the abandoned section?Quote:
Originally Posted by stevemc181
Nothing, again! lol
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Originally Posted by 10G
No problem, only took me a day to get it! Which was a surprise.
I had the self serve permits for the rest of it via Heather hwy, as I originally wasn't going to do the abandoned section. I ended up deciding to do it and applied for the permit Last Monday on the off chance I'd have it in time, and they emailed it back last Tuesday. I'd allow a couple of weeks at least though, as they are usually a bit slower than that.
Walked into the garage and looked at my Patrol in bits and went Meh! I so CBFéd!
I've actually been using mine to go back n forth to workQuote:
Originally Posted by DX grunt
The worst. Felt like setting mine on fire when I thought I had it pretty well all done.. then the radiator let go. It. Never. Ends.Quote:
Originally Posted by mudski
Wish mine would burn. It would solve a few, never ending issues that I so cannot be stuffed fixing. A new gearbox is in order to and the fund just aren't allowing that right now. Nor can I justify spending that sorta coin on this Patrol anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by 0-TJ-0
Then, when its going, and I get in it a take it for a spin, I turn the radio off, have the rear left window down and just listen to the sweet sounds of the Garret whistling away and enjoy it.
Still chasing the power steering fluid leak , replaced the return line thinking it was the culprit , cracked and split and seemed to have the most oil on it but no not that easy .
Doesn't appear to be the pump so must be the high pressure line maybe , oil is spraying onto the top of the injector pump so has to be upper rather than lower hopefully .
Round 2 tomorrow.
Suspecting it was the high pressure hose I wrapped it lightly in cloth to stop it spraying everywhere and took it for a drive to see if it was the hose or coming from somewhere else but the bloody thing has either stopped leaking or being lightly wrapped in cloth has fixed a high pressure leak .
Other than that might be time to call a priest in for an exorcism.
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Its definitely power steering fluid? the top of my pump is always wet, Im guessing its a dud seal in the top of the pump...Quote:
Originally Posted by GQtdauto
It's red oil and I have to top it up every now and then so yep it's coming from the pump system somewhere , might leave the cloth on there for a few days to confirm it but if it is leaking from the pump itself it will spray over the injector pump again and give me the culprit .
Thanks mudski
There is a bolt with a sealing washer on it inside the reservoir that holds the reservoir to the pump. These can leak when they get old and also if the bolt is a little lose. You coukd try nip it up a little and see if that could ve the issue. You can get to the bolt with a 3/8 drive 12mm socket and extension down the filler hole.Quote:
Originally Posted by GQtdauto
You are unbelievable! This sort of knowledge and attention to detail is extraordinary - great asset to the forum for sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by nissannewby
Yeah bloody oath. That bit of info is now stored in the memory bank, right next to the other bank...Quote:
Originally Posted by PeeBee
Yes great tip and thanks for the info will check it out tomorrow because we did do mostly off road on some of the heavily corrugated tracks up north I'm still finding bolts and nuts that are loose .Quote:
Originally Posted by nissannewby
what the one that wont fix your pride and joy lolQuote:
Originally Posted by mudski
Few things. Got the zorst back on after welding up the mid and rear bracket after both were snapped off. New gaskets too. Hopefully this was the cause of the exhaust smell in the cab. One of the gaskets, not pictured was in pretty bad shape.
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Then replaced the inline fuel filter that I added in years ago to filter the fuel from the sub tank to the main tank. Needed to say the filter was pretty blocked.
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I also did and oil change, catch can filter change, air filter change, replace front left indicator assy, cut and polished the roof then added a coat of wax to it before i put the roof rack back on. Degreased under the Patrol, then parked it up.
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