Picked it up from the beaters last night all clean and shiny. Left work just after the down pour and now it needs a wash.[emoji17]
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Picked it up from the beaters last night all clean and shiny. Left work just after the down pour and now it needs a wash.[emoji17]
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What was it in there for?Quote:
Originally Posted by jay see
Slight argument with a tree while I was on the high country trip earlier this year. Which was 4 weeks after I got it back from the kangaroo argument. No more arguing for me.
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Fitted up the new grooved and dimpled rotors and pads on all corners
Fresh oil , fresh filters all 'round. Gave the engine bay a wash , dry and a good coat of CRC.
The starter motor , radius arm and diff are seasoned again.
Those who changed TD filters before , will understand. [emoji1787]
Drivetrain oils later today.
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Got a set of fresh new shoes fitted. Mickey ATZ P3's, in 33". Identical like-for-like rubber to what was on the car for the last nearly 80k. Absolutely loved the tyres so, it was a no brainer to get a fresh set of same same. What I cannot believe is how smooth the car is now on road after they were fitted and everything was aligned.
The little bit of 85-90 wobble that was there is now entirely ironed out. On the highway the car is so so smooth! Absolutely stoked !!
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Sat thru 2 hours of BIG TED GOES TO THE ZOO instead of fiddling on the beast - what we do to keep the peace with the grandkids.
Baby TB45 SWB Maverick and I both totally crapped our nappies in the local Hills today [emoji24]
Two trucks approaching at circa 80kmph each with a huge line of traffic behind them city bound just after the big climb out of our valley.
First truck lost a trailer spare tyre from underneath which kicked his entire empty arse end out of control with full cudos to the next trailing tandem/trailer Legend for dodging the chaos instantly [emoji120][emoji120][emoji106][emoji106]
FWIW: Not one, yes not #1, farkstick SUV driver helped drag shit off the road to help their fellow/follow acquaintances enroute to Starbucks [emoji23]
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It’s gunna finally hit a steady 25C with above 50% humidity again in the Mexicano hills next week. Luckily squeezed in a late city holidays forthcoming booking for both Y60’s for some A/C gas bubble windows clearing desperately noticed needed [emoji23]
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High 30's & 40% to 90% humidity here. Need full gas windows here, especially in the tractor sitting in a mobile greenhouse.Quote:
Originally Posted by MB
You’re a much stronger Tropical Team up there than I sooky wet pants down here Cuppa Tea Mates [emoji106][emoji106]
12 months only myself many years ago on the tools in FNQ and I’m still recovering from kneecap rear/forearm-pit rash syndrome [emoji23]
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What is this gas windows you guys mention?
Hopefully/should be too on your OS variant Beast BZ Mate, a little half matchbox sized block that has a glass eyeball roughly 10mm diameter window for bubble checking? Follow your A/C lines up & around and maybe near the radiator top IIRC [emoji2957]
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1989 Y60 (Ford Australian Maverick) has its Eyeball here [emoji12]
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Shed Queeny 1999 Y61 my apologies has its eyeball IIRC up high on drivers (Aussie RH) side near radiator front/top [emoji1696] [emoji23]
EDIT: 1989 model Ford
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Oh, that. I don't have one separate like yours but the A/C dry filter (of whatever it is called) does have that inspection lens.
Finally found time to fit the 150w in-line fuel heater to the beast. Its located before the fuel filter, comes with a complete wiring loom and simple to install, 5/16" barbs. Just need to nip the body bolts up as the gasket was weeping. Can't feel the unit heating up which I suppose if expected to some degree as there is 7LPHR at idle going thru it. Hope this will improve the snow camping gell issues experienced previously, even with the winter anti gell additive.Attachment 84860Attachment 84861
Update - heater being replaced under warrany, leaking out if cables, to will update on performance when new one is installed
Whilst most of you have been out buying the last minute Christmas pressies, stuffing the turkey, trying on your Santa suit or whatever you do on Chrismas eve I have finally , at last , fixed the damn leak from my windscreen washer bottle. I kid you not it has been a mission. Anything that could happen to make the job 100 times more difficult that it should have been happened,. It was a mission & a test of my resolve. But it's done, it works & it doesn't leak any more . Hoo bloody ray. I never want to do anything to it again other than pour water into it.
The leak, as it turned out was via the seal(s) inside the pump itself, & a new pump fixed it. I bought the aftermarket pump from Patrolapart. Brand is 'Nice'
3 main problems
1. Getting the washer bottle in & out - numerous times with all the wires & cables that are in the way . If you are fitting any new electrics etc at any time bear that in mind.
2. Getting the nissan plug & pump separated - especially difficult because of 1. above, but also because the original plug has been a bit chewed over it's lifetime & is an absolute bugger to move without pulling the pump out. And * very* tight going into the new pump. Total relief when it worked & I knew I didn't have to separate it again. If it ever has to come apart again I'll cut the wires & re-join them
3. Broke the locating rubber which holds the washer bottle to the front wheel arch 'cos I didn't know it was there. A labour of love followed fashioning another from a couple of different sizes of rubber tubing & then shaping the outer one to fit.
Was last week.
Had it booked in for a tappet adjustment last Thursday. Turned out it when in on the back of a towie.
Lost one alternator belt on the way to work in the morning and when I started it after leaving early to get it there before they closed, it made a terrible noise while I was looking at it the second belt let go.
Just made it before they closed. As I got out of the towie my phone fell and of course it landed face down smashes the screen, after replacing it a month ago. My wife was meant to pick me up on the main road. I can hear the phone ring ,but can't answer it, she was at the panel beaters instead of the mechanics. It was a looong day.
On the Friday I get a call from the mechanic saying they think there is more to it then just tappet adjustment and they want to do a full diagnostic on Monday. Ok call me on Monday with what you find.
The weekend was filled with what ifs. Received the call during the day on Monday and it turns out that it was just a tappet adjustment.
All running super smooth and sweet again.
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Used it as a whacker.http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...2021/12/95.jpg
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Changed the oil even though it had done around 2000k since last service.
Letting the oil drain overnight made removing the two oil filters a lot less messy. If you’ve change TD oil filters before you know what I mean.
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Ah, but its only messy if you dont make a little drip tray for the filters with a drain pipe that goes behind the starter :)Quote:
Originally Posted by mudski
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Bit easier if you have the motor out on a stand. [emoji38] in all seriousness though, almost nothing came out when I removed the filters so I was pretty happy with that.Quote:
Originally Posted by jff45
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I never ended up getting this tray from that chicken bloke on the other forum. But was meaning to... Also what a nightmare to install unless motor is on the bench.Quote:
Originally Posted by jff45
What black magic is this?! Bang Head:smileyvault-cute-biQuote:
Originally Posted by mudski
No matter how long I leave it draining out it's always the same. If I look at the internals of the filter, there will always be a pool of oil within it, that cant drain out unless you tilt the car 90 degrees onto the passenger side. And always wooshes out right at that final thread turn of the filter....
Much easier.. I was advised to make it while I was doing the conversion and almost didn't because I was getting a bit impatient to get the engine in. Glad I took the time to do it..Quote:
Originally Posted by mudski
I was advised that the 'chicken' one didn't always fit depending on which starter motor you had. Mine was a big aftermarket starter so I made one from some scrap colorbond guttering and pop rivets.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hodge
Dunno what to say mate. Literally not much more than a spoonful came out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hodge
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Few things that didn't all happen in a day.
Been a year and a half since I flushed some seriously chunky rust out of the rad and the coolant was brown again so once again I left it a bit late.
Cut a large Titan fridge slide to size and mounted it on some gate hinges for some tilt.
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Replaced some gas struts to stop the sides on the camper falling on my head and made them a little longer on the kitchen side to give my head a little more clearance when up which is a stop gap to getting some new springs in the rear of the old coil cab.
Took the old girl down Warrnambool and set up camp on a dairy farm where it was ~10c cooler than back home in northern vic.
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Water was borderline boiling point on the way home with the ambient nearing only 40c I had to turn the AC off a few times to keep it under the first max temp line while going up some hills.
The EGT going from the usual 250-300 to 300-375 post turbo was still ok.
It was interesting turning the AC on while rolling down a hill in second you could actually feel the ute lurch as it cut in.
Also been in contact with WolfBox about some intermittent gremlins with my rear view camera and they have been excellent to deal with sending me out a replacement right away and then asking if I would like to send them some video of the old units touch screen problems.
They seem keen to improve there product and are looking into what went wrong with mine.
Yep I fitted an after market starter and had to take mine off, but good news is I still have it to fit to the new patrol ��Quote:
Originally Posted by jff45
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Fitted the new twin wheel carrier, one wheel rack to go
Sounds simple but I just replaced my 90 elbow from turbo to IC as I noticed a split in it.
Simple job but no.
I think we need to document the procedures sometimes on our mods as I forgot on my original install that that pipe twists there, that join down the line comes off to do that, etc.
I had a flash back from my troubleshooting days of the turbo issue I had and remembered the sequence of removal and life was good lol
All good now but if I didn’t remember that sequence then god help someone else doing this!
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Apologies Bro, that Swiss Army knife for Mia’s Chrissy Prez was a BAD idea [emoji22]
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During our last few weeks travelling we had no hot water. Not exactly a crisis, but MrsTea has been accustomed to turning on a tap for hot water to wash up with. Putting the billy on works but is far less convenient. The tempering valve assembly of our engine heated hot water system needed replacing. The parts probably could have been bought in Australia, but direct replacement from the hot water service's manufacturer in the UK would save a plumbing nightmare in limited space. As it was, the entire kitchen needed to be removed from the canopy to give access to remove part of the insulation box in which the hot water service is. All very well but it took ages. I knew I had built everything to come apart if necessary but that was 10 years ago & working out what needed to come apart & in what order was a 3 dimensional jigsaw & took several hours of trial & error. Once apart, replacing the tempering valve & pressure relief valve assembly was pretty straight forward, but I learned that I really hadn't needed the entire assembly, but couldn't have known that until everything was apart. So have replaced the lot with the new assembly (about $200 total) & now have a spare assembly should the same issue arise in the future). Putting everything back was far quicker than dismantling, & to my surprise everything went back in & fitted well - not bad for a farmshed build which followed the 'make it up as you go along'' philosophy.
It was a job that had haunted the early hours of my mornings for a while, but really the hardest part was starting. Once that hurdle was over the rest was relatively simple. I have to say that I was actually quite impressed with my 'design skills'. :)
For newer forum members unfamiliar with our set up - what we have is 22 litre marine calorifier - essentially a donkey boiler in an insulated copper tank with engine coolant system extended into the canopy, where it runs through a coil inside the tank & heats fresh water to the same temperature as the engine coolant. The tempering valve automatically adds cold water according to the temperature set with an adjusting knob, meaning we can adjust output temperature for say washing up or hair washing or showering. It's a great system & the second vehicle we have used this style of hws in. From cold 20 to 30 minutes driving gives hot enough water for a shower, we always have hot water on arrival at a camp & it stays hot for up to 3 days without needing to run the engine. (If we stay longer we generally have a camp fire & the billy is always on). It also has a 240v 1000w electric element in the tank, but we have only ever used that once just to see how well it worked.
Anyway, all back together, & no longer leaking. Hopefully another 10 years before I need to look at it again!
When I got the new winch (runva) it came with a thinble. I prefer to use my old hook which meant I needed a hammerlock, easy not..
Being the impatient dick that I sometimes am, I was meant to swap out the fairlead from the old faded one to a new shiny runva one. Instead I fitted the hammerlock and hook, took up the slack on the rope and job done, until the old fairlead was staring me straight in the face. F@#k..
Is it possible to remove and refit the hammerlock. I don't think I can as the pin locks in with a spring load collar..
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Unwind all the rope off the drum and re attach it from the drum end.
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Cheers Winnie..Quote:
Originally Posted by Winnie
Yep, I can do that, but it will have to be a day when I can be f@#ked doing it.
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You can re-use them. Just make sure you push the pin through in the direction the arrow indicates on the hammer lock. There is usually an arrow on the locking collar in the middle of the hammer lock.Quote:
Originally Posted by jay see
Took the barge down to the a/c joint, it had lost 500g of gas, out of 1.2kg, so looks like a fitting is not on right or a hose connection decided to leak or whatever - who knows. Got them to add for goo to see if they can clogg up the hole, on the basis it will go back in on say may/june when its less busy for them. Bit annoyed, but take it on the chin I guess.
They can put a UV dye in with the gas and any leak, however small, can be seen with a black light.