Good to hear Parksy pain in the butt but worth knowing it's good now. Should run like a dream now. .
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Good to hear Parksy pain in the butt but worth knowing it's good now. Should run like a dream now. .
Cheers rossco. Took it for a spin and it does run like a dream. A lot smoother, engine temp runs cooler, oil pressure is higher despite running a lighter oil. Everything is good at this stage. Has that new engine feel though, so will need a good run in.
Have run the patrol for roughly 1000km give or take, including lots of maintain driving, so lots of low gear driving.
The other night I took it for a spin and ran it hard. The engine loved it and surprised me with what the tb42e can actually do. Despite giving it a boot full and mainly running in 3rd gear, I still somehow managed to achieve 14.5l per 100km.
I used gulf western oil to run the engine in because it was cheap. I used a 20/50w oil and it drained out like water. I don't recommend this oil at all. Back to HPR30.
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Hey, that's a great looking little engine. You have to be proud about how that turned out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Parksy
Thanks for the reply to the questions. 👍
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Well the cheap fuel pump I purchased how ever long ago decided it couldn't put out more than 30 psi, even when I blocked the return line with pliers. This was disappointing as I replaced it after creating this thread(it's documented somewhere in here).
Anyway I purchased a Walbro 255lph fuel pump to replace it with. I was pleasantly surprised to find it has a metal gerotor type pump as opposed to what I assume is just a plastic impeller in the cheap Chinese pump.
Anyway it's fitted and the start up stumble is gone and hopefully I've gained a few extra hp.
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This is the old pump where you can just see the impeller
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Years ago when I first bought this patrol I gave the flares a touch up with a rattle can. Anyway, years of sunlight and weather eventually got to these and they turned chalky and aweful. Have had a few hot weekends here so took advantage and re-sprayed them properly with the same paint I did the patrol in and also a polyurethane clear that is full of UV inhibitors. They came out great. I wished I clear coated the patrol with the same stuff, but never mind.
Also fitted some led head lights which I haven't tested properly.
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Driving along the other day and the drivers seat collapsed behind me. Not the nicest experience and when I pulled it off and checked it out underneath, it was very obvious that it had collapsed before and was repaired. Cracks everywhere. Anyway, I treated the patrol to new aftermarket seats and it feels magical driving the thing now. More comfortable and I'm not sitting on a flattened rickety piece of garbage.
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Nice mate.... brand, cost, fit original brackets?????
These are what I bought. They are autotecnica seats and utilise the original seat rails.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/4WD-Adven...sAAOSwXeJYFnJT
You did the right thing fixing it properly, after looking so far of your work ethicsQuote:
Originally Posted by Parksy
I feel you would be disappointed if you took the short cut with Chemiweld.
Basically you now have peace of mind IMO, Still the best cleanest GQ in Aus I think anyway