The new Project

So its been just over a year since my old trol killed itself and I have just picked uo a new Q to start over.

Its a 89 tb42 carby I picked it up for $1,800 with 380 on the clock. Its going to be a slow build but see how we go.

With the car I also got new sliding windows as they where rusted out and I have a reco motor ready to go in if this one breaks so for now just gonna sit on it and see how it turns out.

So far we have done plug, leads, gasket, new rear widows are in.

Waiting to go in is a set of 2" king springs need new front lughts that sre on the way and also the over flow bottle. Arb bar is just wsiting for new blickers so I can get a roady and start the rest.

Having some custom sliders and rear bar going to start making next week (got the plans from the team rino)

I have some rust that ill need to cut out and waiting on a color im thinking a nice gray for the re spray.

Ill try keep this updated with how its going and build pics :)

Any suggestions or ideas are welcomed as it will be my first build and only ener had rd or td so the motor is a mystery to me :)

Always good fun starting a new build ay. Im starting today with tyres

Yeah its got 31 at that are nearly brand new so im gonna leave tyres for now they cost so much haha :)

good on you, back into it and back into being broke :)

looking forward to the build

Bargain price for a good looking Q. The petrol engines love to rev, and their torque is generated in the higher rev range. Being a carby it has stuff all to go wrong with it too. It is easy to slap on some extractors and a hi flow muffler.

Ok so I have hit a bit of a road block and not sure what I should do. Here my issue.

The engine in the car I need to replace the rings and eghust manifold so gaskets as well. I have a 2nd complete engine that I can put in. Now my drama is woild it to worth just dropping the new engine in I have been told it works but never saw it running its a year new then the car but no idea whay sorta km are on it or if everything is good in it. It would be a bolt in and out swap but run the risk of it not working what do you think I should do I have never done a engine swap so I would be looks for some help as well anyone give me ideas.

Its it worth it?
Will it take long to do?
Should I just take the parts I need from the new engine?

So many questions no idea what to do :(

To tell if you need new rings, you need to do a compression test. IF the compression is down, then apply a drop of engine oil in the lower value cylinders. Immediately do another compression. If the compression rises significantly, then it is the rings. If it does not, then it is a valve, head gasket, head or cracked piston.

Yeah when you put the oil dipstick out it smells like petrol so I was told need to do the rings / gasket

Without knowing what compression the 2nd engine has, it is a hard call to make. If it was mine, I would make a bracket to hold a starter motor, add some oil and do a compression test, before making a decision, but that's me.

Your alot smarter then me I wont be able to do that haha

Is your engine, smoking or using oil, gumming up spark plugs or is there a lot of blow-by when running? Or does it only smoke on start up?

Its bit smokey more so on start up as I havnt had the chance to give it a good run with no rego on it its out of tune it smells of fuel when its running to start plugs where a little bit but not to bad im kinda thinking I should just swap the eghust manifold get the roady see how it goes and worst case swap engine after having a good run

I am thinking give it an oil change with a heavier grade oil and see if the petrol smell returns.

Yeah ill give that a go haha buy the time I fix the dam thing I should just buy a td

So I ended up just swapping the manifolds over found that they had already snapped the bolt off in the block down closest to the firewall and then also one of the threads from inside the block was stripped out so you would just screw the bolt in and out with fingers so now the one closest the fire wall has no bolts in it and it just got a bit of goop im hoping this wont cause me to many dramas?

You can buy a recoil thread repair kit, or there are mobile thread repairers that can do the job. With the Recoil kit comes a plastic tap tool that stripped out really easily, so I had to use tap wrench.

With the snapped studs, you can try drilling a hole into them and use Easy Outs.

Yeah I was gonna use the easy outs but I wasnt really to sure if I could get away with not having the bolts in I think ill only have that motor in the car for maybe 6 months before I swap back out

Pictures man, pictures ;)

So today I got some time and fit the new springs not a bad increase but it makes me need bigger tires :D Attachment 51015 before Attachment 51016after I forgot to get a pic of before the rear only have the one from top of thread

New issue My speedo keeps fuxking up. It will be fine for 10mins then just sits at 180 give it a wack on the dash in the right place and works for 5 more mins again. Im assuming its loose wires (correct me if I could be wrong) but how hard is it to pull out and check never done it before.

Try this thread: http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...peed-sometimes .

Or this one. http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...ing-in-reverse


It is easy to to take the dash surround off. The cluster is easy to get out, and each gauge comes out separately. There is also a screw that hold the speedo in, near the top of the cluster. Make sure the brass screws are tight on the back of the speedo.