Bryan's MQ/MK Project

[aussiemale]

Just a warning, I'll be playing in the man-cave on sat so will be busy with the camera.. and..may seem like spam HOWEVER I NEED PARTS!!! Flying to Syd for work and trying to score cheap but not cheap spacers for the MQ, if you can help, will barrack for your AFL team..even if it's the magpies!! Obviously will pay for them but need someone to flick to my sydney location when I'm there so I can take back with me
Bryan

[aussiemale]

My day in "the cave" removing the body mounts

From the front mounts, this one had me confused as the following pics will show, is this normal that the set up is like this? Only reason for asking is the MK only has a rubber thingie in between the chassis and the body.


With the rubber thingie in place

after I've taken it out
I've decided to keep this rear "bumper bar" for two reasons..1st being it's made of solid steel..the 2nd...well..it's VERY non-pc LOL


BUT damn it was a biach to get to,



SUCCESS!! well, I may of used a hammer a couple of times

a lil bit of cancer that can be fixed without too much fuss.

Problem with taking apart two Patrols is the amount of steel (yes steel, not that pussy aluminum crap in my garage) that one has to put somewhere

part two of the steel one collects LOL

Silver wagon that I cut the roof off..as you can see, have absolutely no idea of what I'm doing however the end result will look awesome

It was a high roof but cut that off, aim is to have a canvas top that has a awning type rope that goes into a groove at the windscreen that gets stretched back and held in place at the back with elastic straps (similar to utes) at the sides and back.

If you have enough of these the plan makes sense HAHAHA

[MQ MAD]

The last pic is the major plan, isnt it ???
Drink as much as you can enjoy the build,if you stuff it up , blame the grog .....

Dont worry about the body rubbers, as i wrote in the other thread
Use the best top rubber,the ones between the body and chassis will get flicked when (and you will) go the body lift,that rubber will be replaced by the body lift blocks
Ensure you get the bolts with the body lift blocks, or if not get some , as the old body bolts will be too short and be scrap metal...

[aussiemale]

Have come across a couple of the subtle differences between the MQ and the MK.

MQ and it's round headlight

hole behind the round headlights (yes I know..is the other one)

The first subtle difference between the two..I thought it would of had the same template so am a bit miffed how to attach the round lights to this..either that or stay square but change to 12volt..thoughts anyone?
The other thing I was wondering is how hard is to to transplant the powersteering from the diesel to the petrol? Would it be just a matter of taking the fan and the twin pulley thingie off the diesel and swapping over to the petrol?

diesel twin pulley thingie

petrol single pulley thingie..matter of just swapping over?

If it is a matter of swapping the powersteering over from this engine (the one above)

where do you attach it??
Didn't realise there was so much different between the both engine set-ups. Alternator on the SD33T is on the passenger side, where as the L28s is on the drivers side. Is that going to be an issue with the Powersteering set-up?
The other difference I've found is it appears the MK sides have been strengthened

the MQ with no support


couple of shots with the support..or that's what I think it is, please correct me if I'm wrong.

MQ..beer is on hand as soon as I put away my tools. One to dull the pain of the skinned knuckle and 2nd to put on my beer googles that make my project look like it's going to plan LOL
Having an absolute ball with this as this is my first project (wife has said it's also going to be my last). Wish I had more tools etc..all my work is being done with one basic socket set, screw driver set and a supercrap grinder LOL

[MQ MAD]

The MQ/MK differences are explained in another thread, but IF you like could you post up the pics you have ,future reference for newbies

The wiring as i mentioned youll use whatever is from the petrol car,into the new replacement body
Alternator will stay on the engine, and the wiring harness youll swap over will take car of that
You can either use the rectangle lights or the round whatever you fancy , the round light slots can be modded to take the rectangle lights,but the petrol will be 12 V, so whichever lights you go, youll have to go 12V lights
The wiring plugs are different as well at the light,indicators and a few other areas, but go the full wiring swap and that headache is gone
The power steer,
Get the pulley and engine to power steer pump bracket of a petrol engine (there different), on the petrol it bolts to the engine head where the triangle plate is (pic 4 from the bottom pic above)on the engine at the front ,front of head
The power steer, pump box, hoses, pitman arm ect are a unbolt rebolt conversion , other than the bracket and pulley i mention
Leave the steer set up complete ,till you source the brackets you need, if theres no leaky hoses, just fit it up and your done
Ill have a look for the power steer brackets here,but postage could be a killer for you
Hope that helps

[aussiemale]

The MQ/MK differences are explained in another thread, but IF you like could you post up the pics you have ,future reference for newbies
You can either use the rectangle lights or the round whatever you fancy , the round light slots can be modded to take the rectangle lights,but the petrol will be 12 V,
Hope that helps

Thanks MQ, Posted pics on that thread so hopefully that helps others..wish someone had done that for me LOL
Round the other way around, rounds lights are to go into the square body..either way. I'm taking another steep learning curve.
If you could look at some prices for me, or would be be not too much of a hassle to get someone local to make one up from scratch.
Thanks for all your input MQ..do appreciate it as I'd be up that creek otherwise..well..still up it but at least I've got half a paddle now LOL

[MQ MAD]

Which ever lights you decide you want, doesnt matter anything will fit,use the holes that the rounds fit ,amd from the back trace the hole on cardboard as a template and cut the slot to suit then
Just mod whatever to make them fit,you mite be lucky and they could be H4 lights, with removeable bulbs,if they are get whatever bulbs you need to suit the 12V system

Just had a look at my MK ute here , the body lift blocks do have the rubber on top of them
So from the chassis to the body, from the chassis up,it goes body block then body rubber,threw the body,then body rubber then washer and bolt

[aussiemale]

Just an update, project will be slowing down due to the FRIGGEN ICE STUFF on the grass which means it's friggen brass monkey days. When you go for a run in the morning, not from choice I may add as wife said my son could have a puppy so naturally I'm the one that takes it for it's morning run, and come back and do your cool down and you have your sweat friggen FREEZE on youR face. One sort of wants to sit on the fire 24/7. Tis coming clear on why the kiwi's over here love sheep..they're friggen WARM!!!!

[aussiemale]

Removed both radiators and got a bit of a shock with the hoses on the MQ (Petrol one), think the only thing stopping them falling apart was the rust that was inside the rubber hoses!! Radiator itself looks in good nick, the water was clean so not sure how the rust got all the way through. The heater connection for the bottom hose was corroded to hell so may swap the one over from the MK, assuming it's the same. Will worry about the thermo (god i'm sounding like I know what I'm talking about) and the bottom radiator hose outlet thingie from the motor (back to square one) when I've worked out how to remove the body to make the access a bit better. Bit gloomy today so pics didn't come out well so will take some more when the weather improves.

[aussiemale]

Got a few more pics but with a difference, each has a question as have not a clue
1st up there is a difference between both brake thingies
From the MQ

From the MK

Can they be interchanged and also the clutch cylinders as the MQ looks a bit corroded and there seems to be more involved with the MKs.

Next pics/question



Obviously this is the steering, how/what do I need to do to unhook it all so I can remove the body. Do I undo it in the engine bay and pull through into the cabin, or do I do it the other way?

Finally, this is directed to those that are welders/panel beaters etc
the following photos are from the MK body that I'm keeping


Apart from the front (and a couple of other small areas) there isn't much rust, would it be easier to get this fixed up (fair amount in the front area) or to cut the front off the MQ that has no rust as per my next photo

If it easier to cut, where would one cut, along 1 or along 2?
Would one cut by grinder then tidy up with snips?
Any thoughts/advice greatly appreciated.

Bryan