My new Patrol, new to me anyway.

[crouchy1989]

that is one nice lookin house 25000 acres now theres some fun to be had

[fracster]

Bit of an updtae.

Car now has a 2 inch Ironman suspension lift and steering damper.

Just had a clutch and new crank seal fit.

Found out that the flywheel is dual mass.They are £800 should it ever need one. A4.2 engine swap would cost circa £3000, so if it needs a flywheel it will get a 4.2 instead. Been told that I would need a 3.0 gearbox as the 2.8 won`t match.

The car is a long term keeper so that will more than likely happen.

Also been pricing up some rear bars as well, the longer I have the car,the more Patrol fanatics and 4x4 shops I find.

[PMC]

fracster

;353546]Bit of an updtae.

Car now has a 2 inch Ironman suspension lift and steering damper.

Just had a clutch and new crank seal fit.

Found out that the flywheel is dual mass.They are £800 should it ever need one. A4.2 engine swap would cost circa £3000, so if it needs a flywheel it will get a 4.2 instead. Been told that I would need a 3.0 gearbox as the 2.8 won`t match.

The car is a long term keeper so that will more than likely happen.

Also been pricing up some rear bars as well, the longer I have the car,the more Patrol fanatics and 4x4 shops I find.[/QUOTE]

G'day fracster

If you ever need any help with sourcing any parts for Patrol, don't hesitate in asking mate!

Regards,

RLI

[my third 256]

hi and welcome to the forum a great mob of people here and a lot of very usefull information
best wishes with your patrolling
stephen

[arfa]

a great start for anything

[fracster]

Been a while since I posted in here.

I took the drawers out, looked at all the stuff in them that I have not used and reckoned I didn`t need to be lugging all that weight about. Drawers are gone now.

Had new injecters and glow plugs, pump timed up properly and it is still a bitch to start when the weather is below o centigrade.

Got a cunning pan that will sort my woes out.........I hope, will update later.

Car is currently peeing me off, so much so that I might get out of it and into a 4.2 cruiser instead.

[Clunk]

Got a cunning pan that will sort my woes out.........I hope, will update later.

Frying or sauce?

[fracster]

You ever watched Fawlty Towers were Basil thrashes his car with a branch?


The heaviest cast iron frying pan I can find will be used soon if I don`t get this damned thing sorted.

[Clunk]

what have you done to it now?

[fracster]

It takes ages to start when the weather is cold.

So, had new glow plugs, voltage checked at the bar, all ok. Had the injectors tested and sorted.

It overfuels when trying to start, clouds of unburnt diesel out of the exhaust when it finally kicks into life.

Turn ignition, wait for glowplugs light to go out,then airbag light, sometimes give it a bit longer. Looking in the handbook, the glowplugs should stay on longer than they do and perhaps should stay on after it starts?

Think i`ll point Yendor over here see if he can shed any light, perhaps Newby as well.

I also have a sneaking suspicion that the head has a slight crack. So with the price of a new head and gasket kit with head bolts, i`m looking at big money. BUT, I have been offered a good older 2.8 without all the ECU,fly by wire accelerator and the associated eletrical gubbins. OK, I need to fabricate a manual pedal and glowplug set up, but that ain`t too difficult. The engine swap is cheaper than a new head.

When i`m out doing my photography stuff, i can be out all night in minus centigrade weather, when I get back to the car in the morning, I need to have faith that the bugger will start, I have no faith in it doing so.