G'day , I thought I would just start my own thread to do with my GQ as I am always stuffing about with it or breaking it or fixing it....
I have had my Patrol for 18 months now and I love it, Irish got me onto the Patrol way of thinking as I had a Hilux before this but it was a slug and only 2 seats and when hunting it was like trying to fit to gorillas into a tuna can..
I have never loved any car I have owned until now??
Most know I have been stuffing about with front locker of late and as of last weekend I finally fitted up my new air locker thanks to help from George Irish and Mudski.
I did not post straight away about this as I was ironing out some bugs but it is all sorted.
I started stripping out the donor car for parts to make the build a bit easier and quicker but we still ended up going over time by a day....
Irish came early and started fitting my rear LED light strip on the barn door and soon after both George and Mudski turned up and started getting stuck into the locker and hubs.
I had mounted the wiring and compressor days before and all tests looked good.
It turned into a much longer day than planned (usually do) and after George dialed in 2 front diffs (mine and Mudski's) it was 9.30pm and I still had to install it all so after George left I stayed in the garage another hour sorting out a few things and then called it quits.
Next morning I installed the fitting for the airline into the diff and then realised quickly I had no chance to get the bloody thing in by myself... Mudski also had troubles at his house with his install so we worked to get both our problems sorted before going our separate ways and carrying on with our builds.
I ran into a couple little problems that put me back even further but by late in the day I had it all back together.. I went for a quick test drive down to Georges workshop and it felt terrible??
George and I had a test around the back streets and things did not feel right and the compressor was not shutting off??
Things started to settle down over the next day or 2 and I ironed out some of the little problems during the week.
The compressor was a simple fix after some trouble shooting and today I went down to the local sloppy paddock near the bus depot and tested everything properly for the first time and it all worked perfect...
I cant wait to test it all in the real world.. thanks to the boys for coming around and helping as I could not have done this on my own.... cheers guys!!!!!
Update of some work done
Thought I would do an update on this page as a quick reference.
In the last year or so I have had a lot of things done and some big changes made.
First thing was a problem I had with a massive flat spot at 2000 rpm that drove me mad, after many things tried (all the usual stuff ) in the end it was the ECU full of water.
I have had the engine out and had the head welded and crack tested and a brand new cam installed (a present from George and Billy) which has changed my power to higher in the rev range.
Has taken a bit of getting use to but I do like it.
I have fitted a new Ci clutch and changed the gearbox but that has turned into a big mistake as it has had more leaks than a siv ... so next is to fix that and replace all bearing and seals and look into syncro's.
George does most of the work on my car now a days and I get a lot of help from Mudski in the way of parts and also all the good will of those members on here.
There is a lot more and will try and update as it comes to me.
Here are some pics over time as my car has changed
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