Good stuff mate i had to do the same traded the v8 for a tuff family tourer
Good stuff mate i had to do the same traded the v8 for a tuff family tourer
Parksy (7th August 2013)
Rebuilt the front calipers. Pulled them all apart, wire brushed them, then checked them in a molasses bath for a week. Came out almost like new. Painted in por15, re sealed and new hardware kit chucked on. Happy with the results.
Haven't had much luck with the eBay alloy radiators, have killed 2 in the last 6 months so I've gone with an adrad copper/brass unit. Not sure if they died because of stray currents so I've purchased an analogue multi meter to test the system. Digital multimeters are no good for this test, but basically it's a matter of pulling the radiator cap off, negative probe onto the negative battery terminal and positive probe into the filler neck so it contacts the coolant but not any metallic parts, ie the filler neck. Shouldn't register a voltage of 0.05v or more, otherwise the radiator will have a shortened life span. Done with the engine running and all electrical items on, such as hazards, lights, radios. Etc. If a voltage of 0.05v or more is registered, turning off each electrical item one at a time may isolate the problem and get sorted from there. Just waiting for the multimeter to arrive so I can get to the bottom of this.
Here's the new radiator(again but an adrad one at least)
The 2nd alloy radiator
The first alloy radiator
Both leaked in similar fashion. I was lucky that they were replaced under warranty. Actually they just sent me new units. I ended up selling the 3rd when it arrived.
How have you found those drilled/slotted disc rotors so far ???
Are some pics out of whack as last pic of rotors they looked OE
04 ST 3lt auto, not enough Mods to keep me happy, but getting there
No pictures are correct. Only the rear rotors needed replacing so I changed these with the slotted rotors. The fronts are oe at the moment but I might change these shortly to the same rotors as when I did change the rears, braking performance had improved a lot. So they are recommended.
threedogs (14th August 2013)
Your rig looks really tidy, Parksy. Got to get it dirty sometime though.
My advice is: not to follow my advice.
You're not wrong mudnut. But I have been fixing things up since I've bought it and it's a lot easier to work on when it's clean. Almost there though, have done too much to list now on it. I wish I could drive a brand spanking new gq so I could compare that to this one.
Bloodyaussie (14th August 2013)
How much did you pick the RDA slotted up for? need to do all 4 on mine while its off the road
Time is never wasted when your wasted all the time
WARNING: Towballs used for recoveries can, and do kill people and damage property.
I think I paid around the 130 mark off eBay, without postage mind you. This was for the rears.
Fronts are a little more, but not by much.
NissanGQ4.2 (17th August 2013)
Looks Boss, very clean
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