Majestic's TD42 89 GQ

[Majestic]

Hey all, thought it was about time I made a thread about my Patrol. She is a 1989 ST Diesel 4.2 that I bought just over a year ago for a solid $5000. It had 420K on the clock it's now 431K. A bit of rust that I will be getting looked at hopefully next year, living in the country and away from the beach where I bought her it hasn't gotten any worse.

Being on a tight budget I haven't done much to her, done the services, had a new radiator and new front brakes (disks and pads) put in. Just got new 15x8 rims and new 33" tyres on her. UHF installed a while back as well as my old CD/MP3 player from my old Feroza. That is on it's way out so I'll be getting a new one probably next year sometime. A new steering wheel thanks to Warnie (from this site) which replaced my scorched one that came with the truck.

Plans for next year include a new copper radiator (I hate the aluminium one I got, needed it in a hurry so got what I could), engine rebuild, a 2 inch lift, snorkel, light bar to replace the spotties, pulling the bullbar off and giving it a sand back and paint, will replace it at a later date with a winch one and probably a few other things that I can't think off off the top of my head at the moment.

Plans for the weekend include an oil change and new DLR lights installed.

Some photos of the GQ:

Old Tyres and Rims: *With mismatched tyres.*
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New Tyres and Rims: *Note front mud flaps have been removed since this photo was taken.*
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UHF Install: *Being a non-smoker I don't need an ash tray.*
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Some Bling: *A dig at those Toyota and Mebitsrmissing drivers is always fun*
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The Original Steering Wheel: *Sun roasted and then some.*
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I'll post some more up after I do the DLR lights install this weekend.

[Stropp]

thats a good price for a td42, looks good mate, thanks for sharing.

[Moozle2000]

Nice Rig!
LOVE the stickers haha!

[Majestic]

Thanks guys, yeah the stickers add that little bit of character to it.

I was happy with the price, it's rare to find that at that price, not unheard off seen a few since I bought this one.

[Bigcol]

snip.....

Plans for next year include a new copper radiator (I hate the aluminium one I got, needed it in a hurry so got what I could),
engine rebuild,

go for the original Radiator - after I replaced mine (from Natrad about $250.00 a few years ago now though) it never even thought of getting hot while towing my Van

dont be in a hurry to re-build the engine yet
my Bro-in-laws has 550K on the engine, and he is now thinking of whacking a turbo on it - for more grunt to tow HIS van........

431K.......????? only just run in mate...............

[Bigcol]

if the engine is blowing black smoke or hard to start......
start at the beginning..
replace Glow plugs
then Injectors

if its not having them problems.......... you will be ok

[Majestic]

go for the original Radiator - after I replaced mine (from Natrad about $250.00 a few years ago now though) it never even thought of getting hot while towing my Van

Yeah I plan to go back to the original copper one, not liking the aluminium one, just the other day it was at half and it was only like 37 degrees outside. I paid $550 for the heavy duty aluminium one and it's worse than my corroded old copper one.

dont be in a hurry to re-build the engine yet
my Bro-in-laws has 550K on the engine, and he is now thinking of whacking a turbo on it - for more grunt to tow HIS van........

431K.......????? only just run in mate...............

I heard at about 500K they should looked at getting rebuilt.

if the engine is blowing black smoke or hard to start......
start at the beginning..
replace Glow plugs
then Injectors

if its not having them problems.......... you will be ok

She blows a little black smoke (mainly just up hill) but that is due to needing a injector and pump calibration, plus most diesel's blow a little going up hill from what I have heard. Pretty new to diesels, this is my first one. The calibration was something I was holding off on until the rebuild, saves me having to do it twice. She used to blow a heap of smoke but some injector cleaner solved that. I don't think the previous owners looked after her as much as they claimed. I am slowly fixing her up.

[Bigcol]

[QUOTE] I heard at about 500K they should looked at getting rebuilt. [Quote]

they are good for a million if looked after........

when you have the spare coin, take it to a Diesel Injection place.......(dont know whats over there to recommend)

get them to run it up on the dyno - and they will tell you whats needed and when..... if they are any good

if you were in Wait Awhile (WA) I would suggest United Fuel Injection.........

so someone like that would be your first point of call......

[Majestic]

when you have the spare coin, take it to a Diesel Injection place.......(dont know whats over there to recommend)

get them to run it up on the dyno - and they will tell you whats needed and when..... if they are any good

if you were in Wait Awhile (WA) I would suggest United Fuel Injection.........

so someone like that would be your first point of call......

Thanks I'll look into doing that before I commit to a re-build. I think at the bare minimum she needs her head taken off and a good solid clean out as when I do my oil changes I flush her with the Nulon Engine Oil Flush and after it's all done and the new oil and filters are on her oil is still black.

[pasbogdan]

Seen first pic and taught you need wheels.You got them Are you radio amateur?You need to be licenced also in your country?
Regards,