What did you do to your Patrol today!

[nissannewby]

beasts/nags :-)


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I have 2 days of barrel racing to attend sat and sun.

[MB]

And we wonder why we can't finish our Patrol projects :-) lol !!


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[mudski]

Bugger me Mudski,

I honestly can't keep up with the dedicated good work and time you put into the beast !

Slow down old mate, I'm sure she's already beyond perfect :-) !

Inspirational :-) !!!!!

Cheers MB

Cheers Mark. I just hate having things that are not quite right. I've always been like thing with every vehicle I have owned. Its the only thing I take pride in. Apart from my two beautiful daughters of course.... Lol. Next I want to see if I can vinyl weld somehow. Haven't Googled it yet but I'm sure theres a way. I have a small tear in one of the door trims which calls out to me everytime i get in the car and pokes its tongue out. No wreckers have the right trim I need. Or they do and its worse than mine.

I dont mean to be a pain but if they arent you should use high tensile washers. Also use cone lock nuts instead of nylock especially for suspension bolts.

And use plenty of anti seize on assembly.

The black washers are supposed to be. I asked for High tensile. So I can only assume they are. The silver ones I know are not. Prolly should have got high tensile for there. put that on the list... And for the nuts. To be honest I didn't think about using cone nuts. I will get those instead now. Thanks Mat... And I am in the process of pulling every suspension bolt out and applying Never Seize to the bolts. I swore by this stuff when using it on the axle shafts of my dirt bikes. Makes life soooo much easier when you need to remove a wheel to repair a flat in the middle of the bush.
I had to replace two bushes on the rear rh lower trialing arm only because the bolt was dry and it was grabbing on the inside of the bush and on full flex it just ripped the inside of the bush.

Live and learn mate...

[MB]

You're a legend Mudski, dedication :-) !!!!!


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[nissannewby]

You must have been typing that when i edited my post.

[macca]

Hmm o.k. So maybe they didn't over charge me. Lol. I was charged $80.... The mob I work for 15years sold bolts, imperial size only though. And I know they they charge around $3 for a 3/4inch x 4inch bolt, grade 8 etc etc. I'm in the wrong business. Feck!

Needed a large HiTensile plus washers and nut for someting a while back, cost $16.00 each FFS!

[Sprock]

Cheers Mark. I just hate having things that are not quite right. I've always been like thing with every vehicle I have owned. Its the only thing I take pride in. Apart from my two beautiful daughters of course.... Lol. Next I want to see if I can vinyl weld somehow. Haven't Googled it yet but I'm sure theres a way. I have a small tear in one of the door trims which calls out to me everytime i get in the car and pokes its tongue out. No wreckers have the right trim I need. Or they do and its worse than mine.


The black washers are supposed to be. I asked for High tensile. So I can only assume they are. The silver ones I know are not. Prolly should have got high tensile for there. put that on the list... And for the nuts. To be honest I didn't think about using cone nuts. I will get those instead now. Thanks Mat... And I am in the process of pulling every suspension bolt out and applying Never Seize to the bolts. I swore by this stuff when using it on the axle shafts of my dirt bikes. Makes life soooo much easier when you need to remove a wheel to repair a flat in the middle of the bush.
I had to replace two bushes on the rear rh lower trialing arm only because the bolt was dry and it was grabbing on the inside of the bush and on full flex it just ripped the inside of the bush.

Live and learn mate...

Anti seize Is a must - I use it on everything - including cable ties haha , not really but you get my drift .


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[mudski]

Well i made a dogs breakfast welding two washers to the first bracket. Doesnt help when im supposed to be going out in an hour and im welding upside down and my arms twisted the wrong way. I can weld pretty good if im sitting or standing straight... lol
So ill have to cut these off and do it again soon.
With more time and thought about how to go about it.

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[Ben-e-boy]

Well i made a dogs breakfast welding two washers to the first bracket. Doesnt help when im supposed to be going out in an hour and im welding upside down and my arms twisted the wrong way. I can weld pretty good if im sitting or standing straight... lol
So ill have to cut these off and do it again soon.
With more time and thought about how to go about it.

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so no pic of your overhead welds then?

[mudski]

so no pic of your overhead welds then?

Ahh. No....