Honey Badger the Y60

[BrazilianY60]

The truck driver, being a very conscious person, advised me to take with me in my car all the loose ends from inside the Patrol before loading it into the truck, to avoid the risk of losing small items during the transport, so I did it.

These arrived at home with me on the next day, two weeks prior to the Patrol being delivered:
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Being able to do nothing but wait, I decided to give the airbox a good clean, and was amazed with the amount of dust it was holding.
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With zero availability of parts locally, I started searching on nearby South America countries where Nissan have sold Patrols in a quest for either OEM or alternative parts suppliers. I knew I could always count with Aussie vendors, but being on the opposite side of the globe, shipping would be a major factor. Whatever I could find closer, would be a bonus. Right from the beginning I knew I would need at least an engine gasket kit, air filters and a brake booster/master cylinder. The later being for when I saw the car, I noticed the brake booster/master cylinder were adapted from another truck available in Brazil.

First thing I was able to source was the engine gasket kit, from an local parts supplier that was used to import parts for Toyota 4x4s. Not that he had it available, being a Toyota parts vendor, but he was able to find it with his suppliers. No-name gasket kit, but a complete kit nevertheless, with this car I am not in the position to choose parts brands, I have to take whatever I find. He would have nothing else, this was all of Nissan he could help me with.
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To be fair, it does have a name, PEACE GASKETS.

Later on, I got to know through a 4x4 online community of a bloke that owns an Auto Repair shop in neighbor country that from time to time have had helped some guys around here to find parts. He was available to quote parts in local (to him) stores and even on wreckers if needed for a fair fee. Through him, I was able to source a brand new non-OEM master cylinder, air-filters and an used brake booster. Yes, used... He searched around even in specialized brake places in his town and could not find a new booster, but happened to find a Patrol in a wrecker. That was good info also, there was the possibility of this parts car having something I may need in the future.
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The booster is still a bit of a mystery. It does look equal to Y60 brake booster pictures I see online, but it has a part number that I checked and belongs to a Nissan Frontier truck (which is available in Brazil, BTW). On Partsouq they are not the same part number though. Maybe it was already adapted on the wrecked car? Who knows... Maybe you good fellows can tell me about you being using Frontier boosters on Patrols...

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