What did you do to your Patrol today!

[MB]

You’re a much stronger Tropical Team up there than I sooky wet pants down here Cuppa Tea Mates
12 months only myself many years ago on the tools in FNQ and I’m still recovering from kneecap rear/forearm-pit rash syndrome


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[BrazilianY60]

What is this gas windows you guys mention?

[MB]

Hopefully/should be too on your OS variant Beast BZ Mate, a little half matchbox sized block that has a glass eyeball roughly 10mm diameter window for bubble checking? Follow your A/C lines up & around and maybe near the radiator top IIRC


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[MB]

1989 Y60 (Ford Australian Maverick) has its Eyeball here





Shed Queeny 1999 Y61 my apologies has its eyeball IIRC up high on drivers (Aussie RH) side near radiator front/top

EDIT: 1989 model Ford

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[MB]

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[BrazilianY60]

Oh, that. I don't have one separate like yours but the A/C dry filter (of whatever it is called) does have that inspection lens.

[PeeBee]

Finally found time to fit the 150w in-line fuel heater to the beast. Its located before the fuel filter, comes with a complete wiring loom and simple to install, 5/16" barbs. Just need to nip the body bolts up as the gasket was weeping. Can't feel the unit heating up which I suppose if expected to some degree as there is 7LPHR at idle going thru it. Hope this will improve the snow camping gell issues experienced previously, even with the winter anti gell additive.heater info.jpgheater.jpg

Update - heater being replaced under warrany, leaking out if cables, to will update on performance when new one is installed

[Cuppa]

Whilst most of you have been out buying the last minute Christmas pressies, stuffing the turkey, trying on your Santa suit or whatever you do on Chrismas eve I have finally , at last , fixed the damn leak from my windscreen washer bottle. I kid you not it has been a mission. Anything that could happen to make the job 100 times more difficult that it should have been happened,. It was a mission & a test of my resolve. But it's done, it works & it doesn't leak any more . Hoo bloody ray. I never want to do anything to it again other than pour water into it.

The leak, as it turned out was via the seal(s) inside the pump itself, & a new pump fixed it. I bought the aftermarket pump from Patrolapart. Brand is 'Nice'

3 main problems
1. Getting the washer bottle in & out - numerous times with all the wires & cables that are in the way . If you are fitting any new electrics etc at any time bear that in mind.
2. Getting the nissan plug & pump separated - especially difficult because of 1. above, but also because the original plug has been a bit chewed over it's lifetime & is an absolute bugger to move without pulling the pump out. And * very* tight going into the new pump. Total relief when it worked & I knew I didn't have to separate it again. If it ever has to come apart again I'll cut the wires & re-join them
3. Broke the locating rubber which holds the washer bottle to the front wheel arch 'cos I didn't know it was there. A labour of love followed fashioning another from a couple of different sizes of rubber tubing & then shaping the outer one to fit.

[jay see]

Was last week.

Had it booked in for a tappet adjustment last Thursday. Turned out it when in on the back of a towie.
Lost one alternator belt on the way to work in the morning and when I started it after leaving early to get it there before they closed, it made a terrible noise while I was looking at it the second belt let go.

Just made it before they closed. As I got out of the towie my phone fell and of course it landed face down smashes the screen, after replacing it a month ago. My wife was meant to pick me up on the main road. I can hear the phone ring ,but can't answer it, she was at the panel beaters instead of the mechanics. It was a looong day.

On the Friday I get a call from the mechanic saying they think there is more to it then just tappet adjustment and they want to do a full diagnostic on Monday. Ok call me on Monday with what you find.

The weekend was filled with what ifs. Received the call during the day on Monday and it turns out that it was just a tappet adjustment.

All running super smooth and sweet again.



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[jay see]

Used it as a whacker.

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