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29th December 2023, 07:31 PM
#891
The master farter
The Patrol is now up on blocks…
Rear tail shaft out, front will be out tomorrow, tie rod off, drag link off and the sway bar links removed.
It seems everything I touch needs to be replaced.
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29th December 2023 07:31 PM
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29th December 2023, 09:25 PM
#892
Legendary
So it's going to handle as good as it looks once you're done with it...
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4.5lt Gas blower. Lots of mods to come.....all in good time.
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30th December 2023, 03:53 PM
#893
The master farter
Originally Posted by
jay see
So it's going to handle as good as it looks once you're done with it...
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Yeah it is due for new shocks soon I reckon but I’ll have to save a bit for them.
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30th December 2023, 04:59 PM
#894
The master farter
Hmm.
Front tail shaft has seen better days. The uni’s feel fine, considering they have never been changed, but the slip joint has a lot of play in it. Plus the grease boot is non existent.
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4th March 2024, 09:39 PM
#895
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4th March 2024, 09:47 PM
#896
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7th March 2024, 08:33 PM
#897
Expert
Originally Posted by
mudski
<snip> Having a higher pressure in the cooling system lowers the boiling point so we’ll see how it goes. <snip>
Higher pressure RAISES the boiling point.
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8th March 2024, 07:20 AM
#898
The master farter
Originally Posted by
Brissieboy
Higher pressure RAISES the boiling point.
Yep, had a brain fart moment. RAISES is what i actually meant....
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12th March 2024, 09:57 PM
#899
The master farter
So I decided to dump the Propylene glycol coolant I put in and go back to ethylene glycol.
I did the usual remove the bung from the radiator flush it out, I also took the heater hose off the fitting on top of the engine and flush through there as well.
Whilst flushing it out coolant was coming out of the stat housing port where the heater hose connects to and was pouring onto the alternator before dropping to the ground.
Thought nothing of it, when I was done I hosed the entire area out.
I then noticed to what I thought it was smoke coming from the alternator. I could hear a faint sizzling sound also. The smoke had no odour apart from the slightest smell of coolant, but that could have been remnants of the washed off coolant. The smoke to me actually looked like vapour though.
Not sure on what was going on I disconnected the battery and all was good. Reconnecting the battery it came back.
So I started the Patrol up and ran it for a good ten minutes. As usual, upon start up for the first few minutes the alternator charged at 12v, then it kicks in and charges per normal, not sure why but it’s always done this.
I turned off the motor and all is good. No sizzling sound, no smoke/ vapour.
My thought is maybe a chemical reaction from the coolant and components inside the alternator???? But when 12v is cut off nothing happened. So maybe not.
If I knew how to upload a video on YouTube I would but tried to work that out and my head just hurt. lol
Any suggestions on what had just happened? More so. Why?
Cheers
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13th March 2024, 10:27 AM
#900
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Coolant is very bad for anything electrical, I would pull the alternator out and give it a thorough clean, hit it with pressure cleaner.
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