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Well I just completed a 2,000 mile road trip in the Cruiser! I left last Tuesday, picked up a buddy + his tent trailer and we drove down to Johnson Valley for KoH 2014. I prepp'ed the Cruiser a bit Monday night before we left. All in all the truck did great! We did some off-roading in the truck...

So I had some fairly major dramas recently. The trans shop had put in an old style speedo pinion and drive gear for the speedo. Nissan changed the speedo pinion/gear a number of times in the 20yr run of the 60-series Patrol. The very early trucks pulled the speedo from the very front of the...

Brake light switch (2nd one that is plastic) broke the other day. It was stuck so was causing the TCC to flip out, again. I pulled it and tried to fix it up again and it broke in half in the process. A little bit more research and thought time and I decided no reason I can't just hook it up to...

I used Bill Hirsch "cast iron gray" high temp exhaust manifold paint on the exhaust manifold, primed it first with their high temp primer. Obviously engine color on the intake manifold. test fitting, all new studs on order. progress Believe it or not it is supposed to be offset...

Thing is they are not actually Mini's. They are just a custom Mini body on a fully custom truck frame. I been watching as many 2014 Dakar videos as I can find. Really enjoy it. Cheers

It looks super clean. Mileage a bit high for the price, not that 190k is a ton of miles but for $10k I would want less. Questions to ask, rust, leaks, what doesn't work or is missing. By the way, if your interested I could put you in touch with a buddy who is selling his 82 FJ60. 70,000...

Nice choice on the engine. Definitely going to make a new truck out of this older Patrol. I want video with no music just engine sounds when it is done, please. :)

Not hard at all really for a guy like you. Just got to get over the initial "what if I screw up" delima. Look at it this way, if you pay for somebody to do it and they screw up, it is a big hassle. If you do it and screw up you learn a big lesson and I am betting don't make the same mistake...

You know me Scott, I been telling you for awhile to go v8. You can think about it twelve ways to Sunday but in the end the v8 just makes sense. 4.8 is a great motor and cheaper to acquire compared to other v8's. The 5.7L vortec in my current 80-series is also a great motor and cheap to buy...

Drive line, rear. Wheel bearings can cause it but generally will be under a wider variance of speed. Easy to check wheel bearings, jack up truck, grab wheel and try to move side to side. Any play at all and you need to replace your wheel bearings. Worn out suspension can cause it, especially...

I will keep an eye out for you, obviously we will be in a big gray 80-series. :) My dash has been p/o'ing me for a while now. Missing hardware, dead wires, wire mess that is hard to stuff in the dash and more. So I not only finished up the e-lockers today I fixed up my dash and a lot of...

Probably should put this in the for sale section and the Central/South America section if it is not there already. Chances are better it will get seen by somebody in those sections who may be up for fixing the old Patrol and enjoying it down south! Cheers

Well, just spent Saturday and Sunday working on my truck. It wasn't really as productive as we would have wanted but we got some stuff done anyways. Main goal was to remove the stink bug and get the truck more level. Also remove the drop brackets on the radius arms to gain ground clearance. We...

Thanks for the push in the right direction! Trust me, if I could own a Y60/61 TD42 Patrol for a reasonable cost I would! I just did the import non-USA truck thing for a lot of years and am now enjoying something readily available on these shores. Any ways, back to the restoration! Dizzy is...

You are at the mercy of whatever they do with the old oil/fluids. Nothing you can do but try and do the right thing. Cheers

I am not taking it wrong. Just agreeing you saw worse roads than me. I also get your points and am not disagreeing. I had some repairs done while traveling, mostly maintenance. Just like you or anybody I consider normal, you don't want to dump fluids on the ground. So you take it to a mechanic...

Ruined, thanks for the detailed reply. So you went through it, that is good. While I have not driven SA and I have no doubt at all you drove some rough roads for long distances. I still feel it can be done without major or even a bunch of minor repairs. As you know CA the roads are not all...

Looks like an awesome event!

Cheers to that!

A buddy of mine made his 404 into a Doka. He also made this time lapse video of the process. Check it out! Cheers