FT’s Patrol Project

[Adz]

Have a look at your main dealer, local motor factors & Halfords & go for what suites your pocket :thumbs

& I can't say enough about how well you have done :bow :clap :thumbs

Good luck with MOT when it get's there :thumbs Should sale through :thumbs

You may have a knock back on brakes or exhaust fumage :lol

 

[Flying Torquewrench]

Finally back in the country and back on Patrol duty.

Fitted the middle console and the passenger airbag including the glove box. Also done some welding on the right hand front wing and now bolted it back on the car.

Fortunately a big motor factor had a half price deal on car radio's so I bought a new one for the Patrol. The new radio is also fitted and tested. All working as it should do.

A new electric aerial has also arrived and that needs fitting to the car. Just trying to work out an electrical system so the aerial retracts when you use the switch in the car. The old aerial had 4 wires to it while the new one only has 3 so a bit of thinking is required.

A lot of positives but unfortunately also a bit of a negative. During the MOT the bloke said that the car had a leaking brake caliper. However I have now taken the caliper apart and that is nice and dry. Taken the brake disc of and the back is soaked in oil.

Traced the leak back to where the wheelhub meets the wheel bearing. looking closely at the parts diagram I am pretty certain that it is the grease seal on the axle which is expired. Not an easy fix as the locking nut on the wheel bearing is torqued to around 450nm. So now thinking if it's worthwhile taking the axle apart myself or just ask my local garage to do it for around £40.

While all this is going on I also sent an email to the dealer to find out how much an original oil coller would set me back. Got a fairly quick reply that a new oil cooler from the dealer would be £876,95 and had to be ordered from Japan with an estimated delivery date of 28th Nov. So a universal oil cooler it is.

Another job at the moment is to pull some electric wires to the rear lights on the body itself. Would like to install multi purpose LED lights in the bumper and make the rear & brake lights working in the body.

Taken several several photo's of my progress but forgot :doh my lead between the camara and my laptop so you will have to wait till next weekend.

 

[rustic]

Regarding the aerial, there are various types.

One could be as follows:

1 wire will be ground
1 wire will be 12 volts
the other wire could be a feed if whilst live will keep the aerial up, and if this supply goes away the aerial will retract.

The instructions should explain this.
If in doubt, post the instructions on this site.


If smoke comes out of the motor, you know you got it wrong...:doh

 

[Flying Torquewrench]

Sorry all, photo's still to come.

I though I forgot my camera lead in the Uk but seem to have lost it somewhere else. A new lead has been ordered today and when it arrives I will put the photo's up..

Slowly but surely making some progress. Waiting for a new universal oil coller to arrive. Hopefully later this week or early next week. Been to a local hose manufacturer who will produce the hoses between my oil cooler and the engine.

Did some welding on the rear bumper and that will hopefully be installed tomorrow. My new front exhaust section has arrived today so that will also be installed tomorrow.

Then it is waiting for the oil cooler and the big moment is nearly here. Starting the engine for the first time since taking the car apart. :beer

 

[solarman216]

Can't wait, like most other on here, very best regards for you efforts, Rick

 

[Flying Torquewrench]

Finally, a new camera lead has been delivered so here are a few photo's from the last few weeks.

Firstly the new aerial and radio.

 

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New front section of the exhaust. Quite a challenge to get hold of one of these. The middle section has also been replaced, only the aft section was in a good condition to be used again.

 

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Taking the near side rear axle apart as this was leaking.

 

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Removed the brake disc which was full of differential oil.

 

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Removed the axle shaft just to make sure that these oil seal were in good condition.

 

[Flying Torquewrench]

The axle shaft. The car failed the MOT on a leaking brake caliper on this side. However when I removed the caliper it was nice and dry. The oil leak is differential oil which leaks from the grease seal which sits between the wheel bearing and the hub.

A new grease seal has been delivered just waiting for a locking washer which is on back order at the dealer. When that is in it will be a trip to my friendly garage to have it replaced.

 

[Flying Torquewrench]

Ordered a new oil cooler last week which got delivered a day later. :thumbs

 

[Flying Torquewrench]

Making a set of brackets to which I can bolt the oil cooler. These brackets then give me a good solid bit of metal to weld supports to. These support will then be connected to the car structure at the positions which previously held the oil cooler.

 

[Flying Torquewrench]

This is the idea. Further supports still to be made.

The metal is 4mm thick angle iron which should keep the oil cooler sufficiently supported.

 

[Flying Torquewrench]

This is how the brackets should look like when they are finished.

Only challenge is that I have not welded any metal of this thickness before so a bit of practice is required. I also need to change my shielding gas as I got Argon light which is only recommended for metal up to 3mm thick. Fortunately there is only 60 bar left in the cylinder so a change of cylinder was coming up anyway.

 

[solarman216]

you do not need to change your gas for this job, it is not like you are going to be needing the full strength of the 4 mm metal for the job in hand, you may be using 4 mm angle but 1.5 mm would have been ample for the job, anyway well done, a great thread, will be looked a by many in the future, Rick

 

[spinna]

Nice radio i believe its same model as mine

 

[Flying Torquewrench]

@Spinna, radio was half price at Halfords so it would be criminal not to change the old one. :thumbs

@Solarman, only reason why I have chosen 4mm is because the 'legs' from the oil cooler to the vehicle structure are going to be relatively long. The 'legs' will be made from a 4mm flat bar to give the required fix. Had a look at 2mm but that would give a little bit of flexibility and the old oil cooler was rock solid.

Also the 2mm angle iron did not have the same dimensions. With the 4mm I can just weld them together and they fit around the oil cooler perfectly. The 2mm was a bit narrower which means that I had to cut a strip and weld it inbetween.

However I agree that the bracket to which encloses the oil cooler could have been made from 2mm angle iron.

Thank you for your advise on the gas. :thumbs

 

[Fez_uk]

no point changing gas for something not to structural.

It's comming on well. Any idea when you will finish it? hopefully before any snow.

 

[Flying Torquewrench]

Fez, I honestly can't tell you when it will be finished. Workwise there is not that much to be done but it depends on how much remaining issues I find. Hopefully if next weeks weather keeps up I am hoping to be able to drive the car.


The work on the bracket for the oil cooler is coming along slowly. Unfortunately there is a lot of measuring to be done and waiting for the metal to cool down after welding.