New toy

[mymini007]

Hello people,

I have just joined the world of the nissan patrol

I needed a 4x4 for work, and with a limited budget of under £1000 GBP I was a little limited on my choices.

A friend of a friend put me in touch with another friend who had a 1994 Nissan patrol for sale, with in my price range.

I went to have a look and came home with this ..............................




......for £600, I am normally a big fan of Land rovers, but after 2 days on site with the partol I am thinking that after the contract has ended I may be able to restore it back to something nice for camping and family use.

 

[Fez_uk]

£600!!! You got a bargain.

 

[solarman216]

Welcome, and well done, plenty on here to help out, Rick

 

[mymini007]

£600!!! You got a bargain.

Having looked around tiniternet, I tend to agree! :thumb2

Not sure on the milage as the odo stopped working 10 years ago at 108,000km

believed to be more like 240,000km. but seems to run ok. been well serviced, its the TD 4.2.

 

[mymini007]

Having looked around tiniternet, I tend to agree! :thumb2

Not sure on the milage as the odo stopped working 10 years ago at 108,000km

believed to be more like 240,000km. but seems to run ok. been well serviced, its the TD 4.2.

It came with the off road wheels and tyres as it sits too, Im no expert but I would say they are worth what I paid for the truck ?

 

[Fez_uk]

tyres and rims worth about £200, still a bargain!

 

[mymini007]

tyres and rims worth about £200, still a bargain!

Wow, thats cheap, good to know, where can I get them? in case I need some more.

 

[Fez_uk]

Thats 2nd hand price, check ebay.

 

[Nav230]

Crikey, absolute bargain, engine is worth more than that. They gave it away.

Welcome to the club and especially to another TD42 owner. Superb engine with a fantastic reputation.

 

[mymini007]

Crikey, absolute bargain, engine is worth more than that. They gave it away.

Welcome to the club and especially to another TD42 owner. Superb engine with a fantastic reputation.

Thanks Deano, need to know more about yours, it looks great. If mine looks half as good as that I will be happy.

I have a list of bits I need to get sorted or replaced, but struggling to find.

 

[Fez_uk]

both axles are worth £500-600 too!

 

[mymini007]

both axles are worth £500-600 too!

Wow, really was a bit of a bargain, I just need to find some wings and some bumpers and it wont look too bad :thumbs

 

[mymini007]

Took a few more pics,









Need to sort the spots out

 

[makeitfit]

Jammy barstardo :naughty
Put your hand in your pocket quick sharp and buy some lottery tickets with the 1000 pounds you've just saved.
Awesome deal there mate

 

[bry]

Well done,and welcome

 

[Barrbeast]

Very nice truck there bud :thumb2

 

[Nav230]

Your wings don't look too bad from the photos compared to some I've seen.
Wings are pretty rare so you might want to get them repaired if possible.

I'm very lucky in that my motor came from Cyprus and then I believe it spent some time abroad, not to mention it appears to have been rust proofed from new. That hasn't stopped me giving it more treatment to keep it rot free.

I've found that all my service parts are available from my local motor factors and there's plenty on ebay too if that's your thing.

They're a simple beast, bit like a Landie 110 with some comfort and luxuries but missing the oil leaks !

I put MT gear oil in my main box because they are known to be tight on gear changes when the weather is cold. Seems a common thing with the strong old Nissan boxes. Beware not to get certain oils because it can attack the syncros I've read.

I've set the tappets, fitted a snorkel, tweaked the injector pump timing, turned up the fuel, put a bigger bore exhaust downpipe flexy and straight thru middle box from a 200 tdi Disco on mine and it goes nicely.

Mine has an inline injector pump and I run it on a large percentage of rapeseed veggie oil at a pound a litre.

I have a 2 inch suspension lift and 1 inch body lift and 265/75/16 tyres. I've resisted going bigger on the tyres because of the added rolling resistance and mass that harms fuel consumption and braking, simply because I drive mine daily.

Future plans if I ever get the time are to make front and rear bumpers for mine, though they are available, but like me, you're probably not gonna want to spend hundreds of pounds on them.

I take it since yours is a Safari like mine, that it's still on km speedo ? If so I got a Nissan 300 zx speedo face from ebay, which I modded to fit and re calibrated the speedo myself so that I could have a mph/kmh speedo. It's just a slightly different green when lit up at night and a very slightly different font but acceptable and better than guessing your speed with the cameras everywhere.

Anything else you need to know, just give us a shout.

 

[CliveG]

Looks like Aussie spec with the indicators in the front wings,go on e-bay,loads of interesting stuff there(postage is querie),even on their sites stuff is accessible.Nice beast.

 

[mymini007]

Your wings don't look too bad from the photos compared to some I've seen.
Wings are pretty rare so you might want to get them repaired if possible.

I'm very lucky in that my motor came from Cyprus and then I believe it spent some time abroad, not to mention it appears to have been rust proofed from new. That hasn't stopped me giving it more treatment to keep it rot free.

I've found that all my service parts are available from my local motor factors and there's plenty on ebay too if that's your thing.

They're a simple beast, bit like a Landie 110 with some comfort and luxuries but missing the oil leaks !

I put MT gear oil in my main box because they are known to be tight on gear changes when the weather is cold. Seems a common thing with the strong old Nissan boxes. Beware not to get certain oils because it can attack the syncros I've read.

I've set the tappets, fitted a snorkel, tweaked the injector pump timing, turned up the fuel, put a bigger bore exhaust downpipe flexy and straight thru middle box from a 200 tdi Disco on mine and it goes nicely.

Mine has an inline injector pump and I run it on a large percentage of rapeseed veggie oil at a pound a litre.

I have a 2 inch suspension lift and 1 inch body lift and 265/75/16 tyres. I've resisted going bigger on the tyres because of the added rolling resistance and mass that harms fuel consumption and braking, simply because I drive mine daily.

Future plans if I ever get the time are to make front and rear bumpers for mine, though they are available, but like me, you're probably not gonna want to spend hundreds of pounds on them.

I take it since yours is a Safari like mine, that it's still on km speedo ? If so I got a Nissan 300 zx speedo face from ebay, which I modded to fit and re calibrated the speedo myself so that I could have a mph/kmh speedo. It's just a slightly different green when lit up at night and a very slightly different font but acceptable and better than guessing your speed with the cameras everywhere.

Anything else you need to know, just give us a shout.

Thanks, what I forgot to mention, is that work are PAYING ME £70 a week to use it on site, plus paying for the fuel, so in 8.5 weeks the truck is effectively free, the contract should last for 18 moths, so if the truck lasts that long it will earn me £5400 approx, so I may invest a bit of cash getting it looking and running well. At the end of the day in 8 weeks its a free car :clap

 

[makeitfit]

Thanks, what I forgot to mention, is that work are PAYING ME £70 a week to use it on site, plus paying for the fuel, so in 8.5 weeks the truck is effectively free, the contract should last for 18 moths, so if the truck lasts that long it will earn me £5400 approx, so I may invest a bit of cash getting it looking and running well. At the end of the day in 8 weeks its a free car :clap

Argh it gets worse :lol
Well in that case stump up a tenner and I'll show you mine :naughty