Priorities

[Tiggs]

I have just bought a Nissan Patrol (2004 3.0) with lots of intentions including driving down to Morocco next year for a few weeks. What modifications would you suggest in priority order.
Tiggs

 

[rustic]

I have just bought a Nissan Patrol (2004 3.0) with lots of intentions including driving down to Morocco next year for a few weeks. What modifications would you suggest in priority order.
Tiggs

Mods would have to be tyres, suitable for the worst roads of the journey, even consider two spares too.

Make up a kit of spare parts you might need, especially those parts that you can't get in the countries you are passing through.

I'll start..
Spares kit
Fuel filter, oil filter, enough oil for an oil change.
Water enough to replace rad water.
Radweld or similar.
Credit card
Breakdown cover for countries visited:nenau
Maybe spare fuel:nenau
Brake fluid
Maybe a fan belt or two...
Tyre foot pump.
Tyre inflation sealer, maybe even one of those string kits that you can push into a hole. They are not legal in UK, but if you are desperate... :nenau
Maybe consider second battery, at worst.. if you have an alternator failure, you should be able to bring it on line to get a lot of miles out if it.

 

[terrano bob]

lots of money :lol:lol :thumbs

 

[AlexD333]

Yep, a set of all terrain tyres, event ML 698s are cheap but darn good, i never got stuck when I had em :thumbs

and if you wanna go all out you can get a double carrier for the back door, two tyres side by side, i think that looks cool.

Apart from that, a good service and fluid changes.

Just allow a few weeks for everything to bed in, dont wanna find out when you get there there is a big leak for example.

Good planning in key to a sucessful trip

 

[Fez_uk]

First job, Tell me where you are in wales?

 

[rustic]

...Just allow a few weeks for everything to bed in, dont wanna find out when you get there there is a big leak for example.
Good planning in key to a sucessful trip

Some really great advice from Alex there, I can't believe I'm saying that:augie
I think we are training him well...:thumb2:thumb2

I must remember back in the 80's we used to say to people, NEVER have a service done just before your holiday... as any mistakes will show up within 2 weeks.

Mind you, this also applied to the mid 90's too, after a local Ford garage serviced my Mav... I had an oil leak to compare to the Gulf of Mexico...
They left one of the "O" rings off the rocker box cover...:doh

Rustic

 

[Tiggs]

Rhondda born and bred now exiled in Cardiff

 

[Barrbeast]

Welcome bud, from another Trol owner (mine is a '54 plate so about the same age). The Y61 Trols are very capable and are comfortable inside so make good overlanders.

As said, first priority is a decent set of tyres, assuming a mix of onroad/offroad time get some all terrains. There's a lot of different brands we can recommend and each of us have our preferences! :lol

Event ML 698 are cheap but do the job, bees knees (but expensive) are BF Goodrich AT - they're very good and will last ages. Personally I'd give a shout for General Grabber AT, look a bit unconventional but no complaints here and were less than 50% worn after 20,000 miles. There's been a lot of posts on tyres over the years, might be worth checking the search function

While on the subject of tyres I would also suggest you go up a size as Trols the age of yours and mine are only on 31" tyres as standard (265/70 R16) but the later models were sold on 32" without there being any mods to the suspension etc of vehicle. I've got 265/75 R16 muds fitted and have no problem with rubbing/catching and it's an easy way to give yourself a little bit more clearance (albeit not massive).

Double wheel carriers are handy and look nice but to fit one you're probably looking at having to get a rear steel bumper with one incorporated (£££) so that the weight of the tyres isn't all on the rear door. Cheaper option would be to get a roof rack and stick a second spare wheel on it or stick the wheel in the boot. The only other benefit of a rear steel bumper is that it makes the indicators and rear/brake lights less susceptible to damage but it's a lot cheaper and simpler to just buy a set of euro spec rear lights which then move the indicators etc up to the rear boot pillars (very easy to do as almost entirely plug and play - I did it on mine and my write-up is on the forum).

CB might be useful?:nenau

I would also suggest fitting an oil pressure gauge as the high oil pressure switch (there are two, a high and a low) on the 3.0 has a habit of playing up and putting the oil pressure warning light on even though the pressure is fine. You can replace the switch but it's not the easiest job to do or access and so a lot of people (including myself) just fit an oil pressure gauge instead with the sender plumbed into the much easier to access low oil pressure point. Having the gauge means you know exactly whats going on

Any other mods like a winch bumper, suspension lift etc depend on how offroad you want to get! :thumbs

 

[Banshee]

BF Goodrich AT - they're very good and will last ages.

Good shout on the basis that these are clearly a "global" tyre and you'd find a spare out there cheap should you need one!!!

Just a little thought outside the box there :sly