"Terrance" - 04' Terrano II SE Commercial 2.7TDi Project Thread

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I've done the number crunching and I don't think I'll be able to afford the van :(

I'll be keeping Terrance for a little while longer maybe? I have my eyes on a Patrol too, there's sooooo much going on, ahhhhhhhhhhh :banghead:
 
The Patrol numbers on here have grown. I'm surprised other nissans havn't like pathfinders which I thought would be the logical thing to get after the terrano.
Patrols are awesome though, you seemed to have fun on mine at Salisbury :lol
I still need to footage :D
 
The Patrol numbers on here have grown. I'm surprised other nissans havn't like pathfinders which I thought would be the logical thing to get after the terrano.
Patrols are awesome though, you seemed to have fun on mine at Salisbury :lol
I still need to footage :D

It would be a step backwards to me as they have no low box!!!!!
 
It would be a step backwards to me as they have no low box!!!!!

ref Pathfinder and Navara, DO have low box, have dial selected multi mode transfer which
similar to Shoguns in 2wd rear, road 4wd high, locked 4wd high and low.

Believe have traction control linked to ABS, though don't have a rear LSD.

I'm still surprised we don't see more Pathfinders certainly plenty of Navaras about.

Recently found out that Pathy has separate chassis like Navara as always was led
to understand Pathy was monocoque. Pity isn't as are known to suffer rot in frame
like the pickups.

The X-Trails are single speed transfers, akin to Freelanders and mainly front wheel
drive with rear axle coming in electronically.
 
Working on the truck :thumb2 Just fired everything up in the garage.

Today I aim to have all my brackets welded into position up front for my bumper to bridge the 3" gap I had from the body lift :D

Need to fully tighten the body lift blocks up and then a little more cutting on the passengers side. The amount of cutting I've had to do is crazyyyyy :eek:

Also need to swap the 2 seats out of the truck for the 2 from the 2005 that I broke, I like the idea of having side air bags and the old ones are proper worn out now :doh

To top it all off, I've got a STINKING cold that I've caught from the girlfriend :doh
 
Great to hear you are making some progress mate, just look after ya sen mate and keep busy you’ll soon forget about the cold.
 
Truck is getting ever closer to hitting the roads again very soon :thumb2

Here's some updates for you when I've remembered to take pictures, I've been doing so many jobs to get the truck tip top again that I forget to snap pics sometimes.

So firstly, I've stripped pretty much all of the interior in the truck and have been making efforts to sort out all my wiring and "temporary" solutions that become permanent bodges.



The rear door hinge has had a real bad graunching noise and hasn't felt very smooth when trying to open and close it, looks like the wet, mud and salt had just got to it and had wrecked it, it was really badly corroded, I didn't even bother to touch it and used a spare and prepped, painted and fitted, once on I greased it and now it's almost silent :cool:



The window recesses haven't really got a nice finish to them in the rear and although I've re-done them in black they still look nasty.



So I decided I was going to get some more Ordinance Survey maps but this time get them laminated so that they were encapsulated and thus immune to condensation on those cold cold mornings. I made some templates and then cut some nice sections out of the selection of maps I'd acquired and popped them into a stationary shop that I use that do oversized laminating.



Here they are in position, the jagged edges don't matter as when the trim is refitted it will then offer nice smooth contours on the eye :thumb2



I've dyed another roof lining after the other one that I had removed became a backstop for dirt grime and grinding shrapnel at the workbench against the garage wall and now that could never go back in a car :doh

Here's a minter that I managed to pick up from Coventry a few weeks ago that will be going back in shortly.



I've also made a start on plastic dipping the interior plastics with the stuff I've purchased online recently, although the finish is fantastic and it appears to be very very tough and doesn't flake like spraypaint. Only problem is that I seem to have purchased a gloss finish and it makes the plastics shine really bright under lights and look really cheap and tacky :doh

I need to get back in touch with the seller and see if I can return the unused cans and replace for some with a Matte finish.

Onto the subject of wiring.........

I have now installed a new CB that I picked up for just under £30 from my local Maplins a good few months back now from when they were closing down the branch. I've also attached my burner to it and installed it in the passengers side footwell on the centre console on the bracket provided and mounted the mic clip on the top of the centre cubby hole box.



Some of you may have seen my other thread in regards to the new beast of an aerial that I have brought new too. It's a Sirio Performer 5000 PL LED with a direct roof mount kit, no mag mount rubbish anymore to keep flying off the truck when in confined lanes with low branches, it also has an easy release arm that allows you to fold it down horizontally if it does get a bit too hairy.

The best feature, which is a bit of a gimmick really is the fact that the green base lights up green with an LED when you key up and talk, it's also a whopping 2m in length :thumbs



If you squint or zoom you can just about make the length out there :eek:



Another nice little job that I have got around to is figuring out why my alarm horn hasn't been sounding when the alarm was triggered. As the trim is out it's been a breeze to trace the wiring back from the horn which lead me to a relay in the drivers side footwell which was well broken!!!!!!









Swapped the relay with one I had removed from my recent breaker and wahey, alarm horn is working again :cool:

Best till last, I'm especially excited about this mod and have to take my hat off and thank Elty for sending me the link to this one as he has the same one. :bow :bow

After my engine overrun experience I wanted to swap the rubbish blow by control valve for an oil catch can and reroute pipes so that oil can never be fed back into the turbo again for that to happen again. So here it is....

I re-used the original bracket that slots onto the intercooler leg mounting point :thumb2







 
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Nice one Banshee, great to see you making progress on the truck.

Whilst you have head lining removed could you insulate the truck. Tdoug says it keeps warmer but also cooler in summer, have been tempted to do that on mine.
 

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