My Patroool ** The Ground to Gaurd 44inches **

[DaNeOs]

Yeah dan, we looked at that but think we should still have enough play in it,
we about to drop the drivers side out, and get one bolt started each side when its done, so then we can try to roll or use a jack to angle the diff.

Got my Pirahna Duel Battery Tray in last night, just need to remount a after market coolant resovior now, where the 2nd battery is will work to also keep water / mud out of the coil, due to it being hidden behind the battery now.

As soon as its ready we going to lift it with the forklift to check articulation.

[DaNeOs]

Pirahana Duel Battery tray from a gq diesel just need diesel washer bottle so it fits in behind the battery, this battery runs the winch and compressor



Mounted the winch box in the engine bay below the D/S Headlight to keep it off the bar and getting damged.



Top to switches control the rear bags and air gauge for bag pressure, its a split guage so has 2 needles for left and right bags, bottom switch is the winch safety switch due to being wireless winch, if something else uses the same signel ie, remote control car / remote garage opener when im near them my winch will decide to colapse the bull bar



Air Bag Solenoid, Compressor and tank, got the idea where to mount them from dan, They will all be covered soon and on the P/s in the rear ill put a rear drawer system.



Finially the car on the ground, rear still needs to be higher, the bags have a airleak in the top fitting so have to pull them out again and fix that :@

[Dansedgli]

Tuff.

[DaNeOs]

The winch box was mounted to close to the radiator so the radiator would not fit, so now the winch box has been moved to onto the bull bar. Argh more delays.

[DaNeOs]

Well the winch and the front of the car are all back together ive hardwired a winch control switch inside the cab aswel.

Dan thanks for the info about you mate getting that airbox, ive found the company and have ordered a 4" Steel Snorkel and the Alloy air box for gas.




that airbox has a 4" outlet to suit the steel snorkel.

Just have to put the radiator back in now, gear boots back in 50mm backwards, and fix leaks in the bags then its ready to go.

[Dansedgli]

Good stuff!

[XRated]

Will look tough as with the steel snorkle!

[DaNeOs]

i more hope it will be sealed from water than tough.
but if it looks tough ill be happy also

[DaNeOs]

I need to get me finger out of me ass and get it finished, few boys are heading out MtSkene and Jameson this weekend, i want to go, but i dont know if it will be finished so much work on at the moment, started at 5 this morning. ARGH

[DaNeOs]

Ok well ill let these pictures do the talking, its off for wheel balacing and wheel alignment and all that crap tomorrow. Finially i can take it bush, going to put a balance pipe in between the rear air bags with a tap so i can control individually or together.

[XRated]

**** yes! It's looking serious now. Nice work mate!

[Bipolar]

Reminds me of an Olympic gymnast. Well done!

[Dansedgli]

Awesome stuff!

[AaronEF8]

Will you be taking a camera with you this weekend?
Looks awesome, I bet you'll have some fun in it.

[DaNeOs]

Yes, i was very happy with the amount of flex it had, i could have gone higher but i didnt know when was enough incase it rolled off the fork lift yes definatly taking a camera out on saturday. Ill post pics when i get them.

35" Muddies on road = deafening.

[PSI250]

how'd you go on the weekend?? howd did you find the bags offroad??

would it have been you that you i saw at the servo in hallam on sat arvo around 3 or so??

[fordbaby]

this is sure noisy on the road. i heard it coming before i seen it. get noiser tyres dane lol

sorry i didnt recognise who it was till ya drove past

[DaNeOs]

Cal, nah it was not me at Hallam servo,
The trip was lets say fun, got out there at about 6am, did some of andersons, then headed back down to go down the power lines, to i forget the name of the track i thinks its something creek loop track?, Well i decided that i nice easy track was not the one for me, check the depth of water, only a foot beautiful, drove in front started dropping deeper, chucked it in reverse front bar caught the wall and the tyres just dug threw the top crust and what do you know a 1.5 meter mud pit , that was at 9am .

Mate tried to snatch me out in a standard patrol = 1 broken snatch strap.
Same patrol and a old rangie tried to snatch me out = 1 broken snatch strap and 1 nearly fkd.
So we scraped that idea, went to pull me winch out, was 10 meters in water, could not see the red trace that means " stop pulling out " so my winch cable came off the spool tried to re spool it but over heated winch motor
Then Mr. Park ranger came down he blew up his winch doing some fucked up stupid shit.
Few guys in a 75 series shorty gave it a crack with his strap but no good
A Mate drove out from berwick in his diesel patrol, blocked himself to a tree, connected the high mount, no good, so he got the turfer out and tried his winch and a manual winch started to go, but still didnt.
So they left there recovery gear and went to get more.
Whilst they was gone a guy in a patrol F+R Air Lockers, 38 Boggers came and said he aint leaving till he gets me out, tried winching forward, backwards, Even a 3 Line pull couldnt get me out FFS. I Had no power or clutch due to water in dizzy every time we cleaned it the fan would spin more into it.
So we chucked it in reverse and when he snatched i just turned the key and used the starter motor to drive it, and finially i was out of the bog hole at 6:30pm

So i heading back out this weekend for more fun. Pics will come shortly.

[DaNeOs]

Cal, also the air bags are unreal in the bush, except i need to cut the gaurds out a bit they want to compress that much and got all the way into the gaurds, i put a balance pipe in befor i went, so i can control the hieght and if one compress's the over expands, but i can turn that off and control each bag individually.

I went down and got a price on a front air locker 1200$, and some 35" Mickey T MTZ's for road driving so much needed, not enough money, hopefully ill get the car to bayswater this week or next for the air box and snorkel.

Kristy the tyres aint that loud , i put the standard 31" road tyres on it that morning and it looked like shit, so i put the 35's back on

[Dansedgli]

haha welcome to 4wdriving

Did you flood the interior?

$1200 is good for an airlocker, will you fit it yourself?

[XRated]

Haha that sounds like a nightmare of a day! I would've thought your Patrol would be able to get out of 50 metre mud pits!!

[Bipolar]

Crikey. What do you use when snatch straps aren't strong enough? Chain?

[PSI250]

dang, sounds like it wasn;t really your day! sinking thru the crust, cable comming off the drum, braking snatchies!
nash creek loop i think that track is, its a fun little track after some rain.

heard gemmy has been chopped up massively so will prob head out there for a look in the next few weeks. have hardly had the rangie out at all this year, which sucks!

Cal, also the air bags are unreal in the bush, except i need to cut the gaurds out a bit they want to compress that much and got all the way into the gaurds, i put a balance pipe in befor i went, so i can control the hieght and if one compress's the over expands, but i can turn that off and control each bag individually.

cheezy rear bar and rear 1/4 cut and you'll be right!!

how do the bags handle the higher speed dirt access rds? they all over the shop or still keep the ride nice??

Front lockers are fun, CV smashing fun! oh and fun for dragging the front of the car wherever its wants!! prob the reason i hardly ever use mine. but it is good in the straight sloshy stuff!!

look forward to sussing out the pics!

[DaNeOs]

Dan :
Yeah the map pockets on the passenger side where full with water and about a inch on the drivers side. **** it stinks when it aint dry yet
Ill fit the locker myself, banjo diffs so much easy to work on than stupid borgy diff's

Bipolar :
Chains are pretty much useless in bush unless last resort, snatch straps are like elastic so it works with best when it re-coils, higher quality snatch straps are the better option. See bottom of this post

Cal :
Nash Creek Loop track is the one, i was not on that but coming off Black Snake Creek Track you turn left into the 1st Nash Creek, the first one after Andersons, and as you come under the power lines i was just to the left.

Bags at high speeds are perfect ride, cant fault them, if it got a bit bumpy i just dropped the pressure a bit and was fine again, 80 - 100ks down Black Snake Creek.

Yeah cheezy rear bar and 1/4 cut is on the long list of things to do
I heading back out this sunday, its fair chopped up but it makes it more fun, take the rangie and if you see a stuck patrol, itll prolly be me again

Just went down to TJM, got a recovery towbar hitch, new 10000kg snatch strap and a few more shackles.
I also re-spooled the winch cable and cleaned the motor out so its working again YAY

[DaNeOs]

Well decided i would head back out on sunday, for another test to see how it was going to go.
It went places i thought i would never even try , but then it turned to shit again

Coming up the top of Andersons Trk, i hear this wierd noise, but it disapeared, went over the last rut and then it happens again, something started making this bad banging noise, stopped and had a look, i had bent my bottom passenger side rear control arm, so decided i would call it a day and try and limp it home, didnt want to go back down the same track, but realised it was quickest way, so turned around and started going down, 50meters into it the back starts crab walking, banging noise getting alot louded. So just drove it down i knew something bad was going to be fucked but didnt care had to get the car back to somewhere were a normal car could come in with a trailer. Got to the bottom of andersons and parked under the power lines, had a look.

Broken P/S Lower Control Arm
Broken D/S Upper Control Arm
Bent D/S Lower Control Arm
Shock Absorber Bent like a banana
Hole in fuel tank from D/s Upper control arm breaking and going threw it

So now i got a full set of heavy duty control arms that are half way in, cuting/welding to modify the fuel tank, and then ill take it out for another test

4WD is more expensive that fixing E-Series

[Dansedgli]

Fcken hell, that sounds like some decent damage. I havent damaged any of those parts yet.

How fast are you attacking these tracks? Get lockers and crawl up instead. You wont break as much.

[DaNeOs]

Dan i dont think it was how fast, i kind of forgot to put it in 4 wheel drive, and lock hubs, and did andersons in 2wd, and i think it put to much stress on the rear end

[DaNeOs]

Ok well a update,
Now has-

-Heavy Duty Top Control Arms 10mm longer with Superflex bushes
-Heavy Duty Bottom Control Arms 10mm longer with genuine bushes
-New Shocker
-New winch roller
-Fuel tanks been chopped and welded and replated
-New Tailshaft
-Diff Breather Kit

So hopefully get out again tomorrow for some more fun
and hopefully i dont break anything.

Dan i would check your control arms befor you go, just incase When you leaving for tassy?

[Dansedgli]

Good stuff fixing all that stuff. I'd hate to think how much cash you have spent on it in such a short time. :S

We are leaving the 29th of Dec. Lots of stuff to fix before then. Have you seen my body mounts? lol

Gotta fix my throwout bearing, weld up my body and put a lower bodylift in, get the lpg tank moved, fit the petrol tank and lines, convert to efi, get the microtech working, make an air intake, get the microtech tuned and get a new set of rubber before I go. I cant start on it til after exams on the 11th of nov. Im going to have to do a few late nights.

[private9]

and get a new set of rubber before I go.

Came across these, dunno if they're of any help though as they're in Bathurst
http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums ... trol+tyres

[Dansedgli]

Thanks for that, the 35 inch treps arent aggressive enough though. Ill likely get another set of simex's or the same as what Daneos bought.