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I would consider a Holley 750 carb, but a vacuum secondary, not a double-pumper.

If I were building a SBC for a 4x4, I would also look at a 4x4 cam or a light RV cam, and not get too silly with cylinder heads.

As GUTripper said - you want low-mid range torque, not all-out power.

Getting anyone to install relays or upgrade wiring here is impossible so far. Everyone I talk to says " Just chuck in a $50 HID kit and go wild! Blind yourself and at the same time, have fun blinding your fellow drivers! Then, for extra luls, install spotties and drive around the city with those and ...

Try Euro4x4parts.com or if you can get the right part number, hit up your local Nissan dealer.

R/C model airplane builders do that sort of thing all the time, using fiberglass cloth soaked in epoxy.

Gotta move fast before the epoxy dries, though.

IIRC my Koni shocks were made in Holland.

I was surprised because I would have expected Koni/ITT to have outsourced production to China like every other self-respecting manufacturer.

Koni is owned by ITT which is a US-based conglomerate.

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Anyone have anything good or bad to say about Adelaide Clutch Service clutches?

I don't know how available Safari Tuff Clutch or NPC clutches are around here.

According to the local Patrol guru, NGK plugs are made in Japan and last much longer. Bosch (at least the Bosch plugs sold here) are made under license and are usually of Chinese origin.

I (and by expension said guru) may be full of it.

My 1994 TD42 did the same thing. Turned out to the be crank position sensor (which runs the tach) had gone south.

How a magnet with no moving parts can stuff itself up is beyond me, but it did, I replaced it, and my tach has been ducky ever since.

Are you sure? If an engine has a total final drive ratio of 1:1 (for example) and one wheel locks up, I do not see how the other wheel is going suddenly start spinning twice as fast, unless engine RPM also were to change.

?? no comprende Senor.

Diffs would be locked together, but the individual wheels are not locked to the diffs (unless you have lockers in). yes but I think if you locked up one front wheel on an open diff in 4wd then the other front wheel will now have to spin twice as fast due to the diff action? Wouldn't it just get ...

Diffs would be locked together, but the individual wheels are not locked to the diffs (unless you have lockers in).

I don't think drums are any cheaper to manufacture than discs, but I could be wrong. I was told that it was so that it is easier to selectively lock the front or rear wheels when doing steep descents. Remember, goign forwards or backwards, you do not want the leading wheel to lock up. Going forwards ...

Noticed that myself. It makes perfect sense. If you are going to be in the bush hundreds of kilometers from the nearest authorized Nissan service center, better make something that can (hopefully) be fixed by a bush mechanic with no factory training or access to special tools or diagnostic equipment ...

Where I live there are tons of Lada enthusiasts. Cheap, tough, reliable, capable, and can be fixed by almost anyone who knows which end of a hammer to swing.

Just to batter that poor dead horsie a bit more, here is a link to the sales brochure for the Patrol pickup from Nissan's authorized dealer in Zambia: http://www.cfaogroup.com/admin/pdf_gamme/fr/228_Patrol_pickup.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and the LWB Patrol, as sold in ...

I imagine the reason Toyota no longer catches grief for the explosive tendencies of its early 80 series engines is because that bomb went off a long time ago, so to speak, while ZD30s are still committing suicide on a regular basis. An early 80 series dies in 2011, and the response will probably be ...

Found out that Nissan still makes TD42 powered Patrols for sale in markets like Papua New Guinea and Haiti, also various African countries, etc..

Basically places where emissions are not real strictly regulated and reliability is real important. Like critical.

There's a lot more to a 4x4 engine than power or torque. You also need and engine that is reliable, sturdy and that will withstand abuse. In Russia, blessed with 18% or so of the world's land mass and less than 1% of the world's paved roads, old-school mechanical injected diesels are the way to go ...

Skegbudley wrote:Because a ZD30 with NADS is far better than a 4.2.

Better emmisions, more power, uses less fuel, more drivable, etc.....

And if my Aunt Jackie had NADS she'd be my Uncle Jack. 'Cept she doesn't, just staying.

I thought Mr. Nissan continued/continues to produce the TD42 as a forklift engine?

You see a lot of Maragoni tires for sale in Ukraine and Russia.

Personally, I'll pass.

I'll bump that one more time.

EX-wife? Anyway, most diesels are not too fast, so if you chase a good mechanic, you will probably catch him. ex wife has a 2.8td 4m40 pajero( looks like one i used to own :bad-words: ) that is suffering from rooted injector pump seals. apparently common problem with these motors. supposed to be 2 ...

I have had some IPF halogen bulbs in my '94 Patrol for a few weeks now.

So far, no worries and much better lighting than before (Philips bulbs, if I remember correctly.)

TD4.2 = original donkimobile.

Underpowered, over-built, under-stressed, and low-tech. Doesn't like to rev, doesn't make much power but designed and built to survive nuclear warfare.

penrite HPR 15-40 here every 5000. when i was in vic in winter my car would NEVER move until it was up to operating temp. even then i took it easy for a while because it's worth noting your oil warms up slower than your water. am i the only one that cringes when people start their cars or anything ...

Also, is it possible to cut down a 2" lifted spring?

I know that this trick works for at least some other makes of cars.