With this, for me, it's the 4 round ports at the 6 square ports (specifically, the two square in the middle) It looks like most the square ports are exhaust?
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With this, for me, it's the 4 round ports at the 6 square ports (specifically, the two square in the middle) It looks like most the square ports are exhaust?
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yes all the square ports are exhaust.
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Starter brushes, wires and brush holders. New brushes top middle. Holders I am sending off to be plated.
Starter armatures, I selected the best of the two and cleaned it up, obviously that is the top one.
I have had these NOS brass bushing for ever. I knew they were for the engine but never could figure out exactly for what. Well, I figured it out, they are for the starter!
An original generator that has been torn down getting ready to rebuild it.
Very good condition, this is after cleaning. This is a 50yr old part! :Wow1:
NOS bearing for the generator in the foreground
Generator housing parts and water pump pulley blasted and ready for paint.
Original coil in very good condition.
Original rubber blocks and hardware for mounting the radiator. Very good condition on the rubber, bead blasting makes them look better. The hardware I am getting plated.
Just about done with the full resto on the fuel tank, NOS sending unit, NOS cork gasket for it and new felt on the straps. Not bad for a 50yr old fuel tank!
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Starter armatures, I selected the best of the two and cleaned it up, obviously that is the top one.
I have had these NOS brass bushing for ever. I knew they were for the engine but never could figure out exactly for what. Well, I figured it out, they are for the starter!
An original generator that has been torn down getting ready to rebuild it.
Very good condition, this is after cleaning. This is a 50yr old part! :Wow1:
NOS bearing for the generator in the foreground
Generator housing parts and water pump pulley blasted and ready for paint.
Original coil in very good condition.
Original rubber blocks and hardware for mounting the radiator. Very good condition on the rubber, bead blasting makes them look better. The hardware I am getting plated.
Just about done with the full resto on the fuel tank, NOS sending unit, NOS cork gasket for it and new felt on the straps. Not bad for a 50yr old fuel tank!
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I always get a case of the" Yippies" when I see one of your new posts. Can't wait to to see the completed project.
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I always get a case of the" Yippies" when I see one of your new posts. Can't wait to to see the completed project.
Thank you!
I guess I should add to the starter/generator saga that we tried to get a new starter. We bought one that is supposed to be for the P engine on the 60-series Patrol but it was not right so we sent it back. We had some brushes, brass bushings and a few other parts so I am re-furbishing a good starter and the generator. As you can see by the pics both items are in good condition to re-furbish.
The Patrol is also positive ground. There is a rather large external voltage regulator that is adjustable.
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I hate that so many of your pics have dropped off Mud. The work is fantastic.
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Amazing work!
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Thanks and again, sorry about the lost pictures. I just didn't feel like paying $150/yr anymore to host a pretty dead forum and a bunch of pictures.
Having the right tools is key to doing good work imo. A parts washer, sand blaster and so forth makes all this much easier and makes me look good!
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We have been aiming for a 2" lift all along and that is what Alcan is supposed to have made the leaf springs at. Yet, with no weight on the rear we have more than 2" of lift!
I made new rear sway bar links, 2" extended. The rubber bushes and washers are NOS.
Just going to have to wait and see how this turns out with more weight on it. Rear bump stops are also in now. They are originals that I restored using wintergreen oil, sand blasting and fresh paint on the steel parts.
Original rear sway bar link on top, NOS bolt in the middle and the 2" extended bolt on the bottom.
There is three adjustments for the e-brake! After dialing in the e-brake adjustment this one is locked down with wire.
details, e-brake lever. I am getting some use out of my wire tie kit though!
Even with some droop the front driveline is good to go.
Since the PTO box is alloy we didn't want to paint it. After some discussion it was decided I wire brush it, on the die grinder and then clear coat. It is all done and installed on the trans for the last time.
I test fit the PTO shifter for clearances. here it is back, e-brake en-gauged in these pics.
Neutral where it will spend most of it's time.
and forward, there is a lot going on at the trans hump on these trucks when they have a PTO!
oil pan with skid plate is installed on the engine.
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I made new rear sway bar links, 2" extended. The rubber bushes and washers are NOS.
Just going to have to wait and see how this turns out with more weight on it. Rear bump stops are also in now. They are originals that I restored using wintergreen oil, sand blasting and fresh paint on the steel parts.
Original rear sway bar link on top, NOS bolt in the middle and the 2" extended bolt on the bottom.
There is three adjustments for the e-brake! After dialing in the e-brake adjustment this one is locked down with wire.
details, e-brake lever. I am getting some use out of my wire tie kit though!
Even with some droop the front driveline is good to go.
Since the PTO box is alloy we didn't want to paint it. After some discussion it was decided I wire brush it, on the die grinder and then clear coat. It is all done and installed on the trans for the last time.
I test fit the PTO shifter for clearances. here it is back, e-brake en-gauged in these pics.
Neutral where it will spend most of it's time.
and forward, there is a lot going on at the trans hump on these trucks when they have a PTO!
oil pan with skid plate is installed on the engine.
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Can you explain all the shift levers? Gearbox, transfer has separate hi/low 4wd/2wd, pto and what's the other one?
Loving this build, it's a bloody work of art!
Loving this build, it's a bloody work of art!
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Thanks a bunch, I appreciate the positive feedback.
You just about nailed it on the shifters. The last one is e-brake handle. A rod passed through the bellhousing which rides on brass bushings and has grease zirks, a lever is attached opposite side that operates linkage to the e-brake. There is really a lot more to it than needs to be but they work very well when in good order.
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So I ran into some dramas with the steering box. For going on a year now I have been trying to find the seal. It is NLA at Nissan, they don't even show it in their system. Nothing at my local auto parts store, no cross reference numbers, nothing. Last summer I went to a bearing supply house, we put calipers on the seal and I bought the closest match I could find. Well I am just about to rebuild the steering box so I tried test fitting the seal. Won't work, it is just a touch to large. On top of this the seal I found is single lip while stock it is a double lip seal.
So as a last ditch resort before I have to get some machining to the steering box done in order to fit a seal we have here in the USA I contact my good friend in Colombia, South America. Sure enough OEM seal available down there and it only costs $6!!
All I can say is man having resources like this when doing a restoration are invaluable!
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So as a last ditch resort before I have to get some machining to the steering box done in order to fit a seal we have here in the USA I contact my good friend in Colombia, South America. Sure enough OEM seal available down there and it only costs $6!!
All I can say is man having resources like this when doing a restoration are invaluable!
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I am sure I mentioned it earlier in the thread but the 64 Patrol was torn down over 10yrs ago. All the original hardware was bagged and tagged. However, a fair amount of it is busted, to rusty or lost. I have parted out at least 5 or 6 Patrols in the last 10yrs. The hardware from those trucks got tossed in small containers or in my big huge nut & bolt stash, ya know that big bucket full of mixed up hardware. I really had no idea how much I had. I dug through most if not all of my stash of hardware. Most of this is for the body on the truck. The original hardware has "dp" stamped on the head of it. So it is kind of important to try and use it on the body.
Here is the stash I found.
The big piles on the right are what I really need. That is the majority of body hardware. Actually more than one trucks worth is my guess. The rest of it is items I need to bag and tag for the owner of this truck and any future needs he may have. I am not sure if this hardware will get plated or painted. However, it was needed. On the far right bottom you can see what is a unique locking washer. They have tabs on the outside of them. I really needed about 4 of these for the new Warn hubs. They are the original locking washers for the hubs and I was short 4 of them.
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Here is the stash I found.
The big piles on the right are what I really need. That is the majority of body hardware. Actually more than one trucks worth is my guess. The rest of it is items I need to bag and tag for the owner of this truck and any future needs he may have. I am not sure if this hardware will get plated or painted. However, it was needed. On the far right bottom you can see what is a unique locking washer. They have tabs on the outside of them. I really needed about 4 of these for the new Warn hubs. They are the original locking washers for the hubs and I was short 4 of them.
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I am sure I mentioned it earlier in the thread but the 64 Patrol was torn down over 10yrs ago. All the original hardware was bagged and tagged. However, a fair amount of it is busted, to rusty or lost. I have parted out at least 5 or 6 Patrols in the last 10yrs. The hardware from those trucks got tossed in small containers or in my big huge nut & bolt stash, ya know that big bucket full of mixed up hardware. I really had no idea how much I had. I dug through most if not all of my stash of hardware. Most of this is for the body on the truck. The original hardware has "dp" stamped on the head of it. So it is kind of important to try and use it on the body.
Here is the stash I found.
The big piles on the right are what I really need. That is the majority of body hardware. Actually more than one trucks worth is my guess. The rest of it is items I need to bag and tag for the owner of this truck and any future needs he may have. I am not sure if this hardware will get plated or painted. However, it was needed. On the far right bottom you can see what is a unique locking washer. They have tabs on the outside of them. I really needed about 4 of these for the new Warn hubs. They are the original locking washers for the hubs and I was short 4 of them.
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Funny how one gets a feel for hardware... After running my mostly metric motorcycle shop for a few years, I now can pick out metric hardware and their sizes from across the room... Glad you found what you need in there.
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Heh, ya for sure. I was going through a huge (like 60+lbs) bucket of nuts and bolts. Not hard for me to pick out the original Patrol stuff. Trained eye!
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So I wanted to try out the photo uploading thingy. Not that I will use it much as I prefer to host pics else where but it seems like pretty handy and nice feature.
So there is an alignment sleeve for two of the intake ports on the manifold. All I had was a sample that is trashed from the machine shop. So I made two new ones from stainless steel.
I took my time and made these using calipers so they were a perfect fit.
These sleeves had been holding me up on mounting the manifold permanently to the head. With them done I went ahead and mounted the manifolds to the head.
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So there is an alignment sleeve for two of the intake ports on the manifold. All I had was a sample that is trashed from the machine shop. So I made two new ones from stainless steel.
I took my time and made these using calipers so they were a perfect fit.
These sleeves had been holding me up on mounting the manifold permanently to the head. With them done I went ahead and mounted the manifolds to the head.
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This doesn't have to do with the 64 but I thought I would share it none the less, it is just to awesome not to!
This is a 1967 Nissan Patrol WLG60. The "W" is for wagon, "L" for left hand drive and the "G" means built on the MWB chassis. Out of about 1/2 dozen body types/wheelbases of the 60-series Patrol this is the only one that has a unique body. Think of it as your FJ45LV. I guess the same applies though to the pick ups. Any ways, this truck hails from Alaska. It showed up on craigslist a few years back and then a year later a second time. I know the guy who bought it and know where it now lives. This is the only one of these known to exist in N. America and I am pretty confident this truck was originally sold in Alaska, not an import. I have been into Patrols over 20yrs and I have only ever heard of 4-5 wagons in existence. I only know for sure of one or two others. I have actually found more 1950's Patrols than wagons! It is that rare!! For a Patrol enthusiast this truck is more than the holy grail.
The truck is a little rough but looks savable. I am told the floor boards are not that rusty, mostly that is pine chips in there from squirrels living in the truck. It is virtually untouched and not raped, even still has the original snap in vinyl floor mats! Many other unobtainium unique to this model items are also present, ie tire carrier inside truck, all interior panels and door handles/window handles, most of the seats, rad support with provisions for the triple chrome strips and more. It looks to have lived a fairly rough life up north but has survived! Very exciting to see for a guy like me.
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This is a 1967 Nissan Patrol WLG60. The "W" is for wagon, "L" for left hand drive and the "G" means built on the MWB chassis. Out of about 1/2 dozen body types/wheelbases of the 60-series Patrol this is the only one that has a unique body. Think of it as your FJ45LV. I guess the same applies though to the pick ups. Any ways, this truck hails from Alaska. It showed up on craigslist a few years back and then a year later a second time. I know the guy who bought it and know where it now lives. This is the only one of these known to exist in N. America and I am pretty confident this truck was originally sold in Alaska, not an import. I have been into Patrols over 20yrs and I have only ever heard of 4-5 wagons in existence. I only know for sure of one or two others. I have actually found more 1950's Patrols than wagons! It is that rare!! For a Patrol enthusiast this truck is more than the holy grail.
The truck is a little rough but looks savable. I am told the floor boards are not that rusty, mostly that is pine chips in there from squirrels living in the truck. It is virtually untouched and not raped, even still has the original snap in vinyl floor mats! Many other unobtainium unique to this model items are also present, ie tire carrier inside truck, all interior panels and door handles/window handles, most of the seats, rad support with provisions for the triple chrome strips and more. It looks to have lived a fairly rough life up north but has survived! Very exciting to see for a guy like me.
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that thing is really cool
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I don't know that it will ever make it to my farm but my fingers are crossed it will! I also put in an offer to take it off the owners hands if he doesn't want it.
I would really just like to see it restored and preserved. Don't care who does it, it just should not be left to rot away. I know of another one in Holland and just got some more info on that one. The one in Holland is really the only other confirmed 60-series Patrol wagon I know of.
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I would really just like to see it restored and preserved. Don't care who does it, it just should not be left to rot away. I know of another one in Holland and just got some more info on that one. The one in Holland is really the only other confirmed 60-series Patrol wagon I know of.
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