Nissan Patrol 4x4 (Africa)

The 4.8 starter recently started acting up. Pulled the motor and swapped out the brushes with the brush kit in my spare 4.5 starter whilst waiting for a spare. Ordered a spare locally for the princely sum of R2,300 for a Eurolek part. However, I came across some interesting part numbers. Nissan par...

So just as an update on what a starter costs from Nissan...I was quoted about R20k incl VAT today

There are posts on this on the 4x4Community forum I think. You can travel more or less parallell to the coast on gravel, but mostly you'll be far enough not to see the ocean. So there is an alternative to driving the N2. If you're after an adventure and not speed, this would be the way to go. The Sl...

Dont wait too long

It’s that time of life again. The dreaded failing of a halogen headlamp bulb on a Y61: Step 1: Crack a fresh bottle of high proof alchohol. Step 2: Drink Step 3: Park the car down slope to prevent the new bulb sliding out while you are trying to insert the Devil’s Retaining Clip. Step 4: Start swear...

Would be interesting to hear what you find when doing some testing. Yep so we've had rain for several days now, and I tested Dungbeetle's suggestion of turning on Difflock in 2WD. It seems to work! No more sliding, the brakes are engaging crisply, and stopping in time. I'll give it a few more tries...

SJC wrote: ↑13 Oct 2023 21:06
While in 2wd. In 4wd difflock would engage.

So in 2WD you turn on Difflock...but it doesn't actually engage...and the ABS doesn't know the difference?

This feels like a loophole in a contract

I sort of agree with the posts but, you can experiment by switching on difflock just before that spot and off again after. Not sure about your Patrol, but mine switces off ABS and does NOT engage difflock if not in 4x4. I use this often on very corrugated dirt roads, where ABS can be very annoying....

Hi Dewald. Yeah, the brake pedal pulses. But because of that the vehicle takes longer to stop...it doesn't stop sharply and I think because there is gravel underneath, the wheels slide inbetween the brake pulses?

Hi All I have a steep little hill (maybe 50m) long,on tar, on my daily drive. Driving it down hill. Stop street at base, T-junction, other lanes no stop signs. Always a tiny bit of gravel on it. Maybe 20-40 degrees slope? I don't know. Anyway needless to say I never really get up to much speed there...