Nissan Patrol 4x4 (Africa)

Day 01 - 2023/08/27 - Pretoria to Redsands Route: Generic N14. Road Conditions: Nothing spectacular. Distance: 554km. DAY01-1.png DAY01-2.png My folks in Patrol Two left from Potch heading out Potch -> Klerksdorp -> Wolmaranstad -> Schweizer-Reneke -> Vryburg -> Kuruman. Got away several hours ahea...

mvcoller wrote:Hey Ian, great trip@!

Just wondering if you followed on a bicycle, as I don't see your name as passenger in any of the three vehicles.....

My bad, Malcolm. I was driving number one. I will amend.... :)

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That looks good. I personally prefer it to the faux-wood trim... :)

Overview I got back from my trip last week Thursday. As per my usual habit - I'll post the trip in "daily" sections - as and when I get time. I try and get away for a good loooong trip at least once a year and was originally planning on doing a trip to Central / Northish Namibia in June, ...

Malcolm, So yes like Ian says, the "kit" is the shims, clips, etc. Nissan calls it a "hardware kit", not me. However, it DOES NOT include the pads, as you can see from the diagram Ian is referring to. It is supposed to be slightly more expensive than the pads, but why the local ...

There is a difference in terms of "kit" and pads only. The "kit" includes the anti-rattle plates as well as the pads. You can see the schematics on PartSouq.

Since I've now got the DC-DC charger, my NL battery box was redundant. It's also been annoying me. The plugs and everything are on the side, so it's always been a mission plugging things in etc. It's also massively big. So I acquired a Voetspore battery box - just the bare box with no internals... I...

AlanW wrote: ↑17 Aug 2023 11:33 Thanks for the responses.

"when last were the universals and the slip-yokes on the prop shafts greased"?
Answer: Before 2019 when I bought it! So let me try this!

Please make sure to use the proper grease: NLGI No. 2 (Molybdenum disulphide lithium soap base)

Although I had a 4.8 auto before the ex wrote it off, I did not drive it very much - preferring my manual 4.5. So I'm not really an expert on the auto boxes.

Just a question though - when last were the universals and the slip-yokes on the prop shafts greased ?

My packing system consists of a drawer system (think it is African Outback). The drawer system has a built in fridge slide, but using that, the 90L fridge is difficult to rummage around in, so I installed an Alucab tilt slide. As recently mentioned (https://patrol4x4.co.za/viewtopic.php?p=121352#p12...