Nissan Patrol 4x4 (Africa)

Hi everyone. I recently bought by 96 Patrol off a member on the forum here and finally got it home yesterday!

1. Name: Graham Robertson(graham1)

2. Birthday and Age: 17 May 1983 (32)

3. Town and Country of residence: Durban

4. Home Language: English

5. Occupation/Business: Environmental Consultant

6. Family status: Married

7. Membership - Other 4X4 Clubs and Forums: None

8. Current 4x4: 1996 Nissan Patrol 4.2 petrol

9. Current Mods: None (That I can see so far)

10. Mods on wish list: Dual battery and fridge for the beer

11. Vehicle on wish list: None at this moment, but Im sure that will change soon

12. Previous 4x4's: Land Rover Defender v8
Subaru Forester
Toyota Hilux DC v6

13. Last 3 offroad or overland destinations: Durban to Capetown and back (although that wasn't in a 4x4)
Kruger
Chobe, Botswana

14. Your favourite destination: Botswana

15. Other hobbies: Woodwork, Mountain biking, Beer drinking

16. GPSr and Map Data used: Garmin

17. Rate your 4X4 and overlanding experience: Out of 10? Maybe 4.

18. Online Photo Site: NA

19. Photos of you and your Vehicle:

NICE !!!... Welcome mate

That looks like a sweet GQ there !!

Welcome Graham, you will not regret buying a patrol, may you have many happy km in it!

Looks really neat!

LOVE the colour... ENJOY!

Thanks guys!
Yip, she's a beaut - only 89000kms on can you believe it!!

That's great then she should be good for another 911000km before you need to look at the motor!! There are some good forum members down in the banana republic you should try to hook up with them sometime

Thank you, I'll definitely try find the guys down here.
Mine sounds a little bit 'tappety' but maybe that's normal, I'd like to see the other guys ones to compare.

Welcome Graham.

Tappets do need to be adjusted fairly often...

Interesting.
Thanks Peter.
Im going to have to find someone who knows their stuff down here then. My DIY skills normally end in tears

It's actually a very simple job.

Somewhere on this forum is a link to the official Nissan workshop manual. Do yourself a favour and download it.