Hey Timmy, even for Cruiser owner I love watching your channel. Keep it up and don't change the way you make them, its great. Well done on your 'sensible' approach to maintenance and noticing the little tell tail signs of an emerging issue then fixing without all the drama some other channels do. I'll definitely be watching your adventures.
Great to learn all the tips and tricks Tim, thanks for explaining the glow plug set up. Also good luck cleaning that rad took me hours of pain stacking prodding and washing to get that bloody Tasmanian mud out of my rad. 😁
Great to see you getting settled in the new workshop mate, gets me amped up to work on mine 🤙 Appreciate you not glazing over stuff too, more people need to follow the trend you’re setting and give the inexperienced something to be able to learn from. Keep up mint video’s mate 💯🤘
Yeah I definitely am loving it dude!! And for sure you can understand why though RU-vid is super brutal for people clicking away and so if you want to grow which I mean we all do.. you have to ride a fine line between enough info and still fast paced 🤙🏻
Not a chance I’m going to every Sunday, fortnight is about the limit for a hobby when I work full time. 🤣 even that pushes It, thanks for the kind words mate
Came across you through Tyler and Designed and Built page. Just loved the way you drove, explained things, your humour and how down to earth you are. Decided to check your own channel and mate I can’t stop watching. I drive a Prado 120. Don’t even own a Patrol but I can’t stop watching your videos. The way you work on your cars, quality of the videos, how organised you are in your shed and how you explain things so clearly. Again I don’t own a Patrol but I’m learning! Keep it up mate. Time to binge your videos mate!
I love your videos. Great information and your confidence and information is awesome. I do believe your channel is unique in this way. You communicate in a great way. You talk to us in the same way you’d talk to a mate in the shed. I’ve also seen your collaborations with other RU-vidrs, and they all respect your knowledge and 4wd knowledge and experience. You should be proud of your work.
Love it Timmy... and now I want a hoist!!! Keep doing your thing mate. Totally relatable and giving me the confidence to tackle the bigger jobs on my GQ. 😎👌
Just got to love maintenance 🤣 to be fair it's a great feeling nowing you have just done a bunch of work to your car especially when it drives better !!!
What a Great maintenance video. Something for everyone in this episode. The transmission jack is probably safer with two people than one. Thanks for the other handy tips in the video.
Yeah dude for sure, front is heim and rear is fairly new they’re solid 🙏🏻🙏🏻 when I said the last thing it can be is tyres I just meant I’d been through the rest 👊🏻👊🏻
When your hand priming the fuel prime till its hard, crack the breather on the pump and go again till there's no air and then close the breather and prime till hard again, love the videos
I took the shims out of my king pins and no more wobbles also check the bearings because they only move a short distance while turning and those few bearing rollers get worn or reposition the bearing.
Yeah boi, the shims determine preload on the bearings and so you may start with shims when they’re new and then if you get play, removing them will tighten up the swivel hubs, and yeah you can check the races for wear marks in one spot, but that only generally happens if the rollers are not moving in the cage properly, realistically if both races and the cage are free it shouldn’t do it, but yeah mine were all aces cheers mate 🙏🏻🙏🏻
As a gu owner and previous gq ute owner everything you did is just patrol maintanance. I keep saying i need to do diff gearbox oil's etc but dont do it this video is motivating me to just get it done!!!!
Your style of driving takes its toll on any vehicle!!! Patrols are tough but nothing is going to withstand that terrain without damages. I do plenty of 4x4ing over here in the south of wa but it's mainly beach/dune stuff over here so no need for huge lift tyres and lockers
Awesome content Timmy 👌 Informational and executed well mate!! Little tip with doing the fuel filter after year's of being a Diesel mechanic fill the fuel filter up with clean fresh Diesel before fitting back onto the housing.. Then you aren't pumping for age's to bleed it.. Just something I learnt mate.. I've seen those panhard bars do the same over the year's as well.. Vibration and corrugations rough terrain seems to loosen the adjusting locking nuts.. The way you did is correct mate just a little tip mate from year's of servicing heavy vehicle's 👌
Thanks heaps mate appreciate it 🙏🏻🙏🏻 I didn’t actually have any diesel on me or I definitely would haha, however I usually just hit the key to get the lift going and crank until it starts 🤣🤣
@timmyhasheart 😂😂 that definitely helps having a lift pump.. We used to straight 50 grade gearbox oil.. It's normally used in Roadranger truck transmission's in extreme condition's.. We found they shift a little smoother especially cold.. Mate that we converted his gearbox oil is still running it after 8yrs no issue's at all.. His used to be a bit hard to get into 2nd gear when cold now no problem's.. Just something we found mate.. You were spot on with the glow plug circuit as well mate.. Same as what you do putting the control box near heat to dry it out.. You can give it a spray with circuit board cleaner which will help with corrosion and the drying out time mate.. Awesome content 👌
While a steering damper is not the way to try and cure death wobbles, Patrols should still have one. I had death wobbles in my GU which were intermittent - turned out to be the Goodyear Wrangler MTR Kevlar tyres when they got to 5 years old. They had even wear but would sometimes distort while parked, even with 40psi. Replaced with Nittos which have never had the issue. I did love the MTRs, though, so much grip they kept spinning on steel wheels so put them on alloys.
Yeah tyres a big cause of wobble for sure, but yeah don’t feel the need to run a damper in my GQ, I feel like it just hides issues, but would be nice for those big hits not to break my wrists but yeah, haven’t felt the need for one 🤷🏻♂️
Great video Timmy 👍 I know your try to balance giving good information while keeping the videos interesting and not too long. While I know some people prefer a more entertaining video, for me personally I prefer when you explain the little ins-and-outs of what you're doing. So don't be afraid to explain things more if you want to.
Thanks heaps mate yeah it’s tough on RU-vid because like I want to do what I want to do while being as thorough as I can while not being too long while also trying to get people to stick around, especially now with a sponsor or two I’m banking on the videos going “well” to ensure they’re getting out of it what they deserve for the gear they provide etc. appreciate the feedback man 🙏🏻🙏🏻
What a great episode really enjoyed the whole lot to be honest im pretty dam glad i watched the whole lot. With bleeding the brakes if i have someone with me i always take the bleeding nipple out and use my finger then start pumping you be so surprised how much crap comes outta it.
A good little trick for priming fuel filters if ya primer pump is shot is pressurise the fuel tank with air in the filler neck, great on trucks as well when they have a couple of filters
Oh yeah that’s a good idea, tbh it’s not that bad with a lift pump just leave it running for a few seconds and it primes up then just crank the rest through 👍🏻👍🏻
Tremendous mate well done. I always get something out of "service" vids. You mentioned with the brake bleed & which corner to start with ... to my mind lived-experience wins every time = if you know something works stick with it (& yeah tell us about it). Secondly I found the glow plug info very interesting particularly the temp sensor?? I'll have to re-watch & then go check mine. Cheers mate all the best
Absolutely it can, I should have mentioned when I said “only other thing it can be is tyre balance” is because I know what I’ve addressed lately, radius got new bushes before Easter last year 🤙🏻
Mine turned out to be the track rod behind the front diff. Or tie rod. Whatever they call it. One of the rod ends had play giving it a slight wobble at 60 an under breaking which made me think panard aswell.
Yeah I reckon that’s contributing too, not the rear one though that’s solid, but the front heims have a little bit of play and I’ve had it before where it’s contributed 🤙🏻🤙🏻
Yeah I reckon you’re right 🤙🏻🤙🏻 I have to pull the transfer again soon to replace the reduction gear shaft it ruined so I might actually drill its own breather into that centre section 🤙🏻🤙🏻
Great vid mate. That gearbox looked horrid when you spun her around for the camera. I felt that knock on the head mate, spin ya cap backwards. You'll save some skin on ya noggin.😎👍
Very happy you went a bow 2 and not bow 2 plus, I don't understand why but I don't rate them as good as a few others motors. They should be because there quiet large.
Yeah I’ve heard that quite a bit that’s why I went the 2, I think it’s the windings the 2 plus is a lot closer to an OX they’re built for 8HP as opposed to the bow2 which is only 6.8hp and more torque 👍🏻👍🏻 it’s to do with the windings being series vs. parallel wound. 🤙🏻
Hahaha at work. 🤣🤣 na I honestly don’t do much else, work, edit sleep, work, edit, wheel 🤷🏻♂️ I don’t drink or have a partner or kids so I dunno, I manage somehow 🤣
Fantastic episode and I don’t like patrols!! Respect your ability to do this yourself. Epic image of the vehicle on the hoist with glow of fireplace in distance. So does the fireplace heat whole shed well? Must get freezing in winter in tassie? Need another video like you did with your mate solo and had to cross a massive river before that awesome hut.
@@timmyhasheart Thats very true something I’ll keep in mind I had a quick look mine seems all ok ill swap the phanhard bushes fingers crossed that fixes most of it🤣
Another stellar episode Tim. Hard to put into words how enjoyable your content is. Pardon my ignorance but is the e-brake on the driveshaft? Thanks again for all your content.
33:00 I had an Ford 7.3 IDI, which are know for NOT starting at all! w/o perfect GP! 8 of them. = below 10°C you will not start that engine; more or less. So these burn through every some months. You can very easy just measure with a light if they ar "ok" or not, jus connecting to the tip.
@@timmyhasheart Like this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xIUN4oBZcho.html Very rough method, more accurate is test resistance. But for a first rough test it is ok and you can measure resistance later or just change it. This is what I have done. More or less 1 GP / year.
@@derJackistweg hmmm I don’t see how that can tell you that a glow plug is actually glowing, all that’s telling you is the glow plugs are grounded, which of course they are they’re screwed into a block.. my way is the only way I know of to physically see them glow.
Absolute ripper episode as always. Best channel for anything GQ and TD! Question, that throw out bearing, you said it rattled at traffic lights, I've got a rattle in my TD and when I put my foot on the clutch pedal the rattle stops, release the pedal and it starts again. Had my clutch replaced a few months ago and the bloke said he replaced it all and is telling me it'll be the output shaft on the gearbox making the rattle. What's your thoughts? Thanks mate appreciate it🤙
Yeah definitely the boxes do rattle around a bit, it’s a very very similar sound like.. before I replaced the box and the throw out this time it had a hell of a rattle and now, a week or so in the rattle is back but I can tell it’s probably just the box, which I think is what he’s talking about, but the throw out is way worse when they’re fkd out 🤙🏻🤙🏻
Hey Timmy, Great vid. Thanks for all of your Tips & Tricks. Not sure on the GQ's, but my GU has seals to separate the King pins from the Swivel Hub. Do replace them or just leave them out, which is like a Landy? Cheers from the Northern Rivers NSW 😃👍
Yes from factory GQ and GU have a little disposable metal plate that separates the king pin bearing grease from the CV grease, I usually do run them however when I bought this GU diff it was freshly rebuilt and it didn’t have them and I haven’t yet needed to replace the king pin races
Always a pleasure watching your Vlogs Sunday night. Off to Kingchrome for the tool launch. What happened to the Kingchrome toolkit giveaway winner announcement? Did I miss it? Jimny twin locked now 🤣
Technically you didn’t miss it haha, I never “announced” it I forgot to film it, a couple of the people that won though did tag me in a Insta post that I shared, I’ll have to film something on it next video. But yeah selected 5 random people and had them sent out and they’re received etc. Appreciate the kind words mate 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Yeah honestly I think it’s an old wives tale, never ever had a problem haha, slots, no slots, holes, no holes, dealers choice go ham and just use whatever 😅
Another good vid Timmy. Did you have any trouble pulling the glo plugs out? Sometimes they can't be removed on high mileage heads without destroying the head...? Did you use a special pulling tool?
Yeah I would if I had diesel on hand, but yeah I didn’t have any diesel laying around, but like people think of priming diesel as some big nasty chore, it was only a couple mins on the primer and it’s good to go, if you have a lift pump it’s even quicker 🤙🏻🤙🏻
@mattluszczak8095 never had an issue I’d rather all the schmutz that gets in there from headlight deep bogholes be able to just as easily get out 😅 never failed me in the years of motors and gearboxes this things had 🫠 however I respect others’ approach also
Yeah absolutely it can be, I didn’t mention them sorry because mine are new as of last January. But yeah any loose bush in the front can cause a wobble. Tyre balance is the biggest one though. Unless you have beadlocks then tyre weights mean nothing because rubber slips around the rim. 🤙🏻
