by L60Boerne » Thu May 02, 2019 7:50 am
Greetings Nuance Savvy Nissan Ninjas Worldwide,
Eddy the Eagle toils on. Just three issues remain until the Labor Day ascent of Engineer's Pass outside Lake City where this Patrol will top out at 13,000 ft along with Plateucal's pristine 67, Bkippen driving, peddling/pushing Presidio Patrol, the doorless 65.Though still un-committed, RiverPatrol is thinking about it too. I just wish I could get Santa's Sleigh up there, but so far no good plan yet.
a). Fluid Leak from Steering Box
b). Very Loose Steering
c). Hand Throttle Installation
With drag link springs and parts from mad4hws and a hand throttle from Plateaucal Eddy the Eagle is working overtime.
First, if my drag link assembly is stock, and I think it is, Nissan must have changed it sometime between 63 and 67. The springs received were much too large to fit into spring cavity....the fully compressed springs were about 1/2" long and the hole it goes into is 1/2" deep. However, because Don sent me the surrounding parts Eddy was about to machine some of the parts which permitted the driver side spring to be inserted. The passenger side spring cavity was just too small to work with. Additionally he polished and sanded the steering box receiver ball back to almost round. Then he re-aligned the wheels.
Second, the steering box seal isn't quite figured out but the drip in minimal now.
Lastly, Plateucal's hand throttle will arrive today. Eddy will fabricate the missing part needed for the assembly I bought from RMP & O's inventory when he was closing down years ago. Once he eyeballs the missing piece he can make two more so we don't have that problem again with the other Patrols. My use of the hand throttle is actually very important, but my use of the Patrol is not typical and I can see how for most everyone else they would not be so important.
Eddy is excited for his progress and looks forward to getting it out of his shop.
Thank you all for your parts, support and advice,
L60Boerne
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