60Patrol

Well, it appears L60 is going to have me pull the engine and go through it to solve some of the issues I have found. Naturally it will need at least a set of rings, bearings, lifters (can I regrind the lifters?) and basic components to insure I don't have any further issues when I am done. He is get...

The P engine on the Patrol doesn't have any vibration dampener, since by default it is statically and dynamically balanced (provided all the individual components are balanced themselves). Very strange what you describe, unless the timing order is not correct, some cylinders are not firing, or a se...

1965 patrol, 4.0 ltr, 6 cyl. has a nasty mechanical vibration in it. Simple question is what dampens the engine vibrations? The front pulley does not appear to have any type of dampening in it and I don't recall there being anything at the flywheel when I removed it for re-surfacing when the clutch ...

Something I ran across when I was fixing L60Boerne's patrol is, the threads for the wheel cylinders are standard 3/16" and the threads at the junction brake hose on the rear axle were 3/16 British thread/fitting, I recognized this since I have also worked on my share of European vehicles. This ...

Hi all, L60 Boerne, I let you know how much your post means to me. As I said rarely do mechanics get a simple Thank you, let alone a post about it. :D To the rest of you out there, my "Serpentine Approach" is as a result of 35+ years in the automotive industry. When I perform a service of ...

Greeting O Gifters of Nissan Gold, CCV4 may need replacement rear bearings. I want to use it in November so I prefer to source the bearings around here, if possible. So if anyone has a spare set of extra rear axle bearings please let me know, if you are willing to give them up. It seemed to drive f...