ricster

Be VERY VERY careful taking out the old glow plugs !!! Often there is a carbon build up on the glowing portion of the glow plug that makes it almost impossible to get out. If you wiggle or yank it out too hard you can break off that tip.... then you have major sheeeet !!!
I had one on my TD42 many years back that gave me grief. I sprayed heaps of Q20 ( WD40 ) while relatively gently turning the glow plug. It took ages to get it out, but was still quicker than taking the head off to get the broken off piece of glow plug out.
There may be easier ways, so hopefully someone jumps in and adds a suggestion

Get a teaspoon of cement powder in ya and harden the f*** up.

Damn right! AC/DC at max volume.
I drove 16 L turbo charged intercooled straight six with 610 ponies with 6" stack no muffler for an hour today, my head still hurts....
Regards

Nice pics !!!!! You new machine looks the boss when sitting in the sand next to that other thing....

Very nice buy there !!!!! Looks to be in pretty decent condition too 
Well done !!

I will hunt around for some photos of what I did with mine. I have a bash plate fitted to the Iron Maidens underbelly to offer a bit of protection. With this plate on, the standard Nissan recovery hook didn't fit, so I had 2 new recovery points made up by one of the Forum members of the South African Patrol Forum. The drivers side fits no problem as there is thread for the 3 bolts to fasten up against. The passenger side is a slightly different problem as there are three hols but no thread. To get the recovery hook to work there you need rivnuts to fit this recovery point. BUT ...... this recovery point is NOT for doing the recovery, but to fix the lanyard to. Don't get me wrong, its very strong, but my brain says it isn't as strong as the drivers side one. I believe for a straight recovery it will be fine but if at an angle, I am not as confident. I also don't believe in welding it to the chassis either as this opens up a whole new can of worms.
Have a read on the South African site. It is quite a long read on various recovery points, but you will see exactly what it looks like and how its fitted. Mine have done a few recoveries and are still as strong as a 4.2 turbo diesel Patrol....hahaha..... Read from page 8 for how to fit them ( there are some replies in Afrikaans, one of the other South African official languages, but the English posts will tell you all the info needed )
http://www.patrol4x4.co.za/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=3240&hilit=rivnuts&start=40#p38089
 
hahahaha.... we may be on the other side of the world..... but we are quite sharp.....hahaha

Actually me thinks you are quite correct.... apologies

Hmmmmm.... its been a long while since I last fiddled with the hand break drum, but if I recall correctly there is a piece of spring steel that slides on the serrated nut that you are moving with the screwdriver. It basically allows one directional adjustment, which will tighten up the braking mechanism making it grab the brake drum sooner. I cant recall the exact positioning of that spring steel, if it is on top or bottom, but if you take a thin, but ridged piece of wire and jiggle it around it there till you feel like you are lifting something springy ( or peer in the hole with a torch may help locate it ), then try lift it up first then hold it up and rotate the serrated wheel with the screwdriver. The screwdriver may slip easier rotating it the in the "loosening" direction due to the design of the serrations on the nut.
I wouldn't drive it around with it so tight, the heat generated can cause all sorts of issues with the rubber seals and boiling brake fluid !!

Hello 2016 !!!
All of the breast and I hope you feel many more in this new year !!!!

Yeah, the std scoops are rubbish. I got the hell in one morning a few years back and got a scoop extender bent up from some scrap steel plate and then I cut a hole into the standard scoop and bolted the new steel on on top. This basically doubles the area for air to flow in, and is higher so hopefully getting better airflow onto the IC. 
One thing I had to be careful of was going too high and as a result obstructing my view over the bonnet.
What I can tell you though is it DID make a difference of about 20 deg C to my EGT's. 
I can't find any pics here on my work PC that show the scoop other than these taken when we were traveling in the snow up high in the hills.

Who needs a manual , just ask Rumcajs >)

Patrol OEM filter housing uses little float which connects to ground when lifted up by water inside the housing as it is more dense than fuel.

Or just unplug the connector and bridge the terminals inside, the light should come on.
Cheers

G'day,
4WD switch is mounted on the transfer case (that bulky unit mounted on the back of the tranny pointing sideways from which drive shaft goes to the front axle....)
Its on the left hand side upper part.
See the details about the wiring as well in the L top corner of the image bellow:

Excellent news!!!

Ricster very funny i saw many of your interesting posts.

Puff of white smoke on startup or on pull away from a traffic light is usually valve stem seals that are worn out. This is quite an easy thing to replace oneself.
Mine is boosting at about 0.7 bar ( 10 psi ), but the fuelling is set more for a 0.8 - 0.85 bar ( 12 - 13 psi ) boost..... I've just been too lazy to fiddle with the boost. So when I do a fast pull away, I drown the little dinky cars in a wonderful cloud of black ( grey) smoke. until I hit max boost then the smoke is a lot less. If I sit at 100km/h and want to accelerate to 120km/h without gearing down and I put my foot flat, I again get a bellowing of smoke till my boost is up to max, then when I ease up on the accelerator peddle the smoke disappears too. 
At night it looks a lot more intimidating than during the day. I wouldn't stress too much. Crank the boost up a fraction and see if it makes a difference

For some reason I like this shot at setting sun in Deep Creek Conservation park near Backstairs passage (stretch of water between Australia's mainland and Kangaroo Island)
Cheers

This was a trip we did with 2 other mates in Botswana salt pans ( just to the north west of South Africa )...... Kilometers and more kilometers of absolute flatness !!!
On this trip :
My Iron Maiden ( still with old wheel cover ) 4.2L turbo diesel
My mate Grant's 4.2L turbo diesel ST ( with 400 000Km and still original motor never opened )
My mate Greg's 3.0 GL ( with the camping trailer )

My 2 girlfriends.....hahahaha..... at the border post of South Africa and Lesotho ( landlocked country within South Africa )
The one that doesn't moan at me still showing off her oldest original wheel cover 

Mate, i pitty you for that, might be cheaper to import haha.. All dealers are the same i guess..

Hmmmm.... I'm in South Africa.... and here the Nissan stealers do just that. I'll give them a call and see what they say

Welcome.... My bump strops have been broken for ages and I cringe everytime I flex the axles. I must look into the prices, but Nissan scares me..... hahaha

Good to hear you are up and running again.... push starting a diesel with 22:1 compression ratio is not fun !!!