Thread: GQ Nissan Patrol Diffs into a Discovery

Well I've been driving it around for a bit now.
Starting to gain confidence in the car.
Feels good. Most of the vibes i had were coming from the simex, now it's got road tyres on the rear only vibes a tiny but without the pinion angle adjusted yet.

making a noise from the transfer though, and the brakes ar still a bit spongey.


Bit of work to do on saturday, then go for a drive to Round 1.

Dave

Car still drives, I'm gaining far more confidence in it now.

I went for a spin on some localish tracks the other day, can seemed to hold up well, just need to sort our the rear drive shaft tomorrow then all the issues should be sorted.

I need to do something about my rear springs, as they aren't re-seating after dislocating (i can get them to dislocate about 200mm)

I'll try tying them in to start with, and see how that goes.
Dave

Spent easter down in the Otways, and did a few day trips around some of the more difficult tracks.

I've done about 1500k's in it since the GQ stuff is in.
Glad to report no real problems with the conversion, everything seem to be going well.

I do need another inch lift in the front, to sort our these bumpstops.
The car copped a flogging, as i was basically designated the recocvery vehicle, and all went well.

I've got some pics, so I'll post them up later.

Cheers
Dave

Looking forward to seeing the pics

Any from under the car to show the set up?
In particular the mounts for the rear control arms and diff angle

Thanks
Skiboy

Dave how did you route your exhaust on the right hand side of the car? Did you go between the prop shaft and the oil pan?

On mine the prob shaft looks like it will be too close to the chassis rail to route that way so wondered how you solved this one.

Any pics?

Thanks in advance
Keith

The exhaust goes close to the chassis just below the starter.

Its tight but it fits.
BTW, the propshaft just touches the cross member too.

Car currently has a dead transfer case, so i've got to fix that.

Dave.

hi i would like to here how you went with this set up dose it vibrate a lot or is it ok. i bet the brakes are a lot better.
have been a reading a lot about doing this as i would like to do it to my disco.

Originally Posted by DaveS3

The exhaust goes close to the chassis just below the starter.

Its tight but it fits.
BTW, the propshaft just touches the cross member too.

Car currently has a dead transfer case, so I've got to fix that.

Dave.

No good re TC Dave. Thanks re exhaust.
We remade the cross member with smaller box section - or could notch it I guess. So our cross member is OK.
My main problem is the extractors (peacemaker) are too close to the propshaft so will have to get them altered.

So can I double check - you adjusted your pinion to be parallel to your TC output flange (the brake drum) then had the Nissan tail shaft shortened/lengthened to fit.

No Double Cardan joints?

Did you have to have an adapter plate for the TC end?
Any chance of any pics from under the car?
Skiboy