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I seen this on another forum that i used to be on for my old car and i notice no one has put anything similar on here so i thought id see how it would go. So....


What i did to my car today was drove to work then back home, then filled her up with some fuel and went for a cruise with me mate out in the hills with his d22 nav then had to pull him out of a bog cause he tried to get across a clay pan lol :)
 
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#3,727 ·
full service, 150,000 Kms at my good friends rewowned garage, 334 euros overall, including chain tensioner (upper) egr and manifold full clean (i blanked my egr some time ago but didnt clear it as i should) new belts, full greasing where necessary and ofc full fluid changing and filters(including brake fluid and coolant), feels like new truck!!
 
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nexsuperne said:
An auto electrician might be a better solution for the split charger wiring. Some Mechanics barely know the difference between a spanner and a screwdriver, hopefully yours is one of the better ones.
Anyway, you will need to add an earth strap and a suitable battery to that list. 10 metres of cable will get it from the back of the load bed, all the way along the chassis rail and back across the bulkhead to the engine battery, with a metre to spare. The earth strap needs to be bolted from the battery negative to the chassis to get a good earth, as the bed is effectively insulated from the chassis by the 4 mounting bolts.
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Hi, I think this is awesome and a great idea, as I wanted to do this to run a compressor in the back for re-inflating my tyres. Could you put some photos on of how you wired it up and where your mounted your voltage read out etc for us?
:awesomework
 
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Stelianos said:
full service, 150,000 Kms at my good friends rewowned garage, 334 euros overall, including chain tensioner (upper) egr and manifold full clean (i blanked my egr some time ago but didnt clear it as i should) new belts, full greasing where necessary and ofc full fluid changing and filters(including brake fluid and coolant), feels like new truck!!
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If you have blanked it off why should it also need cleaning?
If needed, what do you clean it with?
 
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#3,730 ·
Markyt1984 said:
Stelianos said:
full service, 150,000 Kms at my good friends rewowned garage, 334 euros overall, including chain tensioner (upper) egr and manifold full clean (i blanked my egr some time ago but didnt clear it as i should) new belts, full greasing where necessary and ofc full fluid changing and filters(including brake fluid and coolant), feels like new truck!!
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If you have blanked it off why should it also need cleaning?
If needed, what do you clean it with?
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hey marty, i also cleaned the manifold and piping because if you blank it the soot is still there in the intake taking "space" and blocking some air capacity, and since i am a completionist i said why not its a 10 mins job to remove on a d22 at least on a d40 its a bit more hard but 20 mins will be more than enough.
i removed the intake and let it soak with carburator cleaner and it all went back to shiny metal :thumbleft: now with the egr blanked its gonna stay that way :partycheer:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=89137 not mine but nice pictures to show how bad the intake is inside and how much better after cleaning
 
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Markyt1984 said:
Hi, I think this is awesome and a great idea, as I wanted to do this to run a compressor in the back for re-inflating my tyres. Could you put some photos on of how you wired it up and where your mounted your voltage read out etc for us?
:awesomework
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Reminds me that I need to sort a build thread out for mine :)
 
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neilh said:
Markyt1984 said:
Hi, I think this is awesome and a great idea, as I wanted to do this to run a compressor in the back for re-inflating my tyres. Could you put some photos on of how you wired it up and where your mounted your voltage read out etc for us?
:awesomework
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Reminds me that I need to sort a build thread out for mine :)
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Yes please Neil :)
 
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#3,734 ·
adequatelyaverage said:
Major service... And then treated her to injector cleaner and a tank of Shell Power+ nitro

Running as smooth as a baby's proverbial and they've even sorted my rattle and dodgey heated seat!
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What did they do to your dodgey heated seat? What was wring with it and is it fixed now?
 
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#3,736 ·
adequatelyaverage said:
Driver's side felt as though it wasn't even on... They said they had infra-red gunned it and it was fine and heating up as normal. So essentially they've done nothing that they've told me about, but it definitely works again.

My leaking headlight washer on the other hand... Still leaking!
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Was it all of your seat that felt like it wasn't on?
My back part heats up properly, but the seat feels like its not even on, just wondered if you knew what they did.
 
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#3,738 ·
Sounds about right for Nissan Dealers!! Glad it works for you now though :)
 
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#3,739 ·
LED lights fitted:

Fog lights
Side Lights
LED puddle lights (yes one mirror broke)
Interior footwell light sorted

Interior LED lights seem to be the twist variety so the kit I bought was incorrect. Will get that sorted.

Also Chrome door covers sorted.

Towbar removed so that it can be sand blasted and repainted.

Headlights changed to night breakers.

Pics later.

Now off to body shop to get quote to remove dimple in rear bumper. Hopefully DTE box will show up later.

My Gyeon wet coat turned up as well so ready to detail once other stuff sorted.

So....apart from the other interior lights and tow bar I'm making progress.

To restore my mountain top I have calculated will take a full day !

Next on list will be the battery project and then fitting LED lightbar to rear, compressor and outlets and then the front LEDs. Would also be good get rid of my bed rug and replace with a plastic one.

I have a two small indentations on the front bumper next to the number plate. I wonder if some spotlights were on it before. I will post a pic later as I either replace the whole bumper or I put day light running lightbars on to cover them up. That would be my preferred option.

I'm addicted.
 
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#3,740 ·
Innowaybored said:
Would also be good get rid of my bed rug and replace with a plastic one.
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Let me know if you want a double-cab plastic bed liner. I've got one I took off to fit a bed rug and it's just sat outside at the moment!
 
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#3,741 ·
I've just finished lying under my truck changing the front and rear diff oil, gearbox oil and transfer box oil.

I had changed the gearbox oil a couple of weeks ago but noticed the gears were stiff to change. Swapped it for MTF 75w90and all is good. Couldn't find 75w85 as recommend but the back of the bottle said suitable for Nissan.

Easy enough to do, bit awkward getting the oil in the gearbox using the spouton the bottle, so used a transfer pump instead. £5 off tinternet. Worth the money.

Next up, transfer switches, as I get the occassional 4WD warning light on the dash. Took the switches out and checked on multi metre and put back. Ordered the replacements and guess what?.... No 4WD light since! Typical! Still, I'll swap them anyway to be sure its all okay.
 
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#3,744 ·
Innowaybored said:
Ooh - how old is it? Is it a max?
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It's about 4 years old but in decent nick. No idea if it's a max - it was supplied by the dealer from new.

It's just the load bed bit - the tailgate cover is still fitted I'm afraid!

Let me know if you want photos.
 
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#3,748 · (Edited)
trip to nissan today for some "consumablers" 1 AC key bulb (d22 has 4 key bulbs and 2 for the main screen) 2 for dash illumination (got some leds need to fit in the oem socket to be as oem look as i can) so i need 2 new in case i fail (most likely) and 2 bonnet stops sinces my current where at max and bit worn, 25 overall, feel kinda raped for 3 bulbs and 2 rubber!!
here is the code for AC illumination if anyone interested, i didnt get any for the rest 2 items (blue bulb on white socket)
 
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#3,749 ·
Had some small amount of billcar treatment again yesterday:-
Halfshaft seal, oil and filter, hand brake adjustment, diff oil.
The best part was I was missing 1 of the wheel inserts, Dave sent 1 of his techs to Nissan to get 1!
Around here they would of just said no sorry I haven't got 1!!
Price was ridiculously cheap for the service they offer :awesomework
 
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#3,750 ·
Was in Billcar yesterday too. They looked at my clutch and said it's ok so no need any fixing. Just changed fluid. Well still a little bit grinding like feeling but much better than before. Hope it will get better soon. They blanked egr too, some electrical fixings done and health checks...(yeah running down south from Scotland over night on the motorway and a lot of flashing on me like something wrong ok stopped looked nothing... Almost in the Billcar realised my rear lights not working!!! So they found little black device like think under the bed all rusted caused my light not work...) Result is not too bad just need new exhaust and oil pan. Yo and need to kill that rust bugger !!! Over 165000 miles on the clock I'm still happy with my Beastie.
 
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#3,751 ·
Cursed some **** put a scratch on my door...as if im not spending enough!!.

Also had a chat with a couple in freeport braintree while they were sat in their dodge 1500 6ltr v8 laramine..It dwarfs our little navaras :(
 
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