What have you done to your 60 Series Patrol this week....

[Esteban]

Question, is that hole at the bottom of the water pump back plate a drip hole or is just a rotted out hole that i have to seal?

That hole is correct. Never quite understood its function. Probably aids in draining all the water from the system when opening the petcocks.

Fill the system with a 50/50 mix of Prestone and distilled water, or buy the pre-mixed formulation.

[mad4hws]

Today we replaced the clutch master cylinder and the slave cylinder. We purchased the set off of ebay from OEM_Alternatives. There were a couple of modifications that we had to do in order for this to work.


We started with the slave cylinder. the hypothesis was that it was leaking and therefore was the culprit.



The Slave cylinders (new on the bottom, old on the top)


The threads were a little bit different, so i had to use a different line. In the end, I ended up going with BrakeBest BH845517, which matched up well. now i'll have to replace that before I tackle the brake job. After getting the slave cylinder installed, the brake pedal was still hitting the floorboard, so we decided to replace the master cylinder as well. Old on top, new on bottom. As soon as we removed this, we knew the master cylinder seal was the culprit. The pushrod had no resistance and came right out.



We had to instal this a few times. We couldn't get the new adjustable pushrod to adjust down far enough. On the third try, were replaced it with the original after cleaning it up a bit. We also used the original fluid cylinder as it was a little taller and held a little more fluid. It worked like a charm and got the Minion Missile back on the road. Special thanks to Minion #3 (Ann)

Here she is installing the slave


Here she is putting the finishing touches on the master

[Avpatrol]

Nice,you have your lil one helping out.
Im the same way with my lil one.

[mad4hws]

Ya. That's most the point with this rig, a project that everyone can jump in on and participate. Its actually pretty great. The Patrol is easy enough to work on so that it works out really well. We do a little at a time so that it's not too overwhelming. The minute it starts to feel like 'work' we stop.

[RiverPatrol]

Ya. That's most the point with this rig, a project that everyone can jump in on and participate. Its actually pretty great. The Patrol is easy enough to work on so that it works out really well. We do a little at a time so that it's not too overwhelming. The minute it starts to feel like 'work' we stop.

That is one of the great things about Patrols - that they are so easy to work on. It allows a novice mechanic type to get in and fix things and feel confident about it. It's always fun to see someone make a family project out of it.

[Avpatrol]

So im going to use this thread to update the progress on the AV patrol. Im not a person of great financial background but i work hard every day and i try to do something on my patrol every week.i dont work on it every day because i have a full time job as a luxury coach fabricator in van nuys ca and i also do some automotive window tint side jobs.but i try to dedicate at least 2 or theee days a week to the patrol.most if not all af the project will be done by me.
This week i worked on installing new break pads and new break cylinders from AWD parst from ebay.he is fast on shipping. I also fabricated an aluminum custom braket to mount the power booster,i flushed and washed the radiator and painted the water pump and thermostat housings.(yes,i had a couple beeers in between?

[RiverPatrol]

It would be better if you created a thread in the Projects category. This thread wasn't intended for progress updates really. I can merge the above post into the thread that you create.

Nice work!

[Esteban]

I'm with RiverPatrol. Your work deserves its own thread.

Great work! Congratulations!

We neen to know how you're going to mount the power booster. Looks like a very clean bracket and design.

I lived for close to 2 years near Van Nuys around 79. Good memories!

[Avpatrol]

Ok will do guys thanks

[G60michael]

I know its only a SWB but nothing wrong with test trialing a mid wheel base canvas to get a bit of an idea hope you like it.