Problem Free Patrol 2006

Hi Scottcamp

Glad to hear you are having a good run, The A & B trip meters were very handy, I use to reset “A” each time I fueled up and use “B” for incidental distance checks. Looks like both trip meters are gone on the 06 Patrol, no button protruding from speedo. I find it hard to believe that they would do away with the trip meter all together, this puts me back to a note pad full of iffy distances.

Regards
Spinifex

Hi spinifex,
I kinda guessed that you would not have the button on the speedo, but l thought i might point it out just in case ;-). But seriously, it must still be there somewhere. Why remove it, every car i know has one?

The patrol is turning out to be the best 4x4 i have owned, it really made easy work of the European trip, France Belgium,Netherlands and Germany. On the way back there was not one inch of spare room in the car as booze is a lot cheaper in France than the UK. The car performed perfectly in all conditions loaded to the roof with gear. Next year we are off to Morocco with it, so lets see how it copes with the Atlas mountains and the Sahara.

Scott

The surf has a "ding ding" when the door is open and key in the ignition, even if it is still in the lock position. Many a surf owner have disabled it by cutting wires etc. I'm sure the patrol forums will (if not already) have a mod soon to come!

I'm suprised you run your UHF off accessories, I would have thought most people run direct to battery. My UHF is never turned of, it's on 24/7.

I havn't cut the ding ding wire on mine, I just installed a switch that allows the accessories to run off the aux batteries without the keys in, much more usful IMHO, that way I can listent to music without the fear of some bastard pinching the car! ;-)

Hi Jeff

I run UHF of accessories for what became a very practical reason for us.

Its an important tool here , but often at camp you would be constantly hearing non relevant traffic.
What would happen would be that it would get turned off or worse down.

This gets forgotten about , espically if someone else does it.

By having it on/off with accessories , its state is more easily seen and it doesn't get turned down and when heading off for a drive it is always on without thinking.

Nearly every trip I lead usually has someone needing to be given the message to turn on there radio by other means.

Robin Miller

Hi Robin

The darn chime (sounds like a cheap digital watch alarm) goes off the moment the tip of the key touches the ignition. I had a look for the “chime maker” as I am all set to fill it with epoxy, but it appears to be generated from deep in the dash somewhere.
Note: Not the headlight on alarm that has a different noise (continuous beeeeeeeep)

I am interested in your mod to allow window operation with the key in accessories position. I modded my old patrol so that the windows could be operated from the drivers door even with the key out, but I was always concerned about this from a security point of view. My mod was quite simple all done at the drivers arm rest concole. Can you provide some details of your mod to get me started?

Regards
Spinifex

Fair enough Robin, I know the problem well when leading groups!
Maybe a switch such as mine but for the UHF which allows both kinds of operation? Better than leaving the key's in I reckon.

Hi Jeff

My patrol agrees with you, it certainly doesn’t want the keys left in the ignition. I guess it’s down to where you live and what you do. I now pull the keys out and leave them on the seat.

Regards
Spinifex

Hi Spinifex

The following is from a note I posted on Patrol4wd group a couple of years ago and describes how you need to move just 1 wire to operate electric windows from accessories

Robin Miller

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I don't mind turning on accessories, as I often sit in car listening
to radio etc which requires accessories on anyway.

So this mod involves cutting 1 wire on the back of fuse panel and
moving it 1 inch so that it is operated by the accessory relay
instead of the ignition relay.

GETTING to back of fuse panel

Lots of cables plug into the back of the fuse panel but with a bit of
work it can be edged forward just enough to get access to the wire
concerned.

1/ Remove the cover panel that goes under the steering wheel - think 4
self tapper screws, this is the first panel I threw permanently out of
my car so can't really remember how it comes off except that it was
easy.

2/ Looking at fuse panel - it is held by 2 10mm screws at the top,
take them out.
It is also held at bottom LHS by a plastic tab, with small screwdriver
lift tab an ease base of fuse panel forward an inch.

3/ The fuse panel will still not pull straight forward as it is held
at the top by 2 plastic hooks. If you push it to the right 10mm it
will unhook and come forward out of its mounts.
I can never remember these nasty little tricks that stop things
coming undone so I snipped the plastic mount tabs off my fuse panel.

4/ Now the bonnet release catch and the bracket that holds the white
diagnostics plug need to be unbolted and pushed to one side (3 bolts
total).
The fuse panel and its cables can now be edged forward 100mm or so.

5/ Lean the top of the fuse panel forward. On the top RHS at the back
is a grey plug.
The wire we cut is the red/yellow stripe in this top RHS plug.
I cut mine with about 1cm of wire left in the plug just in case I
wanted to return the car to standard sometime.
(that'ed be a big job - Editor).

A few wires to the left of the red/yellow wire, and in the same plug,
you will see a fatter green/red stripe wire.
This green/red wire runs the Cig Lighter via fuse NO.13 (7.5amp)

Splice the cut red/yellow wire into the green/red one.
Solder them together , and cover with tape.

6/ Apart from putting the car back together this is all you have to
do. But switch on accessories and check windows work before re-
assembling.

Thanks Robin

That's a low blow!

You’re just playing with my emotions. LOL
SpinFX

6 years with a 2000 model 3.0l job and only had to replace the alternator brushes.

Not a bad run in anyone’s book. I know I know, Nissan Museum wants to buy it. LOL

SpinFX

Hi Spike me
What problems have you had with yours???
Mine is 1500000 and problem free so far (exept an idiot mechanic that reversed the vacumm hoses while fitting a snorkel)
On Patrol

Try 150000km