Well since my old distributor was such crap I could never get my Patrol to start on the hand crank. But today, my battery was nearly dead, so I gave it a try. It worked so easily. This campus cop saw me do it and stopped by to admire the mighty PAT! He was impressed so I asked him never to give me a ticket if I get caught coasting a stop sign. No syncro in first is pain sometimes.

What gap are you running? My friend told me to go to .45, but I think it ran better when it was at .40...

I noticed mine hand crank starts so much easier now too! When I had the stock distributor advanced so far just to get it run halfway decent, the hand crank would nearly break my wrist any time I tried to use it.

I cant happily say that Ive had that problem lately!

EDIT: OH YEAH, no synchro in first sucks!

Yeah, I took DR's advice. I'm at .40: .45 is a little too steep. I was shock how easy my Pat fired up with the crank. I was not able to start it with the crank before the mod at all. And I REALLY tried. I was so shocked I nearly passed out when it started. I was not even going to try to start it when my battery died, bit I thought what the hell go for it! Yeah I agree, I want 1st gear syncro and how about 4th too!

Jason
69' Patrol
3 speed, I-6
"Super Roof Rack"
Custom 3" Lift
32" X 9.50 Super Swampers
Superlift Shocks

87' 5spd 2wd hardbody 225K

I think Im gonna change my gap back to .40 again. I agree... .45 seems just a bit too steep. My Patrol seemed to have ran better and started easier at .40. Oh well... maybe that will give me something to do at Tech School...

I had to have one of my friends make a bumper mount for mine. I did manage to hand crank it once with the stock dizzy and no bumper mount. Now THAT shocked the hell out of me!

I would love to have a 5-speed, but it would be WAY too hard to even make the rear driveshaft angle work. It would be fine for a Patrol tray-back or atleast a MWB, but I think the only other tranny we could work with would be one of those SM420's. Theyre only supposed to be like 12" long total...

I can only dream of a day when my Patrol would have a granny gear and overdrive...

Syncho's are for wusses.

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"Just flail around a bit and drive up"

C.H.AND.L.E.R.S.
Chandler Hierarchy AND Lower East RenegadeS

Yeah yeah... you try starting up a hill at 5mph in 2nd...

Hey...explain to the dummy(not me, I swear) how a synchro works. Does a Jeep T-5 have one?

Mr. Will

SHIFT_into a rock

that is pretty cool Jason......if you think about it though this is how a Patrol should be and is meant to be. A decent running P engine has to be able to start with the hand crank. What would you do in the same situation only 400 miles from nowhere in the outback!?


64 L60 "ragtop" Patrol
-currently under going full frame off restoration

64 KL60 Patrol "Hogan"
-67 145 HP engine
-Koenig stock PTO winch
-7.50x16 Michelin XZL's
-Dobinsons 3" HD lift
-Rancho 5000's
-Weber 2 barrel carb

66 KL60 Patrol "Admiral Togo"
-40K original miles
-245-75R15 Cooper Discoverers on stock 15" split rims & caps

Synchro-Mesh is little brass clutches between the gears that gets the 2 gears moving around the same speed so shifting involves a whole lot less grinding.

A Jeep T-5 would have it in all gears.