Fixing Everything Wrong with my Cheap Nissan Truck

[@ThirdDegreeWitchExplores]

The video where you cleaned it was a stunner...how some people can live in filth with no regard amazes me

[@muzzaball]

I have the exact same truck. I was so happy when the turbo actuator fixed ur power issue - yay!! Loved the vid, thanks for sharing, cheers.

[@Ratarossa]

I really like this truck and project, its a lot of fun working on it

[@MyRetroWatches]

Great video. Coming along nicely. I used to love scrap yards back in the 90s when I could buy all kinds of crap for my cars

[@Ratarossa]

honestly I hadn't been too one since the 90s myself .... i was like a pig in SH@T

[@MyRetroWatches]

Ratarossa haha I bet. The good old days

[@daveives212]

If you have a snapped off bolt and a welder next time just weld a new head to the stud and back it out. less heat into the body panel or frame = less rust in the future. Love the do it yourself approach you have keep up the fantastic work.

[@kriskorsmo]

It’s these small cheap repairs that make such a difference in a neglected vehicle. This is fun to watch, even more so than someone rebuilding an exotic car. Great job on polishing that turd!

[@c1d2e]

Lay a nut on top the broken bolt then tack weld inside the nut to bolt, turn the nut and bolt out.

[@MrDemonchild71]

c1d2e this is what I wanted to ask. There was clearly enuf bolt there if he could try that other thing that looked like a drill head

[@adrianbalboa5353]

I have seen people tack weld a washer and nut on a snap bolt then use the nut as the bolt head to wrench them out.

[@TheMentalblockrock]

More than a tack, a big snot of mig weld would do it.

[@williamchow1624]

Spray the bed with bedliner paint. Works great!

[@CRN8091]

William Chow that’s what I thought too.But he got a good deal with the moulded liner!

[@williamchow1624]

@@CRN8091 The added benefit would be to cover up all the bare metal and rust after it is cleaned

[@RAPIDNISMO]

@@williamchow1624 you'd have do deal with the rust first

[@RogerM88]

Give the chassi a coat of anti gravel paint. Helps preventing rust.

[@Ratarossa]

its on the plans for this truck

[@Zapps65]

Very, very cute kids. I'm sure their encouragement helped with this build. 😊

[@mrquad777]

That’s a brilliant idea with the bin clicker thing for the sunglasses holder! Great video

[@Christianstankers]

to drill the broken bolts out you use left handed drill bits and a right angled drill

[@azharsyarawi]

I can’t afford the ferraris but the navara is just what I can afford👌🏼. These small fixes seems to exactly what mostly plagues these rides anyway. Thanks mate 🙏🏽

[@Ratarossa]

i enjoy working on the navara more than the Ferrari's

[@denisohbrien]

I've sent so many of these to the scrappy/nissan buyback scheme due to snapped chassis, seeing as you have your kids in it, please carefully inspect the chassis in the area from the rear of the cab to the center of the rear axle. from what I seen in the video yours looks OK, but please inspect it :)

[@MINIMOTOMADNESS]

black carbon fibre for the tailgate it hides the scratches well,p.d.r on the rear passengers side panel and your truck will look epic

[@signdeals4972]

I could watch these videos all day. I mean, I’m quarantined,... So, I just did...

[@nickgeorgiakakis7249]

I'm in the same situation, after painting the house, staining the deck and polishing the cars I'll be pulling my hair out trying to find things to kill time.

[@Ratarossa]

Im trying to keep the content flowing for you guys

[@1972dazbo]

Good stuff.....sounds like your local breakers are very good as you can go in and remove parts yourself at sensible prices as well.Not like my local yard as not allowed in plus parts all expensive plus vat on used bits.....jokers ?

[@tonypotter9578]

I had a 57 plate aventurer. Had all the bells and whistles - loved it. Have an np300 now - miss it a bit!

[@thegingerhustle3173]

Paint the bed with rapor liner. American go nuts for it. My mate used it looked a... Mazing and so heavy duty. Love the content

[@Ratarossa]

ill check that stuff out

[@taffy7hfa897]

Had one of these back in 05, threw a rod through the sump at 80 mph on the motroway, Truck was only a year old with 40k so Nissan replaced the motor FOC, seem to remember something on Watchdog a year or two later about it being a common fault, think they also have quite weak chassis too.

[@Ratarossa]

true on both being common

[@clange21]

The first video gave me an idea where that bloody virus started.

[@TheMentalblockrock]

ha ha, yes, "Navarra-virus" will be the next Panic-demic.

[@Ratarossa]

LOL it wouldn't surprise me

[@pauleden5396]

Right this is great my only complaint is please hurry and get the next video up.. loving it!

[@thomasweatherford5125]

Fantastic stuff Scott! Instant equity in that truck and you’ll get a ton more miles out of it. Those girls are adorable! Reminds me of mine! 🍻

[@Ratarossa]

Cheers Thomas

[@timfenton5153]

Really enjoyed this one. Nice one. Surprised I enjoyed you working on other things apart from Ferrari. Well done. Maybe you should do more. Thanks

[@Ratarossa]

Tim, I honestly enjoyed working on this more than the ferrari stuff, its so much easier and not to mention much cheaper so I will certainly be doing so others like this in future

[@Jackthesmilingblack]

If you fit the chuck from a small electric drill to an angle grinder (they fit), you will be able to get the new tool in a confined space to drill out the snapped off bolts. Problem is the angle grinder runs a lot faster than an electric drill. Jack, the Japan Alps Brit

[@robertmorin1454]

Love the build on the truck what a steal of a deal !!

[@Ratarossa]

cheers Robert

[@jan-hendrikbussmann4644]

I really like how you make sure all the dirt you powerwash off your Nissan can safely reach most of your Ferraris :-)

[@steveg1334]

Spotted your continuity errors! 🤣 headlamp washer cap is on at the start of the vid and your personal number plate is on at when it’s on the ramps, but you don’t change those until the next truck video 🤔 Loving the videos though 🤙🏼

[@docwyte]

You need to get a right angle drill. It'd fit in there no problem

[@curvs4me]

You are one of those guys that just wins!! 160 pounds and some manual labor to add 10k pounds in value over a few days. It's mainly due to your calm constant get it done attitude towards the cars if I adda guess.

[@Ratarossa]

Cheers Kurt, much appreciated

[@bobspatafore3056]

been waiting for this

[@gunder3]

Made a change watching something different, cheers

[@craigrobertson7938]

You should spray the bed with bedliner. Also maybe get a better pressure washer as that one was woeful. I would recommend a kranzle (see obsessed garage). Can you remap the engine ....

[@iwannabentley]

Really enjoy your vids even tho I've been in the trade for 20 years plus.. I actually met you at Radwood last year. I had the silver Renault 21 Turbo on the Grid..

[@Ratarossa]

yes I remember, lovely car. I used to have an electric blue Renault 5 Turbo and it made me think of that enjoyable era. Lets hope we get another redwood uk soon.

[@ianwynneuk]

Great work Rata - honest and so rewarding. Well done pal. Would love to see you spin many of these and see how quickly you can make £100k

[@Ratarossa]

Cheers ....great idea

[@ianwynneuk]

Ratarossa Do it - would be brilliant viewing to have a running total of profit, and days it takes you... Hunting the bargains, cheap cars, prestige, classics and Ferrari’s - how much money can you make? Would love to watch that...! ☺️😉👍💪

[@1ongava]

So good, inspired to find a ute when I get back to UK and do a rescue!

[@richardsedorski1206]

Loved the wee clip for sunglasses plus all other stuff well done.

[@nickhannaford3253]

Trucks looking good👍 Maybe add some KC lights or light bars😎

[@Ratarossa]

love it

[@signdeals4972]

It’s amazing that someone could neglect a vehicle so poorly. Probably a testament to what a great truck it is to have survived that!

[@Ratarossa]

agreed .... I really enjoy fixing up something that has been neglected and transforming it

[@jaydoesstuff9807]

I’d recommend roll on bed liner...also do tops of bed and tailgate

[@Ratarossa]

im looking for a cheap roll top for it ...no rust will wait for a second hand one to appear

[@albertfullard]

Content ideas 1. Loved watching your truck transformation. A video detailing a ferrari would be great. 2. How to paint a supercar at home 😀 testarossa 😀 would be a awesome part series! 3. More buying old cars, fixing and transforming them, then flipping then

[@mrbagins3774]

The chassis on these rust through very easy, you’ll find Nissan buys them back. Off to find a pic of my mates one that folded in half !

[@iancheshire9143]

Mr Bagins they only buy them back if they snap, if they just have holes in the chassis they get sent to Spain to get a new rear section stitch welded on! I work at a Nissan dealer and did the recall on them! Also if the chassis is ok it should get treated!

[@Ratarossa]

yes well aware of this, mine all looks good, i will be putting a scope down the rails for full inspection but also treating them and welding some strengthening plates onto that bad area that commonly fails

[@richardwalker2645]

Got to love A1 Car Spares Wokingham 👍

[@CRN8091]

I’m enjoying watching this project!.The Navaras here in Australia seem to have lots of issues with injectors.also you might want to give the EGR valve a good clean, will help with power and fuel economy.

[@Ratarossa]

i did that the other day, it was pretty caked up

[@CRN8091]

Ratarossa have a look at the pro vent catch cans.will help with keeping the EGR clean.

[@saxosim]

Project coming on well. You really need to get some wax oil sprayed into that chassis though the cavity holes though and also paint the outside of the chassis rails with hammerite or similar to protect it.

[@Ratarossa]

Its on the to do list .... have been waiting for the weather to change

[@ugljesazivkovic2552]

Bravo legendo samo nastavi,odlican kanal !

[@albaniokolaj5647]

It would be more nice if you removed the rust and then spray the paint, im afraid the rust may come back.

[@scottiencali]

Now its an official "RataNavara"

[@quentinbarnes767]

Hi,should my instrument panel be lit up during the day? Regards Quentin

[@Ratarossa]

no mate its all off in the day

[@quentinbarnes767]

@@Ratarossa Smashing,top man ! Love the videos by the way. Thanks for replying. Regards Q.

[@reatonable]

I also bought a cheap Nissan truck and after 12 months I have changed the cylinder head, water pump, timing chain, alternator pulley, serpentine belt tensioner, all belts and hoses, intercooler pressure sensor, radiator top up tank, auto transmission, EGR cooler pipe which led to another cylinder head and turbo. Not bad for a car to pull my caravan around in my retirement years. Anyone want to buy a Nissan Navara D40 its going CHEAP.

[@VictorHRodriguezV]

Love this video, you make it look so easy to fix things. Would you please share the link where you got the pin catch? I tried eBay and Amazon and I cannot find it. Thank you in advance.

[@mortengammelgaard929]

It sounded like a faulty injector when you rewed it after changing the turbo actuator ??

[@RAPIDNISMO]

Suprised the yard let you walk Around freely. They don't let you do that any more

[@kpdvw]

So what were the error codes that lead you to the conclusion to change the Turbo actuator? As for the broken off bolts for the step you could just have welded bolts onto the studs and wrenched the studs out rather that all the fabrication and welding work with 3 new mounting plates! All in all a good job!

[@Ratarossa]

I did my research on the lack of power and it all pointed to the actuator (slightly different between the euro 4 and euro 5 engine) as one of the high possibilities. the easiest test was to squeeze pipe and rev the car, if its working correct it will pressuize the pipe and force your hand apart ....it didn't, which indicates the actuator is faulty. The mounting issue with the bolts was most were snapped either flat or inside the bolt shaft which would have been impossible to weld a bolt onto, especially given the limited access. They were also cheap bolt that had seized solid.

[@driftalliance1556]

great work!

[@TWX1138]

How did you go about attaching the bed-side utilitrack rails? It didn't look like there were any provisions for them, unlike the truck in the breaker's yard that you pulled them from.

[@malcolmscott4150]

Great content - that dead rat a nissan was scary - cute kids with go faster genes keep up the good work Scott

[@Ratarossa]

thanks Malcolm

[@Kekkojoker90]

@@Ratarossa adding that would be good another interior wash for everything that remain :)

[@gplusgplus2286]

Theres a nifty trick to not letting a car get that filthy and its -"Kids, we never eat in a car, never".

[@Ratarossa]

lol

[@Theodom-bi9xm]

I'm a bit late to the video, but it's that a proper breakers yard where you can pull your own parts?? I've been wanting to go to one for ages but can't find one that allows you to go in

[@stevebilenky4059]

Amazing how you seem to find diamonds in the scrap heap!

[@Ratarossa]

Its always fun fixing stuff up and getting cheap bits ...shame these was no Ferrari's kicking around there

[@stevebilenky4059]

@@Ratarossa When I was younger I was into Corvettes(19), Pantera, 328 & 348 Ferrari and now putter around in my '99 SL500 and have to pay to get things fixed, in the shop at this moment.

[@FrancisSpecker]

wondering if a right angle drill would of fit?

[@2NatoStandard]

I know this is a few years old, but I'm interested in what mileage this truck had at the time. Also wondering if the timing chain has been replaced, as this is a seriously weak spot on these engines after 60k miles.

[@brianallen858]

Travs owned that guaranteed !!

[@LSUKGaming]

bin for the WIN again WOOP!

[@Ratarossa]

love these cheap fix hacks

[@ethan9553]

this dad just got 20000 views just doing normal dad things

[@Replicas_Kits_or_Customs]

Super cute kids you got their remind me of my daughter when she was that age

[@rogerengland1031]

Alright mate, hope you are doing alright.. Which breakers yard do you go to? I thought they had all closed down...

[@kamoboko86]

What are those bin catches called exactly? In America it would be something like pressure latch holder?

[@Ratarossa]

do you have the brand 'Brabantia' in the US ? I just ebay searched 'Brabantia latch'

[@paidoluca]

Well done! I'm doing similar job with my Jeep. Whereabouts the breakers yard ?

[@Ratarossa]

its A1 breakers in Wokingham

[@hectorkeezy1499]

No Man. You weld some nuts on to the stumps, and out they come.

[@davidelmsly9408]

Much improved sound : ) You must have purchased a new Mic. Great project.

[@tommccarrick18]

Hi - what was the Dewalt tool you used on the bed of the truck?

[@jasonwilletts89]

Get some bed liner caps

[@liamcinq]

You would never think you could get all that stuff and a pickup on a lift in that little double garage ;-)

[@Ratarossa]

LOL, i might have filmed that at college

[@troublemotorsport]

Hey, where is this scrap yard please? Thanks!

[@dubdaze68]

It is weird to see both a Dodge Caravan and a Ford Explorer in your breakers.

[@robjeeves1486]

Right angle drills do exist...

[@blacklion871]

Hi, i have 2006 navara, bought it from a friend but it and I are not in the 🇬🇧. I keep seeing a little wrench along with some numbers on my dash. Any idea what it is? And no he didn't have an owners manual when he shipped it

[@davidbarlow269]

It's the oil change reminder light. It's usually reset at oil changes by the dealer or stealer and you can Google how to reset it...

[@nvdb-77]

Great truck! Jealous! What did the truck cost? Would like to own one. (but too expensive in Netherlands) And was wondering why you don’t use a OBD2 reader to do a simple troubleshoot test on your vehicles? Nowadays you can buy very affordable wifi/bluetooth readers on aliexpress, costs maybe 15 euros.

[@bren70ssss94]

3000 pounds .

[@nvdb-77]

bren70sss s Wow, good deal, also jealous of the car collection. Cool you make videos about Ferrari maintenace, a big help for owners I think. So they don’t have to spend gigantic amounts on normal maintenace on their car.

[@ScottPC]

If that’s the A1 group yard I know, you’re local to me!

[@YtseJam16]

It definitely is!

[@Ratarossa]

it is A1

[@ScottPC]

Ratarossa how I haven’t seen your Ferrari’s around I have no clue. Binge watching your videos your like 5 minutes from me aha.

[@harryt7644]

where did you find this bargain!!!

[@CosgroveNotts]

Can't weld like that at my work lol

[@acarcalledmercedes4750]

Nice job & where or what’s the name of the Breakers Yard

[@borchard69-26]

A1scrap yard wokingham

[@gutsngorrrr]

Great solution to doing the sidestep, but why didn't you try welding a nut on the broken off bolt, it's a common solution to that problem.

[@Ratarossa]

4 or the 6 were snapped in the bolt shaft and access to them was terrible ....plus they were seized solid as were the truck bed ones ....cheap bolts

[@justjust73]

We never saw the boot liner fitted

[@bren70ssss94]

Next video he said .

[@Ratarossa]

its coming Justin .... I try to keep video length reasonable

[@neilhampson2843]

Its really bad when a rat can't survive in the back of your car.

[@Ratarossa]

it was disgusting ....had been there a while

[@truckpilot]

Ah the new British hoovie!

[@Ratarossa]

LOL

[@bluehazeboy]

It never fails to amaze me how filthy dirty a silver car can get & you don’t realise it til you clean it, then it just gleams

[@ashterfadgadget817]

Now I know why you're known as 'RATarossa'!

[@Ratarossa]

LOL

[@pm1104]

But you did a great job!

[@tiobolha]

Aren t you going to reinforce the chassis in order to prevent that bending issue? Sorry I have not seen it anwsered in the comments. Regards

[@Ratarossa]

yes thats the plan, i will be treating it and reinforcing it .... just a little tricky at the the moment with everything on lockdown here

[@tiobolha]

@@Ratarossa Yeah, Ok. Thank you for your reply. Regards and stay stafe!

[@heidgandreiter8438]

Earned your channel name : )

[@markbennett6658]

Heid Gandreiter the rat looked more dead than red I’d say!😂

[@dyslexiksteve2488]

Where's that breakers yards mate?

[@Ratarossa]

its A1 in wokingham

[@davidorridge]

The garage lift and welder costs were not included in your total. Unless you got a favour ;)

[@YtseJam16]

Think he said it was at college?

[@Ratarossa]

No charge, i'm at college night school learning to weld, so used the truck step as a class project ...... cheap workaround

[@davidorridge]

Missed that. Good luck with the studies

[@jimf5160]

they make 90 degree drills for not much money, but your solution is easier

[@Ratarossa]

I looked into those, was going to buy one. Then figured out my solution is free

[@jimf5160]

@@Ratarossa Free is best!

[@RalphAnderson7605]

Where did you buy the bin clips from?

[@Ratarossa]

just on ebay

[@Ratarossa2]

superb

[@ShockWaveGamings234fg321f]

Mines got 500000 ks. Still going well. Plus had fuck all problems

[@johnberry2877]

Just like my last Brand new Chevy truck!! A total piece of shit right off the line. Literally had suspension parts falling off after about a week on the road. From then on it was in the shop more than I drove it! Dealership refused to fix it and I sold it to another dealership for a $1000 loss! Never Chevy again! Must have been put together by one of the drunks at GM on a Friday!

[@Ratarossa]

friday afternoon car, thats what i call them. I had a 355 like that once, everything went wrong in it

[@kaykhanrahimi5883]

i thought it was a frontier