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FloydMax

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About FloydMax

  • Birthday 10/15/1948

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  • Your Pathfinder Info
    Three Pathy's in Household: 1992 XE 3.0L, 1996 LE 3.3L, 2001 LE 3.5L
  • Mechanical Skill Level
    Standalone Tool Chest Mechanic
  • Your Age
    45+
  • What do you consider yourself?
    Rarely Go Off-Road
  • Model
    LE
  • Year
    2001

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    Male
  • Location
    Massachusetts

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  1. Three of us where I work bought 2001 Pathfinders within the same month. An SE and two LE's. All three of us have "check engine soon" lamps on the dash illuminated. What a crock of s.... These cars have been treated....no "babied" from the get go....they are our "wive's" cars and get perfect maintenance. Synthetic oil. Purolator One. Bosch. Premium treads. I've said it before... the only problem with the modern automobile is the freaking emissions monitoring system. They run great, they drive great, they last a long time, they don't pollute much at all. Nitrous oxide emissions are a thing of the past. But the single, most aggravating thing is the sensors which don't hold up and prevent the car from being driven because "THEY" have gone bad. The decisions on driveability are being made by the least reliable part. Kind of like having the village idiot as the Mayor. :furious:
  2. Personally, I'd get my vehicle out of there and when I was free and clear, I would tell them why I won't do business with them anymore. You got the picture... suddenly your car is having all these "problems". Coincidence? Yeah, they coincidentally screwed things up so you would have these problems. Suggest you read about auto mechanics or get a repair manual from Nissan. It isn't that difficult and can be rather relaxing to fix your own car...sense of satisfaction. Sorry you are having these problems, but I am very suspicious of the garage.
  3. Hate to say this, but my guess is some mechanic didn't put an ignition wire pressed fully into the distributor. Result: an O2 sensor bites the dust (carbon) , eventually the catalytic converter, the Pathy starts hard (one cylinder not firing until the revs are up) etc etc. Ran into it a few years ago with my wife's Honda. Kept giving trouble and that's not like a Honda. So I started checking everything (I'm paranoid that way). Found a wire not "pushed" into the distributor nipple. The boot was on good, but the wire had been backed off from full contact. Said nothing...pushed it in myself and brought the car in to be "checked" again for a "pretend" hesitation. When we picked up the car, one wire to the distributor was not making full contact AGAIN!!!. The boot was fully pushed on but the wire had been backed out of the nipple. Definitely a scam. Concluded it was intentional (blue collar revenge?) and haven't been to that garage since. Consumer Reports found that 50% of all car repairs are either fabrications of breakdown, unnecessary, overcharged or done poorly. Buyer beware!
  4. Bigger tire diameter means fewer tire rotations per mile and throws the odometer out of whack. For example. my son's 1996 Pathy had 235X70X15 (eewww!) with a 27.85 dia. The BFG All-T KO's on it now are 31X10.5X15 (yes, they fit the 6.5" rim and yes, they fit the car and rub only on the absolute last 1/8 turn of the steering wheel...a place you don't like to go anyways 'cause it scrubs ya tires! The 31" BFG KO's are 11.3% bigger in diameter and circumference. They also weigh twice as much as the stock tire so its real easy to get in the habit of putting your foot in deep when starting out. The odometer calculation for "elapsed miles" has to be increased by 11.3% when calculating gas mileage. Big diff when you go from 14.5 city to 14.5 X 1.113 =16.14. That ain't bad for city driving. I swear I could get 18-19 MPG with his 96 Pathy on the highway. But I know you have to be patient, keep the foot "soft" and the revs below 2000. The '96 will do 60 mph at 2100 rpm. THAT saves gas if you just remain patient and unaggressive. As my Dad always said...."Gas is cheap, oil is cheap, tires are cheap, but the guy behind the wheel can drive real expensive." Skill...econo-driving takes skill. It saves a lot of money :type: and you get to keep your license.
  5. Daughter-in-law has a 1992 Pathfinder XE. Been a real good truck, Very reliable with very good rubber all around and with the exception of an ABS light on the dash (but the ABS works fine...controls the skids etc...its the sensor), has no issues whatsoever. Everything works well, including the A/C. My son uses it to commute to a job 16 miles away. Been perfect at 75mph on the interstate he travels. Here's the issue: the passenger side rear frame just past the back tire is rusted out. Looks like about 40% gone, 60% integrity. I think it can be boxed and welded pretty cheaply. Truck has 117,000 miles but drives like it has 70,000. Lot of highway miles there. Any idea what we can expect to pay for boxing and reinforcing that frame on one side only? Other side is fine. I've been all over it. Due to its age, we are trying to decide whether to repair or to get rid of the truck.
  6. The rear muffler and tailpipe disconnected from the mid-body muffler about two weeks ago. Paid $245 for a complete, from the engine manifold to the rear, fully welded system with NO CLAMPS, all new muffler, both sides and extra bracing welded onto the thickest pipes I have ever seen used on an exhaust sytem. Quality Brake and Muffler, May Street, Worcester, Ma. These guys bend their own pipe and weld the system together so well supported and welded it is impressive. The best I have ever seen. They were highly recommended to me by another Pathy owner who had it done 3 years ago. The cost of $245 blew me away (along with every muffler and exhaust garage in the region).The 1996 has 75,000 miles...she was due. Great job! All my cars are going there now.
  7. Another really great foaming upholstery cleaner in a can: Blue Coral Automotive Upholstery Cleaner. Top rated by Consumer Reports and it cleans upholstery and carpets without scrubbing....just a little soft brushing to work the foam into the fabric, wait, then vacuum.
  8. Washed my 1996 Pathy and after washing, no windows, no locks. Did nothing different than any other time I washed it. The power lock toggler on the passenger side works, but the drivers door power lock toggler doesn't. The windows won't work anywhere. Pulled and examined all the fuses and all were OK. I'm inclined to suspect that either a ground wire in the driver's door or a fusible link somewhere is the problem. Has anyone had this problem? Moonroof works fine and everything else works fine. Mystified that the power lock toggle on the passenger side door works but not on the driver's door. And the Power Windows no longer function. Sudden Death.... :confused:
  9. Had a Plymouth Wagon once that had wander after an alignment. Seems the technician set the toe-in to zero. With no resistance in a forward motion, the car saved a little bit of fuel. In town she was OK in part because with all the variations in the local roads and the low speed, you are always correcting anyways, but on the Interstate, it would wander. When it was taken back the toe-in was set correctly to spec rather than dead neutral and the wandering stopped. I understand that without a little toe-in, a vehicle's tends to wander until it comes up against some mechanical resistance in the steering apparatus, like when you adjust with the steering wheel. I also found with that Plymouth that by running the tires a little softer, like at factory spec (ugh!) it wandered a lot less. Of course the softer tires masked that the front end was getting worn out (but not yet quite in need of work) and we all know that soft tires keep warranty repairs down because it cushions the car so nicely...fewer rattles, less vibration, etc. But airing down is one way you may obtain a decent roadability without further $$$ spent.
  10. This is one the the best forums I've read on the Internet. The editing has been unobtrusive and it has not hurt the content. Question is, who do you lose if you loosen up the quidelines and who do you lose if you don't? As a practical matter, no one is offended when no one can be offensive, but sometimes a writers ego will get bruised when legitimate emotions are being expressed in a non-attacking way. To the extent possible, editing should be seamless and a reader should be unaware that editing was performed. Its not easy thing to be in charge. Really fine Forum, though.
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