adamzan

According to what my dad says, one of the linkages is "worn" and that was like 3 years ago, and now with my frame rust i don't know if there still there LOL I live around ottawa ontario and i guess ill have to see about the safety garbage.

On my pathy Ive been told that my rear sway bars or stablilzers are broken, well one of them is at least. What do these things do? and are they a requirement for a vehicle to pass a safety inspection to get the plates?

Yea about the timing belt, i don't think its ever been changed :eek: But as soon as more important issues are fixed ie frame, i think it should be ok just moving from the garage to the parking spot.

Im so glad i got it goin to because how it sounded when it died scared me a little because i thought the timing belt broke.

I finally got around to it tonight and wow this thing is amazing, I just put a jerry can of gas in it, charged the batter for an hour and it started on the first crank!!! Now i can finally start to work on it

Thanks Extreme90Path. Man this truck is a tank, you can put it through anything. When i first got it I took it through my friends trail just once to see what it could handle. It plowed through everything, IN 2WD most of the time. And this mud was up almost to my knees, plus this pathy is bone stock. Of course i got it completly covered in mud but i powerwashed the truck off after...

Thanks for the advice, I'll advise on the progress once i get some time. Also i was just wondering, after the frame is fixed and passes inspection, would it be possible to add a reese hitch? or would there be to much stress for the poor old frame?

I have a friend down for a while, actually who will help me attempt to fix it. Im going to the metal supermarket soon to buy some metal for something else im working on. I wanna buy some metal plate for the pathy frame or a U piece of metal that could replace the rotted out sections. Anyways how thick of metal should i use for this. I was thinking 1/4' steel but maybe i should get something thicker. Would like to hear your 2 cents thanks

thanks for responding, ill definitly look into that. Also since my compressor hasn't been used for so long now (year and a bit) do you think it will still work at all?

Ok first of all only one of my headlights work when only the running/daytime lights are on. As soon as i turn the switch to the nightime lowbeams they both work, they also work on highbeams as well so the lamps themselves are fine. Second of all my blower fan for the a/c and heat only works on 1 and 2, sometimes i used to be able to get it to go on 3 or 4 if i pushed on it hard. Third my a/c compressor does not even try to engage when i push the ac button. It was working great before but i dunno why its doing this now. Sometimes while i try to get the 3rd and 4th fan speeds to work the green ac light will flicker while i push on the fan selector. I don't have the automatic climate control though. thanks

My muffler is welded to the frame cross bar just for that reason - to elminate the rattle the darn thing caused. Althought it makes no difference now that the cross bar is no longer attatched

I don't plan on using it for any real off roading because after my final highschool year I'll need it for my 45 minute drive to college. The registration says 93 but on the truck itself theres a sticker on the door that says its a 94. I must own the only 94SE pathfinder with the more boxy dash My dad never changed any steering components, shocks, or anything other than the starter, alternator, and a rad hose. I like the adjustable shocks so ill be keeping them. I also like the E-AT tranny thing Oh and there was some bill in the little black nissan book about the stabilizer joint or something being broken but not repaired by the choice of the owner????

upgrade my steering whats wrong with the stock stuff? speaking of which , i get a clickety clack coming from the front end when i turn as sharp as she goes.

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thanks alot, you guys respond really fast and i appreciate that Ive got another question. Some of the 94 pathfinders i see have a more cury dash than mine and others I have seen. Also the manual states that its a 94 yet in some of the repair bills i got with it state its a 93 this is really confusing although i think its a 94. Are there any major differences between the 2?

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Thanks for the tip, do you know the reason for it becoming so loose in the first place? We did have a bike rack on it before that held three bikes but i didn't think that was the problem.

My compressor clutch just won't engage for some reason :confused: It worked perfectly all those years before

Some one told me ''thats gonna cost you like 2000 to get road legal again" I said screw em i got it for free and my max amount to spend is 5000. (also need to replaced cracked windshield for ontario safety) Oh and on the doors in the pic it looks like rust but i checked it out ITS GREASE!! All of the doors and the back hatch were greased on the inside and all around so they are in great shape like the rest of the body!! One last thing, has anybody else had the problem of the tire carrier rattling like crazy when you shut it or drive on bumpy roads?

Although it needs alot of work, Im already enjoying it, It was a gift from my dad. I can tell that im gonna have alot of fun with this truck and that it'll last me a while whenever i finally get her road legal again. 94 SE with all the goodies and the tire carrier with bike rack

So after i fix it what kind of rust prevention should i apply? Just a basic oil spray inside the framerails and on the rest of the truck? I remember my dad having it oil sprayed once like 4 years ago but other than that i don't know what was done to it. The frame damage was discovered last september and its been sitting ever since. We took it in to costco to get new tires in august and i can't belive they didn't say anything... IDIOTS oh well at least i got 4 new bridgestone dueller 31's for free

K thanks for the advice im very busy this week but i try to start the motor and let it move around a little bit just so nothing seizes. oh and what kind of cranking amps do this pathys need to turn the starter, because this battery i think is for a smaller car and thats why i didn't get to many cranks out of it (my dad let it sit for the winter without even starting it and the other battery froze to death) Im not that mechanically inclined so thats why my friends are helping me with my frame lol. Also im only 17 so its also a project truck for me.

I will do as soon as i get time. Also is it ok to move it around the property in its condition? so far i just go really slow and try to avoid braking to reduce stress. oh and is it common for the crossmember to fall off on these model years?

Its only like 100 feet give or take away from the garage, so im gonna try to boost it when my buddy gets back or we'll just pull it with his car.

Ill tell you the story of what happend. The guy who owned it before my dad was a nut and he decides one day, hey lets go mudding in a farm field, im all for that too but he never cleaned it and that was over 6 years ago so when my dad bought it he never knew of all the crap that lingered inside. There was more in there but a friend and i have managed to clean alot of it out. Also i have gone around to the whole frame with a ball peen hammer and whacked the daylights out of it and i found all the rust holes.