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fishead

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About fishead

  • Birthday 12/15/1977

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  • Your Pathfinder Info
    '90 Pathfinder, blowing blue. In the mean time I am driving a Honda Accord with 435,000 KM that runs better then my Pathgrinder ever has.
  • Mechanical Skill Level
    Wrench And Socket Set Mechanic
  • Your Age
    22-29
  • What do you consider yourself?
    Weekend Warrior
  • Year
    1991

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  • Website URL
    http://knablig.blogspot.com/
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  • Location
    Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada
  • Interests
    My family (Justin 3, Ashleigh 2, and their Mom)<br>Electronics/nightvision, inventing stuff, offroading, fixing my pathfinder, trout fishing especially in lakes I need to use 4wd to access, computer games.<br><br>

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  1. I was getting 11mpg before I replaced my clogged up CAT, and my bad O2 sensor. O2 sensor was like $25 from some guy on Ebay. Works sweet. CAT... I had a mechanic put it in and he soaked me ($300 for the part!) Then it went up to like 15mpg. A couple months ago I did an oil change just before a road trip, and tossed in a bottle of Lucas oil treatment. I got 19mpg! I was blown away! A couple tanks of gas later, I was back down to 15. I'm gonna check all my vacuum lines and stuff to see if I can't clean it up a bit.
  2. So, just met a guy that has a rear end off a 1988 Pathfinder that he said he would give to me. I drive a 1990 Pathfinder SE-V6 4X4 with a burnt out LSD. Would this "new" 3rd member be compatible with my Pathfinder? Not sure I even know what I am talking about to be honest. I don't know exactly what my gear ratio is, but the new one is 4.65. Does this mean that if I spin one tire once, the driveshaft spins 4.65 times? Gonna do some more searching on this. My pathfinder has 31" tires, and I am pretty sure it as stock with them. Thanks for your help guys, I almost sold her 2 weeks ago because I counted up all the money I have poured in. Now I am getting excited about a locked rear end. Chris.
  3. As Lightening McQueen would say... "KAPOW!"
  4. I don't know WHAT I got yet!!! My good buddy Steve said that it is "Delayed", and the shop where it is getting "prepared" won't have "IT" ready until next week sometime :confused: It is one big conspiracy with all my buds, and my wife. Nobody has nuthin to say, and all I got under the tree was small crap! But... I have been routinely promised that it will be worth the wait, and that they have been working on it for a month or so...
  5. I just had my VG30E swapped. No warranty? Sounds like a BAD idea. If he swears it is good, why can't his money back it up? But still, the money for the engine isn't the worst part. The book time is 12-14 hours labour to swap the engine. Ask Slick, it is a big job! Definitely get new exhaust manifold studs. They were pretty cheap from the dealer. Good luck, but wait for an engine with a warranty!
  6. skrillaguerilla I would guess that motor weighs in about 50lbs. Prolly as much as the tire actually. I don't know off the top how much the spare weighs. It's a 31" spare too. Anyone know what the tire carrier is rated to hold? I still have to change the top pin. I got's the parts, but I aint got's the time! I love the rear tire carrier. It's extra storage space. The more junk you can mount on the back, the more junk you can fit inside. Especially necessary if you are THE ride for the guys camping trip.
  7. Just the other day, I was washing the salt of my pathfinder and realized that my spare tire looks pretty crap. So, I scrubbed it down, masked the tire, and painted the rim black. Now it looks sweeter. Friday's my birthday, and I am going fishing! w00t
  8. I use my spare tire carrier for my second engine. It's an old old old Tecumseh 2-stroke, 3 horse outboard for my 14ft canoe. I scored a piece of 1.5" plywood (it is actually 2 pieces screwed together) and a bunch of u-bolts. It takes a few minutes to bolt it on, but it holds my motor high enough that it's out of the way of any ditches I go through, and gives the added benefit of no gas smell in my pathfinder. Just the other day I figured out that I can wrap my chain around the support for the spare tire. Much easier to get to then under the rear seat. I like the idea of closing it in though. Maybe with a lid and a padlock? I will try to post some pic's from my laptop at work tomorrow.
  9. I've been to Sarasota! I went there to train on a camera system that is built there that I had to install, then service in Italy. Nice place.
  10. Also, find a local CB radio geek. 88pathoffroad, did you use an SWR meter to check your radio? I don't know much about it, but you should be able to tell from that how much power you are broadcasting. Also, did you tune your antenna? I was going to mount my CB under the stereo as well. Did you just screw up into the plastic, or what 88? http://www.radiomods.co.nz/pro500d510xl520xl.html for the description of how to modify your 520. I had a 520 many years ago, but when I sold my jeep I sold my radios to an old friend. Now I have a new Midland that is apparently easy to mod. Buddy was supposed to give me an 8' whip that I was going to mount on my bush-bar, but it didn't work out.
  11. So you are installing a Redneck Cellphone. I just bought one last night! Magmount is good if you are need to be able to remove it, but an installed antenna is (as far as I know) better. I have a good buddy that used to professionally install 2-way radios in Kamloops, BC who had a lot of info for me. If you go in the bush, the best place for a whip antenna is using an L bracket in the hood on the side opposite your FM antenna as close to the windshield as you can get it. For power, I was going to use a $3, 30amp relay. Connect the power directly from the battery and fuse through the relay and use the accessory power to switch the relay. I also bought a magmount as it is just easier to get it done, but once I am sure I know what I want to do, will be bolting an antenna in the edge of the hood. I can't find any info now, but there are a lot of sites about increasing the max power of your CB. I will post if I find anything for your 520
  12. Eh, I chickened out and didn't back in. Because Steve shoveled the snow from under the front tires, it was sitting on the skid plate and frame. No problem there, but if I backed in it would have been sitting on the gas tank. All our snow's melting. Back to boring rain... and mud:-)
  13. Are those aftermarket mods on that Nissan? Is it available in kit form for my '90 pathfinder? Sure would shut those fullsize guys up when legs pop out of my pathfinder and I crawl to the top of a rock!
  14. OK, I got stuck :-) My buddy, Steve, that so kindly shoveled the snow out from under my front tires, was forced into jumping on my back bumper so I could get traction to pull the front off. Maybe tomorrow I will back in... I love my pathfinder sometimes.
  15. Check out my sweet parking spot! My only concern is that I have less then a quarter tank of gas. Anybody know how our rigs respond to extreme angles and low gas? Well... that and my buddy grabbed a shovel and dug the snow out from under the front tires. I love winter.
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