nztim

I tried to do this, went for a drive and took the readings I took 4 readings and they were all different...? Some had to much some had to little. although the oil was almost "scattered" on the dip stick, rather than producing a nice line like when you check the oil in the engine? Is this just because it is thinner?

Hmm, im not sure on miles. a few, i use it as a work vehicle, so some pretty rough 4x4'n and a fair few miles of travel in between, the transmission sort of gets lost between gears, rather than a nice change it "slips"? As I said this is the first auto I have ever had, so its all new to me...

Personally I haven't however the previous owner did it 18 months ago

My auto has started playing up in my Diesel Terrano. So before I go buying a new box I want to add or replace fluids in the gear box. How do I do that? I have never worked with auto's before... Would you advise topping up or replacing? Last time it was done at the shop was 18 months ago. Or am I simply trying to avoid acknowledging that its stuffed?

In those 90's sentras and pulsars (my old one included) the relays where pretty common to pack up on the unit. is there current to the compressor?

Hey, yup 2.7 turbo diesel. not the fastest vehicle, but enough grunt to get by so far.

So i managed to find a newer terrano cluster in the wreckers. was too new to mount without rewiring. but i grabbed the needles off it. i had to make a sleeve for the.shaft but now i have a working speedo with cool red needles

Haha sandwich sword would be awesome! but would have no idea where to get one here

There are heaps of skylines here, only problem is trying to buy parts for the rear left of the car (as we are right hand drive) cause all the want to be drifters smash them into powerpoles, haha. Sweet will keep and eye out. do you reckon they need to be a certain weight or balance?

So... I had fixed my speedo the other week using the hair dryer method which was great until the sunny day yesterday where the speedo went right back to where it was before. Now to my question... Im gunna head to the wreckers tomorrow to try find a speed needle in alright condition seeing as I know mine will just pop off without any hastles. If I cannot find the correct speedo needle, are they a generic fit? will a speedo needle of something more common and stable say a honda or a nissan skyline fit on the existing motor in the cluster? Would love to know if you have had experience with this or if you know of any models that would fit? If i find one I will let you know too...

Yea i had the negative terminal problem a while ago. i just hammered some lead in there and it hasnt happened since. btw sweet display name. haha i finished the radio series again the otherday

Got it going!! horray!!! I borrow my mates shed. Everything was sweet except an intermittent earth problem, which was the cause of everything... for some reason it would stop earth under load...? I ran all new cables tonight and set it all and boom, these puppies are bright! Thanks for the help guys

Ahhh thanks, yea I was imagining the special air services, and turning the pathfinder into a full on assault vehicle. which would be awesome but figured it was an unlikely scenario. haha. Glad I now know.

so.. newbie question here, what is SAS and acronym for?

Just did this the other night, works great, although my needle fell off afterwards and when I put it back on it was 10km/h out, so I went for a drive down the road at 10km/h and pushed the needle on and now its within 1km, stoked. thanks heaps!

Ok, well its dark out now, So will have to be tomorrow night as I dont have a shed. haha. But ill give that a go, and yup the lights are grounded to the same as the relay. I tested all grounds and they are good.

So bypass the relay altogether? I went to the store just now and brought another relay, tested all the connections and they were good, flicked the switch and "buzz" no lights, grr.... there must be a short I am missing.... possibley between the relay and the lights themselves. but I dont see how that would cause the relay to buzz? at the store it was the same price to buy a relay as it was to buy a relay wiring kit. so I brought a relay wiring kit, I might pull out the old setup and put in a new one... if that dosent work im not sure what I will do...

So slight update now the output to lights terminal is ready 0v, so im off to the store to buy another relay... hopefully it works

I have 12v constant and 12v switch voltages coming in. Yea I was confused at loosing 3v too. and the bulbs are 100w 12v.

So as the title says I have been putting spot lights in all afternoon, at first I was doing my checks and found the relay wasn't working and found the solution to that rather quickly as that the original earth terminal had been snapped off. So that was an easy fix and it was producing voltage. then I went on and mounted and wired the lights turned them on and "click click click" nothing.... So I think the old relay that was in the vehicle already had officially died, but I had a spare relay in the shed. I wired it up and with out the 12v constant from the battery its clicking happily when triggered, then I apply the 12v constant and the click seems to go away. I used the multi meter on the terminals and its producing 9v for the spot lights, which cant be near enough but the lights arn't even glowing..? So what would you do here? Is my spare relay possibley dead too? does the sound like a short?(i have checked thoroughly but cant find any...)

I spose I hadn't thought about the whole "on your own" thing previously, none of my friends have trucks... I shall study that forum link and built an appropriate kit for my truck, thanks. and hopefully find another person to go wheeling with

So Im thinking about heading out in the bog of a winter we are having in New Zealand and as it will be my first "lesuire" 4x4 experience just wondering what you guys bring for those "Uh Oh..." moments, haha. I have had experience 4x4'ing before but always with in a short trip of a farmer with his tractor to save me if I had got stuck (which touch wood I haven't done yet) My kit i usually have in the vehicle is, strop's, spade, fire extinguisher, gps and radio. any other recommendations mainly asking so I can make up a kit to keep in the vehicle at all times. Keen to know what you guys have. Cheers, Tim

weird issue that I can't seem to resolve that you guys may have had a similar experience. Sometimes the shift lever will lock and need the release button pushed so I can change it out of park. Its a small thing that isn't a huge problem but would be good if some one out there had a resolution...

I managed to get some pictures tonight and turns out I got the year wrong "DOH!" its a 91' I shall put the pick up in the members rides sections as Im hoping to post progress as it goes.

I had an old car that had a similar issue and would have a shudder going on to, and after exhausting my options I replaced the airflow meter it went away.