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taro

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  • Your Pathfinder Info
    SE
  • Mechanical Skill Level
    Wrench And Socket Set Mechanic
  • Your Age
    36-40
  • What do you consider yourself?
    Rarely Go Off-Road
  • Year
    1998

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  1. Here's my daily driver... Haven't found anywhere to wheel in South Florida that doesn't involve swamps though (no snorkel and open diffs so far) :-/
  2. Update: I sold the Pathfinder for $700-I suck at negotiating Anyway, he wanted to put a new engine in it and take it back home to Haiti. Can't thank everyone enough for all of the help I've received here over the years. Best wishes to all, Taro
  3. I ended up deciding to put it on CL for $1000. http://miami.craigslist.org/brw/cto/3384060348.html If it doesn't sell in the next few days, I'll sell it to a scrap yard. Towncivilian, I sent you a pm. Thanks, Taro
  4. Thanks for the response. Any ideas on what the going rate is? Thanks, Taro
  5. Also turns out that I have the show opening glove box.
  6. Yes, I have the front combination housing. Re: the door handle having resistance. I'm assuming yes. I have never had the feeling that it was broken. All this being said though, here's my predicament: right now my mechanic is letting me keep the non-running pf at his lot temporarily until I decide what I'm going to do with it. I live in a suburb and don't have any garage space to part it out. Another thing I'm short in is time, especially now that we have to buy another car. The mechanic thought a local yard would offer $400 for it. As I've been looking through Nissan part prices, it looks like it would take a lot of time and effort to make significantly more than this. Thoughts? Thanks, Taro
  7. My charcoal canister was missing, but my rack and PS pump are good as far as I know. My door handles are good. I don't recall the glove box opening slowly or an air temp sensor. I have a '98 se with the spare tire rack on the rear and I believe a limited slip rear diff (although I'm not sure if the clutches are doing anything at this point). I'm not sure what the front combination housing is. My interior color is beige cloth and brown plastic. Are you guys able to pick up?
  8. I am currently in the Fort Lauderdale, FL area. The crank is damaged. The area where the keyway was repaired is now oblong. Doh!
  9. The long version of the story is that I bought it at $135k with a clean carfax report only to find that it had been in a front end collision. Eventually, I developed a hole on top of the muffler, which then resulted in the carpet above the muffler melting. Then the keyway for the crank pulley got mangled, which was repaired. That was the repair that gave up the ghost. The mechanic called and said he couldn't believe she was running for as long as she did in the shape that she was in. In addition, there's some evap equipment that is not working/missing-he also mentioned something about looking like there was a small fire where some of the emissions equipment is missing. Also, three of the four o2 sensors are throwing codes. But that being said, when it was running prior to this, it was running, shifting, steering, and braking very well. Mileage is around 225k miles. :-(
  10. Well, my 1998 seems like she's finally throwing in the towel. The mechanic is guessing that she might need a new engine, but won't know until he starts taking things apart. He noted that once he began taking things apart, he can't guarantee that he can get her running again unless she gets a "new" used engine. He said junk yards are offering about $400 for a vehicles to scrap, but I'm wondering if it would be worth it to try and part it out. As far as I know, the manual tranny and transfer case are fine as well as the rear axle and front diff and half shafts. The tires and wheels are in decent shape...any thoughts? Thanks, Taro
  11. skulptr, i forgot to add that those are some excellent pictures of the rear wheel tucking into the wheel well! to anyone who is interested: we just had our "blizzard" of 2010 in tennessee and i'm glad to report that the yokos did great in the snow (about 2") and the resulting ice. if traction became an issue, just putting it into 4 hi did the trick and i didn't get out of sorts at all. of course you had to slow down slowly. the abs came on a few times. i only mention this because in the south, most people think that having 4wd means you can stop on a dime on ice and defy the laws of physics. just to clarify, the ice had texture, it wasn't black ice or super smooth ice. hth
  12. skulptr, thanks for posting your experiences. It looks like you might be better served by an MT tire versus an AT. My best "hybrid" experience was with the Cooper Discoverer S/Ts. Relatively aggressive tread, but still good on the highway. My Dean Mud Terrains are very squirrely on-road, but this could also be due to the fact that they are only 9.5 inches wide on live axles on both ends
  13. ModiFinder, you're welcome Howie, FYI: I had some rubbing today at 32 degrees that I didn't experience at 19 degrees for some reason. It's only to the right at full lock, just like with the BFGs. Thanks to all for their feedback. It's reassuring to hear the positive experiences of others.
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