luv2play Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 I just purchased my first pathfinder. The person before put one of those 30,000 mile engines from japan in and gave up on it. It has some front clip issues and needs new cv joints in the front but my main concern is that I can't get it running right. I thaught maybe it was timeing but that didn't seem to fix it (though its kinda complicated with it not really running.) It will start then idle up pop and die. My other guess was maybe vacuum issues. Does anyone have any pics to show me the proper routing of things under the hood? For all I know stuff could be backwords and in the wrong place. Or even a pic of an engine with everything removed or plugged that can be without killing the fuel economy. I really like the style of this rig and being in Alaska theres no rust cause we don't use salt, but it need a grill or better yet a whole front clip cause of items missing and bent. If I get this running right I plan to invest alot, I figure if a suzuki sameri can be turned into a cool offroad vehicle then so can this. I will be lifting it atleast six inches and putting a set of 33's under it. I already found heavy duty cv joints to you until I convert it to solid axles. I will be taking picures as the build progress's. Any help on my engine problem would be greatly apreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBubbaTruck Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Well, I don't have much help for you on the engine, but will be interested to see the progress on your project. I've got an 87' as well and am working on 'restoring' it up to a useable condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luv2play Posted August 10, 2010 Author Share Posted August 10, 2010 so whats it going to take to get your 87 useable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBubbaTruck Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 so whats it going to take to get your 87 useable? Not a whole lot actually. The engine runs good and it actually passed smog (barely) this year. Biggest problem is a weird short in the wiring behind the dash. I've spent several hours trying to track it down, and I think I just have to pull the dash and see whats up. Needs a little suspension work as the back is sagging a bit. After that, we'll give it a desert camo paint job and deal what what breaks one issue at a time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luv2play Posted August 11, 2010 Author Share Posted August 11, 2010 Sounds like you'll be playing sooner then me. I may take the pricey easy route and have a local gargage get it going and put the lift in it. I may be going overseas on a contract gig. I'll know more in a week. Good luck with your wiring issue, those are definately no fun someimes. Have a good day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGreg Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 It might be the MAF or the wiring to it, my 88 is having an issue with that. It will start up and the engine will lob like it has a miss, then die, or just start up and die right away. When I wiggled the wires to the MAF while it was running, it leveled out, wiggled them again and it died instantly. The MAF is the black box attached to the side of the throttle body on the driver's side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luv2play Posted August 11, 2010 Author Share Posted August 11, 2010 I will check that box out. thnx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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