kdj Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 No, since the War (of 1812) I'm still North of the border...across the St. Lawrence River from Morristown, New York. If I go to the river, I can see you guys moving around over there on the other side very suspisiouly. Thanks to NPORA making friends across borders. but back to topic... Today I put on my roof racks and picked up four sheets of 5/8" ply and some 2X4s at Home Depot for work. Took a tall guy with me to load it. Still enjoying the SES light being gone. Also chopped out all the ice around my rear hatch that was keeping the door ajar light on. So now I just have the "D" light and either the 2 or 4 wheel light on. Finely the dash lights are back to normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CO_pathfinder Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Finally the dash lights are back to normal. I spent 13 hours this last weekend searching for the short casuing my E-brake light to stay on. Unless its some super diagnostic telling me that my brakes are bad (duh), I don't think that I'll ever find it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nefarious Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 And your brake fluid is topped up, yes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedPath88 Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 and/or is the switch sticking, the lever all the way down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CO_pathfinder Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 I need to check the brake fluid again, but when I pull the lever, the light gets brighter. The lever is as far down as it can go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbley11 Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 I have the same problem with my parking break. I tried acouple other things to get it off but now I don't really care. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CO_pathfinder Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 I have the same problem with my parking brake. I tried a couple other things to get it off but now I don't really care. Right? I'll just wait for the bulb to burn out. But I will check my brake fluid level first, might have something to do with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdj Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Is there slack in the e-brake cables or is it actualy on? Brake fluid has nothing to do with the e-brake. I have no idea about the switch on a '91 but if it's like most door switches, etc. the switch provides ground not power. So maybe the switch is bad and providing partial ground. Full ground when you do engage it (why it gets brighter)? I bet you could pull the bulb in under 13 hours! I did spend almost a day changing a shifter light bulb a while back though...Remove something, have beer, repete as needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CO_pathfinder Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 The ebrake is properly tightened. I just think something is grounding out that isnt supposed to be, and thats why the light gets brighter. I'll keep looking, but until then, I am constantly checking that my ebrake isnt engaged lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdj Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Ebrake properly ajusted..Check. Brake fluid is not related. Check. Some such switches suppy ground not supply power, Do you know what I mean? I take it you have a standard...I have always driven autos, in 35 years I've never used the ebrake. Just out of curiousity where is your light...dash or console? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nefarious Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Ordered parts for the old girl. All new ball joints, all new wheel bearings and seals, as well as moog problem solver inner tie rods and new 2wd center link and 4wd inner tie rods. Just need to source some diff drop bushings and superlift/rough country control arms and the front end of this truck is 100% complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vagabond Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Pulled the spare tire carrier off the 94, spent about 45 minutes trying to drive the pins out (yes I ground the one end off) When I did my 88 a couple of years ago the whole thing only took about an hour (sure love Calif cars) the 94 slowly migrated from the midwest to Idaho where I bought it 4 years ago. Soaking it with PB Blaster and will try again tomorrow might have to break out the torch on this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nefarious Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Started to tackle the horrible rear brakes on the new path. One rotor was rusted right out so badly that the pad had no clean surface to bind to and the other side had grooves on both sides of the rotor and very little pad left. Both rotors were very ugly in two distinct ways so I swapped the rear rotors from my parts truck over and got some new brake pads. Realized the slide pins are seized on the right rear caliper so I can't fit the new pads over the rotor even with the piston compressed all the way. That's where I got to so far, next step tomorrow morning is to swap the right rear caliper over from my parts truck and bleed the system all around. Hopefully my braking woes will be over after all of this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamzan Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 The rear rotors are so cheap I just throw new ones on every brake job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahardb0dy Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 does anyone have rotors cut any more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nefarious Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Yeah i usually have mine turned, but the ones on my parts truck were just turned about 5k ago and are in perfect shape. They are not so cheap in my neck of the woods. The joys of living on an island! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I turn rotors and drums all the time. I need to do the rear brakes on mine. I heard the squealers make contact today. One thing I can appreciate about my Pathfinder and my old one is I've never had a brake shake or pad squeak. But I guess that part has more to do with pad quality than anything. I washed it. I need to wax off some weird sticky tar stuff that's stuck to the lower part of the doors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamzan Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I asked about getting them turned here and both places I went to said don't bother because i can buy new ones for the same cost as the labour to machine them. Although how much work is it to measure and throw it on a lathe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamzan Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Yeah i usually have mine turned, but the ones on my parts truck were just turned about 5k ago and are in perfect shape. They are not so cheap in my neck of the woods. The joys of living on an island! How much are they for you? I can get white box ones for 24 dollars a piece. Ones I have now i think i bought at crap tire for a little more. They were Wagners though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nefarious Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 They are 35-50 each out here at lordco, although I will admit I've never checked canadian tire. can get rotors turned for 20 cash though at a local tire and mechanic shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahardb0dy Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 "I washed it. I need to wax off some weird sticky tar stuff that's stuck to the lower part of the doors." Little WD40 on a rag will take that off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 (edited) I asked about getting them turned here and both places I went to said don't bother because i can buy new ones for the same cost as the labour to machine them. Although how much work is it to measure and throw it on a lathe. Depends. Some are slip off rotors and some aren't like ours. But we have an on the car brake lathe that turns rotors in one pass, sometimes two if the warp is really bad. About 5 mins a corner. Pretty slick little machine. The regular brake lathe is slowwwwww. Edited February 15, 2015 by Kingman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CO_pathfinder Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Ebrake properly ajusted..Check. Brake fluid is not related. Check. Some such switches suppy ground not supply power, Do you know what I mean? I take it you have a standard...I have always driven autos, in 35 years I've never used the ebrake. Just out of curiousity where is your light...dash or console? Dash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stovanovich Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Drove the 42nd Traverse which is a 46km trail in the central north island of New Zealand through the Tongariro mountain area (Mordor) on the weekend.Was a great time but ended up bending the inner tie rods of my 2WD steering setup, luckily my mate lived close with a trailer and across the road from a wreckers where we managed to get some straight ones to get me home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nefarious Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Holy crap that must have been some trail! I have been wheeling on my 2wd setup for years with no issues; although it's typically more logging roads and washout around here, not so much hard core rough terrain. Have you tried the moog problem solver inner tie rods? They are quite a bit thicker than stock, I doubt you could bend one of those. The shaft is around 19 - 20 mm diameter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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