Need help

[PathfinderCanadianGirl]

,Ok First of all im gonna say..... I love my 1988 Pathfinder. I told my friends id choose this over a brand new lincoln....i find myself rubbing the dash calling her my phat girl!  Ive been working on her so much and always new parts. So i have issues beyond meassure.

 

Ill just start with the major one.

 

So theres a scrapping noise coming from under the car.... I thought it was my clutch release barring so WSL sold me one seperately. Of course 3 cross members i took off the gear slid transmission  back. Popped in the barring.  The noise was still there. So then i ordered the whole clutch kit which comes with the releade barring and the special tool to put it in.... MY GOD LOTS OF WORK!    Finally i got it in.....nothing changed. Of course i drained fluid and refilled before and after.... I dont know what to do next?

 

Details on the engine running:

*sound is during idleing

* 1st gear 

*2nd gear

*3rd gear

*not in 4th (so im constantly trying to drive in 4th at 60km to save the embaressing looks)

*5th even louder grinding

 

When my clutch is down to switch no sound. But neutral idling its grinding

 

Please help

 

[Slartibartfast]

Having seen what they're calling a Lincoln these days, I have to agree!

 

Nissan put the fill hole too low on the manual transmissions, so the countershaft bearings starve for oil and wear out. In fourth, the countershaft isn't loaded (the trans is 1:1), so the bearings are quieter. If it's bad enough to make noise when it's not driving anything, that suggests the bearings are well and truly buggered.

 

Manuals after '96 had the oil fill hole raised up a little to increase the oil capacity and keep the bearings happy. The trans from a 3.3 R50, Xterra, or Frontier should bolt in. Rebuild parts should be available as well. You can overfill the older transmissions (if they're not roached yet) by removing the shifter and adding oil there. More info here.