PerlNinja

From what I can see it's only the fan itself that can move, the shaft doesn't move at all, bolts are tight, still has a wobble...

Hi folks, Earlier today (well, for a few days actually) I've been hearing "strange" noises from the engine bay. Strange being defined as anything outside of the normal engine sounds. Couldn't find it but I noticed my fan was wobbling a little. With the engine stopped, you can actually move it around quite a bit, about an inch of play in there. Looks like I'll need a new fan bearing, but I'm kind of concerned now that my fan will disintegrate on me when I'm on my way to the shop... Possible? Or am I being too paranoid?

The music is what's in my CD player in the car It records audio too, generally I tend to avoid the bits where I'm cursing up a storm >.> No blue two stroke smoke? Well, okay, not where I usually go but in town there's plenty. Also black cloud of diesel burps. And... other stuff. No idea what kind of cam it is to be honest, picked it up at a mall for about 500.000 rupiah, which would be about 50 US dollars. It's some made-in-China thing... but good enough Cost of living is pretty good, it's currently (according to xe.com) 11.000 odd rupiah to the dollar, and I can get myself a rice dish with some drinks for about 20.000 to 25.000 - to put it in perspective, an upsized double cheeseburger at McD runs about 55.000 rupiah

Thanks! Good channel indeed We get here (next to the road, on the road, etc.) in no particular order: - goats - dogs - small children - old ladies - twigs Okay, twigs might not be a big deal however... a pothole that's gotten a bit too big to handle is usually marked by jamming a branch with some leaves on it into it. Similarly, broken down vehicles usually have a branch with a bunch of leaves stuck to their rear bumper.

That's how it is in Jakarta, it's predicted to be entirely gridlocked by 2020, and it's not far off. It can take over 3 hours to travel 10km or so. Generally I'll jump on a motorcycle taxi (well... just a dude with a cycle who wants to make some cash) if I want to get somewhere fast. The car's mainly used to haul dem groceries, and if I feel particularly masochistic to just drive around.

Similar, but not quite, down here. Rules be damned indeed, unless there's a cop watching in which case nobody wants to be the first to break a rule because the cop will want his cigarette money. Then there's the thing that there are in fact pretty decent toll roads on which you get a variety of traffic, just imagine if you will... - A 6 lane tollroad, 3 one way, 3 the other, with a concrete barrier in the middle. Similar to what you find in the USA - An 80km/h speed limit (give or take 45mph) that nobody keeps - Left lane (slow lane) filled with a variety of trucks in various state of delapidation that generally can't drag their old carcasses above 40km/h - Middle lane filled with faster trucks and anyone that's busy taking it easy - Fast lane filled with people that want to go faster but can't on account of some of the middle-lane dwellers taking a dip into the fast lane and never leaving - All lanes occupied by people that are going faster (some ridiculously so) and are basically skipping from hole to hole. Now add in that during weekends most people that have drivers (and most do, I'm a notable exception as a foreigner that doesn't employ a driver... I want to live, however) and give said driver the weekend off. Sunday drivers mixed in with all of the above will drive you insane the first few months you're driving alone. Unfortunately the toll roads see their fair share of fatalities; in town it's rarely anything more than damaged panels and pride, on the toll road... well, it's just not pretty at times. Usually it involves minivans with 10+ people crammed inside getting it by way of a reckless speeder or truck. Or drunk drivers, since there is no explicit driving under the influence law here (there's a law against driving whilst distracted which is usually used for prosecution though). Leads to some truly horrific accidents. For example, a woman called Afriyani spent all night partying with her BFF's, got drunk, took some drugs, and went home through the city doing upwards of 90km/h in the morning; she lost control, and plowed through a group of people on the sidewalk. Or the 16 year old who was given a high performance car by his rockstar dad who lost control on the toll road and ended up pretty much decapitating a people carrier. 8 fatalities. The kicker: rockstar dad blamed the driver of the people carrier and the toll road operator. (note of interest: official age for getting your license here is 18). Then there's the usual bit of badly maintained buses losing their brakes and going off cliffs/through other vehicles/into houses. All in all, there's the reason for having a dashcam. To cover my own ass, basically, and god forbid I record an accident on it to hopefully be able to submit it as evidence so the proper people get banged up behind bars for a while. P.S. I'm aware my own driving style isn't the most civilized either; but that's how it is. When in Rome... you must follow Roman ways, or you'll end up causing accidents real quick.

Blues and classic rock. And yeah, blues is very much alive here... I jam every saturday with a bunch of very talented musicians; for example... (Title of the song: This is Jakarta Blues)

I haven't actually done that yet, but I've had glorious fantasies about it... some motorcyclists deserve it, you see >.>

Have another one! Surprise appearances by WD21 Pathfinders at the end of the video.

Wrong side of the road? There's no such thing >.> (we drive on the left here, my car's right-hand drive )

I cut out all the bits where I spent it sitting in traffic because it's boring as hell, but it's worse here. Yesterday I spent about 2 hours moving 500 yards down to the nearest intersection. That's gotten so common it doesn't even qualify as a wtf thing anymore Will probably have a new one later on

Popcorn for lyfe! Indonesia drives on the left, but as far as your observation goes, motorcyclists generally just don't give a damn. You'll even get the funny f*ckers who end up swapping lens colors on their lights so their rear is white and front is red. And then they'll be going against traffic on your side of the road; proper WTF moment that one. I've been "hit" by motorcyclists more than I can count; the sheer amount of small dings, dents and scrapes in the sides of my pathy has gone beyond my ability to count. I've yet to actually unseat one or do any damage to motor or cyclist. One thing you learn real fast here is that reaction time can in fact be trained, and it's advisable to grow eyes in every appendage in every direction pretty much. As far as sounding good, there's mixed opinions. It's just a Z24, but after the header it dumps into a straight 2" pipe, no cat, then to a muffler under the car, then out to the back to a nice dual tipped AMG free flow exhaust. It can, at times, sound like a fart cannon, but at low revs it's pretty palatable. Wasn't my choice but muffler shops here tend to lean heavily towards customisation like this, so if you need a new muffler or new exhaust, this is what you're getting, whether you like it or not

Here's my first attempt at one:

Not going to happen Hell will freeze over before I get one. Besides the total cost for the job was $20 so... not like I really want it back. It'd cost me more in gas to drive there than I'd get off the refund. I did call them and told the nominal manager type that the dude who rebuilt my carb shouldn't be let near any anymore. He said he'd sort it out, I believe him. Still not sure if it uses too much gas though; but I've done only city driving which involves a hell of a lot of stop and go. Guess i'll have to ask the Nissan dudes for a tuneup or something... I also installed a dashcam recently so I may start doing a "pathy meets idiot road users" type thing soon

Thought it was all done but nooo... not quite. Was on the toll road the other day on the way to (irony of ironies) the Nissan workshop I usually go to to finally have the clutch replaced since I hadn't gotten around to it yet and to have them eyeball the carb. The carb got rebuilt by my (then local, now not so local since I moved last week) workshop but I had a feeling things weren't quite right. Indonesia being what it is, traffic built up real fast and for some strange reason I had the urge to be in the slow lane, and good thing it was too, next time I had to come to a stop the engine almost died, chugged at 100-odd rpm; turning on the AC real quick saved the day because it'll add a little extra gas, so rpms went to normal. For about 30 seconds, then it chugged out and died. Coasted to the shoulder and commenced my usual "jebus f'in bleep bleep bleep bleep bleeping bleep bleep" thing. 35C, right around noon, under the sun, does not make a good spot to start working on an engine. Luckily one of the toll road's many tow trucks happened to come by and the gents were kind enough to bend their rules (to the nearest toll road exit only) and towed me down to the nearest Nissan workshop. Did cost me 2 packs of smokes and 2 cups of coffee but hey, for that price... At the Nissan workshop they found out what happened: the geezer that rebuilt the carb forgot to put the new gaskets in. He also forgot to put a gasket between the carb and the intake body. That's gotten fixed (had to wait 2 days for parts), and the car runs good now. I did get told it's probably better to get off the 85 octane gasoline and start using the 91 octane (unfortunately it's about $20 more for a full tank). Does make a nice difference though. The only thing now is that there's a ticking noise coming from the valve cover, it seems. Not sure if it's a valve or a lifter that's gone kaka or whether it's the common exhaust rattle but... that'll have to get looked at. One thing's for sure, with the amount of new stuff that went into the Pathy, it should hold up for at least another 5 years.