mritt400

...Or you can use a 1/2 drive ratchet and a length of pipe if you don't have a breaker bar. Wouldn't try it with a 3/8 though.

I haven't seen gas here under 3.00 in several months...$2.34 must be nice. I just heard last week that crude hit a record high...Oooh, I can't wait.

Just got it home yesterday so I will post pics soon...

Well I am the newest new guy I guess (for now). Anyway, I came across this forum and once I looked around I knew this would be a good place for information, possibly some humor and an occasional place to vent. Whilst taking a break from my 4ZE1 Trooper upper engine rebuild I came across a deal. I am actually very new to the Nissan Pathfinder. I happened across ad on Craigslist that said “95 Pathfinder, running, needs work, make offer”. I, as I am sure most of us are, quite pleased to see “needs work”, “running” and “make offer” in the same phrase and he also said it was running. I jumped the battery, turned the key and she fired right up with a plume of dust rising up from a pretty formidable hole in the upper exhaust. No ticks, squeals or readily noticeable abnormalities. Well to make a long story short; he wanted the space in his driveway back and who am I to deny him. $200 on the trailer and down the road. Shoot, the tires on it are worth almost twice that. The good: The body is actually pretty good condition considering the year and location. Frame looks solid; brakes work well, 4 tires w/ less than 1k on ‘em…All in all seems like a pretty sound little truck. Shifts in and out of gear nicely although I have not been able to go down the road yet so we will see how she does in that area in the coming weeks. The (not so) bad: Driver exterior door handle busted off. Front passenger door will not open at all. Exhaust leak and a pretty mean gas leak mid way down the truck on passenger side of the frame. The truck has 160,00k and at this point I don’t know if that is a bad thing. There are a few other bits and bobs that will need some tweaking, but all and all it’s not that bad. Already a "to do" list: I am going to call the guy back just to get a better idea of the service history. Either way I am planning on replacing the timing belt, tensioner and water pump. IF already done in the last 20-30k I won’t bother. However, I must admit in reading some previous posts, I am getting squeamish about the timing belt due to the lack of proper timing marks and all this talk of “tooth counting” and still being off. We’ll see what happens. Ifigured if I spent the $200 on parts for my Tooper I still would be a ways off from gettin' her back together. Why not spend it on something that is already running to at least get me through the winter? Anyway, sorry for the long post, but I’ll be kicking around and picking your brains, so I hope you don’t mind…And yes I know how to use the search function when I need to…ha