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Thank! I just noticed the forum is back and running and I hope to be on here from now on as well. Can't say how many times I used this forum to search for information and 99% of the time found it right here, it's great! As for the racks, I think the demand is there, feedback has been great and since some nice guys with Instagram R50 accounts started sharing, I've been getting more and more messages. I only have 3 left from my first batch at the moment and already made arrangements to make another batch sometime in March when I'm back from vacation. I hope I will keep making them for as long as I keep my R50 and potentially longer now that I have everything figured out. I probably need more people to have them installed to start being recognized. Also I hope for those undecided because it's too expensive, they'll start seeing value as more people use them... unfortunately prices of fabrication, aluminium and even hardware are steeper here in BC than in the US. Anyways, pm me here or on any of the groups, I still have a couple of my previous revision racks available a little cheaper (they're almost identical!)

I've been quietly following your progress on the Facebook groups, but happy to have you over here as well. Question - how has demand been for these? Reason I ask is I have other plans for my Pathfinder's modification budget for this year, but will likely be in the market for one of your racks around this time next year so I was curious if you anticipate still offering these for the foreseeable future. Thanks in advance!

Without looking at the data, I would suspect the temperature sensor being the source of the problem. If the ECU sees the trans temp too cold, it does strange things with the shifting to bring it up to operating temperature as quickly as possible.

Just did this repair again tonight to another 98 Pathfinder SE. It had the stuck in first and would not shift to second while cold issue. It took about 10-15 minutes of idle time plus driving slow for about 5-10 minutes before it would shift properly. Even when warm it had a slight flare shifting from second to third. Went to Pick N Pull today, (40% off sale) I got a valve body and all 4 accumulator pistons and springs for $37.00 out of a 2004 front end wrecked Xterra. I know it was running when it was wrecked The pathfinder shifts like a new one, and the 2-3 shift flare is gone! This pathfinder had about 250 K miles on it. I didn't check the Xterra miles. So, a valve body, two gallons of fluid, a filter/gasket kit, and two hours of my time and this pathy is running like a champ. My question is...What the heck is in these valve bodies to cause this "morning Sickness" problem? I took the old valve body apart and did not see any issues or any O rings even. I re-used the solenoid pack from the pathfinder as it was less than a year old and they were like new clean. That eliminates them. No TCM codes either, and the trans fluid was like new clean. (only a year old with 4K miles on it.) Just to let you know, A transmission shop ( Insert name here) AGAIN quoted about 3 thousand dollars to rebuild this Transmission..."IF" the valve body was good. That was my hint! ( I told him it shifted normally when warm, no slippage) The man probably knew this cold shift issue with the RE4R01A transmissions and after my transmission was removed/torn apart, he would have soaked me for another $800.00 for a new valve body on top the $3K rebuild charge!!!!