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You can only really open the AC evaporator box. To remove it you would have to disconnect it from your AC, letting your refrigerant go/ripping new sections in the atmosphere/introducing moisture & possibly dirt into your system, and taking the box out completely...then you can open it fully. A strong shop vac and some patience will be the king of this exercise!

Alex, I'm worried about you. You actually stopped to say something nice about those other tires, you ok? Lol. I have an 02 that I upgraded to 4.63 gears, bought one of S. Fluery's aluminum front skid plates, with 265/75 Bridgestone REVO's, a 2" lift with a 3/4" spacer, drive on pavement everyday only to hop out of my gas guzzler in a suit to go to work and don't give a f-k what any of you think of me! I'm also too old & overweight to woop anybody's Daddy either! ne-aaa

All bragging aside, I do not have these problems...but can somone post a pic of which bushngs you are refering too? Is it the ones that are squished inside sort of a C clamp fixture?

Use a propane torch, and some gloves--maybe even some chrome tools to heat and shape...I haven't gotten mine perfect, but it is worth stopping that "freshly ripped the bumper off the car parked next to you sound"!

I also had SUPER results with my Honda. I have (had) quite a smoke bomb. I replaced the head on my 93 1.5 civic, this and a 1/2 can of Seafoam in the oil has made it stop smoking completely during normal driving. High RPM's still leaves a bit, but that is to be expected as I have some tired rings. If I had to guess, this product cleaned up my oil rings enough that they can now control some of the flow! +1 for Seafoam!

Ok man, check this thread out. This one hurt my feeling as I had a 98 with only 114K (?) and gave up loking for its source of problems!

I think I know what sound you are talking about, I have heard a few VQ's go by that sounded like some links were colliding with each other as they were stopped abruptly to go over gears. Good call testing the coils and you're right the sensors are straight forward. I can only think of normal maintenance that I could blame for such behavior..fuel filter, injector cleaner, plugs. 1-10 how hard was this work? I have seen the pics of the cam gears and their colored teeth for timing, this seems pretty tough at least compared to a Honda anyway.

Oh snap, I work all this weekend. We (You, Lax, Sammy, Me--other locals?) need to make a date up so we can all hook up and go. I finally got Fluerys front skid on (minus a few bolts I had to tap larger), and a Nissan T-case skid too! I just need notice to burn time, I have plenty. Lax how about you? Let the PM's begin!

I would change the fuel filter, if it is clogged it will be tough at idle to get gas through, maybe at throttle the fuel pump is pushing enough fuel through to straighten up.

/\ /\ /\ They may have also figured out that aerodynamically that air was better off going inside than getting forced back out of the cabin air intake. lol, maybe this is simply like you said earlier--the "rest" position for the climate control!

WoW! Super find! What was the damage for our superb motor with 41K? Good luck with all today! Did you loc-tite the new engine or did you have to swap over the intake, I am curious to see if they included that for you. Again, great work and may the Force be with you today!

Way to go man! Where did/are you getting another motor from? (Fueler: I can do it I put my a** into it)

I am all Mobile1, and the most noticable difference was the T-case when I changed its fluid. I must admit that Winter around here is just cold, no snow anymore...jet streams just sail around us, never really lining up for us~~or we are really over-due!

TO all the Manuals across the land---if Pennzoil Synchromesh is an approved fluid, I highly recommend it! It works superb in any gear grinding Honda, and in the Winter is really not as thick as some of the boo-hoo bears complain.

But man listen, really, if you can change your oil than YOU CAN loc-tite those power valve screws. It may take 2 hrs, but seriously giving up the truck over a 2 hr update proceedure is just not ok. Honest.

Lots of moving parts involved, how about Cam Position sensors? They are prone to failure...did the have to come off or get moved? This may have caused their demise....ground wires and wire connections are super important too as they help finish the ECU's thoughts. What went wrong with your timing chain? Guides?

Am glad to see the poor mileage posted here! I can get 14-14.5 city and no better than 19.5-20 HWY being super easy on the far right pedal. There is one terrible aero feature of the truck...the wind faring on the roof of the 02-04 SE and the rear curve of the hatch is way to sharp for air to press around...no answer on a respectable looking fix yet though. **Damn it LoveMy Path--I can't stop looking at your avatar!! I think I can even hear the music**

VQ35HR--exactly! Go for a replacement out of an 04+ 350z or any G35.

advancing in like 2 degree incriments (ignition timing) should provide a difference...read your Haynes manual to do this properly.

One of our very own here had asked the question before (Arcano) on another forum to no avail. I looked at the shcoks in pics and they do look like a good match, the offset is that they would only compress so far. Arcano's question

Yup! It has more factory output. The only modification you have to perform is the pulley swap from your old Alty. You may need to grind the case of the Quest alty a bit also, when you put the Pathfinder pulley on, you will see that it needs ground very little.

Guys, super cool to know what has worked and what hasn't...but what did you think of thm, firm soft agile etc.? I still have my oem's on the rear and I think they are giving out, quite a bit of bound after large highway abutments! I want a medium firm, agile ride...which one would I chose? I recall that the Rancho's had a number out there that fit our trucks and had a longer reach than OEM too any info on a bilstein that is extended?

Why pull off? Why say my truck is faster? It is fun! Some people like to bash their perfectly good truck on rocks...why? Fun Some people like to get mud in places that water has a hard time finding, why? Fun Some people like to drag great looking trucks through tree branches on trails, why? Fun I have more than once offered a tow off to trucks that are full size and may have me by up to 1000 lbs but it would be fun anyway. I am sure that I am not the only one who has mashed the gas pedal next to a "fast" car to show them that speed is relative to the ground, not stickers or the buttstang dyno...again fun! To each his/her own! BTW Davids Farm is one of the funniest/retarded you tube entries out there, that dude is crazy and has friends to back him up!! ...enjoy!

Hatch-glass struts? I have a similar racket in my 02 R50...and I am convinced that I need to add a little white lithium to their mounting balls...give it a whirl!

What a great thread, though I am slightly biased, it keeps beaming the VQ's durability! Is everyone here aboard the TrueDelta site?