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I'm assuming those are trailer/street tires on it. Trucks sitting still are easy to judge. When you actually see it on a technical trail (not a "normal" trail) crossed up, it's a whole different perspective!

This sounds like it. especially if it's cold out. Just tigthten the clamps and that should take care of it. As posted, it's pretty common problem.

The first time my starter went it was a flat spot on the armature. I rebuilt it after draining all the oil out of it. I put in new brushes (from a Hardbody as no one had a listing for the Pathy) in -had to sodder them in. Worked fine for a year and then it started going bad. I used an old golf club 1 iron to pound the starter to get it going. That only lasted for a few weeks. Had to replace it again...in the winter. Hillclimber got his rebuilt for a very good price.

Yaesu 8900 quad band mobile and Yaesu 7R handheld quadband/out of band for crossband repeating. How about yourself? I ran under carpet as it was easier too. The A pillar is a great idea, but I'm always tweaking the lines so need to pull cables fast.

The ideal place is on the roof in the center for the best ground plane. GG made reference to this in another thread I think. Depending on the mount and the type of wheeling you do, garage height, etc, this usually doesn't work for some people. I have an 8foot fibreglass whip that I put on the rear passenger side bumper. For trail and hwy, this gives me ok range. My Ham is on the roof 'cause I need the ground plane for Distance.

I have both CB and Ham antennas. The CB antenna is mounted on my rear bumper. I used to run the cable thru a small hole in the bottom of the tailight lense, and then through the interior hidden. Right now I run part of the cable underneath and then up through the rubber plug underneath the rear seats. I will have to look under rear Fender wells as Grim said. That sounds like a route that one can get the cable in sooner. My Ham antenna right now is mounted on the roof and temporarily run through the sunroof down into the cab. This is because I need the Ham setup portable to move from vehicle to vehicle. I will eventually buy the fender mount so then I can just unscrew the antenna and use the mag mount for other vehicles.

Having the doors off makes a night and day difference on technical sections. You can lean way out and see where all your tires are. However, in dusty areas it's really quite the pain in the ass. :o

Congrats. I need to do that. Just have to motivate myself!

I guess I would give it some serious thought if the Pathy was just a grocery getter and my lifestyle didn't require the use of an SUV. That's why I bought those six cup holders (http://www.nissanpathfinders.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=5539) Being a bit more modified, my gas mileage is around the 10-12 mpg. My other daily driver was on it's way out, so I was driving the Pathy daily for a few weeks. I do a ton of driving during the week so that cost me 100.00+ a week for gas. Instead of 250kms per tank from the Pathy, I now can get 700+kms per tank at half the price of a Pathy fill up. I do have the car payment, but the Pathy stays parked, keeps the street miles off of it, I don't have to fight to drive it (super soft suspension, no sway bars, locked rear grabbing the ruts makes for a not so fun drive in the city). I'd never sell the Pathy as it is purpose built now and used for a ton of other uses.We just needed an efficient commuter.

Next year for sure!

Hi, you can try the cn4xc website for more pics. Otherwise, I'll snap a few at the Jam and post for you.

Coming up August 12th-14th Show these guys how to drive! (Although, a near flop is always fun ) Lot's of great trails. Stocker runs to wild and crazy. I have a collection of dents/gouges from pre-running the wild and crazy trails. For more info: http://www.cn4xc.com/trail-jamboree/index.htm

The one thing I've noticed with Yotas, is the pickups with no weight in the bed do have a hard time on certain sections/hills/ruts. The Pathys and 4runners do fine. Then, there are certain sections where the longer wheelbase of the truck allow it to just 'walk' up certain sections and us Pathys and 4runners are desperately trying any line to get thru that obstacle.

Very nice pics! That trip looked like a blast.

In addition to what the others have said, have a peek at your upper and lower link arms. Worn bushings in those can cause swaying. In the newer Pathys this is a common problem, not as much with our WD-21s.

I don't have a pic of it installed. I went to one of the local auto parts stores.

I used tractor lights for my backup lights. Was going to use fogs. I have them wired seperately with a relay. That way when I'm camping, they can be used to help me setup in the dark. They also come in handy when you come across an accident scene in the dark... Here in Western Canada, if you use fogs or other lights as auxillary backup lights, they fall under the category of "Docking Lights". Probably is the same in most Provinces/States?. Basically, most Semi- trucks have auxillary backup lights that they use when backing up to the loading docks. Keep them aimed right and they don't even need to be covered. They can be high wattage too. You can only have two though.

I put one of those GT steering wheels on. It was smaller but didn't look funny in my opinion. I thought it looked good. I had the black on silver. It was thicker than the stock wheel which I liked. When I Sas'd and used a Saginaw steering box, it was taking me what seemed like a 1000 revolutions to turn. That was ok, but backing down a very steep cutline with errosion ruts and rocks, it was dangerous as I couldn't keep the front end straight. Bouncing around hard downhill backwards usually meant stalling...which means no brakes and no steering, so I switched back to the stock steering wheel which gives me a fighting chance to keep the nose straight and not roll.

He did say it was a tame day. The Rally open/close work we do, we only need the winches, and other trucks for anchors, so yes, no 4x4ing there!

Alberta Canada, the park is called indian graves That SAS-ified pathy is Kevin, a guy in our group....he runs 35's and my truck has to be bigger than his, you gotta have goals Yup, that's me. Hahaha. Lowrider will be on 38's or larger! Those tamer shots were us (Calgary Nissan 4x4 club) doing Sweep (course open and course close) and Recovery for the Canadian Rally events. We do that 3-4 times a year. We have fun, but the drivers hate to see us

I've seen only about 3-4 of them in Western Canada during the last 12 yrs. After that, I've only seen the Chilkoot for a brief time. They always been the dark green (It looks black to me unless you look closer).

Welcome!

Welcome Justin

Thanks GG, guess I'd better host them off my own space. edit: Oh I forgot to answer your question. It's a 48". I can't use it with the SAS now unless I strap the diffs to the frame. To much droop. Need to get a 60" bar.

Thanks Pezzy Anyone else having difficulties seeing the pics?