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The little girl incident? I'm not sure how fast they were going as we didn't get any more details. It stayed off the boards so not much was known.

Very lucky indeed! This happened on the Calgary Jeep Association New Years day run here in the Waiparous area. Unfortunately, a few months earlier we had a similar accident where a a small tree limb went through the windshield, through the passenger seat and impaled a little girl who was riding in the back seat. Luckily her father (the driver) was trained in first aid and she has since recovered.

Heavy cross winds I'd notice. When the Pathy was stock, I thought it was quite a comfy highway cruiser. Next to none steering correction, tracked great, quiet and room to sleep at the rest stops. This was back in the day of 2 Kayaks, 2 Mountain bikes and tons of gear on the roof. I've driven from Alberta to Ontario twice in the Pathy. Once stock when we first got it 8 years ago, and the other back in the fall Sas'd. With the Sas, most recently was down to Moab and back in May, 2200 miles round trip 4 days total of relaxing driving. Then out to Ontario to Adventure weekend, 2000 miles one way. On the way back I went through Iowa to visit so that was 2500 miles on the way back to Calgary. That was about 8 days of total driving to Ontario and back.

Hahaha, funny read. You were resourceful! Can't beat the McGuyver technique to get you home.

That's what I was thinking!

It's a fairly easy job and only requires a few hand tools. The one step that needs to be done is bench bleeding the new master cylinder to get all the air out of it. Having an vice will make this process very easy as you need to have the cylinder securely mounted so you can push the push rod in. Usually the new cylinder will come with plugs and tubes to bench bleed. You can get one from an auto parts store. There will be a core charge too most likely. Then you bleed the rest of the system after the new master has been installed. You will have to have help with this or use a self bleed method using a bottle and tube or gravity bleed the system.

Do you have Parts Source or AutoValue in your area? I got mine for just a little over a 100.00 at Parts Source (Canadian Tire).

Good job!

Looking nice!!

As 94LE-BlackEmerald said, sounds like the Idler pulley bearing.

Vbars work very, very well for ice and snow.

Are you flat towing, dolly, or trailer? You can get the Pathy to tow, but it's always the stopping, or worse, the pushing that you may experience.

With zero towing experience you may want to reconsider if it's a long haul. With that amount of weight even with trailer brakes, to keep from being pushed you may want an weight distributing hitch too-depends on the total weight. The car also needs to be positioned on the trailer so its balanced correctly (too much tongue weigh vs. not enough).

Where is it smoking from? Tail pipe or engine bay? Black smoke, blue smoke, white smoke? Any oil drips, hose leaks that you know of?

Like Simon said, that will only work for awhile. The first time mine went I got about 2 weeks of banging it. The second time the starter went I got a less than a day on it, about 4-5 starts.

I know you've checked the fuses a few times, but actually*replace* the fuse that is for your tail lights with a new one because the dash and tail lights are on the same fuse. That will 100% rule out the fuse if the problem is still there unless the fuse blades aren't making a good contact because of a previous owner wiring project.

The HB shifter would be my first choice. However, you can remove the Pathy one, heat it up and then bend it. That's what I did 'cause I was going wheeling the next day.

Nice! I'll have to take some time to read it all when I get home.

Hello, For the Nissan's, there is more than enough cable for the auto linkage for a body lift. However, the 4wd selector shaft needs to be extended either by using/adding one from a Hardbody, or bending it. Some people have had to notch the floor too, but try and avoid doing that.

Nice to know you are all ok.

Dealer part yes. At least it is up in Canada. Take a look at where it attaches at the frame to make sure that hole isn't worn. Have you inspected the other one too?

I'm with you on that..."pop" goes that shaft!

Yes, I've had a peek at a few of those that have snapped. If it happens to be the torque converter, you can ask if the replacement has hardened splines - those tend to strip out too.

Nice!

Did someone mention beer? Glad to hear you got it going again.