RedPath88

I have only heard of one Pathy with a carb.. a coworker bought a used 87 and said that it was carbed... I let him look under my trucks hood so he could see what they were supposed to be and he insisted that it was the same engine, only with a carb. I planned on going over to his house to check it out (he drives company vehicle to and from work) but could not make it before he sold the truck. Although I do not know of any carbs that will fit them (you will also have to find a compatible distributor) there "might" be something out there to offer the ability. I was seriously considering it when I was having all kinds of problems with mine, but I traced that back to a bad computer

Yep, nothing to it

What exactly are the manuals... factory, non-factory... pdf's iso's of a CD? At any rate, one for an '88 Path would be great

Well I was going to suggest that you check the resistor and around it... but MWS did such a great job in his post there is nothing left for me to say, except that "I agree completely!" Stop using your fan (with or without heat) and check that out!

Oh man, that sucks! Yeah -alcohol- &____ was probably the best way to finish out the day

Glad to hear that you got her home, in one peice and undamaged

Happy Birthday

Oh man been there done that.. well sorta it was a friends truck. stuck in a hole. And although we were prepared top stay the night (coldest night of the winter with snow falling) we managed to get him out... two trucks and 10 buys to do it, but we got him out I once had to leave my yota on a trail for nearly a day because a hub stuck open and I did not have the Allen required to take it off. I as able to get in, but not out on my own... I was nervous as h*ll in just that short of time period. After the run we drove down the road to a buddies house (jerk would not run down there to get it when I first needed it :furious: ) took the hub apart, cleaned it, popped it back on and drove right out. *Don't bother asking about recovery equipment :X

An In-Line Lower Radiator Hose heater, like this...

Oh and BTW... Welcome to the boards Joel

The front coils from a 1993-1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee V8 *Latest info points to the possibility of the V6 springs being the same, but I don't think anyone had tested this theory with wrecking yard samples. You might take a look at this write up from 88's website... How To: Replacement rear coil spring lift - 1987-1995 Nissan Pathfinder

I may be wrong, but I am thinking he is referring to what is sometimes called a harmonic balancer.

Good find... congrats

That is exactly waht I was thnking... seems like it could be fixed.. even made stronger

The 33in BFG Muds on my yota have full on/offroad hazard on them... if they cannot fix it, they replace it Two of the BFG AT's (the KO's) on my Path have the same, the other two (pre KO's) I bought used, with less than 100 miles on them.

I know you were not Just expanding for any who might have thought that I just "good enough"'ed everything Not likely, I have some rather "creative" way's of breaking things loose myself When I say "everything to spec" I simply mean that if a manual has a spec on it, I do it... just like the auto makers, I do it to cover my arse.

Perhaps I should have said that a little differently and maybe explained a bit further... I have "typically" always tightened them by hand. When I said "as much as I can" it was kind of a force of habit there. When I was in HS, my auto shop teacher made me repeat the process of torquing a crank bolt (to get the feel for it)... over and over and over again, then he gave me an 18in breaker bar (which is what I also use now) and had me do the same, until I could get it within 3+/- pounds of the correct number. He also ran me through that drill on a wide range of torques settings Since I became really good at hitting that mark, it's kinda stuck with me. I do take a torque wrench to them every now and then... just to make sure I am still accurate. Now for the really odd part, although I do not use one on that bolt every time, I do use a torque wrench on just about every other bolt and nut that has a torque rating... including lug nuts. Is it right? No but if I hit the mark that does not make it wrong either Would I recommended that others do it this way.. no And if anyone read it that way, torque that bolt the right way! Guess some old habits.. right or wrong ...are just hard to break. Oh and for the record, I would and do not ever do that on someone else's rig... everything gets tightened to spec.

Ok well, I was in need of a quick answer to mount mine... So while I was walking though Home Depot one day (looking for something else) an idea popped into my head :idea: A temporary fix for my cell phone sliding al over the place in the cab... this because I had to leave it open because with the radio on it's just to hard to hear... no external speaker/ringer. Anyway, it's made from a building brace that I bent and painted. I used double sided tape to mount it to the truck and then cut the swivel portion of a belt clip off and stuck that to the metal mount. It's extremely sturdy and has caused me zero trouble... thus is why the "temporary mount" has stayed there for so long. Now unless things come up (like this thread) I seldom even think about a replacement.

Yep, I have always just tightened it up by hand as much as I can and called it good... so for I have not had a problem doing it that way.

Ahh ok, well that is another story then... the CAS could be the problem. Could it be that when you reconneted it, you did not get them in the proper places?

Yeah, that's on hell of a factory bumper! _________________________________ Bet the guy I saw in Spanaway today wishes he had done that mod... Right next to me a 4DR LE Path took off as traffic started to move at a green light. Well I am guessing he was messing with the radio or staring off into space.. because he slammed right into the back of a Ford Crown Victoria as that lanes slowed because people were turning out of it onto a side street. The Pathy hit hard and pushed the CV into the back of a Chrysler minivan. The impact pushed the Pathy's bumper and front lower section of the fenders in and cracked the vans rear bumper. Could not see any visible damaged to the older couples CV _________________________________

You might want to check your hair.. both those planes missed you by only... err nevermind, they missed you by a long shot! -thnkboutit-

I can't see the crank angle sensor being damaged.. is it not in the distributor? I know you have probably already done this, but I would go back through everything and make sure that all wiring connectors and exactly that, connected... and fully connected. Sometimes they "appear" to be together all the way, but may not be clipped in completely.

Exactly Mr P. Sometimes things go great, but sometimes everything is working against you... point is that you never really know how it's going to turn out. So plan for the worst.. well for the "less than perfect" at the least

See you really can wheel anywhere