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I'm here, sorry about the delay in reponding

I was raised in Biloxi, been a DIE HARD Saints fan since 1970 I very rarely get an opportunity to be concerned for post season play. So I just have to take opportunities when I can to scream the mantra GO SAINTS!!!!!!

It seems unanimous on the throw out bearing. CRAP!! I guess I'll live with it for a while because I really do not feel like disassembling everything again. I’m sure I know the answer to this but I have to ask, any way of greasing the bearing without separating the tranny from the block?

Not familar with "release bearing" would that be the same as the throw out bearing? If that is the case than yes it is new.

Here’s another good one. I rebuilt the 5 speed manual tranny last year, new clutch, pressure plate, resurfaced fly wheel, throw out bearing, yada, yada ,yada. Now I get this funny noise on occasions when I have the clutch pushed down. It’s kind of a vibrating grow- whirl (like that makes any scene) When I let off the clutch it goes away. It doesn’t matter if it is hot or cold. It does not happen in gear or in neutral. Wait, it might happen in neutral I’ll have to back off that comment till I’m 100% sure.

Yepper, you nailed it. Hair dryer seem to do the trick in taking it apart. Had to scrape out the “goo” to get it back together. Yes I will eventually have to buy a new good one sometime soon because this thing is definitely not weather proofed. I couldn’t see spending close to 100 bucks perside on a vehicle that might have had more problems than just lighting issue. But with junk yard parts and help from some good friends she is coming together nicely. There will still be some noticeable body damage but this is a 19 year old’s car and it is 13 years old, still a good car BUT….. I think you get my point.

My question does not involve a Pathy but does involve a Nissan. I figure you guys are good enough and knowledgeable enough you can fix anything or at least have an answer to what might be possible. Here it goes. My daughter wrecked her 93 Nissan Altima this past Sunday, nothing major, nobody hurt. what was her front end went under a pickup truck back bumper pushing in her grill, radiator and buckling up the hood and absolute disinagrating the back half of the headlights assemblies Amazing the actual lens part of the headlights survived without a scratch or crack I went to the junk yard this morning and there is only 1 Altima with the front end still in tacked. It has the grill and the light assembly but the back housing part of the light assembly on the passenger side is cracked and there is something loose inside the housing, it is not the bulb. I think a good epoxy will fix this housing but my question is how in the heck do you take this assembly apart? I can see that there is four little clamps around the outside holding it together than there are the molded on “hook and tab” I do not know the legitimate words I have removed the clamps and have pry up on the hooks to get them over the tab but this thing will still not come apart. Any ideas?

Well here we go. Time for my boy to start driving and I have opted to really screw him up by starting him in a standard tranny. I should say he took his DriversEd in an auto but now that’s over and the car that he will most likely be driving is my 95 standard 5 speeds Pathy. My problem is my driving techniques are by feel and gut. I’m not very good at articulating the finer points of driving a standard, I tend to assume things. I guessing I’m asking for advice/help in what not to forget to tell him. I also don’t want him to pick up my bad habits. My shifting and pedal techniques are things I have picked up from years of driving manual transmission; they may not be the best methods for a beginner. My fear with this whole thing is a new driver being distracted by how to operate his vehicle. This may not be a valid fear, I’m not sure yet. Any advice on, What RPM s to shift? Is it good to hold down the clutch at an intersection when you have the red light, or do you put it in neutral and stand on the brake? Any other bits of advice that I can pass on would be appreciated.

OUCH! She seems to be driving so much better with the Redline fluid in it I hope she doesn't crash and burn. Well after the insurance paid on the damage that kid did to it, I'm really only out 200 to 300 bucks if the tranny crashes now.

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Hum? I put 75-90 GL-4 Generic brand oil in the tranny after rebuilding it about 8 months ago. I bought this Pathy real cheap because the tranny, a 5 speed manual, was falling out of it (this is an exaggeration) The tranny was making low growling noises in 4th and reveres. When I drain the tranny oil there were chunks of metal coming out. The cause of the problems was the Main shaft bearing had dissolved Long story short I rebuild the thing, put this generic oil in and she ran BUT she was never really quite, it still how kind of a low "operational whine". Last night I drained the oil to put in the"Red Line" oil, what dripped out of the tranny bothers me, it was black with a little grey. I know dang well that what I put in there was a clear brown oil. I put the Red Line in and drove it around, now the "operational whine" is gone, this is a good thing but now I wonder if I screwed up the tranny by putting that Generic 75-90 Gl 4 crap in the first time. P.S. Any of you fellows live in the Boston area? Any body an IT person?

I take it I'm the face?!! I guess I'm and old dog and this a new trick. I'm figuren the "tick tick tick" is the engine and the "slap slap slap" is for not being proactive. What's odd is my engine does both TICK and SLAP at the same time but not all the time

Welcome & congrats. Hold on, it's a wild but sweet ride.

UUU? Sorry to be so blind too what is evidently the obvious to every body else but I must have missed something. I gather from the topic "TICK TICK TICK ... SLAP SLAP SLAP" that you either spazzzzed out after a night of partying or something serious has occurred with your engine. May I inquire as to which one?

I'm not seeing the picture to well. Your reference to the noise tick- tick slap-slap, was this a constant noise or was it the one that seems to come and go and is inherent to this particular engine? Mine will still make that tick-tick slap-slap noise and I've replaced the T-belt, the tensioner, and the water pump

Exactly, what nifty tool? You mean to tell me I really didn't have to pull the manifold to get to that last plug?!!! She runs MO BETTA with the new plugs BUT I too have the disorder of trying to get the very most out of any inanimate object. I will pull the manifold again just to gain access to that flippen plug along with proving I am a perfectionist and possibly a little unbalanced. I really don't pull the manifold to get to the last plug but I do drop my five year old into the engine compartment so he can a socket on that dang thing.

It was a royal pain to get the boot off all of them. Now that they have been pulled it shouldn't be that hard next time. And yes, plug 6 is a dooozzzie.

I changed the sparkplugs on my 95 3.0 L this weekend. Instead of me going to the book and checking spec's I ask the guy at the parts store where I was buying the plugs to write down what the gap should be. He gives me .032 I did not double check his information so I gapped them at .032 and installed them. I now have double checked and it appears he was off. I show it should be gapped between .035 and .041. Do I gain much if I pull them out and gap to manufactory spec.? She seem to run o.k. now but could it run better at a more correct gap?

My interest in running synthetic is specifically related to the possibility that the filler hole is to low on this specific tyranny body and that it will not be able to lube the bearings appropriately. The feeling is synthetic will coat and stick better than Dino oil. Even thought this tranny has new bearings every thing else still has over 200,000 miles on them. As far as weight of lubrication fluids (I speak mainly of engine oils but tranny falls in there some where) this has always baffled me and I can still get confused. The formula for all this is a combination of environmental condition, mileage of the vehicle, and how the vehicle is driven. But I have know answers to which is best for what. I have located some Redline in Austin for $10.00qrt versus the local I think was Penz synthetic, for $20.00qrt

Upps, I stand corrected, the slap sound DOES NOT happen when it is cold. It seems to be present after it warms up.

I need to clarified, my previous post was related to the noises I have in my vehicle. My noises are very similar to your first post that started this thread. Mine sounds like the valves slapping the pistons. I had this noise when I first bought the vehicle, I changed the T-belt, tensioner, and water pump just because I was not sure when they had been last changed. It seemed after I did that the noise was gone, than about a month later it started back back. It seems to come and go. On your "sounds" this may be a strange suggestions and I only bring this up to help in diagnosing. On your next oil change or when ever you want as long as it doesn't over fill the crank case, add some "Slick Fifty". The reason I bring this up is I have a 67 Cougar that had "component" ticks and knock, lifters mainly I poured some "Slick Fifty" in and it quieted it down immensely. I can't swear by this but my thinking is, if it is an internal component making the noise than it should at least quite down for a little bit.

Could this be a bad knock sensor? This sound comes and goes and it is not the exhaust leak. It does not seem to be there when it is cold, I'm trying to find a pattern and have not figured it out yet.

RECALL? COOL!!! How can a person check to see if their vehicle is eligible for a recall? I think that’s why I wasn’t going to the Junkyard for the seatbelts. I really didn’t remembered it being illegal but I some feeling that there was an issue with junk yard seatbelts, but I really don’t think this would stop a junk yard from selling any.

I see it as a blessing that you had people that you could call come help you out and they were equipped to do the job. I have a feeling if this situation were to happen to me I would have friends come out with their lawn chairs, BBQ pit and stare at the situation till the beer was gone. Then they would pull out their guns and see how motivated they could get me to get her unstuck before they start shooting at her. This is their idea of rendering aid.

Z_Pilot, your right, sorry about my rudeness. I got carried away when I notice the word synthetic, it is evidently a big issue in my life right now. To use or not to use, synthetics that is. Which kinds? What weights? Yada Yada Yada. Again, apologize for my bad manners