zonianbrat

ok i tried to search for this topic and did not find what i wanted. Anyway when i turn on the ac in my 97 pathy the compressor kicks on and you can hear the bearings in it whining i stuck a stethiscope (spelling?) to it and it is definetely the bearings is there a way to replace these without replacing the whole compressor??? I always thought i would have to replace the whole thing. It has lasted about a year and a half with the whining I figure i am not going to replace it until it goes out completely. I know comoressors are expensive and i want to explore all my options before i have to buy a new one. :help:

Out here in the Denver area they just passed a law about pit-bulls whereas you have to actually have insurance on the dog and in some counties you cannot have new pit bulls only ones that were grandfathered in before the law passed. I have to say i agree those dogs cause too much trouble. I am kinda biast as my sweet Josie is a black lab with pit bull mix. but it is not much her dad was only like a third pit. so Josie is mainly black lab. and she is a great dog friendly and playful as can be until she is threatened by another dog. then all he!! breaks loose. At my old house i lived with three other guys and one day my buddy brought home a St. Bernard that he agreed to take care of for two weeks without telling me about first. Well me and Josie came home (not knowing the St Bernard was in the house close to josies food) and that was it they immediately went at it hardcore. Now Josie is 90 lbs and the St. Bernard was bigger so you can imagine what it looked like.... Ofcourse my roommates would not help me get them apart so it was all me. finally i got them apart and josie outside. things were not good there was blood all over the place. I checked out josie while my buddy checked out the st bernard turns out the bernard had a hole in its head and a serious gash on the back of it's neck. Josie had a little cut on the nose and that is it. So we had to take the bernard to the vet since it was bleeding pretty badly out of it's head since the owner of the bernard was out of town i floated the bill So the owner of the bernard comes back from vacation finds out what happened. and tried to stiff me for the vet bill ($350.00)saying it was my fault. I was pissed, we argued for a week or so then agreed i would pay a third of it. i was just happy to be done with the whole situation. wow sorry to ramble. :type:

mine are all black with custom scratches :cool2:

Yeah those vehicles are awesome, There is a guy that lives close to me that has one and he takes it off-roading all the time because it is always caked with mud. I have not had a chance to talk to him about it someday.

After reading about Casey T,'s loss I figured maybe i could start a thread to find out what kind of dogs people have b/c they say a dog resembles their owner. let's find out.. Oh and Casey, sorry again ,I know how hard it is to lose one. I lost one a month ago. and was very very very sad for days. So i went out and got another one!! So now I have a 5 year old Black Lab/with a tiny bit of pitbull mix. and a German Shepard puppy. what does everybody else have????

Or you could do what i did to my wifes acura legend. I just took the motor out all together and replace antenna with a stubby rubber antenna you can get from autozone. She had always had problems with the motor for the antenna so I decided to solve the problem once and or all. she says the new antenna got her better reception than the old one ever did. We have since gotten rid of that car. Now she has a honda accord with the antenna built into the rear window. I had this on my old 78 pontiac grand prix except it was built into the windshield. I was always curious on how much it would cost to replace the windshield if it ever broke? anybody ever run into this problem and know how much it cost??? sorry for rambling just my $ .02

I think you nailed it right on the head slick. I understand what you are saying about beating something to death. Heck after venge taught me about refining the search i searched a couple of things that were on my mind and bingo it worked like a charm. I am glad we got all this worked out and hopefully there will be no more hatred going on.. i mean what is the point??? btw i dig your truck slick.. the bumper makes it look mean I want one for my r-50...maybe one day first skidplates then sliders....

Awesome that is what i needed I will take all the advice and try to keep this forum going smoothly. thanks.

I was reading some of the posts that have been taking place and things appear to be getting pretty nasty around here. I personally really like this forum i am on it throughout the day at work and sometimes at night when i a at home.. I understand people getting irritated because newer members like myself ask questions that have been asked before. Please remember that we are new and have not seen some of these questions answered before. I realize there is a search function and i do use it. but sometimes it does not answer that questions that i have specifically. So if i have made anybody mad for the questions that i have asked in the past sorry. The last thing i want to do is make any of you mad. I really like talking about my truck with other people who share the same joys of owning a pathy. Alll of you given me good advice and i would like to keep it that way. If i am not using the search function correctly i am open to somebody telling me how to use it to its full potential. So all in all i hope to keep talking to you guys on this forum. Oh and thanks for the tips for far I owe you guys a beer for sure...

sly to some of us newbies these are new topics every time we log on.... -thnkboutit- i do not expect to be spoon-fed but it is nice to discuss topics.besides if everybody just starts searching all the time it is going to get real boring in here.

I have 15x8 chrome wheels and 31x10.50 BFG At KO's on my pathy and I have not scrubbing or any other problems even when i go wheelin to problems at all. actually they look really good on the truck. but then again like 4x4le said why not lift it anyway???? I would have but was short on cash at the time.

I agree. I have not been a member of this forum for very long but you guys have already helped me alot with my pathy. usually when i have a question i do search first. but, tha does not always work and I thought these forums were to help guys like us out there is always some smart-a$$ who is like "search" will add power or whatever. i am not taking shots I just think if you do not like the fact that a post is a re-post from the past-----dont F&^%(ing read it. I just think it is cool that i have a place to write questions about my truck and real people who have the experience to tell me what's up instead of a dealer who just sees dollar signs..I do not want to offend anybody and i will get off my soap box now..

i do most of my posts from work. if i gotta stare at this screen all day i might as well talk about something i like right?? dont work too hard though vengeful. or anybody else that is posting from work.

:bow: man so much info to take in. now i have to ask what is involved with the oil filter relocation kit and how much is it. I will do searches later but i am at work and can not sit here and search and spend a ton of time. thanks for the help.,

:cool2: awesome thanks for the info that is what i needed. guess right now i might just be looking at the champion skid i know i probably need one for the tranny and t-case but i am not doing enough wheelin to justify at the present time. right now it is a daily driver but my sissy splash guard is gone so i need something. Did some minor wheelin this weekend, had to keep it down since i do not have any amor. thanks again.

I will defenitely be cutting a hole for the drain plug thanks 88. what about the filter though??? it is already a pita on my r-50 to change as is. do i need like a oil filter relocation kit or something??? :help:

thanks for the review casey. I am curious what the difference is between teh champion, stealth, and defender is though i know i might sound dumb but i want to know everything before i buy. can you help me??? :help:

Fathers day is coming up and the new dad wants some skid plates. I just have acouple of questions about them. How difficult is it to change the oil and filter after installing them? are they easy to install myself? and i assume i should get one for the front and for the t-case. Wish i could get them today as we are finally going camping this weekend. wanted to do some good wheelin but i do not have anything underneath not even the sissy splash guard!!! Anyway thanks and any additional advice or tips is always appreciated. :bow:

:cool2: I would take it for 500!! gut the interior put some buckets in it make a rig out of it. wish i could buy one and do that right now.

It is time to change my timing belt as my baby has 117,000 on her and I do not know if it has ever been changed. I did a search and was not satisfied with the results. so I figured i would just ask you guys. You have all helped me out a lot in the past. so here it goes, does anybody have a step by step process on changing the t-belt?? pics would be awesome. and can you guys tell me what tools i will need for the job. I not done much engine work but i hear it is not too hard to change the t-belt. any tricks or things i need to remember when doing this would also help. thanks guys and girls. :gossip:

Awesome thanks guys!! I will attempt to do all of that this weekend. come to think of it about a year ago my wife's honda accord died on her way to work one day I pulled it back checked stuff that i thouht it could be then had to take it in. well the timing belt had broken so we paid like 400 or so to get it fixed. about three months later my wife mentioned that it was jerking a little at idle. So I got in it and drove it and it drove like Sh%$ literally. No power and jerky so I knew this was bad. Took it back in to the shop they called me and said compression tests were next to nothing. to make a really long story short, I had to have the top half rebuilt all new heads valves everything. Of course when it dawned on me that the belt might have been the culprit i confronted the mechanic he quickly back pedalled gave me some bs discounts and pretty much bent me over. So I am going to take your advice and change the tb as soon as i can.

:bow: First off thanks to everybody for all the advice. I have done some "minor repairs" and could not have done it without your help. Now it is time for routine maintenance my 97 has 117,000 miles on her and she runs great but i know it is time for routine stuff. I am short on cash so I can not to the timing belt and whatever else i should do while i am in there but i can do plugs and wires. what i am asking is what plugs should i use wires? cap too? and does anybody know any tips on changing that crappy plug in the back that is blind? any advice helps. also just thought i would ask... anybody know where to get a skid plate maybe used? i know black panther has new ones but again short on cash. thanks everydody.

I have bfg's and agree they have never let me down in any weather condition or off-road. I think the bfg's give a little more road hum than the revo's. but personally i like it. I am a weekend warrior off roader (wish i had time and money to do more) but my tires have impressed me alot. I am a bfg fan all the way. all around good tire. meaty looking too on the pathy.

sly sounds like you either fouled out the electrical or the air filter got wet.

If i bought those rims i would put pics of my a$$ and moon everybody that drove by me. then i would probably come to my senses and drove off a cliff.