zonianbrat
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I saw a new pathfinder Armada that was done up like a cow but it was for Chick-fil-a. It had the big sign on the back that said eat more chicken. Speaking of chicken I'm hungry
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Your also going to want to go ahead and replace the thermostat, possibly cam and crank seals (if leaking), timing belt tensioner and that little coolant bypass hose. The coolant bypass hose could be causing you to lose fluid also. All the parts I listed above are pretty cheap and worth doing now since you will have the front of the motor apart. I changed my t-belt, tensioner, water pump, t-stat, coolant bypass hose, all 3 drive belts, spark plugs, spark plug wires and did a complete coolant flush and cleaned out the radiator while I had it out. I also did a oil change so as everything was covered. With parts the job took me an afternoon and part of a morning (maybe 8-9 hours i think total and I am no mechanic) at a cost of around 450 bucks. The job can be done for like 250 but I was dumb and tried to use a jaw puller on the crankshaft pulley and I broke the lip on it. That crank pulley/balancer costs about 200 bucks new. Sad part is I Loved my R50 and was so proud I did all that work on it (witha bit of dad's help) and I totalled it 30,000 miles later.
Btw. That write up in this forum is an excellent guide to doing the t-belt job. Hardest part is getting the crankshaft pulley/blancer off and it's not that hard just gotta either have a huge breaker bar or do what I did and take a small breaker bar on the 27mm nut and brace it against the frame horns, then "bump" the starter.
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I would def. try to do some kind of repair to that ebrake. I dont really know what kind of pressures are applied to the clutch or tranny if it is on a slope with only the clutch/tranny holding it there. In my camaro (6 speed) I would park it in reverse if it was a downward slope and 1st everywhere else. I was in such a habit of using the ebrake that I dont even know what it is like if you do not use it.
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Congrats!!
Let me be the first to welcome you to hell.
Just messin with ya!!!
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Congrats and kudos for having a very nice rig.
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Upon the Midnight Clear
Sherrilyn Kenyon
This is a "Dream Hunter" novel. Fantasy/Vampires of sort. Sherrilyn has created a "vampire/dream hunter" world. This is book number 2. I am usually not really into this kind of reading but I read the first one and it is a adventure and a bit of a fantasy love story rolled up into one. I was drawn into the book and not many books do that for me so I figured why not read number 2. I also have just started the book so I can not go into details. The first book was packed with action so when I went to Barnes & Noble to find book number 2 I looked in fantasy/action for it but it was not there so I had to ask. Well there happened to be a few good looking ladies in line behind me and ofcourse the clerk tells me it's in the Romance section! My usual good reads are anything involving espionage. Hunt For Red October being my fav.
Since I am just starting this book (85 pages in) I give it a respectable 3.5/5
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Yeah go for it!
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All good points. Although Wal-Mart Supercenters do have the good prices on food. (compared to other stores in my town) so I shop there.
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Nice job daft, those kinda paint jobs drive me nuts! I used to be a painter for like 9 months and we did some weird stuff kinda like that but in commercial settings. Did you guys use the "tape-caulk" method. It looks like in one of the pics. you can see the sheen of the caulk on the sides of the tape. I did not learn of this method until a guy I was working with showed me. It sure makes a perfect line!
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I personally like the clean white look. I understand after having a white vehicle for so long change seems apealing. I used to keep my Camaro clean white and black. Shaved off all SS embloms etc. Once at an Auburn (war eagle!) football game somebody stuck 2 auburn magnets on my car. One in the middle of the hood and one on the door. I removed the one from the door but saw the one on the hood as different so I rocked it for like 3 months. Do what you like Dean.
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Thirded....lol
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I suggest you replace the t-stat and the coolant bypass hose while your in there. Both are cheap and would save one heck of a headache if 200 miles down the road the hose or t-stat goes out.
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I hope I dont get flamed or banned for this!! Would it be possible to do a mod like this:
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showth...own+wire+thread
It basically electrically tricks the computer and gives you true 2 wd. I'm debating on doing this my my Explorer since I have a similar Auto 4x4 feature. Seems alot like the Auto 4x4 on nissans but I am sure things in there are different. Thought I would throw it out there.
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OK, here we go again with this pile of junk ('01 SE 4x4 3.5). Finally got all the codes cleared up by replacing sensors which I thought was the culprit for my truck's running quality issues. No deal. Ran the truck all day and it sputters and has no power idle/off idle. You have to rev the motor to get it to go (it is a 5 sp manual). I also noticed it was smoking when I started it up and the oil light flickered so I checked the oil level and nothing on the dipstick. I had checked it about a month ago and it was down so I topped it up. Not sure how much oil it takes to drop off the stick but that is A LOT in less than 1000 miles since being topped up. I recently bought a new Tacoma and need to get some $$$ out of this pile to help pay for the new truck. I'm really hoping the motor isn't sacked. Any ideas to help diagnose the extent of damage is appreciated. The truck is not throwing any codes, not even anything 'pending'.
Yup sounds like you got a lemon buddy. It happens, my 95 Camaro SS was a lemon of sorts. I replaced almost everything once Engine, Tranny, Rear end, Alternator, Clutch...the list goes on. About the only thing that I never had to replace was the AC and steering! The car was worth it to me though. And no I did not have to replace all these things because I drove it hard. I babied it and it still fell apart. It was a great vehicle once I replaced everything!!! Anyway you got the first year of the 3.5 VQ hell you might have one of the first made! I am sad that you have that opinion about Nissan vehicles. Hey everybody's got their own opinions! Nice choice btw on the Tacoma TRD! I was thinking real hard about getting one of those when I bought my Ford.
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Did it indeed have 60ort 70 thousand miles? If so that is pretty darn low for a truck that is 13 years old. I had a buddy with a 95 (I think) yota and while it was a dog on acceleration. It wheeled very well. I'd do it for 500 bucks and some work on the side. But that's just my opinion. Heck for 500 you could drive it for awhile then get another pathy or fix yours. Dam too bad your so far away I'd take it off his hands.
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That is quite possibly the ugliest truck I have ever seen.
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Oh Brat.....I forgot that Italian thing....good movie, but not worthy of a top !0
Perhaps, but for one I like Charlize Theron and two, I like movies that have a few good actors cast in it so yeah I am keeping it in my top ten. I also 2nd B's pick of Boondock Saints a truly awesome movie. And I would also like to add any movie staring Nicholas Cage or Sean Connery
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The Hunt for Red October
Patriot Games
Shawhank Redemption
The Italian Job
The Terminator
Christine
I need to think to remember the rest.
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Yes and yes. However, if you wheel it, a cone type filter is not the best choice in really dusty, or very wet conditions.
X2 with what Simon is saying. I had a cone filter on my pathfinder. It was nice but I then got this job where I was traveling off-road alot to oil rig sites. Most oil rig sites are extremely dusty or "caliche" roads as they call them down in Texas. So I found myself cleaning my K&N at the end of every well or every couple of weeks. I let it go one time because I hears somewhere that the dirtier it gets the better it keeps dirt out. Well when I took it off to clean it there was dust in the housing that the MAF sits in. BAd idea.
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I remember. His screenname was KILLVOX. It's a nice looking rig with the exception of the lime green.
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If your have an R50 then I dont think you have a turn signal light in the corner light. It is just one bulb that goes on when you turn the headlight switch to teh first on position before the headlight position. The corner light should have a lip on top with a hole to mount the light from teh top. Then there is a "post" coming out of it that goes into a plastic gromet dealy to secure the bottom. I used a dowel when I flopped my truck. I do not know what dash light your talking about either. please explain
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That's a dam shame but thank goodness you guys were ok. The guy I think your talking about that put the cage on the X is on Roninwheelers.com the truck is called the pheonix. It was on a youtube video rolling down some moab (i think) stairs. That is why it was bought from the insurance company from the guy on Ronin and he put the cage on and SaS'd it. It is one badarse rig. I'd say go that route. take out the back seats and with the roll cage you pretty much have a truck bed. Or get a junked pathy and swap the body. Trying to swap a HB on to it is going to be too much of a pita imho
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< is tired of looking at freakin rocks for a living
\/ likes porno
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That's Flee-bay for you. On occasion you get a decent price for something then get bent over for shipping anyway.
What do I do?
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I tend to agree with your decision but as you stated above I dont know you that well and I ofcourse do not know your whole situation. Family always comes first. In my situation family comes first but I also provide for a wife and two kids so If i dont work there is no money coming in (hence why I have not quit my crappy but decent paying job). Your situation is obviously different. The job market is kinda scary right now. From the sounds of your rant above and the fact that in the poho you have already decided that your going to leave soon. I take it you do not like your workplace so I say if it is financially feasable go be with family. You could try talking to your work about your situation and the fact that you have a family emergency and see what they say. If they are asses about it and give you @!*% and want to fire you for it then the place is not worth your time anyway. Leave and do a nice burnout in the parking lot on your way out. I did a huge burnout where I ran through both first and second gear in my camaro at one of my old jobs that I walked out on for being treated unfairly.