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Guess I will play too. Gotta give props to Csutke as he hooked me up with the link to this pic a while back

I was gonna say the same thing pezzy did. Sounds like fuel pump or relay since you still have electric.

I would do a carfax on it before I bought it. I looks clean mainly because he/she had it professionally detailed before they took pics of it. It is almost exactly like mine. I would be concerned about the fact that the front and rear bumper have been hit or he/she is a poor driver and has hit alot of things with it. I find it odd about the badge too. Mine is an XE and I have more options that that thing does. It does not have a luggage rack, or rear wing/spoiler. It only has 3 of the XE rims and a spare. So I would look at the spare and see if it is the other chrome one. It does have pretty low miles though so if the carfax checks out then I would drive it, testing out everything and if all is well then talk them down a bit and jump on it. It will last along time

That is a nice setup you got goin. I have been tossing around the idea of trying to go saltwater for a year or so but with my job i am not home to uptain it. I have a buddy that has a 120 gallon saltwater tank. He sunk alot of money at first to get it going but his parents are really rich so I doubt he payed anything but he knows alot and he is running some kind of a triple biosphere filtration system that he says makes it alot less of a pain as far as cleaning. And it removes alot of crap. He tried to explain it all to me once but I just kinda stared and thought about something else. I have a 55 gallon freshwater tank in storage that I want to get up and running again but just dont have time right now.

well I would do what Simon says and test your ebrake too. If they moved things around in the locker install maybe something isnt lined up right. Brakes are pretty important especially the e-brake on manual trannies.

Best hint for first time I can give is depending on how tall you are get a chair to stand on and lean as far towards the plug as possible, you still wont be able to see it but once you use the kit with the truck you will feel when you get on the plug, then look at the position it is in related to the firewall and try to remember that. That is what I did and it worked just fine.

think it's lubed up by it's own freon. but I am not positive

Probably a good thing your selling that hookah.

Well damit I wish I knew all of this before I my company got me 360. Oh well no problems so far and my computer is as fast as it always was.

Yeah the side mirrors are hideous, but they are functional more than good looking.

I think both of the opinions stated up above are correct. The Compressor clutch usually just locks up i think or atleast that is what I have always seen. The fact that all 3 belts tore this time leads me to think unless the shrapnel from the ac belt tore the other belts that it is in fact either the crank pulley or the idler pulley. I would get the belts and put them on then watch the engine as it's running and see if either of the pulleys are wobbling and go from there.

They did offer Manual trannies but I think they are kinda rare around here (I am too in colorado). If you decide on a pathfinder then I do think you should go with the 96-99 or newer simply because if you want to tow then you need as much power as you can get. If you plan on towing your Miata then the 4-runner and pathfinder are about the same. You dont want to tow for real long distances. Your miata weighes like 2k plus a trailer weighes 1k give or take. My 97 is rated to tow 5000 lbs. I towed a dump trailer once with probably a bit more than that with drywall materials and it was struggling up hills but it managed. If you do get a pathy I would suggest an aftermarket tranny cooler since that is where the stress will be from towing. Just my .02 good luck. Oh and as far as off-roading, the pathfinder is a great vehicle. I have done alot of things with mine that I did not think it was capable of at first.

Well for Maintenance I would change ALL the fluids. Get a new battery if yours has some years on it. Basic Tune-up is never a bad idea either. Kinda depends on what kinda money you want to throw at it before you go. From what you have said about getting new tires, snorkel and warn hubs your already looking at 800 dollars or so unless you make the snorkel yourself and if your just wanting the snorkel for "ram air affect" then that's a waste of money. I would put that money towards tuning up and preventative maintanence before the long trip. As far as what to bring refer to the thread of "what do you carry with you". I always carry water,food,warm clothes/blankets, tools, shovel, tire chains, pull strap, duct tape, electrical tape, and toilet paper. Just think of what you would need to survive if god-forbid you got stranded. Sounds like a fun road trip.

Fueler, I think your full of sh!t. In this time span of 2400 miles, was the weather the exact same? Was your tire pressure exact? Did you drive exactly the same amount of highway and city miles? Did you use the same exact gas for all 2400 miles? There are too many factors out there. I digress, if indeed it does work then keep us posted on your future mileage fueler.

Shame you have to give him up.

Happy B-day. bet it was a good 420 today wasnt it?

Did some digging and found this old pet/dog thread and wanted to throw my post in it. This is Josie. Her father is a mix of chow and pitbull and her mom was full blooded lab. Very well behaved and she and I love to roughhouse.

Adam, if your dad's R50 is reving to 2800 at 65 then it might not be overdrive. When I am going 65 in my R50 I am right around 2400rpm give or take abit. I know that when I am doing 75 I am at or really close to 2700rpms

Yeah I will not be buying into that stuff for a long time. I wanna see what long term affects of using it are. They make good points are sound somewhat legitimate but still. And how much will it be?

As far as auto and manual it is all about preferance. I had a fast camaro SS that was a 6 speed manual and I would not have it any other way. My pathy is slow anyway so I like the ease of an auto.

I think MZ is correct. Sounds like a bad head gasket. As far as other things to think of..it depends on how much money you want to throw at it. Might not be a bad idea to have the heads machined and valves checked.

Congrats!!

Well if you can have one fabbed up for cost, why not just fab up a complete rear tube bumper complete with hitch? Just my .02.

Well I guess I will try to take that as a compliment. LOL.

I just liked his style and design ideas. His style from what I gathered was make it as powerful as possible then build the car around it to handle the power. Sad thing that he passed.