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well there is a guy in ottawa that can have the altenator respooled for $100 to w/e you want...... and i think the second altenator mod would be great. there is a guy on car domains that has this mod aswell and a guy in ottawa thats close to you that could give you a hand... but i guess you are gonna need to get a wiring harness from a parts truck to start.. and add a switch between the 2??????? one for daily drivin and a switch to use both for when your on the trail

i dont have the same year as you mine is a 94... but i have the same problem in the morning my truck wont use overdrive until the trucks warms up, so i use alot of gas and im right beside the hwy.... i just drive slower untils its able to shift into overdrive. which isnt to long

if your not experienced on icy roads the best thing for you to do is what you did after going into the ditch and slow down. 4wd will help you take off faster but wont save your bacon when stopping. oh and its never a good idea to go 90 on ice lol. good to hear you made it out fine. when driving the slush in the middle of the road i usually will keep my foot on the gas but not accelerating, and slowly creep over holding the steering wheel tight. never pull on the steering wheel when driving through slush.

did your truck burn oil? why would the thieves even think of putting oil in lol? Find the leak? Has she started?

if it looks like it is leaking from the bell housing on the transmission where meets engine probably the rear main seal is leaking..... To fix rear main seal you have to take the transmission off the seal isn't hard it self its the removal of the transmission... but it could still becoming from oil filter or the sensor above the starter...

maybe your going further than 4 hi and actually putting it into 4 lo? thus getting the infamous grinding noise while shifting into 4lo while not in neutral.

there is a way to run a relay into the system adamzan has the diagram

changing the rear main seal isnt that hard i have done it on mine just 4 bolts.... dont give up i want to see what she looks like when ur done

nice r50 bro looks decent 4.5" of lift gotta love that

i think you should change your maf adam espeacially cuz u have an extra

thanks guys for all your help trans has been finished for a while and everything seems to be going well except for those darn rebuilt starters hate them.

i was gonna mention about the whole neutral thing.. but figured cause it was newer that it could shift in without being in neutral. like my fathers 2006 xterra

now adam dont make me drive to kemptville this late at night......

just bc your battery is 2 months old doesnt mean you couldnt have found a dud.. i changed my starter 3 times before i found a rebuilt that has worked for me but it is still too soon to know if this one wont conk out on me.

i dont know about the r50's but my 94 the only way to shift in to 4 lo is pushing down on the stick while attempting to put in 4 lo, 2hi to 4hi you just pull

im on my 3rd rebuilt they are crap probaly gonna buy new if this goes again.

have you checked your calipers on your truck they could be sticking and slightly rubbing aswell. I had my front drivers side and back passenger calliper stick and i was getting horrible mpg's

true that im a fscker aswell

have you checked your battery??

i would be present while they work if possible bc transmission shops know that people don't really have a clue. Try bringing the point up to them about what you found with the dangling hose. I just had my transmission done and the transmission shop wanted to rebuild the tranny and it was just my torque converter. mb it was just the shop i went to anyway goodluck

mb try the maf sensor try cleaning it first there is thread on here when they show how to clean it

i swapped out my old trans and put one in from a junk yard... I finshed putting everything together and it runs, but when i try and give it some gas to get it going faster it seems to lag engine revs but truck doesnt speed up. anyone think they know what this could be??

yea exactly, your maf could cause that sort of problem.... had similar problem with my 2002 maxima only when i turned it off and back on it still had no power. mb try cleaning? i think there is thread on the forum some where.