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    Timing Belt Questions

    in The Garage

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    Its about time to do the timing belt and I have a few simple questions

     

    1. Where should I get the water pump and what brand? Should I go to the dealer for this part?

    2. What about the tensioner?

    3. Which timing belt is better, round teeth or square? The dealer wants $50 for the belt and I don't know what shape that one is. Should I go to the dealer or get a round or square one at rockauto.com?

    4. Is there anything else I'm missing?

     

    Now my thermostat, radiator, and hoses are all new so don't count those. :)

    Automatic Transmission Fluid

    in The Garage

    Posted · Edited by Tungsten

    Ok now this is great...

    I went over to the dealer to get the pan gasket, the o-ring, and the filter and asked about the right ATF.

    He said to use Nissanmatic D and if anything he would not use Nissanmatic J or S. Now WTF is up with that? Here I have 16 bottles of J(S) and now what am I supposed to do?

     

    Turns out that the J and S stuff is for the newer transmissions like after 2001 so do not use it. I exchanged it at the dealer for the D now I should be good.

    Handbrake

    in The Garage

    Posted · Edited by Tungsten

    Done! Turning those nuts worked great. Now the vehicle will hold with only 3-4 clicks. :treadmill:

    3-4 clicks is good right?

    I don't even have a name for this failure

    in The Garage

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    Well I was driving around in the park and all of a sudden I heard a low loud thump from the back. Now whenever I step on the brakes there is a thump followed by some rubber sounding squeaking. If I let go of brakes it moves forward fine. When I put it in reverse, it creeps back a little bit and both wheels lock up making the truck slide back. I have a limited slip differential so I was thinking the diff is out and its a matter of miles now before forward drive fails too. Could it be the transmission or transfer case? What can be the problem? :hide:

    Help With Changing AT Filter - Dropping the pan

    in How-To's

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    I'm about to have the transmission fluid flushed. Should I have them change the filter too?

    Should I get a Nissan filter and gasket and O-ring? Or are there any alternative filter kits I can get? I seen a few on rockauto.com but I don't know how good those are.

     

    What should be the shopping list for changing the ATF filter?

    So far I have...

    1. AT Pan Gasket

    2. Pickup filter

    3. O-ring for pickup filter

    4. New bolts for crossmember

    4 Issues

    in The Garage

    Posted · Edited by Tungsten

    Remember my thermostat thread? lol

    Your water pump failed due to the fan clutch being locked all the time before you replaced the fan. I had to replace the fan clutch otherwise the water pump would have been toasted like yours was.

     

    For me the temp is also slightly below the half now but it used to go past the 1/2 way point.

    I took it to the shop, they flushed the system and replaced the thermostat and hoses yet it was still going past the 1/2 mark. I took it back and they replaced the radiator too and refilled it again. Finally, it was good. Right now I am on a 180 degree thermostat and the gauge also looks like its a bit off but its still below the 1/2 point. Now this is important, make sure your fan's temp sensor works.

     

    BTW, where is that bleeder screw? What's wrong with just opening the radiator cap when the thermostat opens?

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